Welcome to gameday! The 7-6 Kansas City Chiefs are hosting the 7-6 Los Angeles Chargers at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday night with the AFC West lead on the line. The Chiefs, who started the season 5-0 and had a huge lead in the division, stumbled their way to losing six of seven before beating the Raiders last week.
The Chargers, meanwhile, are one of the hottest teams in the league after starting the season 0-4. Their offense with Philip Rivers and Keenan Allen is red hot and the defense has two of the best pass rushers in the game. They are a load.
The Chiefs are 1-point underdogs at home, which is surprising because the Chiefs have been favored often this season. They deserve to be underdogs with the way they’ve played lately.
This is close to a must-win for both teams. The Chiefs can lose this game and still win the division but if they win this game they will be in position to potentially clinch the division in Week 16. If they lose, they’ll be a game behind the Chargers and they’ll lose their tiebreaker with the division record (the Chiefs have one division loss right now, the Chargers have two).
Big game.
Nuts and bolts
Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Game time: Sunday, December 16, 2017, 7:25 p.m. (Arrowhead Time)
TV channel: CBS / NFL Network (Do I get the game?)
Online streaming: NFL Sunday Ticket | NFL Game Pass (Free 7-Day Trial) | CBS All Access
Radio: 101.1 The Fox (Mitch Holthus and Kendall Gammon) | Spanish Radio Broadcast: KCZZ 1480 AM (Tico Sports) | Full listings
Matchup history: Chiefs lead all-time series 59-54-1
Odds: Chargers are 1-point favorites
Prediction: Chargers 28 Chiefs 27 (more picks here)
Announcers: Greg Gumbel, Trent Green, Jamie Erdahl (sideline)
Enemy blog: Bolts from the Blue
Twitter: @ArrowheadPride
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Chiefs 2017 schedule
- Chiefs 42 Patriots 27
- Eagles 20 Chiefs 27
- Chiefs 24 Chargers 10
- Redskins 20 Chiefs 29
- Chiefs 42 Texans 34
- Steelers 19 Chiefs 13
- Chiefs 30 Raiders 31
- Broncos 19 Chiefs 29
- Chiefs 17 Cowboys 28
- Bye
- Chiefs 9 Giants 12
- Bills 16 Chiefs 10
- Chiefs 31 Jets 38
- Raiders 15 Chiefs 26
- Chargers, 12/16, 7:25 pm, NFLN
- Dolphins, 12/24, 12 pm, CBS
- at Broncos, 12/31, 3:25 pm, CBS