Chiefs vs. Texans Week 16: Mahomes or Wentz to Start?

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00:00One p.m. Eastern time DRS to Kansas City where the Chiefs will host the Houston Texans.

00:09And the question still remains, I guess, will it be Patrick Mahomes or Carson Wentz for

00:15a pivotal Week 16 game between KC and Houston?

00:20Now the Texans can improve their seating, I guess, within the AFC playoff picture, but

00:27Houston seems right now pretty firmly into the fourth spot as Houston has clinched a

00:33second consecutive AFC South championship last week with a win against Miami off the

00:38by and a Colts loss in Denver.

00:42The Chiefs, the R.S., need to win two of their final three to hold on to that one seed within

00:48the AFC.

00:49So helping them do so, who is starting at quarterback on Saturday, Patrick Mahomes or

00:55Carson Wentz?

00:57It's going to be Patrick Mahomes.

00:58If Mahomes didn't play this week, then they might have been saying to themselves, you

01:01know, this is a true high ankle sprain.

01:03It hurts him.

01:04We really need the guy.

01:05But let's skip this game at home because we're going to need a more healthy for that Christmas

01:09Day game, which you're going to play at Pittsburgh.

01:11Doesn't look like that's the case here.

01:12Looks like he's healthy enough to go.

01:13But also there is chance for reinjury here, Ben.

01:16There's a chance that this, you know, ankle never heals up appropriately over the next

01:19three weeks that they're going to play.

01:21And also, you are not playing in Kansas City in September on nice soft surfaces here at

01:2680 degrees and you can get real loose and limber.

01:29You're talking about, once again, sub freezing conditions in Kansas City where, you know,

01:33if you're in the pocket, you better protect them.

01:36And those two tackles haven't done that good a job this year in protecting him where he's

01:39going to be on an island.

01:40The question always is not for the football player.

01:43Can he hurt himself?

01:44It's can he protect himself?

01:45He said, well, what do you mean a quarterback protecting himself?

01:47Well, if you can't get in and out of the pocket and slide one way or another to avoid the

01:51pass rush, you can get not only an ankle injury, a knee injury, a hip injury, a back injury,

01:56an arm injury just by taking so many shots.

01:59That's what we're going to be watching for this game.

02:00So for me, he is going to be playing quarterback.

02:02I do think they beat Houston.

02:03Now, there is something to be said about this, Ben.

02:06Yes, Kansas City, the pressure technically is on them.

02:09They have to win to keep that number one seat alive, which I do believe they get.

02:13From a Houston perspective, I don't think they're going to be able to move up any more

02:16than they already are as a champion of their division, which means they'll get a home playoff

02:20game.

02:21But we're too far removed from them to be in celebration mode.

02:24Let's cruise for the next three weeks and then flip the switch once we get into the

02:27playoffs.

02:28You know, they're going to be up for this game at Kansas City, but still a short workweek

02:32here for me.

02:33It's going to be Kansas City that's going to win this football game, probably in a lower

02:36scoring game.

02:37But the interesting part is like if you're looking from a prop perspective in this game,

02:39for me, it's not so much the passing yard to Patrick Mahome, the quick passes, the Xavier

02:44Worthy rocket screen to the outside, Kelsey over the middle reinvigorated now that he

02:48knows I got three seconds to get open because we can't leave my quarterback in the pocket.

02:52Those are the plays I'm looking for, but I do think Kansas City, as long as Mahomes is

02:56in bed, they win this game.

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