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Kansas City Chiefs Face Tough Road to Claim AFC Top Seed
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12/18/2024
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The race for the AFC is top seed and again, three games left as well.
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If we're looking right now on the odds market at the FanBlue Sportsbook for the AFC to claim
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that spot and win the AFC championship, the Buffalo Bills at a plus 200 price to win the
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AFC.
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Kansas City plus 240, the Ravens at plus 390.
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Then we have that little shelf there before we get to 11-1, the Houston Texans.
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But let's put our focus here on the Kansas City Chiefs.
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If the season ended today, they would be the number one overall seed, 13-1 record.
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And if we're looking at their final three games, tough as they get too, Dubsy.
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You look at those games they're going to play, Houston at home, then at Pittsburgh and at
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Denver.
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Houston, yes, they won their division.
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They probably can't move up all that far in the seating at this point, but there's still
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three games left to play.
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You're getting their best punch.
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Then you see the following week here at the Pittsburgh Steelers, they're fighting for
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their lives.
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You're in their division.
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You're going to get their best punch.
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And the final game of the season, the anticipation of the Denver Broncos still needed to win
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that game to stay in the playoff race.
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You're going to get their best punch.
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And also, Patrick Mahomes with that high ankle sprain, that doesn't heal itself overnight.
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And even if he does play, a chance to re-injure, no doubt about it.
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The Kansas City Chiefs for you, Dubsy.
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What are we thinking?
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Look, they're the reigning champs, two-time champs, they're going to make it three in
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a row.
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There's certain metrics and stats that we just really can't put a measure on, but they
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do have the intangibles.
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And for Patrick Mahomes playing banged up, I guess what separates Patrick Mahomes, not
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just that elite quarterback play that we see week in, week out, is that he's such a smart
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footballer.
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If he were to be a go-go against the Texans this weekend, I think he's really savvy in
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protecting his body and he certainly will try and keep himself out of harm's way.
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But I think it's a really tough matchup, whether he's going to play or not for the Chiefs going
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against the Texans, who are looking better and better.
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You highlighted going into Pittsburgh the week after this one, that gets a little tougher
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in the Broncos with everything on the line to close out the regular season.
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This is a tough spot.
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So I think if you're looking to buy in on the Kansas City Chiefs and trying to pick
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up another Lombardi, I'd maybe wait a couple of weeks, Donnie.
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I think they're going to drop at least one of the next two here and you're going to get
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a bit of a buy-low spot.
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This is a team that they don't need to figure it out.
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They know exactly what they bring to the table and they haven't been chasing stuff in the
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stat sheet.
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They just do enough to get that result.
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I think they've only had one win for more than a 10-point margin.
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So it's been a matter of winning the arm wrestle, winning the rock fight, and that's what's
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going to win playoff football games.
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So look, the Kansas City Chiefs, a really tough ending here for the regular season.
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I think they're going to drop one, maybe even two of the next three.
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Patti Mahomes playing a little banged up.
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I'd give him a chance, Donnie.
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I'd tell him, take it easy.
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We really don't need you in the mix for this one, but we need you back at full health going
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against the Steelers and trying to pick up a bit of momentum.
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So they're still the team for me.
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They're still right in the mix.
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But a couple of question marks at the pointy end of the season.
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