Can Branden Albert succeed where an injured right knee did not and hold back Terrell Suggs?
That will be one match-up to watch Sunday when Suggs and the Ravens visit Albert and the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.
Suggs, the team's top pass rusher with 11 sacks this season, could face Albert, the Glen Burnie native and Chiefs' starting left tackle who has surrendered 17 sacks in 29 games – including eight in 15 starts this year.
"I wasn't aware of that, but I'm going to ask you all to make sure you don't make him aware of that because that's going to be his No. 1 goal," Suggs said Friday. "But it's a whole new season, so all of that stuff we did the regular season doesn't really count right now."Suggs collected four sacks in three playoff games in 2008, including a two-sack performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC championship game despite a sprained right shoulder.
Still, the Ravens lost to the Steelers in the AFC championship, which Suggs noted.
"I just want to win," he said. "I've had some playoff games where I've gotten a ton of sacks and we still end up losing. So as you can clearly see, sacks don't matter. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is wins and losses. So we'd better win by any means necessary."
