NFL forecast: Cheap price on Chiefs vs. Bills in rematch

With the Chiefs mired successful an 0-8-1 descent against the dispersed entering past season’s AFC title game, the Bills were fashionable 3-point roadworthy underdogs.

Kansas City erased an aboriginal 9-0 shortage en way to a 21-12 halftime pb and 38-24 triumph and screen that snapped Buffalo’s eight-game triumph streak.

The rematch connected “Sunday Night Football” astatine Arrowhead Stadium sets up successful overmuch the aforesaid way. The Chiefs are stuck successful a 2-12-1 dispersed slump, though they covered for the archetypal clip this play successful past week’s 42-30 triumph implicit the Eagles.

Buffalo is riding precocious with 3 consecutive blowout wins and covers and is again a fashionable underdog. Kansas City opened arsenic a 4-point favorite, but enactment connected the Bills has driven the enactment to 2½.

The AFC powerhouses are tied for 2nd successful the NFL successful scoring, averaging 33.5 points per game. Buffalo has the amended defense, allowing a league-low 11 ppg with 2 shutouts. But it hasn’t been tested successful a nonaccomplishment to the Steelers and wins implicit the Dolphins, Football Team and Texans.

The Chiefs won and covered some meetings with the Bills past season, winning 26-17 astatine Buffalo connected Oct. 19, and I’ll instrumentality the two-time defending AFC champs laying little than a tract extremity astatine home.

Here are 4 much plays (home squad successful CAPS):

PANTHERS (-3) implicit Eagles: Carolina won and covered its archetypal 3 games earlier suffering its archetypal nonaccomplishment past week astatine Dallas, the league’s lone unbeaten squad ATS (4-0). Philadelphia is coming disconnected its 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment aft a season-opening rout of Atlanta and has covered lone 4 of its past 12 games. The Panthers person the No. 3 scoring defence (16.5 ppga), and the Eagles are successful the bottommost 10 (26.5 ppga). I’ll instrumentality the amended defence laying a tract extremity astatine home.

Packers (-2½) implicit BENGALS: Following Green Bay’s embarrassing 38-3 season-opening nonaccomplishment to the Saints, Aaron Rodgers has led the Packers to 3 consecutive wins and covers. Sharp enactment connected Cincinnati has caused this fig to driblet from 3 to arsenic debased arsenic 2½ astatine the SuperBook. But I’ll instrumentality my chances with reigning NFL MVP Rodgers, who has thrown for 764 yards and 8 touchdowns with nary interceptions successful his past 3 games. The Bengals are 2-8 ATS aft a straight-up triumph and narrowly avoided a 21-0 spread to the Jaguars earlier rallying for a 24-21 triumph past clip out.

COWBOYS -7 implicit Giants: Dallas is 3-1, with its nonaccomplishment a last-second 31-29 decision astatine Tampa Bay connected the NFL’s opening night. Dak Prescott is locked in, completing 75 percent of his passes for 10 TDs and 2 interceptions portion directing a Cowboys discourtesy averaging 31.5 ppg. New York trailed New Orleans 21-10 successful the 4th fourth past week earlier rallying for its archetypal win, 27-21 successful overtime.

Browns-CHARGERS Under 47: Los Angeles is 1 of 4 NFL teams with a 4-0 nether record, on with Denver, Pittsburgh and New England. The Chargers person gone nether successful games against the high-scoring Chiefs, Cowboys and Raiders. Cleveland is 4th successful scoring defence (16.8 ppg), and LA is seventh (18.5 ppg). The Browns bushed the Vikings 14-7 past week and person gone nether successful their past 2 games. Cleveland leads the league successful rushing yards (177 ypg) and attempts (35), and its crushed crippled should assistance devour up the clock.

Last week: 1-4

Season: 10-10

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