Chiefs-Ravens Playoff Game Preview

Coming out of blogtirement to write about the improbable- The 2010 Chiefs have made the playoffs!




Looking at this game the first thing that comes to mind is each teams record. Baltimore is 12-4, Kansas City is 10-6. Heres an indepth look at both teams strength of schedule:




Chiefs:
Losing records:
Denver 4-12 (W 10-6, L 29-49)
Arizona 5-11 W 31-13
Seattle 7-9 W 42-24
St. Louis 7-9 W 27-13
Tennessee 6-10 W 34-14
Houston 6-10 L 35-31
Buffalo 4-12 W 13-10
San Francisco 6-10 W 31-10
Cleveland 5-11 W 16-14
*Oakland 8-8 (L 23-20, L 31-10)
*Jacksonville 8-8 W 42-20

Winning records:
Indianapolis 10-6 L 9-19
San Diego 9-7 (W 21-14, L 0-31)

Combined record against and of losing teams:
9-4 and 66-110 avg schedule of 6-10
Combined record against and of winning teams:
1-2 and 19-13 avg schedule of 9.5-6.5


Ravens:
Losing records:
Cincinnati 4-12 (L 10-15, W 13-7)
Cleveland 5-11 (W 2-17, W 20-10)
Houston 6-10 W 34-28 (if you watched this game then you saw the way they let Houston come back before a horrible pass by Schaub led to a game winning pick six)
Carolina 2-14 W 37-13
Miami 7-9 W 26-10
Buffalo 4-12 W 37-34
Denver 4-12 W 31-17

Winning records:
New York Jets 11-5 W 10-9
Pittsburgh 12-4 (W 17-14 before Big Ben came back, L 10-13)
New England 14-2 L 20-23
Atlanta 13-3 L 21-26
Tampa Bay 10-6 W 17-10
New Orleans 11-5 W 30-24

Combined record against and of losing teams:
8-1 and 32-80 avg schedule of 4.5-11.5

Combined record against and of winning teams:
4-3 and 71-25 avg schedule of 12-4

We're 7-1 at home and they're 5-3 on the road

Keys to the game:

On Defense: Stuff the Ravens running game making Joe "Unibrow" Flaaco beat us. The Ravens recently have struggled moving the ball and Kansas City's secondary matches up well with their possession receivers.


On offense: The Ravens have a solid front 7 even though this year only 3 other teams have less sacks than the Ravens. The key will be to shutdown Terrell Suggs allowing Cassel and Bowe to shread the Ravens secondary.

Special Teams: The Ravens have played just about every game this season closely, Ultimately the game will come down to turnovers and field possession.


Edgar Allen Poe sucked and so do the Ravens. GO CHIEFS!