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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic
I am not saying the Chargers are going to win, but I have watched enough football to know that not taking a team seriously, and looking ahead to rivalry type game, is a recipe for an unexpected loss.
You really cannot look ahead in the NFL. The Patriots were looking forward to having a bye, thinking that the Dolphins were just going to roll over because they had nothing to play for and a win would hurt their draft position.
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Uhh... No. Even as a Patriots fan, you CANNOT compare those situations. Yes, the Patriots and Chiefs both finished 12-4, and the Dolphins and Chargers both finished 5-11. That's where the similarity ends. Since the start of the 2013 season, the Patriots are 9-6 against Miami, including 4 losses in their second late-season meeting 4 of the past 5 years. Since the beginning of the 2014 season, the Chargers are 1-11 against the Chiefs. The Dolphins always play the Pats tough, especially in the second meeting. And the Chiefs are light years better than the Patriots. In hindsight, the Patriots were paper tigers last season. They beat up on the Little Sisters of the Poor for the most part, and lost to the only three good teams they faced (Ravens, Texans, Chiefs) before losing to the Titans in the playoffs. You people need to stop thinking like pre-2019 Chiefs fans. The Chiefs should hang 30+ on this Chargers team with ease and there's no way they should realistically give up more than 10 points when the game is still in doubt. Maybe the Chargers score in garbage time to make it look better but this should be a 34-21 game that isn't that close.