Kansas City Chiefs @ New England Patriots Monday Night Football Pick

Kansas City Chiefs @ New England Patriots Monday Night Football Pick: I usually hate taking any team that is a dog over 14 points (okay, it’s not “usually” it’s “always hate”) but this one is tough to hate. The Chiefs have struggled against elite passers, and the Patriots come to town with one of the most accurate and elite passers of all time. Tom Terrific played one heck of a game last week, and he’s looking ready to take off in the Super Streaky kind of way that only guys like Tom Brady can do.

The Chiefs have been banged up all year, and now they kid they traded for a few years ago from the Patriots (Matt Cassel) is on the bench with an injury. Tyler Palko will be getting the start for the Chiefs, and while the Patriots haven’t been the stingiest of defenses this season, they’d seem to have a good chance at giving the Chiefs offense the stink-eye a little bit. Kansas City doesn’t run the ball well. They don’t throw the ball well. They don’t even do these things mediocre. Bad to real bad is what I’m thinking. And that’s with Cassel!

Listen, it’s Monday Night Football (somehow they put together this match-up for prime time, awesome) and crazy things can happen when a team is a huge dog in a big game like this. The Chiefs have been competing, they are 4-5 on the season, just a game out of first in their division – but the Pats are looking better. The defense looked decent last week. Just in time for me to take them as a huge favorite!

Kansas City Chiefs @ New England Patriots (-14.5)