This week’s results:

How often in football does each team have a 20 point lead in the same game? Only once in post-season history. Today. The Chiefs became the first team in NFL history to win a playoff game by at least 20 points after trailing by at least 20 (24, to be precise). Next up: the Titans.

And the Pack almost blew an 18-point lead of their own, but clung to a narrow victory in storied Lambeau Field. Next up: The 49ers.

 

Earlier this year:

  • The Niners blew the Packers away 37-8. Green Bay had no offense. They were one for 15 on third-down conversions.
  • The Titans edged the Chiefs 35-32.

 

Next week’s odds:

  • Niners favored by 7 at home over the Pack
  • Chiefs favored by 7.5 at home over Tennessee, but the Tuxedos seem to be oblivious to long odds in road games.

 

Odds to win the Super Bowl:

  • Kansas City Chiefs 7/5
  • San Francisco 49ers 3/2
  • Green Bay Packers 7/1
  • Tennessee Titans 8/1

I’m not a betting man, but given the Titans’ hot streak and the fact that they’ve already beaten the Chiefs once, they seem like a decent risk at 8-1. Derrick Henry has been unstoppable in his last three games.

2 thoughts on “NFL round-up

  1. I’m rooting for the Chiefs. The last time they won a championship I wasn’t even born yet, and I’m not exactly a young dude.

  2. I almost posted something prematurely about another Andy Reid team doing its usual playoff choke, so I have to give the Chiefs props for their comeback.

    The Titans have one two straight playoff games with < 100 yards passing. Nobody's done that since 1974. Of course, nobody's rushed for as many yards over two playoff games as Derrick Henry, and the Chiefs' defense is not robust.

    KC should win easily if it's D plays reasonably, but that's a big if.

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