Maybe if they hadn’t been so good for so long.
Perhaps if Patrick Mahomes wasn’t still regarded as in his prime.
If their head coach wasn’t so revered.
Yeah, if all those things weren’t true, the Kansas City Chiefs wouldn’t be favored by double-digits this week when they host the New York Jets.
If we just look at this season, the Chiefs, although they ran their season opening win total to five games before losing their last two outings, have a losing record against the point spread. In early season wins, they lost against the Indianapolis Colts and Las Vegas Raiders against the point spread. In those games they were favored by 6 points and 4½ points respectively.
So, if they lost those two games against the number and now have lost two games in a row straight-up, why then are they double-digit favorites this week?