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Mia Horton Editor's Note: The NFL announced the Week 4 game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs Sunday game was postponed. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, the game will now be played on Monday night at 7:05p ET.
The final split vote of the split-vote-heavy week comes in Kansas City, where the Chiefs are favored to beat the Patriots by exactly a touchdown and are pretty damn likely to do exactly that.
That was the exact margin when Kansas City won in Foxborough last year. And while the Chiefs have seemingly only gained steam while the Patriots have suffered several significant player departures since then, it's been nearly 19 years since the Patriots last failed to cover as a seven-plus-point 'dog.
"Laying a touchdown against the Patriots is admittedly a bit unsettling," Davenport said, "even after all the changes the franchise has undergone in 2020. But the Chiefs looked fantastic on both sides of the ball Monday night against the Baltimore Ravens, and this isn't a matchup in which Kansas City might get caught napping, as it did against the Los Angeles Chargers a couple of weeks ago. The Patriots will no doubt try to run the ball, slow this game down and keep things close, but I just don't believe they can for 60 minutes."
But on the other side of the coin, Gagnon notes the Patriots have lost by more than seven points just once in their last 29 regular-season and playoff games. They're so well-coached and so defensively stout that they know how to hang regardless of the situation. And in this case, Bill Belichick has had one more day than Andy Reid to focus on a critical matchup.
It's easy to see the powerhouse Chiefs plowing through a no-longer-dominant New England team for a 13th consecutive win, but it's also not difficult to imagine the Pats keeping this within a touchdown.
Predictions
Davenport: Kansas City
Gagnon: New England
Kahler: New England
Miller: Kansas City
Sobleski: Kansas City
Tesfatsion: New England
Consensus: Push
Score Prediction: Chiefs 31, Patriots 24