Chiefs Adjust Strategy Amid Injuries: Kelce & Rice Spotlight

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00:00Another team that's gonna kind of be facing some injuries that might play

00:06into a different attack is going to be Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Atlanta

00:11Falcons down in Atlanta. And with Pacheco being out of the mix, we've seen a lot

00:16of weight shouldered on Xavier Worthy. We've seen him rise to the occasion. We

00:20haven't seen as much out of Travis Kelsey. We talked about the fact that

00:23that was because of how many weapons they had to get into the mix. But is this

00:27finally the week that we see a big Travis Kelsey game because of some of

00:30the guys that are gonna be out of the lineup? It might be. You know, everything

00:34that I said about the Chiefs after that Thursday night opening game has gone

00:39away where it didn't have to be a massive week from any one player. It can

00:44be spread out. They have so many options. It's this, that, the other. Everyone can

00:48be rolling on all cylinders. That's not the case anymore. What we saw from

00:52Devonta Smith tonight against this Falcons defense is encouraging for

00:56Rishi Rice, who should be having an expanded role on the offensive. They're

01:00not gonna be running the ball as much. Shemaj P. Ryan should be the starting

01:05running back now for the Chiefs. He's probably not gonna play a massive role

01:08overall, but he does have some value coming out of the backfield with some

01:11receptions. So it does turn into a Rice plus Kelsey game as maybe the main two

01:16and then Xavier Worthy as that third option. So I'm hesitant to jump to

01:21anything in total lines come out. This game line just came out 46 and a half in

01:25minus four and a half for the Chiefs. But the player props are gonna be the

01:29most interesting because, like you said, Travis Kelsey has done basically

01:32nothing this season, but the books are still gonna put him up in the mid to

01:36high fifties, sixties, probably just because they respect Mahomes and Kelsey

01:40what they can do. So it is a big wait and see for the Chiefs player props

01:44this week. But I'm gonna say Rice might end up being my favorite. Yeah, I have

01:48to say that I'm right there with you when it comes down to Rice because he's

01:52also really good at managing the ball. And when you have that connection with

01:56a guy like Patrick Mahomes who can place the ball anywhere he wants to, as

01:59long as the player can rise to the occasion, we're gonna see some big plays

02:02out of that. I also don't want to jump ahead and say it's gonna be a big game

02:05for Travis Kelsey, even though they've had a lot of weapons to distribute

02:08amongst. I'm just still there's some reservation that I have in terms of

02:12when his big game is going to come, and it's just it's not sitting on the

02:15charts for me this week. I just think there's a couple of teams that are

02:18gonna be able to kind of hyper focus on him, and they're gonna have to use

02:21that to their advantage, them being the Chiefs.