Patrick Mahomes is practicing with the team which is why we saw this line shift from KC -1 ½ to Cincinnati -1 ½ and back again. Mahomes suffered a high ankle sprain in last week’s 27-20 win over the Jaguars but I remain unconvinced that Mahomes is even 70 percent. High ankle sprains don’t mend...
Burrow has had three starting offensive linemen injured. Although the game went "under" last week, Buffalo couldn't take advantage of Cincinnati's injury situation. But the Chief pass rush is literally bigger and stronger, more well-rounded, and generally statistically more successful than...
At some point one has to bet the Chiefs out of principle -- their being dogged or barely favored at home is ridiculous simply because of the Chiefs. But Bengal backers insist on the importance of Joe Burrow's track record against Patrick Mahomes, although the Chiefs had significant leads in all...
The Chiefs beat the Jaguars, 27-17, in November and now they have to do it all over again. But Jacksonville is nothing if not resilient as they demonstrated in overcoming a 27-0 deficit only to roar back to a 31-30 victory against the Chargers. Kansas City is the better team but without a stout...
The Chiefs looked unstoppable on offense in the first meeting. 27 points was an unusually low total for them to achieve. They consistently sustained drives in that game, and are all the likelier to do so this game with a healthy JuJu Smith-Schuster, the team's second-leading pass-catcher...
When these teams first met, the Chiefs won 27-17. This score is misleading, though. Kansas City accrued almost 500 yards of offense despite turning the ball over three times. A cleaner and more efficient performance is all the Chief offense needs to drop 40 against the Jaguars as the Lions did...
The Raiders gave the 49ers all they could handle last week and nearly pulled off the upset as 10-point home underdogs. However, they were edged, 37-34, in overtime but the man pulling the trigger for Las Vegas, Jarrett Stidham, was immense in the first start of his four-year career. The former...