Showing posts with label NFL Playoffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NFL Playoffs. Show all posts

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Cowboys vs Eagles - NFL NFC Wild Card Playoff mattch 2010


On their recent postseason histories, Philadelphia always appear to have a convincing edge over the Dallas. But on last weekend's game against the Eagles for the NFC East title, it's the Cowboys who have all the advantages over the Eagles. Watch Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles as they square off in Dallas Stadium for the NFC Wild Card playoff match in NFL Playoffs 2010. Cowboys look to end its 13-year drought without a playoff victory Saturday against the Eagles. Eagles, meanwhile, lost a chance to earn a first-round bye after 24-0 loss Sunday but they will try to to end the Eagles dominance over them this season in the postseason. Eagles won the NFC title game in 1981 to reach its first Super Bowl while Dallas won divisional-round matchups en route to Super Bowl titles in 1993 and 1996. Who will win? Find it out on NBC as it airs the NFC wild card payoffs match 2010 live stream. Cowboys vs Eagles game time will start 8:00 pm EST Sat Jan 9, 2010.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Ravens get another shot at Patriots

Last time this team met, New England won, 27-21, at home on Oct. 4. The Ravens were marching toward a potential game-winning drive when Mark Clayton dropped an easy first-down catch to effectively end the game. It served as Baltimore's first loss after a torrid start. Ravens starting LT Jared Gaither was carted off with a neck injury that appeared very serious at the time, and ended up keeping him out several weeks. The Patriots won despite being outrushed, allowing more yards and converting just four third downs. The loss was indicative of many for the Ravens this season, as they committed nine penalties for 85 yards.

In this coming playoff game, the Patriots hope rookie Julian Edelman can replace the departed Welker, who was lost to a knee injury on Sunday. But without Welker's underneath presence the Ravens can devote more double coverage to Randy Moss, a huge factor for their struggling secondary. Baltimore has the league's best run defense, and the Patriots are a pass-heavy team, so Tom Brady's attempts figure to be up.

Ravens should banged up Brady if they want to have a higher percentage of winning. Brady is playing through painful finger and rib injuries and is not very mobile to begin with. The Ravens need defensive tackles Haloti Ngata and Kelly Gregg to collapse the interior pocket, with Terrell Suggs cleaning things up off the edge. Suggs created a touchdown with a sack of Brady in the first meeting. If Brady has enough time to pick out second and third options in the pocket, Baltimore's weak corners will get burned and take penalties.

This game will be more about Ray Rice than Ray Lewis. Rice is elusive in space, is the fulcrum of the Baltimore's offense and is a matchup nightmare. He is young QB Joe Flacco's favorite option and will have to have a big game for Baltimore to win. New England's top defensive linemen, Ty Warren and Vince Wilfork, have been banged up, and the Ravens could be in good position to win the game at the point of attack. Flacco has stumbled in the fourth quarter and in the red zone, and asking him to do too much might backfire.

Source: NFL.com