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The NFL is set to head into Thanksgiving with a few teams starting to separate themselves from the field.
The Minnesota Vikings are one of those teams inching closer to the playoffs after their fourth straight win, cementing their status as a contender in the NFC. The Washington Commanders have fallen back to the pack with their third straight loss, and it’s not crazy to start wondering if they’ll even make the playoffs at all.
The Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs each have 10 wins, but the Lions looked more impressive in getting win No. 10 than the Chiefs did. A win is still a win in the NFL, but it also leads to some overreactions when looking at the bigger picture.
Of the overreactions from the Sunday afternoon slate, which overreactions are really overreactions? And which overreactions have more merit as the season is two-thirds of the way completed?
Chiefs are playing with fire with these one-possession games
Overreaction or reality: Overreaction
The Chiefs found a way to remain the No. 1 seed by getting to 10-1, but they made a bigger challenge out of the Carolina Panthers than it needed to be. Kansas City needed a 31-yard field goal by Spencer Shrader as time expired just to beat Carolina, a game which was tied when the Chiefs got the ball with 1:46 to play.
Thanks to Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs won their 13th consecutive game decided by one possession — tied for the longest streak in NFL history. Kansas City can’t keep coming up on the winning end of these one-possession games all the time, right?
The Chiefs are 8-0 in one-possession games this season, not beating teams by a convincing margin. They also have a 5-1 mark against clubs with winning records, but sooner or later these close victories could come back to bite them.
Betting against Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes is a mistake, but Kansas City could get burnt against the top AFC teams in January….
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Author : Jeff Kerr
Publish date : 2024-11-25 02:47:00
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