The elephant in the room

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I know the “pundits” like to pull up a bracketed snapshot of stats to bolster their conclusions. But, each game tells its own story. Bengals weren’t supposed to win if Burrow got sacked 9 times, but they did. Bengals were not supposed to “outgun” KC….TWICE…..but they did. Bengals were not supposed to lose to the Jets, but they did. Bengals weren’t supposed to win ANY of the playoff games…….but, they did.

The level of competition has gone up during the playoffs. Stats will and have changed as a result. Game situations change…constantly.

Throw all of that out the window. This is the Super Bowl. In reality, none of the stats or small trends really matter for this game. It’s one game…..a BIG game….but still one game.