The Kansas City Chiefs will get Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden for the AFC Wild Card game this weekend against the Houston Texans. He completed 25 of 40 passes for 249 yards with one touchdown and one interception as Houston won 30-6 and beat the spread as a 5.5-point home favorite.
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Maclin said after the game that “there’s no way” he’d miss the Chiefs’ playoff opener. So while this team may not carry the baggage of those playoff flops, there remains a sense of goal in finally putting an end to them.
The former Alabama quarterback has performed admirably in three starts for the Bengals, going 2-1 in relief of starting quarterback Andy Dalton.
The wild-card round matchup pits teams that performed an about faced as dramatically as it can happen. Both teams are playing situational football at high levels. Because we here at FanSided are sick in the head, we made a decision to rank each one of them based on their play in Kansas City. “We weren’t there to see Big Ben or the other stuff, Westminster Abbey”. With Kansas City ranking near the bottom of the league in passing, Houston would be wise to focus their attention on stopping a running game that has average 127 yards per game.
It would’ve been understandable for Kansas City to pack it in right there. All that does is the Chiefs find a way to end the NFL’s most embarrassing streak, eight straight playoff losses dating back to well – far too long ago. “You’re going to have to do your best, throw out all of the records, throw out where you are playing”. You’re thinking about getting a victory, ” owner Clark Hunt said. “Every decision you make is vital to the success or not success in the game”.
Little-known backs Charcandrick West and Spencer Ware have combined for 1,037 rushing yards and 10 TDs to help overcome the loss of Charles. Jeremy Maclin led in receiving with 54 yards and one touchdown in three catches. Teams that win their division gain home field advantage even if their records were poorer than those of their playoff opponents. “For us to have that confidence, it definitely gives us a chance to play well”.
The Houston Texans host the Kansas City Chiefs in one of the Wild Card NFL Playoff games on Saturday, January 9 start time at 4:35 PM ET, at NRG Stadium, Houston, TX. “The question is, What are we gonna do about it?,'” Andy Reid told the MMQB. “We aren’t satisfied with where we are right now”. I think we have to look at it to learn from some of the things we did there. The Chiefs won 10 straight games, and the Texans won seven of their last nine.
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“I don’t think you can just ignore it, but both teams are very different”, head coach Bill O’Brien said Wednesday. This big hole in the middle of defensive line can be attributed to the declining play of Vince Wilfork, throughout the course of this season Wilfork has lost some of his quickness and strength which has resulted in him not being able to get to the running back as fast as he once did and not having the strength to take on double teams anymore. He led the league with 17.5 sacks, which means he’s more than capable of carrying the defensive load for the Texans. His penchant for throwing short of the sticks in key situations inspired a new metric, dubbed “ALEX” in his honor, to measure a willingness to attack downfield when the situation calls for it.
