Chiefs vs. Chargers: Odds, Trends and Betting Preview

Reviewing the coming games at 1 p.m. Eastern. We've got the Chargers taking on the Chiefs. And certainly Andy Reid's season is any time the Chiefs are off a bye. They play particularly well. The Chargers have had a really hard time getting out of their own way. But Joe, you know, what's sort of happening here with the Chargers is you're starting to see them cover some spreads. The lines are getting bigger and bigger for the Chargers. And naturally, ATS at the end of the season, most teams are covering half of their games. It's just the way that it works in the NFL. And so, is that the case again today, where certainly you would expect the Chiefs to win, but it's a division game. These teams have had some epic battles through the years. The Chiefs are laying seven and a half points against the Chargers. Once again, Andy Reid off a bye usually wins, usually covers, but I suspect that at some point, the Chargers still may not win a game this season, but they're starting to keep a lot of these games close, and they're in them. How about this week in Kansas City? Well, on the road against Kansas City, again, that record for Andy Reid, 22-5. That's an 8-15 winning percentage for Andy Reid coming off a bye. 6-2 with Patrick Mahomes as well as quarterback over that span. So I think the Chargers are done. And I think that they have earned this spot here for themselves. I think the infighting has begun, too. The finger-pointing has begun. Who's to blame? Should Mike McDaniel be stripped of his offensive coordinator duties? Will he be fired? as offensive coordinator i mean the unmitigated disaster it has been the chargers season this is very little hope here i think uh for them to go into kansas city a tough place to play anyway if this game was not in kansas city maybe i'd give them a puncher's chance to keep it close i think the seven and a half feels about right i think you're gonna get a lot of ken walker in this game coming fresh off the bye too they've used him a ton but with rushy rice's health i think you're gonna see a lot of kelsey in this game you might see some of you know the noah grays and the you Xavier Worthy pop off and have some weird – maybe we'll even have a Cyrus Allen coming out party potentially. But you're going to see some other weird names kind of pop up in this game, I think, because of the health of Rashee Rice. But you're going to see a ton of Ken Walker in this game, and I think this is one contest where I don't think it's going to be in doubt ever. So even if the line doesn't look like it, I feel like Kansas City will always be in charge of this contest. The preparation time they have, the in-division game, the Chiefs know how important this game is for them to win in-division here and get this home victory against an in-division opponent. So I don't think that's loss on Patrick Mahomes and company. And I just think the Chargers don't have an answer for it. The run game is a mess. They can't identify who the running back is. They want to get the ball to what it looks like. Ladd McConkey's health has been terrible. Justin Herbert's played the worst football of his career. And this was a quarterback that started off his NFL career in a really good spot, breaking a rookie record for passing yards. And now there's people saying, well, maybe it's time to move on from Justin Herbert. How things have fallen apart in the last couple of years for him and this team is really something that needs to be studied, Greg. I have no faith in the Chargers to cover this one. It's very, very strange, and Kansas City certainly has been dominant. The Chargers don't have the weapons that they used to have with Keenan Allen and Mike Williams and some of those great receivers, but I can't get there laying the points in a division game. I just can't do it, so I will pass on this one there.