Today we bring a post where we will make a summary and analysis of the final match of the conference round for the American conference championship between Cincinnati Bengals for the North Division and Kansas City Chiefs Division west, the meeting took place in the colorful and loudest stadium in the NFL, the Arrowhead Stadium , known by the name Red Sea among the fans, with capacity for 79,000 spectators, its grass is of natural grass, this sports venue is the headquarters of the Kansas City Chiefs, the winner will represent the American conference champion in Super Bowl 56, and will face the Los Angeles Rams franchise, who were the national conference champions by defeating in overtime against the San Francisco 49ers.
Aspectos ofensivos relevantes | Relevant offensive aspects
Cincinnati Bengals | This playoff team has these numbers throughout its history: Playoff appearances in 22 games | Won 8 | Lost 14 | on 10 occasions they have participated in the wild card round with a balance of 2 wins and 8 losses | in the divisional round they have participated in 7 opportunities where they have won 3 games and lost 4 | in conference championships they have participated in 2 games and have won 2 times | they have been to two super bowls but have yet to win a bowl, this franchise had 31 years without reaching a conference final since 1989 when they beat the Buffalo Bills. The Cincinnati Bengals come to this game after winning the wild card round against the Las Vegas Raiders and the Tennessee Titans in the divisional round. Cincinnati's offense is #13 in the league and #6 in the American conference. Leading the 25-year-old prospect and Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow #9 whose regular season passer rating is one of the highest at 108.3, in the quarterback ranking he is ranked #12 with 36 touchdowns, Burrow also exhibits in his short experience in the league an excellent completion percentage of 70.40%, in our opinion this offense could cause damage to the Kansas City defense, since in recent games these guys have come from behind to turn around and win games, and precisely his lethal soul has been the offensive.
Puntos por juego | Yardas por juego | Yardas lanzadas por juego |
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27.10 | Ranking 7° | 361.5 | Ranking 13° |
Kansas City Chiefs | This franchise exhibits these statistics in the playoffs: Negative balance in the playoffs of 17 won by 21 lost | 2 super bowl wins in 4 appearances | 3 conference championships | in the regular season the offense was #3 and in its conference it was #1 | the Kansas City Chiefs come to this match after winning the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild card round and the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round. The offense is led by the shining star Patrick Mahomes #15, considered one of the best quarterbacks of the new post-Tom Brady era, throughout the 2022 playoffs, these are his numbers: Position #1 of the quarterback ranking | 1st in touchdowns with 11 | 1st in Pass Completion % with 89 | 1st in yards with 1,057, Like Cincinnati, we are of the opinion that this team's offense is to be feared, so we will see a game based on offensive strategy and tactics.
Puntos por juego | Yardas por juego | Yardas lanzadas por juego |
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28.20 | Ranking 4° | 396.80 | Ranking 3° |
Aspectos defensivos relevantes | Relevant defensive aspects
Cincinnati Bengals | This defense at the end of the regular season was #18 in the ranking, allowing: 272.80 yards per game |376 points | passes thrown that reached 4,222 yards | on average this defense scored 22.10 points per game. Defensive lineman Logan Wilson #55 stands out in the defensive line | and cornerback Mike Hilton #21.
Puntos por juego | Yardas por juego | Yardas lanzadas por juego |
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22.10 | Ranking 17° | 350.80 | Ranking 18° |
Kansas City Chiefs | This defense is #27 in the ranking, as they produced the following regular season stats: Allowed 21.40 points per game | 1,999 rushing yards | 4,273 receiving yards. On defense stand out: Daniel Sorensen #49 | L'Jarius Sneed #38 . Here are the most relevant statistics of the defense in the regular season.
Puntos por juego | Yardas por juego | Yardas lanzadas por juego |
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21.40 | Ranking 8° | 368.9 | Ranking 27° |
Serie histórica entre Buffalo Bills Vs Kansas City Chiefs Historic series between Buffalo Bills Vs Kansas City Chiefs
These two franchises have met 30 times, the Cincinnati Bengals dominate the series 16-14. In the last 5 games from 2012 to 2022 we have 4 wins for the Cats and one win for Kansas City.
Mis apreciaciones del partido || My assessment of the match
We enjoyed the match corresponding to the championship round of the American Conference through the ESPN sports network, at 3:00 pm, Barranquilla time, Colombia, on Sunday, January 30, 2022. Then we leave you our opinions and appraisals of the most relevant plays of each quarter.
1st Quarter | We saw a somewhat even 1st quarter, in our opinion dominated by the Kansas City offense, meanwhile the Cincinnati defense was able to contain Patrick Mahones who they were able to pressure. The first touchdown came from Kansas City's offensive series started in shotgun position by quarterback Mahones with a short pass to receiver Tyreek Hill, then came Cincinnati's riposte through a field goal 32 made by kicker Evan Mcpherson , the partials of this quarter were Cincinnati 3 Vs Kansas City 7
2nd Quarter | The second quarter, in our opinion, continued to be dominated by Kansas Citi, the second touchdown score would come through a maneuver by Mahomes to get out of the protection pocket and connect a pass to receiver Travis Kelce, then the offensive series would come for Cincinnati but these they could not specify offensive actions that ended in scoring, this was due to the excellent defense of Kansas City, for its part Cincinnati could only score a touchdown due to a mistake in the defense of Kansas City, this score was a deep pass by quarterback Joe Burrow received by his receiver Samaje Perine, until this quarter it seemed that the game was going one way, since Kansas City continued to impose its offensive game system and won in the middle of the duel 21 to 10.
3rd Quarter | In this quarter, the Cincinnati offensive system prevailed to the point that the Kansas City offense was unable to execute offensive actions that would end in scoring, the charge of the Cincinnati defense was masterful as it exerted a lot of pressure on quarterback Patrick Mahome who could not connect effectively with their receivers, we applaud the offensive plays sent by Cincinnati offensive coordinator Brian Callahan , the 1st touchdown of this quarter was a 31-yard field goal by rookie kicker Evan Mcpherson, and the 2nd touchdown was due to an interception to a pass from Marshal Mahome by the Cincinnati defense, this defensive action led to a touchdown pass thrown by Joe Burrow to his receiver Ja Marr Chase, then to finish off and tie the score Cincinnati executed the conversion perfectly of 2 points, the score in this phase of the match was equal to 21, Cincinnati's comeback began when this s lost 21 to 3.
4th Quarter | This quarter was a heart attack, the defensive schemes of both teams worked like a Swiss clock, everything happened, there was a sack to quarterback Mahome by the Cincinnati defense, there was also an interception of a pass from Joe Burrow, and here we believe that Kansas City put the team's result at risk, since with the ball in his possession he did not make a field goal as it is written in these cases, and Cincinnati's defense prevented them from advancing, again Cincinnati capitalized on an error and managed to score a long 52-yard field goal by kicking prospect Evan Mcphherson to make the score Cincinnati 24 - Kansas City 21. With 0:03 remaining in the game, Kansas City gets through a deep pass from Patrick Mahome that his receiver received the ball and called timeout to stop the clock, this pass put Kansas City in a good position to score a 44-yard field goal to tie the game at 24 and led play it in overtime.
We witnessed the insatiable hunger that Cincinnati had to obtain the ticket to the super bowl, and we believe that they materialized it by hand, there is an old saying in the NFL that says: If you are a local in a conference game and you win the toss you have the game assured, because dear readers, this saying collapsed by itself, since Kansas City won the toss and started the offensive series in overtime, but Cincinnati's defense managed to intercept a pass to Mahomes, which allows them to win the American conference championship with a 31-yard field goal that was converted by one of the heroes of the match, kicker Evan Mcpherson, with this score in overtime 27 to 24 Cincinnati earns the right to play the final of Super Bowl 56 with the champions of the national conference, Los Angeles Rams
In our opinion, the overconfidence and the feeling of possible winners playing at home was one of the ingredients that could have influenced Kansas City's home loss. Cincinnati knew how to perfectly manage this and, in our opinion, capitalize on several tactical and strategic actions committed by Mahomes and the offensive coordinator, going for a 4th attempt instead of attempting a field goal, if this action had not taken place, the game would surely have been won by Kansas City, but Cincinnati is responsible for the spectacular comeback they made when they lost in the second quarter 21 to 3, from then on the felines grew up and gave the Kansas City Chiefs a blow. Without a doubt in our opinion there are 2 MVPs of the game, quarterback Joe Burrow who threw 2 timely touchdowns | He threw for 250 yards and only had one pass intercepted. The other hero of the match was kicker Evan Mcpherson who was 4|4 in field goals contributing only 13 points. We believe that the offensive weakness that Kansas City had was the 2 turnovers that they had and that Cincinnati capitalized on scoring.
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