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Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs NFL Odds & Spread

Written November 20, 2008 by Jason Lowry

The Buffalo Bills were once atop the AFC East, but after 4 straight losses the Bills are now dead last in their division at 5-5. This week the Bills head to Kansas City to take on the Chiefs, who have only won 1 game all season, and a loss this week could almost put an end to the Bills playoff chances. Last week the Bills had their shot against the Browns, but fell just short late in the game 27-29, as for the Chiefs they just never really got it going at home against the Saints and wound up losing the game 20-30. For those of you looking to do some NFL betting on this game, the oddsmakers think the Bills will step it up this week, as Buffalo comes in 3 point favorites over the Chiefs at BetUS.com

The Bills offense finally picked up the slack and scored some points last week, and were able to overcome a bad first quarter, where Trent Edwards threw 3 interceptions and looked like he didn’t know what was going on. Edwards did bounce back to throw for 148 yards and a touchdown. Now if it wasn’t for Marshawn Lynch having the best game of the season, this one wouldn’t have been close at all. Lynch ran all over the Browns for 119 yards, and was Edwards favorite target grabbing 10 balls for an additional 58 yards and a score. Now Lynch hadn’t had a 100 yard game all season, so if these guys are going to make a late season run and get back in the playoff mix, they need more of the same from Lynch the rest of the way. It should at least happen this week, as the Chiefs have given up a number of big games on the ground this season.

THe Bills defense played pretty well considering all the turnovers they had to deal with to start the game, as they could of easily been down much more than 6 in the 1st quarter. They had done a pretty good job against the run over 3 quarters of play, but that all changed when Jerome Harrison of the Browns ran it 72 yards for a score. The Bills did a real solid job making life difficult for Brady Quinn, as they allowed Quinn to complete just 14 of 36 passes for 185 yards. Now the Chiefs don’t have a lot of fire power on the offensive end of things, but under Tyler Thigpen they have came out firing of late, so there is no safe bet this defense will shutdown the opposition. Bet Bills -3 at BetUS.com

The Chiefs haven’t won a game since week 4 when they shocked the Broncos at home, and its been a struggle all season for this team, but you are starting to see the young guys emerge and this team is showing it just might be a force in the years to come. Against the Saints last week Tyler Thigpen had another solid day throwing the football, as he racked up 235 yards, including 2 touchdown tosses to Dwayne Bowe. One knock on Thigpen this week is he did throw his first interception since retaking over the starting job. The Chiefs did get Larry Johnson back in the starting lineup last week, and the back had just 67 yards on 19 carries. If the Chiefs are going to pull off the upset this week, they are going to need another strong outing from Thigpen, and Johnson to be a force running the football.

The Chiefs defense did a pretty respectable job against the Saints last week, as it was only the second time in the last 7 games Drew Brees didn’t throw for over 300 yards. Brees did have 266 but just 1 touchdown to 1 interception. The Chiefs were also pretty good against the run holding the Saints to just 103 yards on the ground, but the big problem was they just couldn’t come up with the big stops when needed. This week they get a struggling Edwards coming to town, but if they can’t find a way to stop the running game of Lynch, its going to be very hard for this team to win this football game. Bet Chiefs +3 at BetUS.com