The chatter has begun.
Kansas Metropolis is 6-0 on the yr and the one remaining undefeated staff within the NFL, after the Vikings fell at house to the Lions in Week 7.
Can the Chiefs run the desk?
Whether or not a staff can go undefeated inevitably comes up every season, after an NFL squad or a couple of begin the season scorching.
Nonetheless, the best way Okay.C. is doing it seems to be completely different.
To be clear, it is a lengthy shot. DraftKings Sportsbook has posted the chances of Okay.C. not shedding a recreation at +1000.
However once more, this Chiefs staff is successful video games in methods it does not often win them.
Thus far this season, Kansas Metropolis celebrity quarterback Patrick Mahomes — a three-time Tremendous Bowl MVP, two-time NFL MVP, six-time Professional Bowler and two-time first-team All-Professional choice — has been … subpar.
Mahomes is sixteenth within the league in passing yards (1,389). He has solely six TDs and his eight interceptions are tied for essentially the most within the league.
Solely as soon as this season has Mahomes had extra TDs in a recreation than interceptions, and twice he is didn’t throw a TD and tallied no less than one interception in a recreation.
As well as, amongst a number of accidents on offense — Rashee Rice and Isiah Pacheco, most notably — Chiefs star tight finish Travis Kelce has but to have a 100-yard receiving recreation and has zero receiving touchdowns on the yr.
Is that this essentially the most harmful Chiefs staff but?
Nonetheless, Okay.C. hasn’t misplaced.
And never solely has it not misplaced, it has wins over Baltimore, Cincinnati and San Francisco.
Briefly, the Chiefs protection has been stellar, permitting 306.2 yards per recreation (tenth) and 17.2 factors per recreation (fifth).
Okay.C. has additionally pressured QBs on 29.5% of snaps (fourth) and its 67 QB pressures are tied for sixth-most within the league, regardless of being one in all solely 10 groups to play six video games up to now.
May the Chiefs really journey their protection — not their all-world quarterback — to an undefeated season?
They’re a 10-point favourite towards the Raiders in Week 8, that means 7-0 seems probably.
After that, simply 10 extra wins to go.
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