{"id":20178,"date":"2011-12-11T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T15:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20178"},"modified":"2011-12-11T10:20:46","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T15:20:46","slug":"nfl-picks-week-14-kansas-city-chiefs-vs-new-york-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-week-14-kansas-city-chiefs-vs-new-york-jets-20178\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Week 14: Kansas City Chiefs vs. New York Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets
\nSunday, 12\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -10.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 37
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 36
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Jets QB Mark Sanchez will play an important part in Sunday's outcome against the Kansas City Chiefs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas City snapped a four-game losing streak last week with a 10-3 win over the Chicago Bears as nine-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Chiefs still have a shot in the AFC West divisional race, sitting two games back of the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re coming on at the right time,\u201d commented Chiefs coach Todd Haley stated.\u00a0 In this particular series, the Chiefs have lost two consecutive meetings, including a 28-24 loss as 14-point road underdogs on Oct. 26, 2008.\u00a0 Kansas City is 7-2 ATS as an underdog this year.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs are just 3-18 in the Eastern Time Zone over the past six seasons.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going on the road to a hostile environment, much like last week,\u201d stated Haley during practice this week.\u00a0 Kansas City\u2019s defense has been solid against the run for most of the year, allowing only one running back to rush over the century mark.\u00a0 After a dozen games, the defense ranks No. 16 in the NFL in yards allowed per game, while sitting 18th in giving up 22.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

New York is still in the playoff race and can ill afford a slip up in this matchup, entering with a two-game winning streak that includes a 34-19 win over the Washington Redskins as three-point road favorites last week.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re a team that just wants to win and get in the playoffs and see what happens,\u201d stated Jets coach Rex Ryan.\u00a0 Sunday\u2019s contest will be the 34th meeting between the two franchises, with the series tied 16-16-1.\u00a0 New York\u2019s offense is ranked 26th in the league in gaining 310.8 yards per game, but the defense makes up the different in sitting seventh in the league in yards allowed.<\/p>\n

The Jets are hoping that running back Shonn Greene can build on last week\u2019s 88-yard performance and three touchdowns last week versus the Redskins, but it can\u2019t be counted on.\u00a0 New York ranks 24th in the league in gaining 100.4 rushing yards per game, facing a Chiefs defense that allows 130.3 yards per game on the ground.\u00a0 Third-year quarterback Mark Sanchez just became the fifth player in the Super Bowl era to win 30 career games under center in his first three NFL seasons.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Jets due to their 5-1 ATS mark after scoring more than 30 points, while the Chiefs are 0-5 ATS against AFC East division opponents.<\/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 New York Jets Sunday, 12\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -10.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 37 Current Total:\u00a0 36 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas City snapped a four-game losing streak last week with a 10-3 win over the Chicago Bears as nine-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[303,486,356,631,1291,665],"class_list":["post-20178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-mark-sanchez","tag-new-york-jets","tag-rex-ryan","tag-shonn-greene","tag-todd-haley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20178","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=20178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20179,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20178\/revisions\/20179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}