This is a battle of the mostly-awful backup QBs. Kansas City won't risk an injury to diminutive franchise QB Patrick Mahomes, and the dropoff is sharp with QBs Chad Henne, Anthony Gordon, and Shane Buechele. Coach Andy Reid doesn't showcase anything in the preseason, and he's not likely to on the road in this opener. San Francisco has often-injured starting QB Jim Garoppolo, and behind him, it's uninspiring Trey Lance, Josh Rosen, and Nate Sudfield. Coach Kyle Shanahan showed nothing in his last preseason Week 1 game, a 17-9 win over Dallas. Look for a vanilla game with more punts than points. Play this one to stay UNDER the total.
This pick was released to clients on August 12, 2021 at 12:03PM ET.
NFL
Kansas City at San Francisco
August 14, 2021
8:30 PM Eastern
1 unit on Game Total UNDER 39.5 -107 (risk 1 to return 1.93)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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