Baltimore Ravens @ Kansas City Chiefs

Location

Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo

Time

1pm ET

6pm UK

Coverage

CBS

Game Pass

Chiefs Radio Network

 

Team Records

Chiefs 10-2

Ravens 7-5

 

Last 3 games

20^th December 2015 Chiefs 34 @ Ravens 14

10^th September 2012 Ravens 9 @ Chiefs 6

9^th January 2011 Ravens 30 @ Chiefs 7

 

 

 

The story so far

  The Chiefs continue winning, even though it was a less than convincing performance against a fairly putrid Raiders team. A number of games this season have fallen under the catagory of “a better team would beat us today”. The Ravens are a better team. They have a top tier defence and can run the ball. A potential recipe for disaster for the Chiefs that need to keep winning to get the No 1 seed and homefield advantage through to the Super Bowl.

Ladies and gentlemen, your playoffs start here.

 

Head to head

Tied 4-4

Team Leaders

Passing	Att	Cmp	Yds	TDs
Patrick Mahomes	429	287	3923	41
Rushing	Car	Yds	Avg	TDs
Kareem Hunt	181	824	4.6	7
Patrick Mahomes	51	238	4.7	2
Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TDs
Tyreek Hill	66	1119	17	11
Travis Kelce	79	1082	13.7	9
Sammy Watkins	40	519	13	3
Kareem Hunt	26	378	14.5	7

One to watch

Eric Berry. Again

  Will he play? He’s been limited in practice, I’d like to think he’ll play in a limited capacity here in prepeeration for another huge game on Thursday night. Will they take that chance or just leave him for the Chargers game? He’d be a massive addition against the run in this game but there are 3 tough games in quick succession coming up.

Key Matchup

Pat Mahomes v A top pass defence.

Possibly the best defence we’ve played against this season? They don’t create many turnovers but they are fundamentally very sound and give little away. Mahomes will need to remain patient and take what he can. Or he could produce some magic…

 

Injuries

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

PLAYER	POS.	INJURY	PART. WED.	PART. THURS.	PART. FRI.	GAME STATUS
Eric Berry	S	Heel	LP	LP	LP	Questionable
Demetrius Harris	TE	Knee	FP	DNP	DNP	Questionable
Anthony Hitchens	LB	Quad/Rib	FP	FP	FP	—
Sammy Watkins	WR	Foot	LP	LP	DNP	Doubtful

 

BALTIMORE RAVENS

PLAYER	POS.	INJURY	PART. WED.	PART. THURS.	PART. FRI.	GAME STATUS
Michael Crabtree	WR	Not Injury Related	DNP	FP	FP	—
Marlon Humphrey	CB	Groin	DNP	DNP	LP	Questionable
Tony Jefferson	S	Ankle	DNP	DNP	DNP	Doubtful
Alex Lewis	G	Shoulder	DNP	DNP	DNP	Questionable
Anthony Levine	LB/DB	Ankle	DNP	LP	FP	Questionable
Eric Weddle	S	Not Injury Related	DNP	FP	FP	—
Marshal Yanda	G	Not Injury Related	DNP	FP	FP	—
Tavon Young	CB	Groin	DNP	LP	FP	Questionable
Joe Flacco	QB	Hip	LP	LP	FP	Questionable
James Hurst	T	Back	LP	LP	FP	Questionable
Tim Williams	LB	Ankle	FP	FP	FP	Questionable
John Brown	WR	Not Injury Related	—	DNP	FP	—
Terrell Suggs	LB	Not Injury Related	—	—	DNP	—
Jimmy Smith	CB	Not Injury Related	—	—	DNP	—

 

 

What they said

Jerry Rosburg, Ravens ST coordinator

 

I think everybody that’s watched them recognizes the performance by the Kansas City special teams. The thing that’s remarkable is they’re good at everything. Their return game is good, their coverage has been excellent, their field goal kicker is playing at a very high level, their punter has been doing exceptionally well, [and] they’re limiting return yards on punt return like no one else in the league.

 

What we said

 

Bob Sutton:

“I would say, for players and coaches, it’s a whole different challenge. We have elements of what they do in most games – I wouldn’t say every game – but most games, because most people have the zone-read concepts or the RPOs and that stuff. When you do it as your kind of base – they have that and they have a way of just powering the ball at you, too – you have to rethink how you are playing, what your techniques are and all those things because you are asked to do different things. You have different concerns and different pressures as an individual player and also, structurally, as a defense.”

 

Odds

Chiefs -6