NFL Weekly Game Previews: Divisional Round

in a row in the twenties. Weird but true. The current Cowboys headed to San Francisco after bouncing TV twelve in the Bucks six points at a time to stop. They take on the forty Niners, a team that's gone full Strange Brew, steam rolling teams as they march into the Divisional round on an eleven game win streaks present too.

What a matchup battle of d p O Y candidates First Team All O Edge Rush buddies Nick Bosa on one side, Micah Parsons on the other, Which guy has the bigger impact and answer could go a long way in dictating how the game unfolds and ends. Neither guy lines up exclusively on one side, So the key matchup we start with San Francisco's tackles versus Parsons. Micah thirteen and a half sacks in third most pressures of any edge rusher in two Parsons attacked the left tackle about

sixty percent of the time. The right tackle Russia good Night. Don't be surprised if that is at least flipped in this one. San Francisco's left tackle, Trent Williams, PFF's best left tackle two years running now number eleven, may spend a little more time on the right side then Mike McGlinchey. He's not a Turk or a j D or anything, but he gave up six sacks and he's not Trent Williams.

He's gonna split McGlinchey and Burford and Worth noting when these two played in last year's wild Card game, Parsons didn't have a single sack or even a QB hit. Dallas didn't plant Jimmy g a single time two times big third down conversions to Jennings of this game. Three of the Cowboys key pass rushers this season played in

that game too. Forty Niners line again having to contend with Dorrance Armstrong eight and a half bags to Marcus Lawrence six sacks, the newcomer to the Niner Cowboy party Dante Fowler six bags this season and one of the highest pressure rates in the league. That group led the way to the third most QB takedowns out Dallas had a thirty five percent pressure rate that was the highest in the NFL. It makes for a gene Belcher beef

squatch battle. They are bludgeoning our quarterback that rush up against a line that allow the sixth fewest sacks, the tenth lowest pressure rate. Jimmy time, Jimmy throws it is caught touchdown. Okay. On the other side, Nick Bosa, NFL sack leader forty eight QB hits thirteen more than anyone else. I wasn't even thinking about sack. He didn't have a sack in their wild card win. It makes him more dangerous.

The number of times Bosa went back to back games without seeing him shrug this season same number of times I started for an NFL team about in here or college team Pop Warner team two on two two hand touch team that one hurt. Bosa is also a sixty forty guy, but he prefers right tackles most of the time, so is the Dallas tackle situation bosa ready. Tyrnn Smith played right tackle in the wild card game. He only played four regular season games, but we know what he's

capable of. On the other side, it's rookie Tyler Smith and or Jason Peters. Peters left last week's game hurt. Tyler Smith gave up seven sacks this year. Back it's side, that's what a yard lot. He got moved around a lot out of necessity, so he never really got settled into one spot. Tyler Smith, he has really played well, big picture pass rush battle on this side of things, just as meaty as the other side. Forty Niners racked

up three sacks versus Seattle last week. One of the bags, a happy meal, came with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. The Niners forty four sacks tied for tenth most, a thirty percent pressure rate, ninth highest facing off with a Cowboys line that only gave up twenty seven sacks, fourth fewest to Dak Prescott got solid protection versus Tampa Bay.

He couldn't come into a game off a better game career best twenty five thirty three, three hundred and five yards, four touchdowns, a one forty three point three ray his touchdown pass to Dalton Schultz probably his new signature play to play by Prescott. Prescott looked like he was toying with Tampa Bay's defense. It won't be easy to toy with San Francisco's first in points per game allowed this year, first in yards per game. Only three teams scored twenty

four plus on them all season. I live clash my half, you're really Frisco secondary eighty two point seven rate tied for fifth best, most I n T s and all of football right now, hit suck it up by a

Manual Cowers light intercepted by Fred Ward. The big one on one here tre various word versus ceedee lamb Ward had a great not a great wild card dk Metcalf beat him for a big touchdown, or gave up over a hundred yards nine targets, seven receptions allowed, or that one spot where he looks back and that's what allowed dk Metcalf to separate. On that same note, it's worth noting forty Niners defense has been great in two but they gave up big yards to Jarrett Stidham and Davante

Adams a few games ago. Last week versus Gino over two hundred and fifty yards, two touchdowns, bet Calf having a big game. Then the forty Niners territory typically San Francisco has played white outs well, held him to an eight eight point five rating that was twelve lowest. Cornerback Dionmodoor. Lenore didn't have a great but he played well versus Seattle. Offs it up for Metcalf, who was defended by Lenore. This week He'll get a lot of Michael Gallop six targets,

five catches and a score last week. That is Gallop behind the defender touchdown. Forty Niners will have to play the tight end position well as well. Doc isn't wishy washy when it comes to Dalton Schultz eight targets, seven catches, ninety five yards, two scores versus Tampa Bay eight plus targets three straight games. Now he's a Prescott fave and zone taught touchdown. Don't show Niners against tight ends in two rating aloud ninety eight point two. That was middle

of the pack. That's an opening. Pets taught it. Tony Pollard. Zeke Paullard snapped out of his mini slump last week. Seventy seven yards five point one a run, a nice hesitation Elliott two point one yards per carry on thirteen tries versus the Bucks. Hasn't been over four yards per carry in five straight games. Now, he and Paul are trying to find room against the number one defense versus running backs in it's all sort of insulting that we

wait this long to get to the forty niners. Oh face, that's put up thirty seven plus points in four straight games. Passing game is on fire right now for them. Rudy Rocky, Michael Sarah All rolled in one behind center. Brock purd legend only bigger after watching him in his first playoff game. Here's what I'm talking about with that progression going through right, he's reading left, reading left. Where's Elijah Mitchell? He should be checking down, He should be ready back over here

to my right side. Three hundred and thirty two yards a hundred thirty one point five rating, three touchdowns, no picks, put receivers in spots to pick up yak and if he gets flushed showed he can keep plays alive with his legs, dances and finds my here brock girls, we have a good old fashioned debo. Craig Showdown lined up with Trayvon Diggs playing cube. In this case, Samuel snagged a few chains and pagers last week. Cody Barton coming down. You think he's gonna make the tackle. Then you think

Mike Jackson's gonna make the tackle. Six catches a hundred and thirty three yards and a touchdown, so he's feeling it. Digs ten targets versus Brady and Company allowed seven catches seventy five yards, rating over nineties, so not great. Dude's a gamer, though, and that's why him on debo will be fun losally every book that they Okay, Purdy doesn't play favorites, though he could easily turn to Brandon Aiyuk if he thinks Waldo's in front of him a uk

four targets, three catches, seventy three yards. He was San Francisco's top white out in You're just kind of flying out of the radar. But three catches in seventy three yards is Darren Bland wearing the red white cap. He gave up a touchdown eight catches on twelve targets last week eighty five yards. Dallas's past defense that Purdy and company face gave up three d and fifty one yards to Brady, but it was on five point two yards

per attempt. They held him to a seventy two point to rating and accept in the back of the end zone. Dallas's play versus the past overall very similar to Seattle's, and we saw what Purdy did to them. Downfield comes free and he didn't need George Kittle much. Comes off a quiet game. His two catches were effective, and we all know his game, said fly Kit, We'll found a soft spot at net defects a few times today. Elijah Mitchell and CMC five targets, four catches, forty two yards,

two touchdowns. McCaffrey the runner comes in hotter than the receiver to He gained a hundred and fifteen yards on fifteen tries seven point nine yards per carry, but caffrey gallop three Cowboys held running backs to four point to a run in two They only faced twelve rush attempts versus Tampa Bay kicking game Robbie gold solid year four for four last week, three for three on extra points

in damp conditions. Brett maher Dak might trust Charlie Brown trying to hit from fifty with Lucy holding the ball more than he trust Brett right now watching the fourth extra point in a row miss that went from kind of funny to painful. Just as a fan, he has done it again. It might be looking for a kicker next week. Like we said, this is a playoff rematch. Wild Card twenty three to seventeen San Francisco cow always got devote on the ground seventy two yards in a touchdown.

Then there was the trifecta of the early nineties. Three went to Dallas, four went to San Francisco. There was that one game, and then there was the original trilogy early seventies, seventies, seventy one seventy two, a Dallas sweep. So only one person selected the Cowboys out of the ten on our panel. Important to note, though, the one person who took them NFL dot Com writer Eric Edelm, who has the most correct picks this year. In our group,

we set goals at the beginning of the year. We've got one goal in mind, and that's to win a world championship. Really good team, great quarterback, great defense, of your challenge, fitting, isn't it. Cincinnati Bengals take care of business with a touch of history. Probably the biggest player, one of the biggest plays, great ties, histories, head cup player, about it goes are heading the Buffalo. The Buffalo Bills

also punched their ticket to the divisional round. No matter how we win, as if we win one week's seasons from here on out, Bills on an eight game winning streak. Bengals nine straight. The game the sequel to the game of It's the one everyone's gonna remember this season four remembered for the scare, then the hope, then the Hamlin Strong triumph. It's been a special week seeing this community,

this country come together doing it for three today that matter three if you watch it for you now, the second chapter should be amazing. Both teams are loaded on both sides of the ball. Put it in my hand, Put in my hands. Joe Burrow goes first, since he didn't make any mistakes in his wild card win. Modest numbers but clean twenty three of thirty two, only two nine yards, but he did it against a very good Ravens defense, so his ninety nine point six ratings sticks

out most touchdown. Joe shy STI career playoffs now rating knocking on the hundreds door six touchdowns against two picks. Now, we've been in these spots before, been in these big moments. Four and one record seems to like the lion light for me to take over the Bill's defense. He takes on our defense is it's pretty damn good. Broad picture not coming in shaken. Despite giving up thirty one to Miami,

anyone who saw it gets it. Their offense gave it away a lot and stuff to clean up some some things that learned from um, but we'll grow from it. Buffalo held Miami to four for sixteen on third down, handled Skyler Thompson how you would have expected, picked him two times, held him to a forty four point seven rating, tops and rolling to his left, intercepted, picked up Barlow tops the other way. Take away number one Buffalo Thompson.

Aside Bills pass defense, Burrow will battle one of the best in the game this season upper echelon and yards per attempt allowed. I n T S rating aloud. I'm like doing that, baby. Let's go big. One on one battles Tradus White, Jamaar Chase White, took care of business versus the Cheetah and the Penguin. Held his targets to a seventy one point for rating. Last week saw eight balls only four catches fifty three yards, two passes, defense it out of his hands, breaking it away with trick

Davious one. That's the white has a big task. He already got a practice swing with Jamaar. Chase drew a big flag on him in that cancel game. Led the Charge in their wild card win. Twelve targets, nine catches, eighty four yards in a touchdown. It's elite versus elite when they tangle by Chase at runs through it, arm tackle, tell the sideline he's gonna take just to the house. Chase a sixty yard touchdown. Te Higgins versus Buffalo corner Tiger Elam. That's if Dane Jackson can't go. He left

last week's game with a knee injury. Elam held Thompson to a zero rating on his five targets. Got himself a pick heating down the left side that tift the rookie with the biggest defensive play of the game. For the ball, he was in front of some good wide receivers and will be again this week too, but a tougher challenge with an A grade QB delivering the pizza to Chase or te Higgins. If you give Joe Burrow that kind of time with these three receivers, it'll be

a long night. Higgins only had thirty seven yards in their recent Ravens win. That's back to back games under forty yards for him. That means he's ready to go off. He's had back to back boring stat line games twice this season. Each was followed by a hundred and twenty plus yard games. Battle on the inside slot receiver Tyler Boyd, Nickel cornerback Tarn Johnson. Boyd nothing major last week, seven plus yard guy in two though he's dangerous. Johnson on

paper this season or last week not great. Bill's Mafia will tell you what to do with that paper. They will go to battle with Tarn any day of the week. That's ten shotsome, what unbelievable. Probably take notes or make flying airplanes right. Cincinnati tight end Hayden Hurst lost a fumble last week that hurt, but four catches forty five yards. He's one of those guys that can sneak up on you and it's hauled in by Hurst. Hayden Hurst has been an excellent fit for this since that ay oftfense

to pass pert action pass rush battle. Bengals offense struggled a little last week, in part because Burrow got hit eight times and dropped four. Worse, they have to proceed with a backup left tackle Jonah Williams dislocated his kneecap last week. Bill's pass rush is plenty good enough to take advantage. They overwhelmed Miami's oh line, albeit an injured one. Matt Blano, fresh off being named First team All Pro to two sacks, three QUBI hits at Oliver, three QB hits,

a sack. Oliver cried him cowboy and he's Mr Oogie Boogeyman. Basham got two hits and a sack. Bill's hit Thompson eleven times, Buggy pass him boogieing down with a sack of Styler Tompson. And it wasn't just Miami's beat up line. Buffalo averaged over two sacks a game this season. Qub's ain't going nowhere. Build a us matchups on both sides of the ball. Josh Allen comes into this game off a mixed showing we did some good things today. Um, I did some bad things today. It's kind of like

his two. He threw a couple of I N T s last week. He had fourteen of those on the season. He fumbled three times versus Miami. Lost one that was taken to the house. Pressure coming on a blitz and the polls lose. It's bubbled by all and it's loose at the fine the play happened, Um, you gotta move on. Picked up for a touchdown. Holy cow. Alan also battled through three touchdowns three and fifty two yards are rating

over ninety by the time it was all over. Alan gonna take a quarterback draw down to the ten, to the eight and motoring down to the six yard line. Here's the snap, fires it to Beasley had to three launches for the end zone touchdown. He's a little far rev but you'll live with some of the misques because he's worth it for the rewards. Stefon Diggs Allen's BFF all year, Big two for can you digs? It also a first teamer Big Wild Card game to seven catches

a hundred and fourteen yards. Alan looking deep down a timeline. He's got dance tackled at the four yard line. Seventeen plus fourteen almost equals six. There he comes in hot the corner hill draw plenty of is not. Eli Apple had a nice year, not a nice wild card game. He took the apple as it were and got beat long gave up seventy three yards in a touchdown A one forty seven point nine rating allowed. Last weekly, what's

the throw tolly deep there? Sideline profitson happen at a ten five touch down Ravens double move and let Eli Apple standing in sand. Buffalo's number two Gabe Davis a hundred and thirteen yards lab week a touchdown over eight

hundred yards for the season, seven scores. Alan back to pass they're being the field fire to the end zone the Davis he can both be down down and Khalil Shakier guy Bills fans were very excited about preseason grabbed fifty yards versus Miami Ookay over the middle for Shakire the big field Parker for the first down. Bengals past defense didn't exactly shut Tyler Huntly down. He did get him for a couple of touchdowns over seven and a half yards per attempt, a rating over ninety hard way

to throw swing ball to the right. Cobbins extending the ball and he kept the edge over the goal line for a Baltimore touchdown. Man. That was a good play by him. Tight end battle, especially in the red zone, Bengals have to worry about Dawson Knox. He's on a huge t D run. His wild card score makes it five straight, makes the hand off the single. Arry Allen looking to run. Now, getta fire the knock. Somebody get the fire extinguisher. Five touchdowns in five straight game. Bengals

just faced Mark Andrew's tight end elite. Yes, seventy three yards on five catches, but ten targets, so not all bad. They only gave up three touchdowns, two tight ends in two. Only four teams allowed fewer, throwing it back to Andrew's Bengals. Jerry Well right, he'll lose a yard. Jessie bags of the play Buffalo o line eight and sacks allowed in two that's good versus Miami last week. Seven sacks taken, Alan hit thirteen times. That's really bad. So we'll see

which slim shady stands up for them this week. They stripped the balls job. He knocked it out of his hands, and it's Spitzer Brown who recovers. Bengals a ho Hume to sack five QB hit game versus Baltimore, Sam Hubbard, Trey Hendrickson, b J. Hill. They'll all be after Alan Alan's legs. He only ran four times last week, twenty yards over seven d and fifty on the ground in seven scores. Now, I love it, I love it. I love it. Bengals really good versus mobile quarterbacks in two.

Not so much versus Huntley in their last game, though they gave up fifty four yards on nine carries. They didn't handle J. K. Dobbins great either on his thirteen tries, but did contain Gus Edwards on his twelve, and they have good stats versus running backs. Overall, it's a sneaky important match up because the Bills running back run game. It's their Floyd jab. You don't notice it, but it's

doing damage. Devin Singletary James cook one of them usually get you gets the cut cutting around the left side. Cooking with handoff goes to Singletary again right up the veil as an opening first down yardage and more a fourteen pickup for motor. Don't turn away. From either team's kickoff return game niheeen hinanes. He's made the Bills return game very dangerous. Had those two t D returns versus New England last week, two kickoffs fifty six yards long

of thirty story. Cincinnati's trey Von Williams only got kicked to once last week, twenty six yard return. He's averaged twenty five a return three straight games now, so beware Buffalo boot game kick is a c bass. Two for two on field goals last week four for four or extra points, had a good two career long of fifty eight should it be needed. Cincinnati's Evan McPherson, he missed an extra point last week, missed four on the season, but he made forty twenty four of twenty nine overall.

Four of the five misses were in the forties, one in the twenties, five for five from fifty plus fifty nine a long burrow. He'll be in Buffalo and it might be cold. How about seven and oh in games under forty degrees. Third playoff meeting between these two have to go back to night a f C Championship game the last time they met. Jim Kelly boom Osiason five I and t s between the two, but Cincinnati wins

twenty one to ten. Bills couldn't stop the shuffle Icky wood Day's hundred two yards for him to t d S iconic dance shuffle. How the crowd is going to like us and air clubs show folks. Only other postseason meeting between these two one Divisional round Cincinnati one. Ken Anderson over Joe Ferguson game winner to that. Sunday Night Football announcer Guy Panel of ten says this is the best game of the week. It's the only one they split on. Right down the middle, five to five rivalry

football at its finest. Chapter two. We'll give both parties a pass on the last one sort of. So you have the rested number one seated Eagles taking on every Philly fans most beloved team outside Texas, the New York Football Giants, showing they can lose to a team once on the road, go back and beat them the second time around. Relevant right four eights came on the line because it's Pockinson, We're not gonna get there, and the Giants will take over for the record, Yes, Philadelphia swept

New York this season. Week eight team game was Jalen parts. Let me just shake off the rust game against the Giants, squad playing a lot of backups. Week fourteen two Eagles drubbing or is it the other way around? Either way, Fly Eagles, Fly blue, the blue out. Purts loves it. For Smith, that's it's touch down, Very Smith, we accept some Eagles faithful will simply point to that game in response to anything that insinuates they might not roll again.

Fair enough, jail it Hurts has been locked in so far it has one player to get in the end zone. But since then things have changed for both teams. Hurts had a rough game against the Bears the next week, then he got hurt out till that week a team game, and he wasn't all that good in it. No touchdowns, an interception or rating of sixty five point one. Hurts throws intercepted in the end zone. So it's been a while since we've seen him shine. And the Giants are

not the same team that Eagles truck last month. At the very least, the gap has been closed or shortened or shrunk. He different feel and vibe to the g

men coming into this game, and they have at least some of the ingredients needed to beat Philadelphia Fort team matchup, New York Giants rush attack Philadelphia's run defense. Eagles rushed d We've mentioned it a couple of times. It's their one defensive flaw. It's their exhaust port. Gave up four point four yards per carry to running backs that was tied for sixteenth this season. That's where se Kwan Barkley comes in d plus rushing yards in two scores twice

in the wild card win. Only ran nine times, but five point nine yards per carry. Damn for the touchdown. Then you look at this Eagle six point five yards per carry allowed to quarterbacks only one team worse in Daniel Jones over seven hundred yards rushing sevent t d s. He was lead runner in their win over Minnesota seventeen attempts seventy eight yards. Jones takes off in runs first Sun and then summon Daniel Jones out to the Fort.

Eagles only lost with hers repeating myself to Washington. Commanders bled the clock with the run game, but the Eagles hand undled the Giants run game in that lopsided win. So New York wasn't able to pull off that recipe the first time Brandon Graham swallows in in the backfield. Here the difference. New York hopes Philadelphia didn't have to worry much about New York's passing attack. They will this week if Jones and his pass catcher's play as well as they did last week and Jones has time. It

all starts with the protection up front. Jones loads up on the middle, good throw and catch in the first down there is Darius Slady. Jones went twenty four of thirty five, three hundred and one yards eight point six yards per attempt, a rating near one fifteen, two touchdowns, no picks. How's that for a playoff debut Jones as a man, But it's got blader for the touchdown. Jones has had good games passing the ball, three straight outings. Now versus the Colts, he had to deal with a

couple of good pass rushers versus the Vikings. Bad secondary, but couple good pass rushers. It's picked up. Jones losing up an middle of slate because lad he's got a first Sun sets up another huge matchup that New York is underdog in. Jones lines up in front of another defense with a couple of good pass rushers. How New York's line handles them will dictate if New York's improved

passing attack is going to keep on keeping on. Fletcher Cox seven sacks from the ded he spot his mate Javon Hargrave eleven, so eighteen from the inside there's a couple had proved belts him. Oh, Josh Sweat eleven sacks, so a few pressure again, Prescott into trouble and Daddy goes back to back sacks and this time it's Josh Sweat. Brandon Graham eleven sacks, So what's the how how many

is that many? And Hill pressured and troubled? He sacked again number five on the day for Philadelphia, and it's Brandon Graham. Oh yeah. And then there's a Son Reddick sixteen. So now we're to a clethora. You see a Son Redick. He comes and just beats Tyrant Smith around the edge. That's Reddick who got the strip sack. He's so good at that no team was even close. And QB takedowns

pressure rate second highest their front dictates. Oh, and Robert Quinn is back from injury, so what that's a six pack which they enjoyed versus New York and one seven sacks in the Hammer victory. Rookie Evan Neal was PFF seventy one rated tackle this season out of seventy two. Jones, a frequent viewer of Soul, playing facing the grass forty four times, the team allowed forty nine sacks. Pressure rate

allowed thirty five pressure. If the Giants line can play better this time through Darius Slayton, Richie James, Isaiah Hodgens could all help move the ball. They've been much more productive as of late. They have to escape a trio of cornerbacks that are not easy to get away from. Though Darius slay James Bradberry, c J. Gardner, Johnson Eagles fourth and I and t S tied for lowest yards

per attempt held QBS to the third lowest rating. This one deep shot, it's McLaurin and it's an interception by C. J. Cartner Johnson. Hodgens has emerged as the giants number one t D last week. That's one in five of his last six games. He also had a hundred and five yards versus Minnesota on eight catches. Jones going in to a touchdown. It's Isaiah Hodgens to keep his role rolling. He'll have to get open against slay or Bradberry. Sligh

had a good year. Bradberry had a great year. Second team All Pro held qbs to a sub sixty rating. Gotta throw fourth side, not away. There's James. Bradberry has been a terrific edition. When the Giants let him go, they snatched him up and he's been great. Richie James was quiet in the wild card games. Slayton had four catches eighty eight yards. It could easily be the other way around to Jones again over the middle, Carck touchdown. Ritchie James is in for the score. Ring a bell

for another big match up. Eagle defense versus Barkley the pass catcher. Barkley over fifty receptions on the year, always a threat with the ball, which is why they make sure to pass it to him a lot. Six targets last week, five catches fifty six yards. Jones gets rid of park, please wide open, first out and more spring taking a vi case territory. Eagles versus running backs in the passing game. A nine point two rating allowed backs far and away, the position they had struggles with the most.

In the passing game. Presser coming fields whips it outside the Montgomery second touch stout. So if New York can find a way to scratch out some points, where are the chances the Giants defense can reign in Phillies offense? There's that Still not many offenses like Philly's third most points per game, fourth, best on third down, third in

the red zone. There passing attack is loaded, but remember they were twenty third and pass attempts third in rush attempts third, ground game harder to stop from that lady recording her kid, the guy who leaves the way for the Russia attack Miles Sanders. Sanders twelve hundred and sixty nine yards, eleven touchdowns, almost five yards per carry. That phone lady is the best, by the way, Sanders singing along with her. Get out of my way, Get out

of my way. They carry for Sanders, and the sun breaks us who set up for the end zone touchdown. Giants pretty bad versus running backs in two, but they held their own versus Dalvin Cook four yards per carry, sixty yards. They take anything close to that versus Sanders, and now Cook is taken down, but Lawrence making another play.

Miles is like the challenge combined Boston Scott can have gained well over four hundred and fifty yards each four yards per carry or better, seven touchdowns, and like New York's Russia attack, Phillies also features a pretty good running quarterback press or coming out of the second and touck Off bends on ahead touchdown to pay straight up slice dumb Jalen Hurts seven hundred and sixty yards paint connoisseur,

thirteen touchdowns. Giants didn't handle Hurts well as a runner, same as true of Justin Fields, Lamar Jackson, New York five point five yards per carry allowed to quarterbacks. That's too much man rest in peace, Sarah L. Jackson. It's got a running lane a move find Jackson for a first out. Eagles have a bit of a habit attacking team's weaknesses, so that's want to really watch for, especially early Hurts. The passer modest hed total due to their

run game. It's his two hundred and forty six yards per game picked up on eight yards per attempt, twelve point one yards per completion, and a hundred and one point five rate that matters. I want to do her. Giants secondary has one of the best white out duos to contend with A J. Brown. Just under fifteen hundred yards eleven scores. Hey, are you glad you anybody? Davante Smith just under twelve hundred yards seventy d s hey Manus Watkins will pop up on the outside as well

in some big moments. New York got good play from its corners in two and those dudes come in off a good outing. Last week they held justin Jefferson to forty seven yards. Adam Feeling kJ Osborne combined seventy yards bloating up, going deep minutes incomplete excellent coverage down there by. Xavier McKitty was all over Jefferson. Giants play versus tight ends another matter, a hundred and fifteen rate allowed for the year. Last week gave up ten catches a hundred

and twenty nine yards to t. J. Hawkinson. Because it's some fresh act little hocketson wide open again, So don't be shocked if Dallas Goddard has a big game. Over seven hundred yards and twelve games this season, seven names with sixty plus yards has got her wide open. Great grab Gotter who held on Dallas Gotter went up for a chump ball, It came down with it hurts, takes sacks, It comes with the territory. It's more. Can New York's

pass rush pressure him and force him into mistakes? Hurts only faced pressure on twenty two point nine percent of his pass attempts. Hurts go step, Smiths shoulder makes the play. Giants are in love with the ballroom blitz forty four percent of the time this year. Didn't take Cousins down once, though hit him eleven times. Pressure is a given. Pressure again brought it for his life. Floatshit in complete. Will

they blitz Hurts as often? Though he can take off with those legs all right if the game is up to a kicker. Philadelphia has one of the best Jake Elliott twenty of twenty three this season, five or six from beyond the arc long of fifty six, Graham Gano four for four and extra points last week one for one on his field goal attempts. Great year as well his long fifty seven. Two thousand eight Divisional Round twenty three to eleven McNab over Eli sloppy game, two touchdowns,

a safety, and a mess of field goals. Fake to hand off the flip for Selig and a touchdown for Philadelphia. Two thousand six Wild Card Round much better game. Jeff Garcia for Philly, Eli drove to tie the game with five minutes to play. Garcia takes him down walk off field goal for the win, puts it up and Actors drills it. The Eagles have defeated the Giants last time. G Man beat Philly in a playoff game two thousand. This is a playoff rubber match two for two between

these two right now, nine votes for the Eagles. The one upset picker NFL dot Com writer Mark Sessler, who has the Giants winning an overtime want honesty. I was like thirty three into a Chargers Chiefs Round three preview, maybe thirty seven percent on that. That is unbelivable. Jacksonville off to Kansas City for a second time. First visit didn't go so well. I mean it did for the Chiefs. Travis didn't know what to do it himself with so much real estate BeBoard. Let's get it out of the

way so we can check the box. Week ten, so kind of a while ago. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs passing attack probably the best showing of the year when you wake competition. Mahomes three thirty one yards, four touchdowns, or rating just under one thirty versus the Jaguars, second highest rating he had all years. It's a touchdown bath bomb.

Bob's performance that week symbolic of his m v P worthy second in the league and rating, led the league in tds and yards of per game, through for more yards, and had a higher yards per attempt and yards per completion than in one. So the Jacks taking on a cat who was better without the cheetah right way the tom look at right back on it. But the Chiefs

aren't taking on the Week ten Jaguars either. They're taking on a team roll and roll and roll in six game win streak, stage and improbable comeback come into this week off one of the best halves of football you'll ever see a team play. King under pressure, throws line up and making the catch Marvin Jones or Asante Samuel being able to claim Lawrence as a dependent Frocks lined up. Who knows it comes extra pressure, but the passes intercepted Samuel.

But those four first half I n t s the humongous waves that Lawrence had to battle Stu and he wasn't lying to the guy at ABC. Danger is his business.

Trev throws a t D right before the half, three more in the second come back complete again s Jones for the touchdowns and that's the QB. The Chiefs are dealing with strong mental character. I think they call it. But will Lawrence have time for such heroics again? This is your first key matchup to watch. Lawrence's line gave him great protection versus Nick Bosa Khalil mackin company. Lawrence only faced eighteen percent pressure versus l A and he

dropped back forty nine times. Lawrence Jacksonville, top five in sacks allowed for the year, matched up against the team with the second most QB takedowns in Chris Jones is their lead back man fifteen and a half sacks. First Team All Pro comes in for the sack. A little bit of a sandwich at the ball with Chris Jones. Jones sacked Lawrence one and a half times in Casey's win, Chiefs planet him five times overall, and the Chief's defense

now has three sacks already of this game. Those inside uglies will also play a role in another key battle that Jacksonville hopes tilt its way based on history. Their run game versus Kansas City's run defense. Travis E t n Monster but Bill fifty ten five touchdown twelveth Then in the wild card game, twenty carries a hundred nine yards five and a half per run. It's around the corner, picks up the first half. That was against the league's

worst run defense. Casey's is much better by comparison. Four point three yards per carry allowed to running backs isn't great. But when they faced e. T N, he was coming off three straight one hundred yard games in Kansas City, held him to four yards a run on his eleven tries only forty five yards. There's e t N that Chiefs are all over up. If Lawrence is more second half versus l A Lawrence, which is closer to his body of work, Jacksonville could keep up and attract me.

So we went after war and we lose him and all the way we're gonna come back. Yet, super fans on this tele even in their loss to Arrowhead while getting buried five times, Lawrence was twenty nine forty two hundred and fifty nine yards to t d s no picks a one oh six point one rating. Perfect Right here, Kurt goes over a hundred. What a catch. Casey's secondary facing the same four dudes they faced in Week ten.

Marvin Jones scored for Jacksonville. Last week, Christian Kirk did two eight catches seventy eight yards and he had over a hundred yards versus Casey Kirk one on one Derwin James. Nice move. I'm not able to stay with him, say. Jones comes in off a trip to the paint as well, almost an identical outing versus l a As Kirk eight catches seventy four yards in a touchdown. Lawrence five. Yes, Zay had sixty eight yards versus Kansas City, and if Lawrence has time, Jones and Kirk could play a big

role again. Casey's secondary most touchdowns allowed in the NFL tied for seven and rating allowed not a lot of I n t s twenty second completion percentage allowed her down didn't matter which position it was. Point eight rating allowed to wide receivers. That's twenty six Higgins with a catch, Hey breaks the tackles the ball touchdown. Their troubles on the back end is why their pass rush making an

impact is so important to them. Two tight ends. Kansas City is allowed a one oh one point nine rating. Twenty backs. The pass look at, look at fires up failed into the end zone and it's put Woods touchdown, and the Jaguars can also take advantage of that weakness of an ingram big year over seven hundred yards, big playoff games, seven catches, ninety three yards and the TV

in the pocket five and a touchdown. Evan duve All is saying to themselves, if we can win a playoff game, turning the ball over four times in the first half, going two for ten on third down along the way, what could we do this week versus a susceptible case defense if we don't look like we stumbled out of the van to start the game. The answer to that is largely tied to how well the Jags defense handles

Mahomes and company. We work our hands off in this opportunity right here, all right now, you're ready to go out there and dominate together. Jacksonville is dealing with the best offense football had to offer in first and points per game and yards for games, second, on third down and in the red zone. So is that ladies got Justin Watson cauchonden zone touchdown. For anyone who was living under an NFL rock, Kelsey was the best tight end in the league by a cartman like margin. Why you

dumbing off on filing count one touchdown Cancer City? Well, if Kelsey do it to the Chargers again, Travis's eyes might be popping out of his head. Player who gave the jag the most trouble in the wild card game, tight end Gerald Everett six catches, a hundred nine yards and a touchdown. Jaguar is a hundred nineteen point three rating allowed to tight ends in third highest. Makes Kelsey look like he's in for the v I P treatment and the end zone perfect throw to hender shot touch down.

Another big battle the Jags past defense versus Jerick McKinnon. We mentioned last week Jacksonville second lowest rate allowed to running backs this year. Then they take on the king pass catching running back in Austin Ekeler four targets, two catches, eight yards. The ranking wasn't a fluke not a lot of blocking, he said, only pick up a few. This week they take on McKinnon. This is the guy that's

quietly made Kansas City's passing attack what it is. Over five hundred receiving yards out of the backfield, scored nine times through the air, throws a left flat talkdown mckinnayill walk into the end zone left side muster. The wide out battle, Jacksonville played Keenan allen Well thirteen targets, six catches, only sixty one yards. They played Joshua Palmer Well six targets,

two catches, thirty one yards. They got pretty solid play from their corners this season, so it wasn't out of character as time fires at the traffic no goot Kansas City's wide receivers Juju Smith Schuster over nine hundred yards over seventy five catches. He's number two in They're passing food chain. That comes back to the news catch Smith Schuster, the thirty tutster smart shoes, Justin Watson and Noah Gray six hundred yards combined, three touchdowns. Mcole Hardman is back

in the fold two after missing time with injury. Mvs. Over six hundred and fifty yards. Mahomes blocked by the can to the end zone. That Club seven Sea Jags want to slow Mahomes have to be able to get in his face. Brings us to another key matchup. Chiefs past fivest in the NFL gave up the third fewest sacks. Three linemen made the Pro boo, but the watermell bloomell blook wine open, Darius Tony watch the tight rock popping into the end zone. Jacksonville's front has been bullying teams lately,

Roy Robertson, Harris Trayvon Walker, Josh Allen. Their pass rush has played a key role in their wind streak. Dropped Herbert three times last week, hit him ten, wrapped up taking down. That's Josh Allen. Chiefs don't run much, but Mahomes had ten games with twenty plus yards. He ran for sixty three yards versus Tennessee. He had plenty of big runs in big moments. How about that head lived by Patrick Mahomes. Isaiah Pacheco blossomed as of the year

war On, He's the classic. I don't drink beer often, but when I do, it's do Sackings four point nine a run, end up, Pacheco plunging into the line, put check out touch that CHANCEA City. Jacks are a tough team to run on. They held Eckler well under his average last week. Chief Special teams twenty three. Defending kickoff returns. Jamal Agnew, Jacksonville's return guy a hundred and thirty four yards on four kickoff returns last week a hundred and

twenty five yards. The week before enough sat a spark and he does taken out of as game in midfield kicking game recap Jags Patterson that game winner only attempt he had last week two for two on extra points thirty thirty five on the year, three misses from forty to forty nine, two for three from fifty plus fifty three is long. Harrison Bucker for k C eighteen of twenty four isn't great. Four of his six misses are

from fifty out. He was three for seven from outside hit a sixty two yard or longest of the year in the league. Two votes for the Jaguar, So three really Adam Rank going, Duval, Mark Sessler as well, and m J d entered k C. But we know who is pick really is for NFL Game Debut is a production of the NFL in partnership with i Heart Radio. For more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit the i Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.