And yes, ladies and gentlemen, its time has come at last! The season of the NFL begins on Sep 05 and every program hopes for something better! We will go directly to the second round and the repeat of last season’s Superbowl match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the reigning champions Philadelphia Eagles.
Bad preseason signals for the Chiefs
Every year all NFL teams play between 3 and 4 matches to better prepare their rosters for the coming season. For the visitors the tally said 2 close wins over the Bengals (34-27) and the Jets (19-17) and a rather bad loss from the Browns by 22-13. i.e. 66 in favor, 66 against. Not exactly what we would expect from the team holding the title.
However, the news is even worse for the hosts. Three for three losses. To the Cardinals by 17-20, to the Seahawks by 33-16 and to the Bears by 29-27. How about that for a record for the runners-up of the previous season! Hopefully they have figured out what they did wrong and will take steps to correct the issues by the time it will be the hour to kick off the first ball.
Hoping for an auspicious start
The Chiefs will travel to Neo Quimica Arena and Los Angeles to face the Chargers for their first match of the season, while the Eagles will host a home game against the Dallas Cowboys. In fact, this is the match that will officially open the season at Lincoln Financial Field on Sep 05. The encounter between Kansas and Los Angeles is scheduled for Sep 06, while the remaining bulk of the remaining matches will kick off on Sep 07.
I guess those two matches will reshape the initial offers of @1.82 for Kansas City and @2.08 for Philadelphia. In any case we consider those prices quite incorrect, if we take into account the preseason shape of both sides. For us it should be reverse, so, our initial thought is to bet on the visitors. But… we will wait for next week, when it will be time to write the update for this one and advise those who open an account at the best betting platform on every detail that has transpired. We could be quite hasty in our initial assessment of the circumstances around this confrontation.
Update
In a most surprising result, the Chiefs lost to the Chargers 27-21. Justin Herbert managed to throw 3 touchdown passes, while the Los Angeles defense managed to keep Patrick Mahomes to only 1. Interestingly neither quarterback got any interceptions. At the same time, the Eagles defeated the Cowboys 24-20.
Alarms have started beeping
Allowing 318 yards of a passing game to the Chargers, while making only 258 of your own, is enough of a warning that something did not go well. Now, it could just be a 1-time occurrence and there’s nothing to worry about. But if it happens again, then… Even more warnings should be sounding in the Eagles’ camp since all the scoring was achieved through 3-point field goals without any touchdowns. It’s even more dire, when one sees the 152 total yards and the only 6 first-downs.
Usually, these are the hidden stats that most people do not pay attention to. However, they are probably the reason that the original price of @1.82 for Kansas went up to @2.06, while the @2.08 for Philadelphia dropped to @1.89. A complete reversal from the initial assessment. We quite disagree with the new one and we will suggest to those that will open an account at the best betting platform to support the Chiefs for a win.