By MATT McMULLEN
Chiefs Reporter
GAME TIME: Noon CT on Sunday
LOCATION: Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
HOW TO WATCH: CBS
HOW TO LISTEN: KINA (910 AM or 94.5 FM) and 99KG (99.9 FM)
It’s the kind of best-on-best matchup that simply doesn’t happen very often this late in a football season.
The Kansas City Chiefs have lit up the scoreboard this year, leading the NFL in points-per-game (37.0), touchdowns (56) and yards-per-play (7.03) en route to the best record in the AFC while the Baltimore Ravens, winners of three-straight games, feature the top scoring (17.8) and total (300.6) defense in the league.
Both teams have been masters of their craft in converse ways.
The Ravens have allowed 30 or more points just twice while the Chiefs have been held under 30 points just twice all year. Baltimore has yielded 300 passing yards once all season while the Chiefs, behind the right arm of quarterback Patrick Mahomes, have tallied 300 or more passing yards in more than half of their games.
Frankly put, something has to give on Sunday afternoon as the Chiefs and Ravens clash in a late-season bout at Arrowhead Stadium.
“It does present a different challenge that you don’t see every single week, but at the same time, you’re ready for challenges like that,” Mahomes said. “It’s a top-rated defense in the league and they’re going to come with the physicality and they’re coming to get in the playoffs. It’s going to have that playoff atmosphere, so I’m excited to be in Arrowhead and to play against a good defense like this.”
Indeed, Baltimore is fighting for a spot in the postseason after catching fire of late under the direction of dynamic rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson.
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