Houston vs. Kansas City: A Pivotal NFL Matchup Preview

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00:00Houston and Kansas City. I'm intrigued by this game on Sunday. I can't wait to watch it play out.

00:04This isn't the Kansas City team that we're used to. They came up lame against the Dallas Cowboys

00:08on Thanksgiving Day. They're going to face maybe the best defense in professional football,

00:12and the offensive line is banged up for Kansas City. They're not as explosive as they were.

00:17They're going to be held their feet to the fire going up against that defense. The question is,

00:21though, can C.J. Stroud come up with a game plan to beat Steve Spagnuolo in his own building,

00:26a three-and-a-half-point favorite for the Chiefs, and a total 41-and-a-half. Man,

00:31a Chiefs game at 41-and-a-half. Insane.

00:35Yeah, I mean, listen, Houston has had to empty the tank a lot just to get back to this point,

00:41Donnie, where they're now, of course, back into the thick of thing in the division and everything

00:47else, and you've got to wonder. You've got a very desperate and championship Kansas City team here

00:52at home. Weather doesn't look to be great here, and Houston has always been better at home this

00:59season, that defense, than on the road. So now we're in December, and now all of a sudden weather

01:05is going to be an issue. You're going into an environment here in Kansas City that they have

01:10owned. I wonder how much Houston has left in the tank here. It feels like, listen, five in a row,

01:18it's likely six in a row with the Kansas City Chiefs here.

01:23Philadelphia Eagles and the Los Angeles Chargers, two teams battling to make it into the playoffs.

01:27The Eagles hoping to win their division, but have sort of been collapsing as of late and getting

01:31injured, quite frankly, but they're going to take on the Chargers, who don't have a very good

01:35offensive line, and now their quarterback has a broken hand. He's probably going to play,

01:39but can he take snaps under center? How's it going to affect the running game? Can he protect

01:43himself in the pocket? But the bigger questions are, what are we getting out of the Philadelphia

01:46Eagles on offense, particularly from Jalen Hurts? You have a game that's played in a dome,

01:50no cold weathers, no swirly, windy conditions. They should have a different offensive game

01:54plan. But again, Joe, they're favored in this game, minus two and a half. That's a surprise

01:58to a lot of people. Yeah, it really is here. I mean, and to me, I want nothing to do with

02:06the side in this. I would much rather go with the under here, Donnie, because I think that

02:12we have seen, especially home dogs here, right? The last 34 Monday night football games where there

02:19was a home dog involved have gone under 23 and nine, 72%, only 40 points per game. So the home

02:29team dog usually puts up a pretty big fight. And I think both defenses are going to be the best units

02:35on the field, Donnie, in that game. Yeah, no, it's one to play out because I expect better performances.

02:41And you're just doing that old double up. There are big prices on touchdown props for AJ Brown and

02:46also Devante Smith in this game. And also for Jalen Hurts to go for over one and a half touchdown

02:50passes. And also one of those PSAs that we like. All year long, it felt like the market was really

02:55collapsing on over one and a half touchdowns. You have to pay egregious numbers. That's not the case

03:00this weekend. So maybe some bounce backs. And if you thought last night, like, hey, look at that game

03:04last night. All the amount of scoring they did. You see what the quarterbacks did yesterday?

03:07Barely thrown for any touchdown passes in that game. Most of the damage was done on the ground.

03:12We'll see if that bounces back.