Chiefs Struggle Amid High Stakes AFC Clash with Chargers

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00:00We'll turn from that AFC game to another huge AFC game.

00:04That is the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Los Angeles Chargers.

00:08It has not been the season many people expected from the Chiefs.

00:11Obviously, people always want to buy into variants and things.

00:14Flipping from last year, winning all of these one-score games,

00:17and now this year, losing so many of these one-score games.

00:21The offense doesn't look the same.

00:22The defense still is looking fantastic under Steve Spagnuolo,

00:27their defensive coordinator, Joe.

00:28But the game that we saw from them last week,

00:31I thought they were in it the entire time,

00:34and their offense just never stepped up.

00:36The defense did the job for the Chiefs last week,

00:38and they just couldn't get it done on Sunday night against the Texans.

00:41This game, the Chiefs have to have it.

00:43And the Chargers are a team that have dealt with so much.

00:45The offensive line injuries, the Justin Herbert hand injury last week,

00:49where they barely moved the ball through the air.

00:51What are you thinking about this game?

00:52Because I find it extremely difficult to lay 5.5 with the Chiefs

00:56at any point this season.

00:58Yeah, it seems like a fishy line, right?

01:00You just want to take the 5.5 with L.A. in this spot.

01:04They knocked them off week number one.

01:06It's a tale of two teams, and what I mean by that is L.A.

01:09has the momentum knocking off Philadelphia.

01:12They've won five of the last six by an average margin of victory of 13.8 points per game.

01:17On the flip side, Kansas City has lost four of the last five.

01:21Their only win during that span was the three-point win in the fourth quarter against Indianapolis,

01:27where they sent the game into overtime.

01:29The biggest problem, Tom, and you can look at that game last week, Andy Reid rolling the dice,

01:34is again, there's no offensive consistency.

01:37The last five games, third-down conversions have been atrocious.

01:42They've converted 24 to 69 attempts.

01:45That's only 34% with potentially the best quarterback in the NFL, three-time Super Bowl winner, Pat Mahomes.

01:52Here's the deal.

01:53Andy Reid, your backs are against the wall.

01:55Take the governor off the offense.

01:58Take it off.

01:59You should be racing to 150.

02:02First team to 40 should win this game.

02:04But instead, they want to run the football.

02:06They want to sustain drives.

02:08And all of a sudden, Andy Reid and the Chiefs are looking at losses.

02:12They can't afford that in this game today.

02:15I reluctantly would lay the five-and-a-half with Kansas City.

02:18But my best bet in this game is over 41-and-a-half, guys.

02:23Okay.

02:24So expecting some points in this game.

02:26George, what are your thoughts?

02:27And, you know, obviously the odds for the Chiefs, if we have them here,

02:30the odds for the Chiefs to make the playoffs are nothing that we've ever seen.

02:34Really, in the past decade at this point.

02:36To make the playoffs at this point, they're plus 520.

02:39And to miss, they're sitting at minus 900.

02:42Expectations for this game and really for the Chiefs to end the season at a certain point.

02:48Well, if you look at it from the football angle, it's which offensive line holds up.

02:52All right.

02:52The Chiefs are missing three starters.

02:54I don't think the Chargers have any starters left.

02:55All right.

02:56So, I mean, Herbert and Mahomes are going to be running for their lives a little bit.

03:00I'm the first to tell you.

03:01I thought what Herbert did against the Eagles on Monday night was –

03:04I know he didn't have a great statistical game, but the play,

03:07Anthony's surgery on his hand, right?

03:09Right there.

03:10And he's pushing people off with that hand while running.

03:12He's calling his own number.

03:13He played fearless.

03:14Much respect.

03:15Much respect to Justin Herbert.

03:17I'm with you.

03:18I'm going to take the points.

03:19All right.

03:19I think it's going to be a close game.

03:20You look at the weather here for those who are wondering, it's going to be cold.

03:2316 degrees.

03:24So, they're going to feel it there in Kansas City.

03:25I don't think we're going to get a lot of points in this game.

03:27I don't.

03:28I think we're going to see a lot of runs here from both sides.

03:30I think Herbert will play better throwing the football.

03:33I do.

03:33It's a week later.

03:34Well, six days later.

03:35So, he'll play better.

03:36But I don't think he's 100% either here.

03:39That Monday night game almost solidified their playoff spots, right?

03:42They should be okay here.

03:43I think they know they can afford a loss.

03:44Kansas City has to win this game.

03:46I just don't know if they have the horses to do so.

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