The way our defense played so badly yesterday and really hurt our chances to win the game, there's no way we would have beaten Cincinatti in the AFC Championship Game. It would have been a result similar to the Detroit game. Joe would have carved our swiss cheese defense to shreds and we would have lost big. So, basically, it just delayed the inevitable.

I think we're really good at offense, just need a little more help on the O line, but we have got to get some help at linebacker, safety, corner back, and rusher. After Mahomes was hurt, we never went after him again. Do you think any of the other defensive coordinators would have done that? They would have made life difficult for him, but we just let him pick out which wide open receiver he wanted to throw it to.

Our defense came up big in some games, but it really let us down in big games, especially yesterday. I know our offense hurt us a little, the long pass that should have been caught and the fumble on the 3 yard line, which could have tied the game and took us to overtime, but it is the defense that needs the best help.

I'm so glad the NFL is not getting what they wanted, which was a game not at the home field of the higher seed. I also hope that Cincinatti beats Kansas City up, which I think they will because they have their number.

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