Chiefs vs. Chargers: Breaking Down the Showdown in Brazil

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00:00I'll tell you, good litmus test going to get off right off the bat,

00:02and that's Friday Night Football.

00:03That is the AFC West, and that's Patrick Mahomes,

00:07and it's Justin Herbert.

00:09Neutral site game, which if you're Kansas City, you've got to love.

00:11You don't have to go to Los Angeles in front of their crowd.

00:14This game opened up around a 2.5-point spread here in the summer,

00:16but now we're sitting at threes, Joe, across the board,

00:19and a total of 45.5.

00:20I always get nervous when you play overseas,

00:22because as I bring up last year,

00:24I remember watching the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Green Bay Packers

00:27and saying, I'm not going to grade either one of these teams.

00:29Whoever wins is just a war of attrition.

00:31The field is terrible, and good luck to the victors,

00:33and it was the Philadelphia Eagles, which gave them a bonus

00:35because they got a victory over an NFC opponent

00:37that you might see in the playoffs, and they did,

00:40and the Eagles had home field advantage,

00:41and that game with a win helped them get that.

00:43Now we take a look at Kansas City and the Los Angeles Chargers.

00:46Divisional game, but it's a neutral site,

00:48and technically a road team for both teams.

00:50I don't know if that surface is going to be an ice skating rink

00:53like it was last year, but that certainly could play into it.

00:56But looking at the favorite, Joe, do you agree on a neutral site

00:58that Kansas City Chiefs should be favored by about a field goal

01:01and also the expectations for this game for you?

01:04Absolutely.

01:05It should be a favorite.

01:07Listen, I think you should.

01:10There's some questions here with the Chargers, right?

01:12I mean, losing Slater like they did in training camp

01:16is just absolutely brutal.

01:18That is your blindside protector of Justin Herbert.

01:22He is no longer there.

01:23You brought in Najee Harris because you wanted to have this ability

01:26to be able to run downhill on teams, right?

01:30Well, they say he's available,

01:32but because he had a 4th of July eye injury,

01:35he hasn't played at all in the preseason.

01:37So how good and effective is he really going to be?

01:41And then on the flip side, Donnie,

01:42why did Kansas City have Mahomes and the starters

01:46actually play legit minutes in all three preseason games?

01:51I wonder why that is.

01:53I think they'll be ready to come out firing.

01:56I think they're bent on how it ended last year

01:59and getting blown out by Philly.

02:01I think they'd come out swinging in this one.

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