Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs Preview

By Hugo Guzman | Saturday, October 01, 2005 | ( 0 )

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The Philadelphia Eagles will travel to the unfriendly confines of Arrowhead Stadium to face the Kansas City Chiefs. Kickoff is set for 4:15 PM EST.

Simply put, this game will come down to who can win the battle of the trenches. Though they didn't show it in last week's embarrassing loss to the Broncos, the Kansas City Chiefs boast one of the most physically dominant offensive lines in the NFL and a pair of bruising running backs in Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson. However, the Philadelphia Eagles boast an extremely disruptive blitzing scheme and a handful of extremely athletic linebackers and defensive linemen such as DE Jevon Kearse and LB Jeremiah Trotter. Whichever team controls the line of scrimmage will likely come out the victor.

The Kansas City Chiefs also have a handful of defensive playmakers to go along with offensive stars like Tony Gonzales, Trent Green, and pint-sized playmaker Dante Hall. Guys like rookie LB Derrick Johnson and Pro Bowl caliber CB Patrick Surtain must slow down the Eagles' various weapons and come up with some big turnovers. Another huge factor will be Chiefs' home field advantage. Arrowhead is known as one of the most difficult venues in the NFL.

The Philadelphia Eagles fortunes will ride on the health and effectiveness of Donovan McNabb. The Eagles signal caller is nursing a hernia, but that didn't seem to affect him too much in last week's win over the Oakland Raiders. Playmakers Terrell Owens and Brian Westbrook will need to make the presence felt early and often to quiet down the crowd and take some pressure off the defense.

This could be the game of the week.

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