Chiefs beat Ravens in AFC Championship: Mahomes & Lamar duel, KC advances to SB | NFL | UNDISPUTED

No, no, I can't say it turned out exactly as I expected, but it turned out as I expected to a certain extent. Both defenses played very well. Both offenses had moments that you know you saw from the beginning. Lamar Jackson to Z Flores in the fighting action you expected. Lamar, to make some plays with his legs, converted a crucial fourth-and-one in that first half, he made some big plays in that quarter and one could have been a touchdown. I mean, he had a chance once he got out of there to score. I was actually surprised that he didn't run away, right, me too, me too, didn't you think that maybe he was gone?

Yeah, yeah, I mean, you're talking about the National Football League and the defenders aren't letting you off the hook. some running corners, yeah you're right, but they played really well, but you know what I said, I told people to temper expectations. I was sitting there and one of these ways, these open ways with the Baltimore fans and the Chiefs fans and the Baltimore fans were saying they hoped it was a double-digit win, yeah, they were saying, "Hey, this is probably going to be easy." "We don't stop running well, we run the ball well and I said hold your horses normally with Kansas City." you're talking about a middle-of-the-road defense, you know, kind of a marginal top 10, not this year, this year, they're their three best defenses, they're two in scoring.

He's been calling some incredible play, especially recently. been doing a phenomenal job and Chris Jones in those playoffs is a threat and he wasn't the only A Min who had a huge sack of Lamar Jackson and I was worried about Lamar Jackson potentially holding the ball too long. He did it in the Houston game, but against the young Houston team you can get away with it, you can get away with some mistakes and make up for it, but with a veteran Super Bowl champion or

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team you're not going to get away with it. yours and he doesn't No, and that's what I expected.

I expected Patrick Mahomes to show up in a big way. He definitely did it in the first half. In the first half, he was right and you know, guys, I looked at this game and thought it was a case. on both sides, where his biggest asset became his biggest liability, Lamar Jackson's biggest asset all year, he sat in the pocket, he looked great sitting in the pocket, he became the biggest responsibility of him. I thought he should have run 150 yards yesterday and I. I'm talking about the lower end, if he just comes out, when, when, when they kept closing that pocket on Lamar, he just waited and waited now, I praised him when he did this in the regular season, but not now, you don't do it here.

Do this, let me tell you why I think in a regular season we play The Possession, you play one series at a time, you play The Possession, people, we start with the top 15 because it's a possession, you know, top 15 plays, but when you get to In the playoffs, when you get to a

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game, you have to play every play, you have to play every play and I thought in the Baltimore Ravens games there were times where I could easily run and get this first down, but we made it harder for ourselves or for them. They had a hard time trying to make certain plays, throwing the ball here and now, and I used to get mad at Donovan McNab about this a while ago, when he played like he wanted you to be able to sit in the pocket, but if Tom Brady and Pton Manny had your legs in those moments, they're gone, stop trying to do them to your death and I thought Lamar Jackson did that with his death yesterday.

I know we talked about it all year, you did a great job, but sure. We're going to get a first down here, don't try to wait for these big plays trying to sit in the pocket and fight, that's where they lost the game. You know Lamar Jackson on the Baltimore Ravers down plus 10, it's like 0 and 28. since 2013 you can't go back plus 10 you put up seven points South you talked about that when we talked about an MVP I didn't even like the way this started you know what I mean this game started you know you have to be able to make plays in these games if you are going to be considered one of the best and this was one of those games where Lamar could have taken a big leap forward and he was there and you put seven points we can talk a lot about how they came out of that game did you all see in the pregame?

Patrick was warming up Patrick Mahom warming up Justin Tucker was there Travis Kelsey the morning he grabbed his stuff and moved his stuff moved he was waiting hey Justin tuer go get your guys and come back. I'm not saying fight, but let them know this is our house, this AFC Championship game is in Baltimore, you, you, you can't choose where you warm up here you are in our house they came to Baltimore's house and took it That's my problem I said one of my guys yesterday on set I said man it's like someone coming to your house telling you where your pots and pans are are you kidding me?

They came and accepted it They weren't ready to face the intensity of the Kansas City Chiefs at the beginning of that game They look like we were talking like they walked through this game There was a championship football team and they came to prove everyone who they were and they did it, I thought Baltimore would do it. I knew the defense would stop it, but I knew you wouldn't stop it, but 17 points from that defense after defense held you to 17 points, that's all Lamar should have needed to win this football. game and he didn't Are you saying that Lamar in the second half was trying to prove a point to a foul to a foul without a doubt without a doubt and Sher even alluded to because he's right?

I was going right there I kept saying get out and run let me tell you something about that second game with Lamar Jackson, what we talked about, yeah, passes and decisions you made, did you see the decisions made? Wow, this pocket is closed. I didn't wait and he ran and got crucial first downs. He ran for 2110 and 21 in the final stretch he took the game with his legs, with his legs, not only with his legs, with his decision making as well. about when to go and that's where Lamar lost his game. He needed it so he could make better decisions and go and he could have scored some points and they weren't right Richard Sherman it's my turn, you

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me in three dinners. in this game, two about the outcome of the game and one about the poop.

I said he wouldn't run more than 50 yards. I will say I bet you jumped because I wasn't even sure poop could play because they said his toe was so bad it was very doubtful so I thought well at least he'll split the carries with Edwards aair and not just He didn't split the carries. Edwards Air had one carry throughout the game, but Pacho goes for 12 on his first carry. Well, I deal with it after that, but guess what happened after that? He goes 23 more times for a total of 56 yards the rest of the way, so you got a little lucky because you barely went over the total on that one. one, but I give it to you, you still owe me dinner for the season in general, but yesterday you brought me three times, you stopped paying attention, Skip and we talked about this at the beginning of the year, there was a stretch there, it became multiple. dinner bets about the Dallas Cowboys winning two or three din bets every game, but you have to accept it, you owe me one dinner for the season, but that's okay, we'll do it, you actually owe me two dinners, but it's a The story is different, it's a revisionist history that is a complete illusion, but okay, now let's get back to this game.

It devastated me to have to sit back and watch this happen. Travis Kelsey is still Travis Kelsey and clearly you, he is everything to Patrick Mahomes, especially in a game of this magnitude, the defense was number one for a reason, it was very well coached, it was incredibly well planned, they fool you, They fool you, they do everything except protect Travis Kelce when necessary in the first half because they were much more laughable. to play and Mahomes says: you're going to give me that you're going to give me oh wait, give me he threw nine balls in the first half and he caught all nine for almost 100 yards and that touchdown pass to Travis was a thing of chemical beauty because It's one of the best relationships between a quarterback and a receiver that we've ever seen, if we can see the touchdown, it's just beautiful, it's a little loss on the right corner of the back shoulder, okay, okay, okay and that made for great coverage by the cow, so that made it seven to nothing and then all of a sudden he jumps up and I say that guy Richard has me now because it's 17 to 7 at the half, at which point the defense from Baltimore said enough was enough, not in our house. and in the second half they gave you a t to force against Patrick Mahomes because if my numbers are correct, Patrick Mahomes' offense threw for a total of 69 yards in the second half and that includes the last throw of the game which went for 32 yards . to Valdez Scantling who killed the clock and finished the game right, so if we took that 36-yarder in the second half and they made three of nine, Kansas City made a third down and clearly in the second half.

Kansas City had the ball five times except the last possession five times and they punted all five times because they were going nowhere slowly. That was the Baltimore defense I wanted to see in the first half because in the second half Travis Kelce caught two balls for 10 and I'm sorry, 20 yards, two balls for 20 yards, okay, it wasn't a factor, it didn't hurt at all. to the home team in the second half and Lamar Jackson threw 25 passes in the second half, he completed 15 of them, but the point is that it is a game because you all won the second half three to nothing, but if you had gotten to 14, I think the home team would have won, so now we get to the crucial sequence if we can see what happened to Z flow.

I know, Michael. wants to address this, but first we get the taunting penalty on Baltimore's longest play in the game, it's a 54 yard blown coverage, it's just a busted coverage, he throws wide to the Z flowers and keeps going, I think made him stay outside and he makes fun of lerus sne but he has the first one who pushes him off, yes i think it's a bit excessive but the rule is the rule and that was blatant mockery if that's the rule, but you don't agree with the rule. I do not do it. I don't agree with the rule nor do I agree, this is blatant mockery for getting up first and I hate this rule because I play an intense game and I also like people who play an intense game.

I'm not trying to show people. I'm trying to cheer myself up and cheer up my teammates and I get up and I'm demonstrative and I want to call a penalty now Travis Kelce did something similar to uh to KY Hamilton when he scored a touchdown that he kind of got. he was into it the whole game he was right and he was barking and talking and and and then they didn't give him a penalty I thought that was a little bit for the situation ahead Richard I I I I I think it's a penalty, you know?

I think you've done a lot in this game to protect these offensive guys and if you're going to sit there and let him push him, throw him the ball, flex on him and you're not going to let us take his head off. so then you better call that because then the game will get out of hand because we're going to crush your spirit later, but you're going to give us 15 for that later, that's why I'm, I'm, I'm. I agree, you want to control the game and not hurt these kids, so you call for teasing because otherwise someone will take it into their own hands, wake you up, and send you to the bench, to the blue tent.

So I'm fine with them keeping the game under control by calling if you call Travis Keler. I don't have any problems either. I mean, then we'll call, but don't give me a side and then. give me another side when I do it Michael, my only problem with this was that I wasn't sure what Z Flowers had to make fun of because it wasn't like he smoked it on the road, right? I mean, him? Don't know. it's just a broken cover it's just wide open it wasn't much of an opportunity to make fun of it but he took advantage of it and you know what they say about Karma it's uh you know the b word gets back at you and lerus sne who was snubbed by the Pro Bowl, he quickly made up for it at the goal line because he takes away a flower at the goal line and this is the play of the game.

Nice shot by Lamar underneath. I thought he was inside. I thought he was there and Lerus slides his right hand. comes in and puts the ball up his nose, yeah, he was just a great St, that's why football is one of those sports that you can't do before you're done, it's hard to celebrate, it's hard to do it all because it will get you back every time and you will play until the end with this type of defense. I don't think the Ravens came in with enough respect for these guys. I mean, obviously, they had tremendous respect for the Ravens defense and those.

Guys were flying, I mean there were plays where guys got hit four times before turning around, but I don't think the Baltimore Ravens gave this Kansas City Chiefs defense that kind of respect and you could hear it during all week. I know this is going to be dominant, this is our day, this is our moment. You know, when you start talking about it like these guys aren't one of the best defenses, usually when you play against a great defense, you hear about that, man, them. You are a great defense, you hear about Lerus sne Chris Jones, they have been here before, this is one of theirbetter balls, etc., you didn't hear any of that during the week and that's how I evaluate, oh, these guys really don't.

Don't they have a ton of respect for this Kansas City Chiefs defense at least they don't say it outwardly and I've heard them to say it outwardly when they have respect for the guys, so Richard, you can call me if you want, but I think if Z Flores holds on to that ball and crosses that goal line and it's 17-14 with a full quarter to go. What I'm saying is I think the local I think Lamar will realize that, yeah, a different game, it's a different game, it's a different game if you do that, but how do we get to that different game?

Baltimore's players must understand that every play is crucial. Z that was second down, second and eight, so if I don't make it to the end zone, I'll still get a first down. I saw the scoreboard right there, you get a first down, you don't put that ball up. At Harm's weight you have to protect that ball, that's just the playmaker, when that's the only time you get the ball over the line, it's fourth down and I need This touchdown in the game is the only time I put that ball exposing it that way and it was the second place there, if I don't get the touchdown, we'll have an inch left to get that touchdown. you don't expose the ball and those are the little decisions I'm talking about right now will cost you a game.

Don't know. I love John Harbaugh. I love him. I think he is a great coach. I think he is. Great coach, but letting Travis Kelsey go 11-for-11 is almost firing, yeah, are you kidding me? It's Travis Kelsey, but hey look, this is where I'm having trouble playing. I don't care if he breaks my defense. I don't mind. If I break all the rules in my defense you are not going to

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me. I'm going to see if the Cadarius Tony they had active and all those guys, Vanz Scle, can win a whole game and not just make a play. but can you win a full game because I'm going to take out Travis Kelsey who blew me away but but but but this is what I'm going to say every week that we're sitting here talking about Todd Monin and and and Mike Mike McDonald and and all the great work they're doing now we can't just throw it at Jim, I mean, I mean John Harbaugh and say man, what is John Harbaugh doing?

I put it on Lamar, I put it on Lamar sitting in the pocket too long I gave it to Lamar Anyway I took his flowers because I have a lot of flowers all year round, but that's on Lamar, that's not on the monkey Tom. Lamar has the ability to make those plays, he stops trying to be Patrick Mahomes and be Lamar Jackson, right here, that is. Playing with Patrick Mahomes, he wanted me to come out and run a little bit, but on Todd mon I agree, yeah, okay, here's the other thing. Remember the Ravens led the National Football League in rushing 154 yards per game, why would Todd Monin abandon running back entirely?

In the running game, the runs called because in the second half they had a total of three running back carries for eight total yards because they basically just told Lamar to stand in the pocket, make a great throw and win this game, and he kept throwing bombs. Yes, go ahead, Richard. I thought he did it alone. Hop. I thought he didn't need help. Hop. I thought that his runners practically did not exist and that this is the MVP and that they are on the fly and no. I don't need anyone else, but now all of a sudden you're telling me they should have given the ball to Gus Edwards, so now you're telling me they should get the ball out.

I completely understood that jump, I understood it. I watched the play all year but they told me he did it alone so the Baltimore fans told me along with you that he is the MVP and you are nothing without him and no one else did anything you all said because he is the runaway MVP. Exactly, but then you told me, "Oh, man, there's a game where the MVP could have taken over. You should have given the ball to the other guys and run the ball with the other guys. I heard you jump, but I did." What I'm telling you is." The same thing I've told you all year, he had 10 games where he had a touchdown pass or less, 10, 10 of 18, he had 10 and 18, and when you get into that and you see these games, you tell me that this He is the MVP, he is a Runway and he has been so dominated that yesterday he had an MVP game.

He didn't have a terrible game but he didn't have that type of game and very quickly, let's see if Brock P had that type of game. I said he turned into a pumpkin. I'm not listening, let you ask questions about the 10 games you're talking about. Are you saying that without a TD pass or without a TD period that's not okay? Yes, you're talking about saying where he had a TD pass. one or zero, so let's quickly look at the two pitches to Odell, he's trying to open the game and let me say this, what come on, they were too late, although OD, I was talking to a, I told him, man, you gotta go . outside they were pressuring outside and they didn't make enough shots outside he had no targets in the first half I agree okay let's look at the first one even though there are 1021 left in the game this is a deep ball from the 11 yard line.

Lamar goes up. and this could have been an interference, but the throw is five yards long, if the ball has to be played, it has to be in the stadium where you are, you are focused on the DB and maybe you will get interference on this play so time. because he doesn't call any interference if they call if they call that in the playoffs holding he's grabbing his arm his arm exposes him but the ball is five yards too far now let's go and this play let me explain this play here CU Odell Odell is a little older now, the old man should stack this guy, that means get back in front of him right when he moves, get back in front of him, young Odell could run away from that guy, older Odell should stack. him and run him around his back, okay, now look at the next Odell in the end zone, this is from a red zone, throwing to the end zone, same idea, the ball is a little far if you drop it in the area where the interference is another one that could have been called, could have been called, but the ball is so far away that it becomes irrelevant, it's almost like I don't know if you watch all the football play jump, they're not calling either. one of those things plays finally let's see the last one that gets intercepted it's right after this throw he's grabbing it completely fine so this is the last one that's probably in the back of the end zone it's a terrible idea it's almost triple I covered him, but he'll probably get tackled in the back of the end zone in real time.

I didn't think it was a big deal and then I watch the replay and he just gets taken down. They took me out of the play. Could you? Call it right, the ball isn't there, it's so far from the throw that it's not even in play, probably at that point well, I think he's on the throne because he probably broke his route. And he raised his hand, he did, he threw that hand right there. I'm thinking May was supposed to curl or something and just decided to go deep and that's why Lamar was late because he saw it and tried to hit it, but here again it brought me back to my thoughts, stop trying to hit a home run . you're trying to make a home run play in the playoffs, that's how this game becomes, where it gets more complicated here and you guys can't make those mistakes to turn the ball over in those situations, you're going to lose the game.

Alright, we have to talk about the other game in a moment. Richard was there on site in a Joe Montana the entire time. Joe Montana. Okay, I'll tell you below why I didn't think the 49ers were all that impressive last night. Sam, thanks for watching Undisputed fans. Want more highlights from the show? Be sure to hit the subscribe button to check out all of the exclusive Undisputed content.