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Originally Posted by rubecube
The Chiefs kind of beat themselves and were missing Kelce and Jones. I thought Seattle really exposed them for what they are.
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Watching it from a Seattle perspective the big takeaways I had were, first, that the O-line is (as hyped) very good indeed, but it NEEDS to be, because Goff is a very different QB when pressured. Throw him off and he'll make poor decisions. And the Seahawks' pass rush isn't even good; give him the Eagles and even though that O-line will win a lot, the occasions where they don't can change a game. On the other side of the ball, the Lions' pass rush isn't scary. It's just Aidan Hutchinson, basically, and while he'll make a few plays, he has to kind of overextend himself and try a lot of rip plays that act as free passes to hold him without a flag.
I think they are legitimately good but yes, the smart money is definitely very firmly on SF, PHI and probably (as much as I hate to say it) still DAL notwithstanding last week - they'll figure it out. EDIT: I didn't know we meant "smart money" literally in so far as the implied odds. I do think that SF and PHI are probably three times more likely to win the Super Bowl than DET so +1800 to +600 is about right.