Geezus, do you not get it? He updated it!

KC has a better record, is playing at home, has a great home field advantage, and doesn't have an injured QB... and they're underdogs? Given a FG for home field, I'd say Arrowhead is worth an extra point. So if you think the teams are even, it should still be KC -4. I think KC is better so it should be -5 or -6, because KC will win between a FG and TD.

Thank you for calling me Geezus but when I look at his OP, I see NO system edit update at the bottom of his post that indicates it was ever edited.

So in the famous words of Steve Martin, "WELL EXCUUUUUUSSSE ME!" :harumph:

Then you need to go ahead and put down a lot of money on the Chiefs.

The odds makers will base it on how much money is bet on each side. To keep it as even as possible they will move the line if there is too much money bet on one side to encourage people to bet the other way. Past playoff records don't play into it.

I'm gonna point something out regarding Ben Roesthlisberger's ankle injury, because there was speculation in the other threads that it was a sham because he was seen walking and running on it after the game...

I've sprained my ankle (mildly) a few times, and immediately after the injury it's generally not too bad. You can walk on it etc. It's until several hours AFTER the injury where things start to get bad. Last time I did it, I was able to walk without much trouble, but the next day, HOLY SHIT. I was hobbled up and could barely stand on it.

Just Sayin...

Hoping for more than a first round well bye....

Advance please

This. I had a grade one sprain after a soccer game, and this describes it perfectly.

That being said, he'll play and that asshole normally plays better hobbled anyway. It will be interesting to hear how he is doing on Thursday after the initial swelling goes down....

Yup, it's also a lot easier to re-tweek even after the swelling has gone away and things are feeling better. Slightest off movement and BOOM, you get that twinge and you are screwed up again. :)

Maybe if the ****s who run the Chiefs would ever actually draft a QB and take a chance on finding a superstar we might finally find a guy who gets preferential treatment. Instead we're stuck with a piece of shit like Smith who nobody around the league cares about.

exactly. and add to that the field at arrowhead will be frozen, which won't help.

Now, that being said, forget him - contain Bell and force Ben to have to throw. I think blitzing him will cause us to get burnt. I think we can get a good enough pass rush with 4 even 5 on obvious passing situations. Just CONTAIN BELL for the love of God.

Yeah. If we can shut down Bell and force a passing game, we can kill these guys with our pass rush and secondary. Ben isn't perfect, he is prone to mistakes, certainly if we can rattle him with Houston, Ford and Hali.

I was watching Bell yesterday, and there is a definite delay where he looks for a hole after the hand off. I don't think he will get away with that, as much, with our guys.

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I never edited my original post because if you click my link you will see KC opened on Scores and Odds as a 1 point dog thus the reason my thread title said as much.

That's a lot of movement.




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The public is going to ****ing pound the Steelers.

They see Big Ben vs Alex Smith. They see franchise QB vs smoke and mirrors. They see recent home losses to Tennessee and Tampa. They see decades of playoff failure vs recent multiple-time Super Bowl Champions.

It could be one of those games where Vegas gets either REALLY hammered, or makes huge profit. They're not gonna move the line to the point that KC is like a 4-5-6 point home dog, even if the money keeps pounding in on PIT. So either bettors will get it right and the Steelers come in and win as expected, causing Vegas to suffer, OR KC shows up and spoils the party.

Here's hoping it's the latter! As a Chiefs fan it's tempting to bet on PIT. But as a generally sharp bettor, I could actually see some value in a 12-win home playoff underdog if it gets to 3+. So in other words not betting would be best ... which is almost always the case. Heh.