Los Angeles at Kansas City

The Chiefs have been one of the worst teams in the NFL over the past year and a half. How bad have have they been? Kansas City is now 2-20 in their last 22 games. The biggest reason is they have a very inept offense with no downfield weapons, and an aging and oft-injured featured running back in Larry Johnson. It has heavily contributed to their inability to win, as the offense over this 22-game stretch has managed to put up just 16.2 ppg. The Chargers looked like their offense was revived back at the beginning of the season, as they scored 138 points in their first four games (34.5 ppg). It has been a very different story since then. This "high-octane" offense has actually been producing under the NFL average over the last nine weeks, putting up 20.7 ppg. What has happened is the Chargers defense has taken charge and is playing good, allowing just 18.7 ppg over the last 10 games. So we are left with an above average total in a game that features two offenses that are struggling at much below the NFL average team, with the Chargers playing above average on defense. We also have teams that played UNDER in their first game this season, and in six of their last eight meetings. I'll play on the valued side here, which is the UNDER.