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The Washington Post R Saturday, January 6, 2007 E5 Professional Football

Kansas City Chiefs (9-7) No. 6 seed () No. 3 seed (won AFC South) TEAM STATISTICS at Indianapolis Colts (12-4) TEAM STATISTICS (NFL rank in parentheses) (NFL rank in parentheses) POINTS PER GAME WRC-4, WBAL-11, 4:30 p.m. (Tom Hammond, , Bob Neumeier). POINTS PER GAME KC 20.7 (15) IND 26.7 (2) OPP 19.7 (12) First meeting this season. OPP 22.5 (24) YARDS PER GAME YARDS PER GAME KC 321.4 (16) IND 379.4 (3) OPP 328.9 (16) OPP 332.3 (21) RUSHING YARDS PER GAME Offense Defense RUSHING YARDS PER GAME KC 133.9 (9) 3-6 The Chiefs will look to pound the ball The Colts finished last in the league in 32 IND 110.1 (18) OPP 120.5 (18) Playoff record for OPP 173.0 (32) with RB Larry Johnson, who led the rushing defense and probably couldn’t Sacks for the PASSING YARDS PER GAME Colts QB Peyton PASSING YARDS PER GAME league in rushing attempts and finished have gotten a worse first-round pairing. Chiefs, sixth fewest KC 187.5 (22) Manning in the NFL IND 269.3 (2) OPP 208.4 (18) second to LaDainian Tomlinson in rush- The return of S , who OPP 159.3 (2) ing yards. is scheduled to played only four games during the regu- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 416 start at despite a sore ankle, lar season because of knee troubles, 173 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 1 Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg NFL-record regular but Coach Herman Edwards might go to could help. DE has 9 ⁄2 Rushing yards per Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg Huard 148 244 1878 11 1 98.0 Damon Huard if Green struggles. The sacks to lead the team. Chiefs CB Ty Manning 362 557 4397 31 9 101.0 Green 121 198 1342 7 9 74.1 season carries for game allowed by the Addai 0 0 0 0 0 --- Croyle 3 7 23 0 2 11.9 Chiefs RB Larry Colts had some success at times with Law, a veteran with experi- Colts, worst in the Team 362 557 4397 31 9 101.0 L. Johnson 0 1 0 0 0 39.6 Johnson this season rookie RB , but they’re still ence, has seven in his last Opp. 266 415 2705 16 15 80.4 Team 272 450 3243 18 12 84.7 NFL Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD Opp. 314 506 3524 18 15 82.3 a pass-first offense with QB Peyton Man- 11 games against the Colts. Rookie Tam- Addai 226 1081 4.8 41 7 Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD ning, who finished third in the MVP bal- ba Hali leads Kansas City with eight Rhodes 187 641 3.4 17 5 L. Johnson 416 1789 4.3 47 17 1,081 loting. Manning got TE sacks and comprises a formidable set of 208.4 Manning 23 36 1.6 12 4 Bennett 36 200 5.6 41 0 Carthon 3 4 1.3 3t 1 Green 19 59 3.1 10 0 Rushing yards for back last week from a knee injury that DEs along with , who was Passing yards per Team 439 1762 4.0 41 17 1 D. Brown 10 24 2.4 7 0 Colts rookie RB kept him out four games in December. second on the team with 7 ⁄2 sacks. game allowed by the Opp. 519 2768 5.3 76 20 Cruz 5 19 3.8 7 0 Receiving No. Yds Avg Lg TD Kennison 4 16 4.0 9 0 Joseph Addai Chiefs, 18th in Harrison 95 1366 14.4 68t 12 Hall 3 11 3.7 9 0 the NFL Wayne 86 1310 15.2 51t 9 Huard 9 9 1.0 8 0 Addai 40 325 8.1 21t 1 Ross 3 8 2.7 4 0 Utecht 37 377 10.2 26 0 Parker 3 7 2.3 5 0 Rhodes 36 251 7.0 27 0 Page 1 4 4.0 4 0 Clark 30 367 12.2 40 4 Colquitt 1 0 0.0 0 0 Fletcher 18 202 11.2 26 2 Croyle 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0 Stokley 8 85 10.6 23 1 Team 513 2143 4.2 47 17 Moorehead 8 82 10.3 36 1 Opp. 461 1928 4.2 85t 14 Proehl 3 30 10.0 13 0 Receiving No. Yds Avg Lg TD Klecko 1 2 2.0 2t 1 Gonzalez 73 900 12.3 57 5 C. Johnson 0 0 ------0 Kennison 53 860 16.2 51 5 Team 362 4397 12.1 68t 31 Parker 41 561 13.7 43 1 Opp. 266 2705 10.2 46 16 L. Johnson 41 410 10.0 78 2 INTs No. Yds TD Sacks No. Hall 26 204 7.8 19 2 Harper 3 18 0 Mathis 9.5 Wilson 15 132 8.8 19 3 June 3 14 0 Freeney 5.5 Bennett 9 77 8.6 14 0 Doss 2 47 0 Brock 3.0 Dunn 4 40 10.0 15 0 David 2 16 0 McFarland 2.5 Webb 3 23 7.7 11 0 Bethea 1 38 0 June 1.0 Cruz 2 20 10.0 11 0 Jackson 1 24 0 Reagor 1.0 Gardner 2 17 8.5 13 0 Boiman 1 0 0 Thomas 1.0 Huard 2 -6 -3.0 -2 0 Giordano 1 0 0 Schobel 0.5 D. Brown 1 5 5.0 5 0 Team 15 157 0 Team 25.0 Team 272 3243 11.9 78 18 Opp. 9 136 1 Opp. 15.0 Opp. 314 3524 11.2 87t 18 Punting No. Avg. Net In20 INTs No. Yds TD Sacks No. Smith 47 44.4 34.5 14 Law 4 11 0 Hali 8.0 Team 48 43.4 34.5 14 Wesley 3 39 0 Allen 7.5 Opp. 47 43.3 36.8 17 Page 3 30 0 D. Johnson 4.5 Scoring TD XP-Att FG-Att S Pts Knight 1 27 0 Edwards 2.5 Vinatieri 0 38-38 25-28 0 113 K. Mitchell 1 23 0 Knight 2.0 Harrison 12 0-0 0-0 0 72 Allen 1 3 0 K. Mitchell 1.5 Wayne 9 1-1 0-0 0 56 Surtain 1 0 0 Bell 1.0 Addai 8 0-0 0-0 0 48 Hali 1 -9 0 Fox 1.0 Rhodes 5 0-0 0-0 0 30 Law 1.0 Clark 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 Page 1.0 Manning 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 Reed 1.0 Fletcher 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 Surtain 1.0 Gramatica 0 9-9 1-1 0 12 Team 15 124 0 Team 32.0 Carthon 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Opp. 12 146 1 Opp. 41.0 Hayden 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 BY CHRIS GARDNER Klecko 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Punting No. Avg. Net In20 — ASSOCIATED Colquitt 71 44.3 39.3 23 PRESS Moorehead 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Tynes 1 33.0 33.0 1 BY DILIP VISHWANAT — GETTY IMAGES Stokley 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Team 72 44.1 39.2 24 Wilkins 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Opp. 75 40.8 34.4 23 Smith 0 0-1 0-0 0 0 Scoring TD XP-Att FG-Att S Pts Team 50 48-50 26-29 0 427 L. Johnson 19 0-0 0-0 0 114 Opp. 41 41-41 24-35 0 360 Tynes 0 35-36 24-31 0 107 Gonzalez 5 1-1 0-0 0 32 Special Teams Coaches INJURY REPORT Kennison 5 0-0 0-0 0 30 The Colts have the best clutch kicker in NFL history in Adam Vi- Edwards has the Chiefs in the playoffs in his first season with the Hall 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 QUESTIONABLE: WR (Ham- Wilson 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 natieri, who helped the Patriots win three Super Bowls in four sea- team as Kansas City looks to end a string of five straight losses in Parker 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 string); CB Nicholas Harper (Ankle); WR Pollard 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 sons, but the Chiefs could use Dustin Colquitt to win the the postseason. The Colts’ has had his teams in the (Quad); TE Dallas Clark Team 37 36-37 24-31 0 331 field position battle. He led the league with a 39.3 yard net - playoffs in eight straight seasons and is perhaps the mot notable (Knee); LB Keith O’Neil (Knee); S Bob Sand- Opp. 34 33-34 26-32 0 315 ing average during the season. K Lawrence Tynes made 24 of 31 coach who has not won a Super Bowl. ers (Knee); G (Knee). tries this season, including a long of 53 yards. The INJURY REPORT Chiefs’ is one of the most dangerous return men in the Winner: Colts QUESTIONABLE: CB Benny Sapp (Ham- league. — Mark Maske string). PROBABLE: QB Trent Green (Ankle).

Dallas Cowboys (9-7) at Seahawks No. 6 seed (wild card) No. 4 seed (won NFC West) (9-7) TEAM STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS (NFL rank in parentheses) (NFL rank in parentheses) POINTS PER GAME POINTS PER GAME WRC-4, WBAL-11, WTEM (980 AM) 8 p.m. First meeting this season. 20.9 (14) DAL 26.6 (4) SEA 21.3 (19) OPP 21.9 (20) OPP YARDS PER GAME YARDS PER GAME 311.1 (19) DAL 360.8 (5) SEA 330.3 (19) OPP 322.8 (13) OPP RUSHING YARDS PER GAME RUSHING YARDS PER GAME 120.2 (14) DAL 121.0 (13) 1 Offense Defense SEA QB revived the Cowboys af- The Seahawks are vulnerable in the sec- 0.6 126.8 (22) OPP 103.7 (10) Victories for the OPP ter taking over for veteran Drew Bled- ondary because injuries to three corner- Point differential be- PASSING YARDS PER GAME Cowboys over their tween Seattle’s PASSING YARDS PER GAME soe but has struggled lately and fumbled backs have left and Jason SEA 190.9 (20) DAL 239.8 (5) final four games of four times in a loss to the Lions to end Babineaux as the starters. The most re- 19th-ranked scoring OPP 203.5 (16) OPP 219.1 (24) the regular season the regular season. has cent hit came last week when Kelly defense and Dallas’s caused headaches this season, but he led Herndon broke his ankle in a meaning- 20th-ranked scoring INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS defense Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg 4 all WRs with 13 . He also led less game against the Tampa Bay Bucca- Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg Romo 220 337 2903 19 13 95.1 Touchdowns over the league in drops. The Seahawks neers. LB (122 tackles) an- Hasselbeck 210 371 2442 18 15 76.0 Bledsoe 90 169 1164 7 8 69.2 didn’t play well down the stretch even af- chors the defense. The Cowboys are Wallace 82 141 927 8 7 76.2 Team 310 506 4067 26 21 86.5 the past three 3 Branch 0 0 0 0 0 --- Opp. 301 511 3729 25 18 83.2 games for Seahawks ter getting RB and QB fretting about a defense that couldn’t Seattle Team 292 512 3369 26 22 76.0 Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD back from midseason stop anyone late in the regular season Opp. 299 504 3538 23 12 86.1 J. Jones 267 1084 4.1 77t 4 RB Shaun Alexander who will miss to- Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD Barber 135 654 4.8 25 14 injuries. Alexander was last season’s and never found a second pass rusher to day’s game with in- Alexander 252 896 3.6 33t 7 Romo 34 102 3.0 16 0 MVP after setting a then-NFL record go with DeMarcus Ware after fellow LB Morris 161 604 3.8 29 0 Thompson 13 30 2.3 7t 1 juries Strong 33 149 4.5 17 1 Bledsoe 8 28 3.5 11 2 76.0 with 28 touchdowns. Seattle may be Greg Ellis suffered a season-ending torn Wallace 12 122 10.2 37 0 Polite 7 18 2.6 4 0 for Se- without WR , who is bat- Achilles’ tendon. Dallas’s secondary has Hasselbeck 18 110 6.1 19 0 T. Glenn 3 11 3.7 22 0 Branch 4 30 7.5 19 0 Kincade 4 9 2.3 7 0 attle QB Matt Has- tling a toe injury. Also questionable are been flawed most of the season and has 25 Weeks 3 8 2.7 3 0 McBriar 1 0 0.0 0 0 selbeck, his lowest WRs D.J. Hackett and . been vulnerable against the deep pass. Passing touchdowns Engram 1 4 4.0 4 0 Team 472 1936 4.1 77t 21 Team 484 1923 4.0 37 8 Opp. 429 1659 3.9 38t 12 in five seasons. He allowed by Dallas, Opp. 441 2029 4.6 95t 12 Receiving No. Yds Avg Lg TD had a 98.2 rating tied for fourth most Receiving No. Yds Avg Lg TD Owens 85 1180 13.9 56t 13 last season. Jackson 63 956 15.2 72t 10 T. Glenn 70 1047 15.0 54 6 in the league Branch 53 725 13.7 38t 4 Witten 64 754 11.8 42 1 Hackett 45 610 13.6 47 4 Crayton 36 516 14.3 53t 4 Strong 29 159 5.5 13 0 Barber 23 196 8.5 26 2 Engram 24 290 12.1 25 1 Fasano 14 126 9.0 22 0 Stevens 22 231 10.5 26 4 J. Jones 9 142 15.8 39 0 Burleson 18 192 10.7 36 2 Hurd 5 75 15.0 33 0 Alexander 12 48 4.0 14 0 Polite 2 21 10.5 12 0 Morris 11 46 4.2 27 0 Hoyte 2 10 5.0 6 0 Mili 10 69 6.9 15 0 Team 310 4067 13.1 56t 26 Heller 4 32 8.0 12 1 Opp. 301 3729 12.4 87t 25 Parry 1 11 11.0 11 0 INTs No. Yds TD Sacks No. Team 292 3369 11.5 72t 26 Williams 5 33 0 Ware 11.5 Opp. 299 3538 11.8 71t 23 Watkins 3 45 0 Ellis 4.5 INTs No. Yds TD Sacks No. Henry 2 41 0 K. Coleman 4.0 Hamlin 3 63 0 Peterson 10.0 A. Ayodele 2 2 0 Ratliff 4.0 Boulware 2 1 0 Fisher 4.0 Ware 1 41 1 Hatcher 2.5 Tapp 1 25 1 Wistrom 4.0 Burnett 1 39 1 Carpenter 1.5 Babineaux 1 20 0 Bernard 3.5 James 1 15 1 A. Ayodele 1.0 Tatupu 1 19 0 Darby 3.5 Newman 1 12 0 Bowen 1.0 Herndon 1 0 0 Davis 3.0 A. Glenn 1 7 0 Burnett 1.0 Jennings 1 0 0 Tapp 3.0 Ellis 1 -1 0 Canty 1.0 Trufant 1 0 0 Terrill 3.0 Singleton 1.0 Peterson 1 -4 0 Hamlin 2.0 Spears 1.0 Hill 2.0 Team 18 234 3 Team 34.0 Tatupu 1.5 Opp. 21 334 2 Opp. 37.0 Lewis 1.0 Punting No. Avg. Net In20 Tubbs 0.5 McBriar 56 48.2 38.6 22 Team 12 124 1 Team 41.0 Team 56 48.2 38.6 22 Opp. 22 141 1 Opp. 49.0 Opp. 72 43.1 36.7 14 Punting No. Avg. Net In20 Scoring TD XP-Att FG-Att S Pts J. Brown 2 24.5 24.5 1 Barber 16 0-0 0-0 0 96 Plackemeier 84 45.0 37.3 25 Owens 13 1-1 0-0 0 80 Team 86 44.5 37.0 26 Vanderjagt 0 33-33 13-18 0 72 Opp. 88 42.9 36.9 25 T. Glenn 6 0-0 0-0 0 36 Scoring TD XP-Att FG-Att S Pts Gramatica 0 14-14 6-8 0 32 BY JOEL RICHARDSON — THE BY JOHN FROSCHAUER — J. Brown 0 36-36 25-31 0 111 Crayton 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 WASHINGTON POST ASSOCIATED PRESS Jackson 10 0-0 0-0 0 60 J. Jones 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 Alexander 7 0-0 0-0 0 42 Bledsoe 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 Stevens 4 1-1 0-0 0 26 Ware 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 Branch 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 Burnett 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Hackett 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 James 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Burleson 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Newman 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Engram 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Thompson 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Special Teams Coaches Heller 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Witten 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Martin Gramatica made 7 of 9 FG attempts after replacing Mike The Cowboys’ Bill Parcells and the Seahawks’ are Herndon 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Suisham 0 2-2 1-2 0 5 Vanderjagt as the Cowboys’ kicker. Mat McBriar is headed to the good friends, and each has led two franchises to Super Bowl ap- Strong 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Romo 0 1-1 0-0 0 2 Tapp 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Team 52 51-52 20-28 0 425 after averaging 48.2 yards per punt this season. Sea- pearances. They’re tied for sixth place all-time with 11 postseason Team 37 37-37 25-31 0 335 Opp. 40 39-40 22-25 2 350 hawks K Josh Brown tied an NFL record with four game-winning victories apiece, one behind for fifth place. Parcells Opp. 39 37-39 23-33 0 341 FGs in the final minute of games this season. Brown made 25 of 31 will try to lead the Cowboys to their first playoff win since 1996. INJURY REPORT INJURY REPORT field goal attempts this season and had a long of 54. His career Holmgren helped Seattle end the run of five straight Super Bowl DOUBTFUL: CB (Ankle). None. long is 58 yards. losers failing to make the playoffs the following season. QUESTIONABLE: G Chris Gray (Quadricep); WR Darrell Jackson (Toe); G Floyd Womack (Groin); WR D.J. Hackett (Hip).

PROBABLE: LB (Concussion); DT

Winner: Cowboys Rocky Bernard (Foot); WR Nate Burleson (Ankle). 5BLACK E5