Bonus NFL – Straight from William’s Morning Report
San Diego +3 @ Kansas City – Sunday, 10:00 AM PST – San Diego’s magical season continued this past weekend with a 23-17 win over hated Oakland as a 4.5-point road favorite. The three headed monster of QB Brees (18/34, 226 yards, 1 TD), RB Tomlinson (164 yards, 1 TD) and TE Gates (101 yards, 1 TD) bolted the Chargers No. 3 ranked offense to 402 yards and a victory despite a slow start to the game. The win improved San Diego to 7-3 SU and a sweet 8-2 ATS for the season. Note further that they are 3-2 SU and 4-1 ATS on the road this year, as well as 6-1 SU and a perfect 7-0 ATS their past seven overall. Meanwhile, Kansas City enters this contest at a disappointing 3-7 both SU and ATS. In their last contest, they fell to the Patriots 27-19 as a 3-point home underdog. It was the same old story for KC … as they looked solid on offense (417 yards) and wretched on defense (407 yards allowed). Amazingly enough, the Chiefs have tallied over 1,300 total yards their past three games and yet are still 0-3 both SU and ATS during this stretch. For that matter, their latest tilt marked the 7th time in their last 8 games that they have outgained their opponent. We have seemingly written the same thing about KC week after week after week after week … and we are left no choice but to reiterate the same observation. Namely, KC’s No. 3 rated scoring offense (No.1 in total yards) in the NFL is about as useful as a bathing suit in Siberia so long as their No. 28th rated scoring defense continues to get exposed like Paris Hilton. It is worth mentioning that Priest Holmes (knee) is not expected to return here and that the Chargers boast the NFL’s No. 2 ranked run defense. We should note further that SD is now 5-1 ATS as an underdog this year, while KC is 1-5 ATS as a favorite. All said, we’ll recommend taking the points with a playoff charging San Diego team vs. their spiraling AFC West counterpart. Early Prediction: San Diego 33 - Kansas City 29
