NFL Weekly Game Previews: Super Wild Card Weekend 2024

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Has got to the version Cowboys medicine. We'll come home see text week No Cowboys?

Well well, well, good thing. These two teams have never played each other in the playoffs before Green Bay Packers. They weren't even supposed to be here yet this soon us just shows you. Huey Lewis was right all along as.

Love Well, Third and one wants to go up top, looks to the end zone. The pass is on the money for the touchdown.

Dantavian Wicks have to see if the power of love is enough to beat Dallas Cowboys, the number two seed in the land and a beast to deal with at home day.

Here we go.

This is a battle between the quarterback with the most TV passes in twenty twenty three d against the qb with the second most TV passes in twenty twenty three.

Love looks airs it out down the middle, got his bad touched out.

Jade and Raed who just broke the rookie receiving record.

Green Bay has to try and do what no team was able to do this year. Beat the Cowboys at home. They went eight to no at Jerry's house, averaged thirty plus points per game.

He score ever times, score every time in That's who we are. That's all standard.

Packers went four and five as a road team. Their defense will be tested through the air. Dak Prescott put up MVP level numbers in twenty twenty three, if nothing else. On top of being the TV passing king, he put up the highest rate of a year he's ever had in his career good and here's the thing. Sacking Prescott doesn't equal derailing him. He didn't take any last week, but he's had lots of games where he went down three to four times and he leaves with good numbers.

Otherwise, throws on the round in the middle of the alambic a fifty No lover get anywhere near one could croll it if they wanted to.

Packers pass rush did not bag a ton of quarterbacks in twenty twenty three, but they do have threats. Rashawn Gary nine sacks me about to.

Win it because us up front four seven straight straight word.

Preston Smith eight.

Smith knocked it out, well, it is free and Packers have it.

Kenny Clark and DeVante Wyatt both five plus. Still, Prescott's not taking on a stout defense in the big picture, points per game, yards per game, third down, red zone, all sort of meddling for Green Bays defense. Only one team had fewer i iNTS in twenty twenty three.

Yeah, they first out it's flour to the forty inside the thirty five of the thirty or the twenty five of the twenty.

Cowboys offense top five in points per game and yards per game. It was one of the best this year.

On the fake press around, Prescott goes into the Coroner Arts.

Cup touchdown Dallas Jalen.

Tolbert Packers DBS gave up a fairly high rate to quarterbacks, gave up a lot of splash plays compared to others. And how about this for their matchup with CD Lamb, they gave up one hundred point three rating to wide receivers In twenty twenty three, only four teams were worse.

Looking for someone on clever Cock for the outcode touchdown.

Diet Lamb led the league in receptions in twenty twenty three, second in receiving yards twelve touchdowns.

Yeah with the boy in a building that how Cowboys the pret y'all looking.

Boy to get out going out home for the playoffs.

Man, oh boy.

Randon Cooks could also be a problem. He scored eight times this year over six hundred yards going.

For the corner he count hes got it, It's another touchdown Cowboys.

Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson's second most targeted dude on the team over seven hundred yards this season.

Yeah, Presscott, he throws it on the middle of Ferguson.

Ferguson down inside the five.

Packers defense versus tight ends a one oh five point eight rating allowed twenty third.

Oh comet holtz On he got leveled by Savage.

The position they played the best in the passing game this season running back and Prescott does rely on Tony Pollard a lot. He was fourth in targets for them As a runner. Pollard was good for forur a carey. He played a keep him honest roll most weeks.

Tony Pollard getting some big chunks right now.

Packers defense average versus running backs this year gave up four point two a run to the position. With the Cowboys seeming to own the edge when they have the ball, Jordan Lovin company may need to provide something special when the pack has the rock, and he seems plenty capable of providing.

Lately, as Love goes down the field and throws a strike, that's Wix with the catch. This young receiving corps making plays all over all season long.

Prescott led the league in tds in twenty twenty three loveless second and he comes in on fire one hundred plus, rating games seven of his last eight.

He steps up, looking around, waits, throws ends out touchdown wide open.

Can you produce under pressure? Micah Parsons is coming? Fourteen bags in twenty twenty three?

How goes down?

It's Micah Parsons and now a new career high in sacks with fourteen.

Dallas with a plus forty two percent QB pressure rate in twenty twenty three. That was first They blitzed over thirty three percent of the time. That's eighth highest squaring off with an O line that allowed just thirty sacks for the year. That's top three. Good right out and loves rate versus the blitz ninety eight eleven touchdowns only one i INT so buyer, beware Green Bay's passing attack. It's usually wide receiver heavy. Just don't know which wide

Guns it, he's got Meltzon, He's got Melton to about the fifty yard line.

Don Tavian Wicks sixty one yards versus the Bears sixty one and two of their last three. Those dudes doing battle with the NFL's i INT King. Duran Bland picked his ninth ball of the year last week. Tops in twenty twenty three.

McLaurin, it's deep, it's underd throne, it's intercepted Toron. Bland has another, his league leading ninth of the year.

Stefan Gilmour. On the other side, Cowboys held wide receivers to a seventy seven point eight rating, fourth lowest.

Flip it out to how he's got a man open. It's the town.

Oh, it's almost intercepted, but Claurin what's open? But Kilmore recovered to save it.

How about the Packers run game Aaron Jones last week one hundred eleven yards five per run.

There's Jones. Look at that lane, Look at Jones. Into the secondary.

Jones is rolling one hundred and ten plus rush yards and three straight each one hitting a five a run er.

Better to the edge here, Jones caravan to the secondary.

Dallas holding running backs to four a carry. Not bad, tied for ten.

Mich The Carsons wraps him up for no game.

Cowboys ended up with a top five defense in points per game and yards per game.

He is in trouble. He is stacked up.

Tom Clark was there first set a fourth out stop by the Cowboys.

Let's say it comes down to the wire.

Dallas has a.

Kicker who's only missed two NFL field goal attempts in his life.

Drilled. Alright, he's back. All right, we are right back. We're good. Can I announce that? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, we're good. We're good. We're good. We're good.

Okay. Brandon Aubrey was thirty five for thirty five prior to last week, the rookie missed his first two tries. Packers roll in with the Carlson Anders made eighty one point eight percent of his attempts this year. He missed six for the season. Fifty three yarder for the rookies.

Long is the.

Field goal try by Carlson is good from twenty five Love Prescott.

This is the Dallas Green Bay playoff rubber match. There four and four in the postseason. Pack took the last two games and the pass.

Is incomplete, out of bounds.

Now they say complete this to send the Packers into the NFC Championship gap.

Its good. The Packers are moving on.

This is a classic NFC playoff rivalry. America's team Scooter McGruder,

But throw to the medal.

It wasn't fair to the football universe that when Tyreek Hill faced off with his old mates on foreign soil. Maybe Karmas set things right, But this is round two for these two teams. Kansas City beat Miami Week nine in Germany, twenty one to fourteen.

So where they can sco figu.

That game was very symbolic of the twenty twenty three Chiefs, a team that sort of struggles offensively but can hold the best of offenses in check. They held Tyreek to sixty two yards and he really wanted to give Andy Reid the business. Instead, he gave him the ball.

Tyrek Hill hit right the stomach, thubles the ball dick that by Kansas.

City Chiefs defense held to a tongue of Iiloa to one hundred and ninety three yards, only one touchdown in a sub ninety ratings.

Nycup Scott for you, and that is a huge stop by the Chiefs defense.

Casey held Jalen Waddle to forty two yards in that game. Question is can they do all that again to a led the league in passing yardage through twenty nine tod passes rate tune to k Earth one oh one point one. Guess he likes the classics.

To a deep doubt fail to a perfect pass that Tyreek killed and it never gets old.

Hill one hundred and nineteen receptions that was tied for second most. He led the NFL in yardage with seventeen hundred and ninety nine yards thirteen receiving touchdowns, tied for first.

What a throwing cats right on the money.

One on what Tyreek hillro Miami's offense will be shorthanded this week, though Waddle went for one thousand plus yards. He's out.

Heawns Wadley's got up touchdown Miami.

And running back Raheem Moster will also miss the game. He led the NFL in rushing tds this year with eighteen went for over one thousand rushing yards on four point eight to carry.

Still there touchdown.

Hey hey, hey, so Miami's ground game will be in the hands of Devon ah Chan eight hundred yards even seven point eight to run this season eight touchdowns, so not a bad fallback.

Eight ten the band Welcome back to mister a Chan.

Eight Chan is lined up to make an impact in this game. Based on how Kansas City played running backs in twenty three. He gave up four point six to carry to the position. Only one team gave up a higher figure. Monster still out a straight had he got some pass midfield Chiefs pass rush played a huge role in beating Miami in round one. They sacked two of three times. Kansas City finished second in sacks for the season, second in QB hits two those down.

Steve Spagnol is so good at drawing up those third down pressure.

Defensive end Michael Dana had six and a half sacks. Charles and Menaheue had seven. Defensive end George carloftis ten and a half and they got.

Him back at the eleven yard line. Carlaftus is in there, Amnaheu.

The interior of Miami's O line, of course, has Chris Jones to deal with ten and a half sacks For that bloke on the year.

At press shirt, He's gone down. Chris Jones why.

It didn't take a long to make his presence felt.

Dolphins only gave up thirty one sacks for the season, though that was tied for fourth fewest. Nobody's better in the NFL at throwing it quick and getting the ball downfield. But Miami lost six games, and in five of them, Toungue of I Low was sacked three times. So it remains the best way to stop Miami's aerial attack.

It trebled trip.

Primary responsibility for shadowing hill Lands with Lugerius. Snead held quarterbacks to a fifty five point five rating while traveling with the best receivers.

Sneid is the one guy who takes away the opposing team's top player week in week out.

TUA faces a secondary that finished eighth in rating allowed at eighty three point six. The Chiefs held quarterbacks to six yards per attempt, third lowest in the league, nine point nine yards per completion allowed, also third lowest.

Fine time and he's picked off? Is it a momentum changer?

Take play here?

Kansas City's defense second in points per game allowed for the season, Miami's offense second in scoring two.

Forty in Town and Wilson touchdown.

The battle on the other side of things not on those elite levels. Patrick Mahomes has not had the kind of year anyone is used to seeing from him. Through fourteen interceptions, most in his career, a ninety two point six rating the lowest in his career, FWSD yards per attempt, fewusdyards per completion, fust yards per game in his career, and.

Ace up to down the sideline, back to back play for the defense.

Chiefs pass catchers. Leading the league in dropped balls didn't help, and Mahomes play still landed him in the Pro Bowl. He threw twenty seven touchdowns averaged over two hundred and sixty yards per game, so it's all relative.

Shovel inside him at ten and the Jet finds the end z out touchdown guy Dawg.

And he did have one of his better outings versus Miami's defense two touchdowns, no picks, a plus one hundred rate.

The Chiefs don't take long the score first.

Secondary Mahomes faces off with gave up three hundred and fifty nine yards to Josh Allen last week, a plus one hundred rating. Miami twenty fourth and rating allowed this year at ninety three. They were twenty eighth in completion percentage allowed. Pass defense wasn't a strong point for them this year.

As a wide open broken coverage.

Now Jalen Ramsey has been doing his part since returning from injury. Leads the team in i iNTS with three despite only playing ten games, a sixty six point two rating allowed.

And picked by Jalen Ramsey Welcome to the Miami Dolphins.

He covers the left side of the field for Miami Xavien Howard the right. Howard didn't have a great year, but not terrible. X is rating allowed ninety one. The primary guy. Those two will have eyes on Rashi Rice nine hundred and thirty eight yards, seven t ds as a rookie.

Heads on the fudden touchdown Rashie Rise with an explosive play.

Dolphins didn't lock wideouts up this year, ninety six rating allowed to the position that was twenty second. They gave up a one to oh eight point three rate to tight ends seven touchdowns, only one pick, and now they take on Travis Swift Kelsey second most yards for a tight end in twenty twenty three at nine to eighty four.

Now past top forty yard line wide ophens, he gets tackled at.

The five yard line.

Dolphins may not have had a great year versus the pass, but their pass rush can make a difference. They were third in sacks, had the most QB hits.

Why the pressure today is unbelievable and it's coming from everybody.

One problem for Miami is they've lost both their starting defensive ends, but they are stacked in the middle though Zach Sealer ten sacks for the season. Zach Christian Wilkins with nine alick and.

Trouble across the fuck Ones taking a legs from him, Christian Wilkins going in for the sack.

They go up against the Kansas City line. That's like Miami's. They didn't allow many pass rushers to make it home to see Holmes twenty eight sacks taken second fewest that time in the.

Pocket and he's got a man open at the thirty five.

Chiefs O line did a nice job paving the way for running back Isaiah pt Checko too, nine hundred and thirty five yards for the rookie four point six yards per carry, seven scores. A sealer and Wilkins also make it tough on runners, though, Dolphins holding running backs to three point eight to carry tied for fifth lowest.

Come on, come home, you know what covin we.

Go Miami twenty second points per game allowed on defense, Kansas City fifteenth and scoring on offense. Chiefs were not a lock to win anywhere this year either. Arrowhead was no different. Lost four games there, three of them to above five hundred teams and the Lions, Eagles, and Bills.

There is a flag offside number nineteen.

Offense Miami, though only beat one above five hundred team all season at home versus Dallas. Five of their six losses to teams with more wins than losses.

Look at end zone for the touchdown shifty Burger.

Both teams offenses gave the ball away a lot this year, so watch for the turnover battle if it comes down to a field goal. Jason Sanders was twenty four of twenty eight for the season, has hit his last ten in a row.

Up it is.

Drilled Bollyan's he'd been good today. Three field goals all over fifty yards.

Harrison Butker thirty three for thirty five this year, hasn't missed an extra point.

And Harrison Butker is the only man to score in the last one hour and fifty three minutes.

Mike McDaniel Andy Reid two of the best offensive mines in the game. Two of the funniest coaches going.

Hey have we had a helmet?

Let's Football League?

Give me the face of it.

Miami and Kansas City have played three times in the playoffs, Dolphins winning all three. The first and all time classic longest game in NFL history double ot game on Christmas twenty seven to twenty four. Miami wins it.

I was happy that we won, certainly, but I'll be honest with you, I was almost just as happy that that damn game was over.

Does Kansas City beat Miami in the playoffs for the first time ever? Or does Miami move on to play another day?

All right, you all saw that banner out there.

We got more of those things to hang out.

Let's go to work.

You can't script these kind of things, right am I allowed to say that. You know, we're ready, Yeah, we're ready.

It feels like we've been waiting for quite some time to get these opportunities.

We know that we're going to Detroit next week. We're really excited about that opportunity.

For philby Rockin and it'll be fun. Matthew Stafford and the Rams roll into the playoffs winners of seven of their last eight.

Light Let's tell what, all right, I'm really excited about Matthew leading us. He's done a great job this year.

Stafford hoping to win a playoff game this week in the city of Detroit against Jared Gough, who he was traded for a few years ago. So you know, no hard feelings, Okay, I'm fond.

I have more appreciation for him. You know, as time goes on, he throw from.

Golf down the sideline, Sam Brown.

He's nothing but a class act. And man did he do a lot of really good things here for us, and he's done great stuff for them.

This is telenovela material, so let's get to it. Jared Goff traded away by the Rams. They gave up on him.

You guys know, there's there's different things that occurred, but there's nothing but good vibes.

On my end.

He wasn't the guy that would win it all for them. Why on?

Why on?

Goff threw for thirty touchdowns this year, just twelve picks.

Golf to the NZEL touchdown bills put not a show.

Not many quarterbacks had a better year than Goff.

Right, Dad went about eight a couple of years to go to where you are now. Man.

Credit He never gets too high, never gets too low, and I think that's exactly where you want your quarterback to be.

Stafford didn't, but he wasn't bad either. And now he goes back home for a postseason game and Joy still got it trying to sadden fans that were his jerseys for years. Gather Right hit him at twenty four touchdowns, eleven picks over two hundred and sixty yards passing this season.

On the pocket, he deals.

Down the scene, HiT's caught, have it film, look up to the crowd.

So who has the best chance to shine versus their ex Stafford faces a Detroit secondary that recently gave up over four hundred yards to Nick Mullins, then gave up three hundred and ninety six to him last week.

It's a big ball.

It's Twofferson for the touchdown.

Detroit did not farewell versus the pass in twenty twenty three, ninety one point five rating allowed to quarterbacks that was twenty second.

West got able to get out of the end zone and now airs it out for Lamb he's gone, He's gone.

And versus wideouts, which is especially relevant versus LA's passing attack, Detroit allowed a rating of ninety six point four that was twenty fourth. Cornerbacks Cameron Sutton and Jerry Jacobs allowed rates over ninety nine each this year.

Mullen's now once it all with Edison touchdown.

They're running right past them.

Now those dudes go up against Cooper Cup.

What all I thought you had?

Like anime?

No Cup only averaged sixty one yards per game this year, but that's because Pooka Nakua broke the record for receiving yards by a rookie with fourteen and eighty six had one hundred and five catches.

I did think it was the record, but then nobody was celebrated with me.

What hafter?

The Lion's secondary also has to worry about DeMarcus Robinson four touchdowns in his last four games.

Stafford looking one way then the other, throws cut the Marcus Robinson.

Having the night of night.

Can Detroit's pass rush make a difference.

The oldest right here man, Just fimetime man.

There's the Aiden Hutchinson factor. Hutch with two sacks last week, five in his last two games to finish with eleven and a half.

Aiden Hutchinson again, Oh, he's killing that tackle.

He is killing him today.

Hutchinson attacks quarterbacks from both sides. Wow rams left tackle spot being held down by a backup Laric Jackson. He hasn't been bad though. Rams O line is held up well this year top ten and sack percentage allowed, so not a given. Hutchinson can get home versus Stafford.

Wait fakes set up a throw.

Full sid keep down the left side, noe.

Near cup cut, the Toney.

Cut touch to the ends up and where the Rams big Uglies really excelled. Run blocking Kyron Williams as important to their offensive success as anyone.

Williams first a scool after the secondary He's gone.

Williams led the NFL in rushing yards per game. When he hit eighty yards in a game, LA went seven to one.

Good night than mad daughter, that you are well.

Do not worry about it, think I to Williams. Trying get to be insta makes a miss to his left. He's inside commander's territory.

The Detroit run defense he faces held running backs to three point five yards per carry, third lowest Lions linebackers Jack Campbell and Alex Anzeloni are legit.

Yeah, Alex Jack Campbell those guys again, it's a.

Welcome sight to see that defense. Gang tackling to go demo.

As were the run games for both offenses are vital to their success. Detroit's thunder and lightning approach sets up their Oh. David Montgomery over one thousand yards and twenty twenty three thirteen scores.

Dots the outside come down the same line cost Contgomery, He's gonna.

Go Jamior Gibbs close to one thousand rushing yards. Ten tds.

They hand at Gibbs and Gibbs breaks in touchdown one.

A night for the road. Great wow.

LA gave up four point one or runder running backs that's in the average range. Linebacker Ernest Jones will be in the spotlight. He set the Rams single season record for tackles.

No gain on the play.

Thanks to Ernest Jones.

If LA struggles with Montgomery and Gibbs, Goff and Amanra Saint Brown become that much harder to stop. Saint Brown one hundred and forty four yards in a TD last week, finished in the top five four receiving yards for the year, Tierra Drift.

Look look now he grows downfield, it is caught left sideline cutting back.

That is I'm and Ross Dave Brown, Ankley at the twenty five to the twenty to the fifteen cup back at the ten.

I'mn Rod to five fighting at the two in the endo touchdown.

The Toad lines Khalif Raymond and Josh Reynolds will need to be leaned on as well, especially if Detroit doesn't have tied end and Sam Laporta, who hurt his knee last week. He hasn't been ruled out yet, and he had a record breaking rookie year.

You can't replace the chemistry, but you know his next man up.

Raymond and Reynolds put up forty plus yards each last week. They filled gaps for Detroit all season.

Goffloads up, Let's end rip man open perfect try Kylie Raymond then again seen you got it?

Just what Rams defense? Their dbs have played wide receivers well. They've held him to an eighty eight point seven rating That was twelve best cornerback of Kello Witherspoon their best cornerback, holding quarterbacks to an eighty one point nine rate.

Jackson well protected, going dad for Bateman better Sacard go.

Can a weather screwed.

Rams pass rush versus Detroit's O line is beef central as well. Tha rush Aaron Donald pro bowler eight sacks.

Pressure coming It's Donald again. Two sacks today.

Rookie Byron Young nabbed his eighth sack last week for the Rams.

Byron Yeo with his eighth sack, Stafford loves it and.

Rookie nose tackle Kobe Turner ended his year with nine.

Pressure up the middle. Taylor in trouble it down, He goes Kobe Turner the fantasy football I don't get it.

So the interior of Detroit's O line is going to be tested. They usually passed the test. Lion's top five in sacks allowed this season.

Goff looking up Tod Let's have rip on and off. Saint Brown is loosing down the sideline.

If the game is close, La is in sketchy territory. Kicking game has been a mess for them this year. It's now on the feet of Brett Mauter. He missed an extra point last week and he doesn't have a great recent playoff showing.

Oh boy, bred Bacher. Sure we're gonna have some discussions about this in the second half.

Lions kicking game. Michael Badgeley he's only been holding it down for four games, but he's gone four for four. Stafford already faced Detroit once.

I love see it.

Hey, Abrea, you gouts are playing good man, keep fighting.

He beat them. He threw for over three hundred and thirty yards. Goff got picked off twice.

Right back got right, got my cup at the pylon. He goes, They're born.

He got in.

This is the first playoff game in Detroit in thirty years.

This year.

The second time the two have faced each other ever nineteen fifty two, the Lions beat the Rams thirty one to twenty one.

We are a rebellion teams, gentlemen, were gonna.

Find a way to win.

Happy for all those guys, and now here we go.

Well, we didn't coach well enough, we didn't play well enough, and you know, there's not early an explanation, and we just didn't do the things we needed to do to be successful. And that starts with me.

The Philadelphia Eagles have to hit the road for the playoffs, off to Tampa Bay for a wild card matchup with the Buccaneers, fresh off pitching a shutout. Ruling on the field was reversed. It is not a panther touchdown.

The ball was stripped away by Antoine Winfield rolled through the ends all so there's no points on the board and the Bucks take over.

Let's just get it out of the way. This is not a matchup of two teams barreling into the playoffs. The Eagles have lost five of their last six games.

Hurts taking a deep shit god. Terrific defensive play McKinny, but he was out of bouts.

The New York Giant player didn't intercept the.

Ball going up against a Buccaneers team that couldn't score a TD against the worst team in the NFL in a must win game last week. That's okay, though one of these two teams comes out a winner and has as much momentum as any other team. Well, Buccaneers at the very least can say they gave up zero points in their most recent outing pressure.

Coming fault zip away, chipped away and recovered by the Buccaneers quarterback sack Jts Jts with a sack of a strip Heather Box recover those.

Ball that Tampa Bay defense coming in off a shutout, facing a Philadelphia offense that was only able to put up ten points last week on a team with nothing to play for. Eagles haven't scored twenty points in three of their last five.

Playfake well time, AJ Brown coughs up.

The football Giants.

Have it question for Philadelphia how healthy will they be? Jalen Hurts hurt his finger in their lost to New York last week on his throwing hand. He didn't finished the game. He left with a twenty six point eight rating no touchdown with one pick. He's ended with a sub ninety rate five of his last six games.

We'll throw the deep on on the rainbow, and it's too far for Watkins.

Philadelphia's offense also saw star wide receiver AJ Brown leave the game hurt.

It's a tough thing to have to go through an injury and to play through injury. I'm hoping that he's okay, but we'll see.

As the weak host and DeVante Smith didn't play last week either. When they have both those guys and tight end Dallas Goddard all healthy and playing, Philadelphia can score. They were top ten in points per game and yards per game in twenty twenty three.

Hurts scrambles. Hurts has got it wide open for the touchdown.

So the Eagles offense hasn't been bad by any means. Stacked against a Bucks defense top ten in points per game allow.

Look ten the.

Good football another turnover by Jacksonville.

Bucks pass rush not bad this season, top ten in sacks. It was a committee approach kind of deal.

Tegos built on the club to Vnto didd.

Eagles pass protection eleventh in sacks allowed, So that's a beefy matchup Hurts.

Deep drop, step and throw underneath caught by Julio Jones.

Buccaneers were one of the hardest teams to run on. That's important when you face the Eagles. They held ball carriers to three point eight yards per run this season.

Handed it off to Hubbard and he is wrapped up and thrown down by Devin White.

Philadelphia was sixth in rushing attempts. Hurts only average three point nine and carry for the season, but that's because of all those tush pushes. DeAndre Swift four point six a carry over one thousand rushing yards. The Swift that actually matters to NFL football also sat out last week.

The short side, they go for Swift with a head of steam and lars the shorter end of Cardinals territory. We're authority running over Buddha Baker for sixteen.

What kind of secondary is Hurts dealing with? Bucks not overly strong against the pass, A ninety two rating allowed to quarterbacks, twenty second.

Car throwing en zone, it's cock for the touchdown.

Now, both teams offenses do have potential. Both teams offenses just haven't sparkled as of late. Baker Mayfield had a great twenty twenty three, twenty eight touchdowns ten I in T's he looked like a number one pick At times it's tough.

Then what a turn of the touchdown? Such of the play gets place, turn it again.

Baker ended the year with one hundred and thirty seven yard outing four point three yards per attempt against the worst team in the NFL. Doesn't come in hot and there's a lot of room for improvement. Now we're in the playoffs for division champs, and so let's hit the resaid button in Bucks pass catchers nothing much last week. Plenty capable of showing out though Mike Evans twelve hundred plus yards this season.

Mayfield to the end zone, Evans touchdown.

Chris Godwin also over one thousand yards for the year.

Mayfield looking deep. He's got conwin with a.

Big Kish Eagles d Bees did not handle wide receivers well this year one hundred and one point four rating allowed to wide outs. Only three teams gave up a higher rating.

Press are coming in Zoe Wilson touchdown, the ft down, gamble pays off.

Rashad White has emerged as a key piece to Tampa's offense nine hundred and ninety rushing yards this year over five hundred receiving.

Now over the middle of Heascott Rashad White into Green Bay territory.

Philadelphia held running backs to for a run that's above average.

Here's Cotner that works blown up Moro a joemo.

What if the game is on the line. Eagles kicker Jake Elliott has hit from sixty one yards. He made ninety three point eight percent of his kicks, sixth best.

And if there's one thing you've been able to count on as an Eagles fan, it has been that guy Jake Elliott.

Bucks rolling with Chase mclarone, kicker tied for seventh best field goal percentage fifty seven yard or his long.

Well Gloughlin from thirty nine. Here's now three for three.

These two teams did play earlier this year. It was a long time ago. Week three Philadelphia on twenty five to eleven. Neither quarterback fared very well. Swift had one hundred and thirty yards. Aj Brown one hundred and thirty one, though.

Quick throw pass caught Brown first down.

Eagles, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay have met five times in the playoffs. The Bucks have a three to two edge. Let's rewind to the first time it happened, nineteen seventy nine Divisional round. Bucks won twenty four to seventeen. It was Doug Williams versus Ron Jaworski, but Ricky Bell starred one hundred and forty two rushing yards two tds in those classic Unis they going to take it to four

It's picked up head down the middle. The catch is made by Dean Tate Johnson. Hey run not catch him. Pittsburgh takes the lead seventy one strike.

They are off to Buffalo to take on a Bill squad that won the AFC by winning their fifth game in a.

Rowstianta Hardy all the way back to the five, has some space.

Takes up. Look out, Hardy gets a plucked out field. The party's gonna go, isn't that field? Nobody's gonna catch him.

So both of these teams come in hot. Both of them come in off wins and must win situations. Bill's offense sixth in points per game this season, fourth in yards per game, no team better on third down top ten in the red zone.

Looking downfield, He's got Dave Davis caught at the fifteenth and he drives his way into the end zone.

So that elite offense versus a Pittsburgh defense that was sixth in points per game allowed, fifth in the red zone.

He's gonna throw the ball down the field and it's interceded in the end zone.

But at eight eight.

The Steelers defense that Josh Allen and company face is built around a strong pass rush and a secondary that held quarterbacks to the tenth lowest rate at eighty four point seven. Steelers sixth in completion percentage.

Allowed play Let's get it oh off complete.

Sixteen I INT's and seventeen games. Pittsburgh's secondary came up with its fair share of splash plays. Can they create some against Alan? He threw eighteen picks this season. Most of his career copied for the.

Heat Alan retreats plays an interception.

Allan only played in three games where he didn't get picked off. He's a higher risk, high rewards style quarterback. He threw for over two hundred and fifty yards per game twenty nine touchdowns. He's still the most important player on their offense.

D that Alan gonna keep it on a design run and he's into the end zone.

Pressuring Allen into mistakes is at the top of Pittsburgh's to do list on defense. That's going to be harder to pull off without the top sack master though TJ. Watt had nineteen for the year, but he's out for this game. Pocket collapses, he is setting the pall comes up this baby off, so that puts extra pressure on Alex high Smith. He had seven QB takedowns for the season.

What a future Kiado Fitt has being able to compliment what they could do on the edge with ninety fifty six.

Buffalo's tackles are not easy to beat, though no team allowed fewer sacks than the Bills this year.

Pump figs pumps twice, throws it out in the left flat to Diggs, digs out to the twenty nine to thirty Allen deep.

Drop wings into the middle, Diggs complete at the twenty three.

Bills pass catchers Stefan Diggs as lead man, had a long stretch of nothing games down the stretch eighty seven yards at least last week, over one hundred catches for the year over eleven hundred yards eight touchdowns.

Not bad Allan as time throws to the left sideline complete to Diggs trying to spin away from the tacklers.

That he does.

Allen will use Gabe Davis as well if he's healthy. Their deep shot guy seven hundred and forty six yard seventy d's for him.

We canter to Gabe Davis on a slant wear the touchdown must be down and we can't get to start working.

Let's go.

Let's hope he is on the injury watch list though. Khalil Shakir their slot guy one hundred and five yards last week, over six hundred for the season. That trio doing battle with Levi Wallace, Patrick Peterson Joey Porter Junior. Peterson was the Waldo of the group this season. Gave up a rating near one ten, six touchdowns, most on the team. The rookie Porter dazzled though, held quarterbacks to a sixty four point five rating, only gave up one touchdown.

I mean, that's Joey Porter Junior doing what Dad did some time ago.

What a big play.

Allen relies on his tight ends plenty. Pittsburgh gave up a one hundred rating to the position. Not great. Now they take on the d Bros. Dawson Knox missed a lot of games. He did score last week. Dalton Kincaid caught over seventy passes in his first year in the league, almost seven hundred yards with time and Leo tight.

End Dalton Kincaid inside the.

Forty Bill's ground game a James Cook production four point seven per carry, over eleven hundred rushing yards, two touchdowns.

James Cook who had two hundred and twenty one all purpose yards in this game.

He's got a touchdown on the ground and a touchdown.

Through the air.

He dominated this football game.

Pittsburgh gave up four point two a run to running backs below average, gave up four point sixty quarterbacks on the run, tied for twenty first there so not great either.

Pick the handoff. Jackson's got a huge hole.

Lamar Jackson dances his way into Pittsburgh territory.

Allen he ran fifteen times versus Miami last week. He went for over five hundred rush yards in twenty twenty three.

We've seen some of the dynamic throws over the years, but he can really just embaris you running the.

Football Pittsburgh's quarterback isn't a runner, but Mason Rudolph is a winner. Started three games, won all three.

Mason Rudolph pass over the middle, has cut by pickings. He's on his way. Parent cops, George.

Beckons all the way for up Pittsburgh Steelers touchdown. Rudolph wasn't just along for the Riot either. A rating of one twelve plus in all three games. No interceptions.

You want to see some magic in poetry and potion. Billy. Oh what a bro what a catch.

He now faces a Bill's secondary that held to a tongue of Bye Lowa to less than two hundred yards in their week eighteen win, held quarterbacks to an eighty one point nine rate in twenty twenty three, seventh lowest skive that way to.

A throwing that way.

Now they don't beg four hundred cuts.

It intercepts their secondary, aided by a pass rush that finished with the fourth most sacks.

Step up with the pocket again, he goes down. Everybody's getting in on the act today. What a performance by this Buffalo defense.

Bills have five guys with five plus sacks. Their leaders defensive tackle Ed Oliver. He got home nine and a half times from the inside from the.

Thirty eight treble and frocked down by Oliver.

Off the edge. It'll be Leonard Floyd ten and a half bags for the year. Here comes Floyd.

Floyd's got him. We were just talking about him, Leonard Floyd.

Rudolph was sacked three times by the Ravens top rated pass rush Russia.

Close again, that balls knocked out, loose again and the Ravens call on it.

He only took one sack in each of their two other games, though, when he has time to let it fly, it usually goes to George Pickens. He was shut out last week, but over eleven hundred yards for the year five touchdowns. He's usually the key to their offense having success.

Its Rudolf up third down pump fake, then he throws ahead diving catch.

This day five pickins. That is spectacular.

Deontay Johnson will see plenty of targets as well. Over seven hundred yards for him in twenty twenty three.

The up touchdown and there it was Dete Johnson finally gets into the end zone.

Alan Robinson rounds out their wide out core. That trio tangling with Buffalo cornerbacks for Sewell Douglas, who has played great since they picked him up, holding his targets to him easily thirty eight rating.

Bro is intercepted this time and it's Douglas Russ Suell. Douglas comes in and makes the interception, jumping right in front of Garrett Wilson.

Christian Benford held quarterbacks to a some ninety rating. Taron Johnson one of the better nickel cornerbacks in the game. Bill's held wide receiver to an eighty seven rating that was tenth lowest.

Man rushed to a rows broke it up by Dave Jackson.

Buffalo held tight ends to the eighth lowest rating, running backs to the third lowest. Steelers counter with Pat Fryarmuth at tight end. Jalen Warren at running back. He had over three hundred receiving yards this season, was third in targets for Pittsburgh.

Warren's got a lot of room out in front of him.

Started in the backfield and lowers his shoulder near the forty.

Warren also picked up seven hundred and eighty four rush yards this season on a nice five point three a carry average.

Jalen Warren's got a big kad Warren streaking down the sideline and they break the seal touchdown.

Pittsburgh's run game has become a strong point for them. Najie Harris will also get his touches back to back one hundred yard games to end the year, finished with over one thousand rush yards.

He goes left runs for the goal on touchdown Net's.

Burg Bills gave up four point four a run to running backs. Not good.

It's Elliott trying to punch it in touchdown.

Tight game. Need a bit. Pittsburgh still has the last killer b Chris Boswell twenty nine to thirty one for the year.

It hits the ground, coach does a great job of fielding it and then Boswell knocks it through.

Bill's trot out. Tyler kick his ass Sea Bass twenty four for twenty nine for the season, Brook.

Twenty nine, Tyler Bess for the leak. I have a have a Buffalo Bill's way with twenty eight seconds left.

Buffalo one in two versus Pittsburgh in the playoffs all time. How about nineteen seventy four Divisional round Pittsburgh thirty two to fourteen. They were a solid bunch if I remember right, Let's do it again. This time, loser goes home. Little rematch action, playoff style. Browns and Texans just played each other like Week sixteen. Now they do it again in the postseason. Cleveland took Houston thirty six to twenty two.

In that first game, Black go on the outside, Ford cuts it, He's got the ankle touchdown Browns.

It was the Amari Cooper game. Joe Flacco threw for over three hundred yards. Cooper hauled in two hundred and sixty five of them. Two tack go.

On time touchdown. I'm Murray Cooper.

But the Texans were without a key piece to the puzzle, a potential game altering piece. Ohio football fans, no.

Little play action to start gup protection. Hair's it out for Collins.

He's got it.

One play touchdown Texans reasons. Texans fans don't care about last time these two faced c J. Stroud in what was basically a playoff game last week. He threw for two tds over two hundred and sixty yards a rating over one thirty.

Stroud wine open for the touchdown. Is the full back Andrew back.

Stroud's probably your offensive rookie of the year. He had a spectacular first year. He's the difference maker for them. So Cleveland is in for a different experience.

Revin Jordan across the five plucks in touchdown but hold on.

Stroud is also in for a different experience. He's facing an elite secondary. Browns held quarterbacks to a seventy four point seven rating second lowest.

Prout middle of the field.

Overthrows bad, it's tipped around and intercepted.

D Anthony Bell tipped it around and came.

Up with it.

When Stroud faced Baltimore and New Orleans, two other teams that were top five and rating allowed, he didn't do well sub eighty five rating games against them.

Pay on watching Washington.

Sexs a clean Stroud's go to Nico Collins put up eighty yards versus both of those teams. He had a breakout twenty twenty three eighty catches almost thirteen hundred yards, eight scores, strat lid.

A sidear delivery to the exode. It's Nico Cunlins Houston able to put it in for six.

He will do battle with Martin Emerson Denzel Ward, best cornerback duo of twenty twenty three. Emerson was second rating allowed, Ward was seventh Cleveland held wide receivers to a seventy one rating, second lowest in the league.

Step and throw launches a deep one over the shoulder interception Martin Emerson.

So you go to Dalton Schultz next for Houston. He was second targets for the Texans.

Right, Secretary's gonna throw it to the ends out It's talk touchdown, Dalton Schultz.

Brown's defense versus tight ends not as strong ninety nine point nine rating allowed to that position, below average.

Fires back corner.

They have got plot by the touchdown ten yard touchdown.

Math Will Stroud have time to operate? He will have Miles Garrett to worry about. Fourteen sacks for twenty twenty three.

This guy is as big as you can think he is.

He's sixty four, two hundred and seventy five pounds and moves like he's two hundred and forty pounds.

Just a mismatch, and you know how excited he is to finally get another sack.

Garrett an ambidextrious pass rusher. So both of Houston's tackles are on alert, and the Texans gave up a lot of sacks this year. It was a way to derail their offense.

But it's this edge.

Pressure coming here that has to allow crowd had to step up in the pocket and picked the Forrest Buckner who is there to make the sack.

Texans run game. Devin Singletary almost nine hundred yards four point two of carry, four tds when he's working their offense is right whitch up?

First of all, Singletary is in a rushing touchdown for Devin.

Singletary four point four yards per carry allowed. That's Cleveland versus running backs this year. That's not good.

Singletary knt from behind as he crosses the forty yard line.

Each team's run games take a back seat to their passing attacks, though Houston picked off Flacko twice when they squared off the first time. But they had no answers for Cooper and it wasn't one specific dB that struggled with him either. So can they come up with a way to slow him down this week?

Looking for separation, it's kart Oh may Cooper down the sideline for the touchdown.

Texans were tough on wide receivers for the year, held them to a ninety point five rating that was thirteenth best. Cooper will deal with Steve and Nelson. He covers the left side, held quarterbacks to a seventy one point four rating. He gets Derek Stingly when he lines up on the right. He's held it down to a fifty four rating, eleventh lowest in the NFL.

On first down from the twenty That one intercepted Stingly three straight games with a.

Pick Keexans gave up the fewest passing tds of any team. They had fourteen i iNTS. That's not a bad total, but overall they gave up a lot of splash plays. They ranked low and yards per attempt allowed and yards per completion allowed.

Zach Wilson looks up the scene, fires one for Cockland. He climbs the ladder and hauls it in.

Now they take on Flacco again, who comes in off a personal four game, three hundred plus yard passing game streak. He put up over three hundred and sixty versus Houston. Cleveland's offense has come to life since he took over.

Flaco looks Pleaco end zone touchdown on time to Nut Joko.

Flaco has been turnover prone, though the Texans picked him off twice. He has five starts He's thrown at least one pick in each.

FLACKO with pressure up the middle t pros and it's intercepted by Eddie Jackson.

Browns so far have been able to live with those. Can Cleveland give Flacco the kind of protection he got when they faced week sixteen? The Texans didn't sack him once.

Black O three hundred plus three touchdowns on the day. What a clinic being put on by the Cleveland Browns.

Houston is not a high sacked team, so that wasn't all that shocking. Their top bag man, Jonathan Grenard twelve and a half sacks.

Pressure coming off the edge and another sack six of them. Now for the Houston defense, he.

Is a left side guy, so he goes up against left tackle Jiron Christian, who is filling in for Jedrick Willis. He's their weak link, if you will. He's given up four and a half sacks despite only starting half the year.

Watch him just come with speed around the corner and he gets the edge and then comes back for the sack.

And he has just been special to this year.

The other side, another backup, Yeah, Cleveland lost both its starting tackles. Right tackle James Hudson allowed five sacks and also hasn't started all year. He will do battle with Rooky will Anderson. Seven sacks to start his career.

Danna Hill's gonna be sacks back at the forty six will Anderson.

Junior Texans are strong in the middle to Malie Collins, Sheldon Rankins five and six sacks.

Apiece wic Young had time to try to escape and he is taken down by Belak Collins.

Then there's the tight end battle. Another key Flacco pass catcher, David and Joku. He scored on Houston eight hundred and eighty two yards in twenty twenty three. He was a top five tight end this season in.

The end zone. Throws jump Paul the Joku hauls it.

D Brown's run game Jerome Ford eight hundred and seven yards for a carry this year. Hats off for the job he did for stepping in for Nick Chubb.

Ford cuts it, He's got the ankle touchdown Browns.

But check this out.

Houston Texans number one team versus running backs in twenty twenty three. He held him to three point three yards per care.

They're trying to time it up with the motion. He's going to help secure the edge and in the backfield they're not able to even give the play an opportunity.

Brown's offensive X factor Elijah Moore slot guy over six hundred yards this season.

On third and goal.

The game's close, Cleveland's Dustin Hopkins over ninety percent of his field goal attempts were good.

That's good stuff or the league, and Cleveland's.

On top Houston's Kay fairbarn a ninety six point four percent success rate only two best in him up there and.

From fifty one he got us.

These two teams have never faced each other in the postseason. Man, it would have been some kind of matchup if that one dude was healthy. Tank being out is a real bummer.

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