Playoffs' bound in Arrowed Stadium this week, the unpredictable SD Chargers will travel strong of their awesome comeback win in SF on Saturday to a face the struggling KC Chiefs who will play without their starting QB Alex Smith out with a lacerated spleen, this will be an huge loss from them that will aggravated their situation and also their chances to go in the postseason.
The Chargers need to play as they did is the 2nd half of the game against the 9ers and avoid the silly mistakes that they did in the 1st half with a disastrous defense against the run, Rivers' bad passing decisions, embarrassing blocks by the entire o-line and even bad calls by their coaching stuffs. Rivers
need to be protected a way better than last games because he's playing with huge problems on his back that will require an off-season's surgery and especially against 2 awesome pass rushers like Houston and Hali it will be a key factor for not only this game but even to an eventual playoffs appearance for them. The Chargers' running game will depend so much if HB Mathews will pay or not because against the 2nd ranked passing defense in the NFL their game will be an huge factor. On defense their attention will need to be on HB Jamal Charles that without QB Alex Smith he will take the majority of the Chiefs offensive responsibilities, meanwhile the front 7 will have a very tough day the secondary can relax themselves on passing game and help more against the running game especially to don't let the fast Charles turn the corner on outside runs.
The Chiefs can't play too committed to the runs because this is what the Chargers are looking for, so they will need a brave Chase Daniel who will be the starting QB, he will need to play out of the typical Smith way to pass the ball, so he has to target more his WRs to confuse the Chargers defense and gave them more things to be worried about. Their defense will be the major factor for the to win this game and they need to forced SD's offense to make turnovers and maybe get points out of them, the best way to do it will be a zone coverage secondary and blazing situations with their front 7 that against a struggling Chargers o-line won't need so much time to get Rivers.
My prediction for the final result is: Chiefs 13 Chargers 27 with Rivers as the MVP and Houston as the X factor who could change the game. With this win i guess the Chargers will get a very well deserve postseason's spot, i can't see the way the Chiefs can lose with all this injuries but to avoid surprises the Chargers need to play concentrated and play tough.
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