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I def understand the perception of bias, but there is one fact that muddies the waters a bit.
Most games that the Bengals and Chiefs have played against each other have featured excellent KC o-lines and horrible Bengal ones. This year's Bengals front and certainly the one in the 2022 regular season were better than usual. The other 3 groups were total shit shows. The Conference title game that the good guys lost featured a line with, IIRC 3 backups in starting roles. They performed as expected. The Super Bowl year line was somehow historically bad.
Bad OL are going to hold elite DL like Chris Jones. Mahomes has has at the very least the best interior OL in the league for 4 years. Our left tackle, arguably the best OL on the team (for the entire Burrow era) was once a part of KC's front as well.
I'm not saying it's THE factor, but it's A factor. The defensive penalties are another animal, but the disparity in OL play absolutely skews those numbers.
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