Super Wild Card weekend kicks off when the Raiders travel across the country to play Joe Burrow and the Bengals. What are the key stats and who are the players to watch?
Last playoff appearance for each team:
- LV: January 7, 2017 (L in the Wild Card round at HOU)
- CIN: January 9, 2016 (L in the Wild Card round vs PIT)
Last road playoff win for LV: January 11, 1981
- Defeated the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship by a score of 34-27
- HC: Tom Flores (HOF)
- Jim Plunkett threw for 261 yards and 2 touchdowns
- Raiders defense picked off Dan Fouts twice and forced 4 fumbles
Last playoff win for CIN: January 6, 1991
- Defeated the Houston Oilers in the Wild Card round by a score of 41-14
- HC: Sam Wyche
- Boomer Esiason finished with 150 passing yards and three total touchdowns
- Bengals defense forced three turnovers
Notable stats from Week 11 meeting between CIN and LV
- CIN 32 LV 13
- Bengals scored 19 points in 4th quarter
- Joe Mixon: 30 carries for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns
- Bengals dominated time of possession (37:20)
- Raiders went 1 for 7 on 3rd down
- 3 fumbles for CIN but only 1 lost
- Darren Waller: 7 catches for 116 yards (Waller had 53.9% of Raiders receiving yards in this game)
Carr vs Burrow
| Derek Carr | Joe Burrow | |
| Passing TD’s | 23 | 34 |
| Passing yards | 4804 | 4611 |
| Passer rating | 94.0 | 108.3 |
| Games with 2+ touchdowns | 8 | 13 |
Burrow and Chase in the 2020 CFP
This will be the first appearance for Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase in the NFL playoffs. But, it will not be their first appearance in a nationally televised playoff game.
Joe Burrow in the 2020 CFP: 60 for 88 (68.1 completion percentage) with 1035 total yards, 14 total touchdowns and 0 turnovers
Ja’Marr Chase in the 2020 CFP: 11 receptions for 282 yards and 2 touchdowns
Joe Mixon vs Josh Jacobs
| Josh Jacobs | Joe Mixon | |
| Yards from scrimmage | 1220 | 1519 |
| Total touchdowns | 9 | 16 |
| Receptions | 54 (career high) | 42 |
| Yards after contact | 442 | 543 |
| Games with 100+ yards | 3 (2 in the last 3 weeks) | 6 |
Raiders in 2021 when Renfrow and Waller are in the lineup (11 games)
- 6-5 record
- Scored 30+ points in 5 of those 11 games
- Renfrow and Waller were the top 2 most targeted receivers in 7 of those 11 games
Key free agent signing paying off in a big way for the Bengals
DE Trey Hendrickson Contract: 4 years $60 million ($16 mil gtd)
2021 stats:
- 14 sacks
- 3 forced fumbles
- 34 tackles
- 27 QB hits
*All are career highs for Hendrickson
Raiders have a key defensive signing of their own that is paying dividends
DE Yannick Ngakoue Contract: 2 years $26 million
2021 stats:
- 10 sacks
- 2 forced fumbles
- 28 tackles
- 23 QB hits
Which defense will make a stop when it counts?
| LV | CIN | |
| Points per game allowed | 25.8 | 22.1 |
| Yards per game allowed | 337.1 | 350.8 |
| 3rd down conversion % allowed | 39.6% | 41.6% |
| Turnovers forced | 15 | 21 |
Who will walk out of Cincy with more playoff life to live? Let me know on Twitter @James_Costanz
