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(SportsNetwork.com) - With apologies to Paul Revere and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, winning is most certainly a two if by land proposition for the modern-day Kansas City Chiefs. The 2014 Chiefs have lived and died based on the fortunes of running backs Jamaal Charles and Knile Davis, whove combined for 1,388 yards on the ground and scored 21 of the teams 36 touchdowns. Itll be the same scenario for Week 16, when Kansas City visits Pittsburgh, whose run defense has allowed 183 yards and one score in its last two games. Davis had a pair of touchdowns in the Chiefs 31-13 defeat of Oakland last week, while Charles is listed probable to face the Steelers after dinging up an ankle and undergoing a concussion test after a hard hit. Every game from here forward is a playoff game. Were taking that mindset into every game, Davis said. For me, its just a dream to be in the NFL. To make the big plays and help this team win is just huge all around. Meanwhile, the drought continues for the Chiefs wide receivers, whove now gone 17 games across two seasons without a touchdown, matching Denver (1971-72) and Cleveland (2008-09) for the longest streaks since the AFL-NFL merger. Quarterback Alex Smith has 18 TD throws, including five each to Charles and tight end Travis Kelce and four to another tight end, Anthony Fasano. The two Browns teams involved in Clevelands streak were a combined 9-23, while the two Broncos teams were 9-18-1. The fact that theyre still winning games and havent been able to have passing touchdowns like that, it shows that theyre a very resourceful team, Steelers linebacker Arthur Moats said. Both Pittsburgh and Kansas City will need some success this week to stay playoff relevant. The Steelers, at 9-5, are tied for second with Baltimore in a competitively muddled AFC North, each sitting a half-game behind Cincinnati. The Bengals play Monday night against Denver - which has already clinched the AFC West ahead of the Chiefs - while Baltimore heads to Houston. Pittsburgh finishes the regular season with Cincinnati next weekend. The Steelers beat the Bengals, 42-21, in Week 14, then came back and won at Atlanta, 27-20, last Sunday. A win against the Chiefs and Pittsburgh will clinch at least a wild-card berth. The last couple of games have been playoff games for us, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. Weve had to take that approach and that mindset because of how important every game was where we were record wise, seed-wise whatever you want to call it. Weve kind of had that mentality for the last couple of weeks that its time to get hot and play our best football. So were just going to continue to try to do that. Kansas City was in prime playoff position about a month ago, before a three- game losing skid that was only halted by the win against the Raiders. The Chiefs are now among a gaggle of AFC teams at 8-6 or better and will finish the season against another, San Diego, next weekend. Every game is playoff mode, Charles said. Every game, youve got to come with it. Pittsburghs offense have been the leagues most prolific through 14 games, thanks to an eight-game stretch in which its averaged 424.9 yards and 33.1 points. The Steelers are 6-2 during that run. Were trying to stack wins, cornerback William Gay said. Playing against good opponents and just putting everything on the line. The driving force has been the trio of Roethlisberger, running back LeVeon Bell and wide receiver Antonio Brown. Roethlisberger has already exceeded 4,400 passing yards and hes completed a career-best 67.2 percent of his passes. His 29 touchdowns are three shy of his high watermark, set in 2007. Browns 115 catches are tops in the NFL and a franchise record for a single season. Hes two yards from surpassing the 1,499-yard franchise record he established last year, and one more TD catch will make him the fourth Pittsburgh receiver to haul in 12 in a season, joining Hines Ward (2002), Louis Lipps (1985) and Buddy Dial (1961). Bell has 76 catches of his own, far exceeding the previous team best by a running back - 51 by John L. Williams in 1994. His 2,043 yards from scrimmage are also a franchise record. Bettering the numbers wont be a cake walk against the Chiefs, whose pass defense is No. 2 in the league with an average allowance of 199.2 pass yards per week. Its a good defense. We have to look at a lot more film because they get after the passer (and are) good in the secondary, Roethlisberger said. This is going to be one of our toughest tasks of the year. WHAT TO WATCH FOR A Multi-Toned Bell Pittsburghs Week 15 foe, Atlanta, came in with an all-in strategy to stop the run, and they were successful in limiting Bell to just 47 yards on 20 rushes. Problem is, the run is not the only thing with which Bell can hurt a defense. He caught five passes for 72 yards - including a 44-yard catch and run - and will be a vital element regardless on which way the Chiefs attack. Disrupt Big Bens Timing The Steelers have seen Roethlisberger sacked 32 times in 14 games, which doesnt sound terrific, but is still on pace to be Bens lowest number for a season in which he started at least 14 games. Keeping that pace could be an issue, however, if the leagues co-leader in sacks, Justin Houston, gets clear to add to his 17. He and fellow outside linebacker Tamba Hali have 23 combined. OVERALL ANALYSIS Its probably not a preview of the AFC Championship Game. In fact, theres a far better chance that the team that loses this game wont even make the playoffs at all. What it is, though, is a meeting of two teams with significant talent on both sides of the ball. 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Nike Air Max 90 Vt Baratas . - This might be the best way for Peyton Manning to get over the Super Bowl - a week at Pebble Beach.WASHINGTON - Dont leave it to Beaver. Leave it to Matt Niskanen, the newly proclaimed Eddie Haskell of the Washington Capitals.Niskanen, the defenceman with the low-key public persona, levelled Scott Laughton with a clean, open-ice hit that sent the forward flying backward with helmet off, a defining moment late in the second period of the Capitals 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.Hes like Eddie Haskell, Washington coach Barry Trotz said. Hes got the young face and all that, but hell run into you, hell give you the stick.Trotz then realized that some of the younger reporters would have no clue about Eddie Haskell, the teenager who would take politeness to the extreme with adults to cover up his scheming ways in the long-ago comedy Leave It To Beaver.Black and white TV, Trotz added with a chuckle. Im showing my age now.Laughs aside, the hit knocked Laughton out of the game. He didnt return for the third period, and neither coach Craig Berube nor Flyers general manager Ron Hextall would categorize the injury as anything other than upper-body. They wouldnt say whether Laughton will play in Thursday nights home game against the Vancouver Canucks.For Trotz, the knockdown came at the right time.It actually energized us. I thought we were sort of flat in the second, and they sort of had a little push on, and a lot of urgency, Trotz said. I thought it changed us. It gave us some momentum.Enough momentum to finish another shutout in Braden Holtbys iron-man run. The goalie made 21 saves in his 20th consecutive start. It wwas his fourth blank slate of the season, including three since he became too hot to rest.ddddddddddddHoltby is 14-2-4 during his starting streak, and he hasnt allowed more than one goal in his last three games. He also played in his 26th consecutive game, extending his franchise record. He has rediscovered his form under new goaltending coach Mitch Korn.Hes very calm in the net. Theres no panic. Theres no extra movement, Trotz said. Hes made a transformation.Jason Chimeras first-period goal was all the Capitals needed as they won for the 14th time in 19 games overall and for the seventh straight home game. Chimeras face was bloody after the game, the remnants of a gash to the face that required stitches.Holtby was nearly matched by Flyers goalie Rob Zepp, the 33-year-old rookie who filled in for the second straight game while Steve Mason is out because of an upper-body injury. Zepp made 25 saves, including a terrific left pad stop on Eric Fehr late in the second period.But Zepp never had a chance when Chimera redirected the puck after Niskanen flung it toward the net from the blue line 3:13 into the game.We played well, but we dont deserve a point, Berube said. We missed some opportunities offensively.NOTES: Flyers D Carlo Colaiacovo returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for the previous 26 games. He replaced Braydon Coburn, who could be sidelined for four weeks with a lower-body injury. ... Philadelphia has lost six consecutive road games.___Follow Joseph White on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JGWhiteAP cheap jerseys cheap nhl jerseys ' ' '
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