Originally Posted by Best22:
They have gained the fewest offensive yards and allowed the most points. I don’t expect a close game. The Raiders have an actual defense, Carolina’s was historically bad at the beginning of the year. They are basically the Lions, but in reverse
I don't think I said it would be close. I expect we'll dominate throughout, but facts are facts.
ATL has been getting spanked left and right recently, but KC eked out just 22 pts a couple months ago.
TB annihilated NOR with 51, but the Chiefs managed just 26.
TB was (and still is) sporting a bottom-5 defense, and we scored just 24 pts in regulation just a couple weeks ago. At home.
We are getting Pacheco back, but that doesn't help our OTs all that much. Some, but it's not going to be a banner day in terms of protection, most likely anyway.
And looking at the weaker teams we've played, the Chiefs score about a FG more than their average of 24 points in those cases, so I feel like 27-28 points is a fairly good prediction.
Now, maybe CAR just doesn't score more than 10 pts against us, whatever. But I won't be super surprised if they managed to score 17 or so either. Especially in garbage time if that ends up being most of the 3rd and all of the 4th quarter.
Regardless, I think there's little question KC wins, I just wouldn't bet the farm that we'll suddenly run roughshod over any team, not even CAR.
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