{"id":18739,"date":"2011-10-20T12:15:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T17:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18739"},"modified":"2011-10-20T12:15:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T17:15:15","slug":"nfl-picks-against-the-spread-week-7-kansas-city-chiefs-vs-oakland-raiders-afc-west-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-against-the-spread-week-7-kansas-city-chiefs-vs-oakland-raiders-afc-west-preview-18739\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Against the Spread Week 7: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Oakland Raiders, AFC West Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders
\nSunday, 10\/23\/11, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oakland -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oakland -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Raiders<\/a>
Oakland Raiders RB Darren McFadden will have a new quarterback handing off to him Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas City comes off a bye week and will be looking to gain revenge from losing both series meetings last year against the Oakland Raiders, including a 23-20 overtime loss as one-point road favorites on this field.\u00a0 \u201cThis is a very important game for us,\u201d commented Chiefs head coach Todd Haley.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a division game.\u00a0 It\u2019s a division road game.\u00a0 It\u2019s a team that beat us twice last year.\u201d\u00a0 The Chiefs have turned around their season in picking up consecutive victories, but those opponents have combined for just one victory this year.\u00a0 Kansas City is 4-9 ATS versus divisional foes and the \u2018under\u2019 is 7-5 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs are going to need a big game by quarterback Matt Cassel, who threw for 257 yards and four touchdowns in a 28-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts as one-point road underdogs in Week 5.\u00a0 Injuries have hampered this team through the early going, but the bye week has given the coaching staff the necessary time to make full adjustments.\u00a0 Running back Jamaal Charles and safety Eric Berry were both lost for the season early on.<\/p>\n

Oakland lost starting quarterback Jason Campbell to a broken collarbone in last week\u2019s 24-17 win over the Cleveland Browns as seven-point home favorites, but traded for another during the week.\u00a0 Former Cincinnati Bengals star Carson Palmer is now set to be under center for the Silver and Black.\u00a0 \u201cThis guy can play and he knows hot to play the game and he knows how to elevate the players around him,\u201d commented Raiders first-year head coach Hue Jackson.\u00a0 The transition will be an interesting one, but the team has a bye week after this game, which will help everyone involved due to the team playing three consecutive divisional games.\u00a0 Oakland is 11-2 ATS versus AFC West opponents.<\/p>\n

The Raiders will likely rely heavily on a rushing attack that is led by Darren McFadden, who enters the week as the top running back in football in terms of yards gained.\u00a0 The former Arkansas Razorbacks star ran for 91 yards and a touchdown in last week\u2019s win over the Browns.\u00a0 Oakland is two games over .500 for the first time since 2000, which has motivated the team to go for it this year due to the passing of owner Al Davis on Oct. 8.\u00a0 Sunday will be the 102nd regular-season meeting between these two franchises, with the Raiders trailing, 47-52-2, including losses in seven of the last eight in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Chiefs due to their 10-4 ATS mark as a road underdog, while the Raiders are 3-12 ATS as a home favorite.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders Sunday, 10\/23\/11, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oakland -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oakland -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 43 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas City comes off a bye week and will be looking to gain revenge from losing both series meetings last year against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[506,1070,303,541,300],"class_list":["post-18739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-carson-palmer","tag-darren-mcfadden","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-matt-cassel","tag-oakland-raiders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18740,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18739\/revisions\/18740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}