{"id":3033,"date":"2008-12-14T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-14T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/chargers-chiefs-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-14T09:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-14T14:48:00","slug":"chargers-chiefs-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/chargers-chiefs-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers-Chiefs Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the San Diego Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs meet at Arrowhead Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Chargers listed as 6-point favorites versus the Chiefs, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Philip Rivers threw three TD passes in leading the Chargers to a 34-7 win over the Raiders last time out. The Chargers covered the 9-point spread, while the 41 points went as a PUSH against the posted total of 41. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rivers completed 10-of-22 for 214 yards, and Darren Sproles caught two TD passes in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Chiefs lost to Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 24-17 as a 9-point underdog last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (49). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tyler Thigpen threw for 187 yards and a touchdown for Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Dwayne Bowe caught seven passes for 96 yards. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-8 SU, 5-7-1<\/st1:date> ATS
Kansas City: 2-11 SU, 7-6 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
San Diego most recently:
When playing in December are 10-0
When playing on grass are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing within the division are 8-2<\/p>\n

Kansas City most recently:
When playing in December are 2-8
When playing on grass are 2-8
After being outgained are 1-9
When playing within the division are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Diego’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Diego’s last 8 games when playing Kansas City
San Diego is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Kansas City
San Diego is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Kansas City is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City’s last 8 games when playing San Diego<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Sunday, December 21
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 21<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the San Diego Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs meet at Arrowhead Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Chargers listed as 6-point favorites versus the Chiefs, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. Philip Rivers threw three TD passes in leading the Chargers to … Continue reading Chargers-Chiefs Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}