The San Diego Chargers head to Arrowhead Stadium on Halloween to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the Monday Night matchup of week 8. Oddsmakers have the Chargers 4 point favorite. Over/under is 44 points.
Chargers Particulars
The Chargers (4-2) are lead by QB Philip Rivers. Philips, regarded as one of the elite NFL QBs, is having a pedestrian season. He has thrown for 1715 yards, 7 TDs and has a QB Rating of 82.3. However, he's thrown 9 interceptions.
The Chargers opened the season beating the Vikings 24 - 17, then lost to the Patriots 35 - 21. They won their next 3 (vs. Chiefs 20 -17, Miami 26 - 16 and Broncos 29-24) before losing to the Jets in week 7 - 27 - 21. Of the 4 SD wins, only 1 was against a .500 team - the Chiefs.
Chiefs Particulars
The Kansas City Chiefs are lead by QB Matt Cassel. His stats so far are 1106 yards passing, 8 TDs and a QB Rating of 80.7. He has thrown 7 ints.
The Chiefs started the season with some big losses. They opened the season with three losses (vs Bills 41-7, Lions 48-3 and Chargers 20-17). They then rolled off 3 straight wins (vs Vikings 22-17, Colts 28-24 and the Raiders 28-0). Their shutout of the Raiders was against an Oakland team playing without it's starting QB (without Jason Campbell). He was replaced by Kyle Boller and newly acquired Carson Palmer.
Chargers vs Chiefs Averages
The Chargers average 392 total yards on offense. That breaks down to 273 passing and 118 rushing. The Chiefs are averaging 303 total yards; 173 in the air and 129 rushing.
When it comes to defense, KC is giving up 361 yards per game, 235 passing and 125 rushing. The Chargers defense stats are better, giving up, on average, 297 total yards, 175 passing and 121 on the ground.
NFL Team Records ATS Week 8
The Chargers are 2-4 ATS, 1-2 ATS away, 2-2 ATS as the favorite and 1-0 ATS as an away favorite.
The Chiefs are 4-2 ATS, 1-1 ATS at home, 4-1 ATS as the underdog, and 1-0 ATS as a home underdog.
Prediction
Home teams of Monday Night football games tend to have the emotional edge early in the game. But in this matchup, expect Philip Rivers to throw for 300+ yards and at least 3 TDs.
Chargers 31, Chiefs 10
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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