Tuesday, November 10, 2009

NFL 1981 Divisional Playoffs Preview

New York Jets 11-5 at Kansas City 12-4
    This is a dangerous match up for Kansas City.  The Jets have a very solid defense and their offense has been scoring a lot of points here in the second half of the season.  Kansas City's defense will have to play a great game.  The Jets will be looking to play their ball control style and keep it out of the hands of the Chiefs offense. 

Dallas 9-7 at San Francisco 11-5
     These two teams met in week 14 with Dallas winning it 17-10.  The Cowboys pulled out a great win over the Cardinals but will have to get better play from their defense if they hope to beat the 49ers.  San Francisco is coming into this game a four point favorite and have a very underrated defense.  Unlike the Cardinals who give up a lot of points, these guys are stingy.

Miami 11-5 at Pittsburgh 11-5
     These two teams also met in week 14.  Pittsburgh won that won 24-17 shredding the top rated Miami defense.  The Dolphins will have to play a solid defensive game if they hope to win this one.  It was one thing to shut down the Chargers poor offense last week, another order to go into Pittsburgh and stop the Steelers.  Pittsburgh, like everyone else, will look to stop the Dolphins run game and force Bob Griese to go to the air.

Los Angeles 9-7 at Detroit 11-5
     When Detroit beat the Rams in week 3 16-12 no one was expecting much from either team.  Now the Lions have home field througout and the Rams are coming off an impressive drubbing of Washington.  The Rams are a different team in the playoffs and are trying to win the NFC for their second year in a row.  They always rely heavily on a good running game in the playoffs, so Detroit will be looking to shut it down with their 5th rated run defense. 

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