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Schule's 10* NFL AFTERNOON EXECUTIONER - KC vs NE
(NFL) Kansas City vs. New England,
01/16/2016 11:35 AM, Score: 20 - 27
Point Spread: -4.50 | -110.00 New England (Home)
Result: Win
Point Spread: -4.50 | -110.00 New England (Home)
Result: Win
This is a 10* play on the New England Patriots.
I'm not going to give Kansas City too much credit for their win over the Texans last week. Brian Hoyer deserves most of the credit for the result of that game, throwing four picks, and fumbling the ball twice. The bad news for Kansas City is, this week they will be facing Tom Brady and the Patriots, which will be their toughest challenge since losing to the Bengals in Week 4.
The Kansas City Chiefs came into the playoffs riding a 10 game winning streak, but I'm not buying into all the hype. When you look at who they played during that span, you will see that only two of those wins came against teams that made the playoffs. Both those teams (Denver and Pittsburgh) had their backup quarterback under center in those games.
The Patriots were 7-1 at home this year, and their only loss came against Philly, in a meaningless game with half of their offense sidelined by injury. They get Julian Edelman back this week, and they averaged 33.6 points with him healthy, and just 23.1 in the games he missed.
Kansas City's offense could be in big trouble without their only productive receiver. Jeremy Maclin was carted off last week with an ankle injury, and is not expected to play today. Even with Maclin, Alex Smith has failed to throw for 200 yards in each of his last six starts.
The Patriots have won five straight home games against the Chiefs, and four of the last five meetings between these two teams have failed to reach the total. I like the Pats to grind out a win here in a low scoring game at Foxboro in bad weather.
Take NE.
GL,
Jesse Schule
I'm not going to give Kansas City too much credit for their win over the Texans last week. Brian Hoyer deserves most of the credit for the result of that game, throwing four picks, and fumbling the ball twice. The bad news for Kansas City is, this week they will be facing Tom Brady and the Patriots, which will be their toughest challenge since losing to the Bengals in Week 4.
The Kansas City Chiefs came into the playoffs riding a 10 game winning streak, but I'm not buying into all the hype. When you look at who they played during that span, you will see that only two of those wins came against teams that made the playoffs. Both those teams (Denver and Pittsburgh) had their backup quarterback under center in those games.
The Patriots were 7-1 at home this year, and their only loss came against Philly, in a meaningless game with half of their offense sidelined by injury. They get Julian Edelman back this week, and they averaged 33.6 points with him healthy, and just 23.1 in the games he missed.
Kansas City's offense could be in big trouble without their only productive receiver. Jeremy Maclin was carted off last week with an ankle injury, and is not expected to play today. Even with Maclin, Alex Smith has failed to throw for 200 yards in each of his last six starts.
The Patriots have won five straight home games against the Chiefs, and four of the last five meetings between these two teams have failed to reach the total. I like the Pats to grind out a win here in a low scoring game at Foxboro in bad weather.
Take NE.
GL,
Jesse Schule
