Defense delivers as Ravens book playoff date in Pittsburgh
Kansas City’s head coach Todd Haley tried to prepare his team by saying that the Baltimore Ravens defense would be the best they had seen all season long. He was right.
The Ravens defense shut down the Chiefs offense and held them to only thirty yards in the second half. Also, they forced five turnovers in the thirty to seven victory in the AFC Wild Card Playoff game.
The game started out as a close contest, but then the Ravens offense took over and put up thirteen unanswered point. The Chiefs were never able to recover. That keeps the Chiefs streak alive of seven straight playoff games lost.
The Chiefs turnovers killed them today. It was fourth and inches and the Chiefs went for it and got stuffed. Then their next possession, Ray Lewis hit Dexter McCluster and made him fumble the ball. Those two turnovers led to two field goals for Baltimore. Then, the Chiefs came back and Matt Cassel threw an interception. Every time they got momentum or anything positive going, they turned over the ball and gave Baltimore the upper hand and the momentum to beat them with. It seems like Kansas City just folded and crumbled under the pressure and choked.
Baltimore now gets to dance with Pittsburg in the AFC divisional round of the playoffs. This is going to be a great game with two great AFC North teams going to battle one more time this season.
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