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00:00 We can debate where it should be, but I can't help but make the point that it is there for
00:05 a reason.
00:06 Trust me, the odds makers know that many, many people today will wake up and go, "Oh,
00:13 Holmes lost four and a half, money line, money line, money line."
00:17 A lot of people, and a lot of people did it against Buffalo as well.
00:22 I just cannot help but stress this enough that this number is there for a reason, and
00:28 it is not that they don't respect Pat Mahomes.
00:30 Trust me, they do.
00:31 Trust me, they probably wish they could push this up even higher.
00:34 It is the amount of respect that the Ravens have consistently gained throughout the final
00:40 stretch of this regular season and postseason, and the Bucs having but no choice to put a
00:47 stronger number out here on Baltimore, now up to four and a half.
00:51 Yeah, absolutely, and think about this.
00:52 It is back-to-back road games for Pat Mahomes in Kansas City, and think about who they're
00:56 playing in terms of Baltimore beat San Francisco in their house at the end of the regular season
01:01 and dominated them, right?
01:03 Four-five turnovers.
01:04 So that's the matchup.
01:05 I think when you look at Kansas City as a whole, Kev, it's a different offense, obviously
01:09 this year, not as explosive.
01:11 We talked about it.
01:12 Just look at Pat Mahomes' four 300-yard games this year compared to last year where he had
01:17 10.
01:19 Travis Kelsey and those wide receivers are inconsistent.
01:22 Rasheed Rice last week, only 42 receiving yards.
01:25 They're averaging 245 passing yards for a game.
01:28 They're doing it with the rushing attack.
01:30 They're doing it with Isaiah Pacheco.
01:32 They're averaging up 109 rushing yards on the ground, but that goes right into the strength
01:37 of the front seven of Baltimore, very good in terms of run support, giving up 107 rushing
01:42 yards for a game.
01:43 So that is the chess match that will play out today.
01:47 Can Baltimore force and put Pat Mahomes into long, predictable third downs?
01:52 If they could do that, I think they win this ballgame, Donny.
01:54 You know, you take a look sometimes at the Kansas City Chiefs, right, and you say, "Boy,
01:57 when did they really struggle?"
01:58 There are games that we've watched where Patrick Mahomes, hot hike, he's under duress right
02:02 away and just trying to be Superman the entire football game.
02:04 I can envision seeing that sort of a playoff because what are you going to need to do if
02:08 you're Kansas City?
02:09 I don't think you win this football game, guys, if Kansas City gets the 20 points and
02:12 you win it 20 to 17.
02:13 The reason I bring that up here, you take a look at October 22nd when the Baltimore
02:17 Ravens took on the Detroit Lions.
02:18 They hung 38 points.
02:20 Let's go over the next couple weeks here for their football games.
02:22 38 points scored, 31, 37, 31, 34, low point here, the Chargers, with 20 points.
02:29 They rebound with 37 points, then go on the road and take on Jacksonville and beat them
02:32 in a lower scoring game, but still were able to win that 23 to 7.
02:35 San Francisco, 33, Miami, 56.
02:38 Take the Pittsburgh game out of the equation because, again, we didn't have the starters,
02:41 34 against Houston.
02:42 This team is a juggernaut right now.
02:44 And in the past, you might say to yourself, "Well, yeah, Mahomes and that offense can
02:47 really get going.
02:48 This is going to be a fun game."
02:49 Who would have ever thought that we would get to this version of the AFC Championship
02:53 game and the better offense, the more high-flying offense is Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore