{"id":30447,"date":"2013-10-03T19:20:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30447"},"modified":"2013-10-03T19:20:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:20:51","slug":"nfl-week-5-picks-kansas-city-chiefs-vs-tennessee-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-5-picks-kansas-city-chiefs-vs-tennessee-titans-30447\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 5 Picks: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tennessee Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tennessee Titans
\nSunday, 10\/6\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas City -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas City -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 38.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Tennessee Titans will have to make due without quarterback Jake Locker for a few weeks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas City has started the 2013 NFL season with a perfect 4-0 record, as it comes off a 31-7 victory over the New York Giants as 3.5-point home favorites Sunday, while going UNDER the total in all four contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re very excited,\u201d commented Chiefs safety Eric Berry.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling.\u201d\u00a0 The Chiefs will now try and win their first five games of a campaign for the first time in 10 years, while the offense has been putting up points under first-year head coach Andy Reid and new signal-caller Alex Smith.\u00a0 Kansas City is 2-1 SUATS against AFC South division opponents the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your pro football picks in Week 5.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs have scored 26 or more points in three of four games this season, which is far different than accomplishing that feat just twice in 2012.\u00a0 Kansas City has one of the more dynamic playmakers in the league in running back Jamaal Charles, who ranks third in averaging 125.5 yards per game from scrimmage.\u00a0 It\u2019s a definite turnaround season for a franchise that went a franchise-worst 2-14 last season.<\/p>\n

Tennessee is trying to win three games in a row for the first time in two seasons, as it comes off a 38-13 victory over the New York Jets as 3.5-point home favorites in Week 4, while going OVER the betting total of 40.5.\u00a0 The Titans will need to move past losing No. 1 quarterback Jake Locker for a few weeks due to a hip injury, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks, as former Buffalo Bills thrower Ryan Fitzpatrick takes over under center.\u00a0 Tennessee is 2-1 SU and 0-2-1 ATS against AFC division opponents over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Titans may hold some value in this affair due to Fitzpatrick being an experienced option as a backup, considering he posted three straight 3,000-yard seasons in Buffalo.\u00a0 Tennessee has also made a major turnaround on the defensive end\u2014allowing 17.2 points per game and recording 14 sacks, which is a huge improvement from last year\u2019s horrible numbers.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Titans due to their 4-0 ATS mark in their last four home games.<\/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 vs. Tennessee Titans Sunday, 10\/6\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas City -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas City -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 41 Current Total:\u00a0 38.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas City has started the 2013 NFL season with a perfect 4-0 record, as it comes off a 31-7 victory over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[1173,3728,2041,303,31,3720,301],"class_list":["post-30447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-alex-smith","tag-andy-reid","tag-jake-locker","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-ryan-fitzpatrick","tag-tennessee-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30447","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=30447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30448,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30447\/revisions\/30448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}