Everyone likes to complain out being underrated

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(01-28-2022, 07:22 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Kay and Gil are cool, those backhanded compliments were from Carter and that other dude who I don't know who the hell he is.

(01-28-2022, 07:58 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I don't think comparing Joe to Troy Aikman is a backhanded compliment. I think it's just a compliment.

I will admit that I, at the moment, am not really sold on the idea that we have a good chance of winning on Sunday. It might just be recency bias after watching that Titans game but those 9 sacks...and we're likely rolling out the same Oline for this game? I think we're gonna have stalled drives and, against Kansas City, even 1 stalled drive or, hell, 1 field goal drive that should have been a touchdown could spell the end for your chances to win. This Oline needs to be perfect for us to win and I just don't think that's going to happen.

With that said, I do like us coming in as underdogs. The pressure is on KC, not us. They're the pre-season super bowl favorites, they're at home, they have the highest paid player in the NFL. A lot of their roster is, essentially, blowing up at the end of this year. They need to win this game. We don't need to win this game. We are ahead of schedule, our core is all still on rookie deals, we have tons of cap space to improve our Oline. We're just now reaching our full strength and should be here for the next 5 to 10 years at least (knock on wood).

I'd be thrilled if we win this game, but I'm expecting us to lose. Maybe we keep it close, but I just think we're 1 year away because of this Oline.

I hope I'm wrong though :)

The Aikman comment wasn't what I was referring to as backhanded. That was just a compliment to my mind, and it was fine. It was actually Kay I believe who said that IF Burrow wins this weekend in KC (beating Mahomes twice) and IF he wins a SB, THEN he can be considered right there behind Mahomes. Which I just thought was funny. I like Kay and the group they usually have on that show, so it's not a diss on any of them. Just funny that if this guy comes into his second season, first season was injured, and if he takes the team to a SB win, and beats other QBs in the process considered to be in the elite tier, that he's still "behind" them in any conversation.

Dude's got plenty to still prove as young as he in the league. I just think the benchmarking people throw out is humorous and how no one wants to change their rankings up. I get it, he doesn't have the body of work yet, it's just funny to me how it gets presented.