The Kansas City Chiefs somehow manage to win every week and are now 9-0 ahead of a box office matchup against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
This team has been dodging close losses all year, and coach-turned-analyst Rex Ryan recently named who he believes is the biggest threat to the Chiefs.
On Sunday NFL Countdown ahead of Week 11, Ryan said that he believes the Cincinnati Bengals are the biggest threat to the Chiefs in the AFC and added, “I can assure you the Chiefs don’t want to see Joe Burrow.”
“I can assure you the Chiefs don’t want to see Joe Burrow.”
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It might be true, but the Chiefs have already beaten the Bengals this season, and with Cincy currently sitting at 4-6, the likelihood of the Chiefs seeing the Bengals again is extremely slim.
Burrow and the Bengals are the only AFC team to defeat the Chiefs in the playoffs aside from Tom Brady’s New England Patriots in the 2018-19 AFC Championship game during Patrick Mahomes’ first year as a starter.
Ryan believes Burrow and all the talent on this offense is enough to carry a subpar defense to the playoffs and isn’t deterred by being 4-6 since they are only one game back of the 5-5 Denver Broncos for the final Wild Card spot.
Burrow is having a tremendous year, and Mahomes’ numbers have been some of his worst, but somehow, the Chiefs are undefeated while the Bengals are under .500.
Sometimes, football doesn’t make sense, but Ryan is correct in saying nobody will be excited if they face off against the Bengals in the playoffs.
