Las Vegas Raiders (1-3) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (3-1)
October 10, 2022 8:15 pm EDT
The Line: Kansas City Chiefs -7.5 / Las Vegas Raiders +7.5; Over/Under: +51.5
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The Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs meet in a week 5 AFC West division matchup in NFL action from Arrowhead Stadium on this week’s edition of Monday night football.
The Las Vegas Raiders will be looking to build on their first win of the season, climbing to 1-3 after a 32-23 win over the Denver Broncos last time out. David Carr has thrown for 1,038 yards, 6 touchdowns and 4 interceptions on 61% passing while Josh Jacobs leads the Raiders in rushing with 336 rushing yards this season. Davante Adams leads the Raiders with 26 grabs and 290 receiving yards with 3 touchdowns while Mack Hollins has 273 receiving yards and Darren Waller has 175 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Divine Deablo has a team-high 38 total tackles while Maxx Crosby has a team-high 4 sacks this season.
The Kansas City Chiefs will try to build some momentum after improving to 3-1 on the year following a 41-31 win over Tampa Bay in their last game. Patrick Mahomes has thrown for 1,106 yards, 11 touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 66.4% passing while Clyde Edwards-Helaire has a team-high 208 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns. Travis Kelce leads KC’s receiving group with 26 grabs for 322 receiving yards and 3 TDs while JuJu Smith-Schuster has 224 receiving yards as well. Marquez Valdes-Scantling and the aforementioned Edwards-Helaire each have 100+ receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Nick Bolton has a team-high 37 total tackles with a pair of sacks while L’Jarius Snead has a team-high 3 sacks as well this season.
Las Vegas is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the under is 6-1 in their last 7 games following a win. Kansas City is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 home games and 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 Monday games.
I get the case to be made for the Raiders and the points as this is a better Raiders team than their record would indicate and have had some close losses already this season. However, the Chiefs are the better team by a fair margin here and appear to have woken up in a big way against Tampa Bay last week. The Chiefs have simply dominated the Raiders in recent meetings and won last year’s games by a combined score of 89-23. I think KC wins this one by double digits in a spotlight statement win so give me the Chiefs laying the points here.
