Kansas City at Las Vegas

The high-scoring flashy offense of Oakland is favored, but division rival Kansas City is in town with a different style - a punishing defense and a ball-control offense. Kansas City is rested and well coached, off an embarrassing game at Pittsburgh. They have the kind of balanced, ball-control offense that can hurt the Raiders, led by QB Alex Smith (five TDs, two INTs), WR Jeremy Maclin (244 yards), TE Travis Kelce (220), plus RB Spencer Ware (284 yards, 5.3 yards per carry) is playing well. They got great news this week as star RB Jamaal Charles is back at practice along with DE Justin Houston. They aren't ready to play yet, but this team is deep and talented, and has good shot to get back to the playoffs. After finishing the 2015 season second in the league with 22 interceptions, the Chiefs' secondary currently leads the NFL with eight behind CB Marcus Peters (four interceptions), plus hard-nosed LBs Derrick Johnson and Dee Ford. Kansas City is a great bounce-back team, especially on defense, and is 32-13-1 UNDER the total after a spread loss. They face an Oakland team that is fortunate to be 4-1, with a string of close games. The Oakland defense is terrible, last in the league in yards allowed, surrendering a whopping 452.6 per game. They are also #24 in points allowed (27.8 points per game), last against the pass (330 yards per game) and #27 vs. the run (122 yards pg). Oakland has failed to cover in six straight home contests and the Chiefs are 10-3 ATS at Oakland. The road team is 20-6 ATS and the underdog is 13-5 ATS when these rivals clash. Take Kansas City and the UNDER.