Friday, May 18th, 2012
The week 8 Monday Night Football game pits the San Diego Chargers (4-2) against the Kansas City Chiefs (3-3).
Start time is set for 8:30 PM ET and the game will be shown live on ESPN.
The Chiefs are at home but that hasn’t stopped the odds makers from putting up the Chargers as 3.5-point favorites with a total of 44.
These AFC West squads meet up at least twice every year, and the home team has taken home wins in 3 of the last 4.
The Chargers have won outright against the Chiefs in 7 of the last 8 meetings, although Kansas City has managed to cover the point spread in 2 of the 3. The last 3 head-to-head meetings between the Chiefs and the Chargers have gone under the total.
This will be the 2nd meeting between these teams this year as San Diego already holds a 20-17 home win as 14.5-point favorites back in week 3.
San Diego has avoided the slow start that has plagued them for the best few seasons, but they are still only 1-2 on the road this year.
San Diego’s losses have come against the New York Jets and the New England Patriots, while the Chargers have grabbed wins against the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, and Kansas City.
The Chiefs were embarrassed in season-opening blowout losses against the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions before running their losing streak to 3 in the game against San Diego.
Since then it appears that Kansas City has turned a corner with 3 straight wins over the Minnesota Vikings, Indianapolis Colts, and Oakland Raiders.
The Chiefs have covered the point spread in 4 straight games, while the total has gone under in 3 of their last 4.
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