Ravens-Chiefs Preview Capsule
Posted Dec 6, 2018 12:46:04 PM.
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BALTIMORE (7-5) at KANSAS CITY (10-2)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE — Chiefs by 9
RECORD VS. SPREAD — Baltimore 6-6, Kansas City 8-3-1
SERIES RECORD — Tied 4-4
LAST MEETING — Chiefs beat Ravens 34-14, Dec. 20, 2015
LAST WEEK — Ravens beat Falcons 26-16; Chiefs beat Raiders 40-33
AP PRO32 RANKING — Ravens No. 12, Chiefs No. 3
RAVENS OFFENSE — OVERALL (31), RUSH (22), PASS (32)
RAVENS Defence — OVERALL (1), RUSH (3), PASS (2)
CHIEFS OFFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH (13), PASS (3)
CHIEFS Defence — OVERALL (31), RUSH (22), PASS (32)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Baltimore is 3-0 including playoffs at Arrowhead Stadium. … Ravens have won three straight after three-game skid. They are half-game back of Pittsburgh in AFC North. … Baltimore held Falcons to 131 yards total offence last week. … Ravens have had at least 200 yards rushing in three straight weeks, becoming first team to accomplish feat since 2010 Jaguars. … Ravens are only team to rank in top 5 in third-down defence and offence. … First-round pick Lamar Jackson has 265 yards rushing in Ravens’ last three games, setting NFL record for QB in first three starts in Super Bowl era. … Ravens LB Terrell Suggs needs one sack to pass Leslie O’Neal and Lawrence Taylor (132 1-2) for No. 13 on NFL career list. Suggs needs two to pass John Abraham for 12th. … Chiefs coach Andy Reid is fourth among active coaches in career winning percentage at .602. Ravens coach John Harbaugh is fifth at .594. Harbaugh was assistant under Reid in Philadelphia. … Reid needs one win to tie Marty Schottenheimer (205) for seventh most in NFL history. … Kansas City is 5-0 at home and leads AFC West by one game over Chargers. … Chiefs lead NFL in scoring at 37 points per game. … Kansas City is 12-2 in December since 2015. … Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has league-leading 41 TD passes and 43 throws of 25-plus yards. Mahomes has thrown six TD passes in game twice this season. … Mahomes is second to Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger with 3,923 yards passing. … Chiefs’ Travis Kelce has 1,082 yards receiving, tops among TEs. … Kansas City is second in NFL with 39 sacks. … Chiefs DE Chris Jones has 10 sacks, including at least one in each of last eight games. … Fantasy tip: RB Spencer Ware will get bulk of carries for Chiefs in second game following release of Kareem Hunt, but start him only if you must. Ravens have league’s top-ranked defence and are No. 3 in NFL against run.
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