RAVENS travel to ARROWHEAD Sunday to take on CHIEFS....PACKERS go to the LINC to face VICK n EAGLES...SUNDAY'S Wild CARD ACTION

Sunday's WildCard Games have the 12-4 RAVENS traveling to Kansas City to take on the young new-look CHIEFS. This will be a game won in the Trenches as it will feature the CHIEFS Running attack vs the RAVENS front seven. On the flip side Flacco and Ray RICE will be the key for the RAVENS O against the up and coming CHIEFS D that is very fast. young, and athletic.

The other game on SUNDAY features QB's Aaron RODGERS of the PACK and Mike VICK of the EAGLES. The EAGLES are banged up everywhere on D and this is not the time for your Secondary to come up lame as you face maybe the best PASSING GAME in the LEAGUE in RODGERS, JENNINGS, JONES, and DRIVER.

The EAGLES on Offense have struggled a little the pass couple of weeks due to teams pressuring VICK up the middle and the PACK will bring 4 and drop 7 so the EAGLES need to be creative and stop OLB Clay MATTHEWS Jr from getting to VICK.

The BLUEDUDE'S Breakdown of SUNDAY'S WildCard GAMES:

SUNDAY JANUARY 9, 2011
1PM ET

RAVENS @ ARROWHEAD: We will see if Home Field plays an advantage right away in this one. The RAVENS know they have to take the crowd out early an dominate the game from inside out. The CHIEFS know if they start fast and get the ground game rolling it will definately get ARROWHEAD jumping and they will be hard to deal with.

Offensive RANKS (number in paraentheses is RANK among all NFL Teams)

RAVENS

22.3 ppg (16th) 322.9 ypg (22nd) 208.4 Pass ypg (20th) 114.4 Rush ypg (14th)

CHIEFS

22.9 ppg (14th) 349.7 ypg (12th) 185.5 Pass ypg (30th) 164.2 Rush ypg (1st)

Note****What sticks out like a sore thumb is the CHIEFS Running GAME...RAVENS know it...and will try to stop it to force CASSELL and the BOWE to get the PAssing game going. CHIEFS must stop the RAVENS Balanced Attack that starts with #27 Ray RICE. He is the KEY to the RAVENS becoming almost unstoppable on Offense.

Defensive RANKS

RAVENS

16.9 ppg (3rd) 318.9 ypg (10th) 224.9 Pass ypg (21st) 93.9 Rush ypg (5th)

CHIEFS

20.4 ppg (11th) 330.2 ypg (14th) 219.9 Pass ypg (17th) 110.2 Rush ypg (14th)

Note*****The RAVENS D is their bread and butter led by the ageless one RAY LEWIS. They have to make the CHIEFS one-dimensional and if they do that the CHIEFS have no shot. The CHIEFS young secondary is sneaky good led by rookie SAFETY Eric BERRY. They will try to disguise coverages and confuse FLACCO into some mistakes....hopefully.


430PM ET

PACKERS @ the LINC: Let the GAMES begin...this is a match-up that the EAGLES didn't want to happen right away. The EAGLES Secondary is depleted and PACK QB Aaron RODGERS will try to dissect every part of it. The EAGLES have to some how slow down the PACK and let VICK and LeSEAN McCOY eat up the yards on the ground and the clock.

Offensive RANKS

PACKERS

24.2 ppg (10th) 358.1 ypg (9th) 257.8 Pass ypg (8th) 100.4 Rusg ypg (24th)

EAGLES

27.4 ppg (3rd) 389.4 ypg (2nd) 244.1 Pass ypg (9th) 145.2 Rush ypg (5th)

Note**** Looking at these numbers the EAGLES are so explosive on Offense with CELEK, MACLIN, JACKSON, AVANT, McCOY, and VICK. The PACK throw it with the best of them and it is no secret to waht they want to do with RIODGERS. This could be a high-scoring affair.

Defensive RANKS

PACKERS

15.0 ppg (2nd) 309.1 ypg (5th) 194.2 Pass ypg (5th) 114.9 Rush ypg (14th)

EAGLES

23.6 ppg (21st) 327.2 ypg (12th) 216.8 Pass ypg (15th) 110.4 Rush ypg (15th)

Note**** PACKERS D Coordinator Dom CAPERS will have them flying all over led by Clay MATTHEWS and Charles WOODSON. They are only giving up 15 ppg so something has to give. The EAGLES are a bend but don't break Defense which means they have to keep RODGERS and COMPANY off the field to have a chance for a W.

WINNERS: CHIEFS...ground attack overwhelms RAVENS......PACKERS......EAGLES have too many Injuries to overcome. Winners will face either the BEARS or FALCONS in the DIvisonal ROUNDS.