Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Kansas City Chiefs will hit the road in a week four NFL pro football preseason game against the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night.
Kick off time from Green Bay is slated for 8PM Eastern Time with tape delayed national television coverage provided by NFL Network on Saturday night at 11PM Eastern Time.
The point spread came out with the home team Green Bay Packers favored by -3 ½ points with an over under of 37 ½ points.
Money has shown in the early wagering on the side of the road club Chiefs as the Green Bay Packers are currently lined as a -3 point betting favorite.
The over under has moved up a tick to 38 points.
Green Bay Packers money line bettors will lay –155 odds with the road underdog Kansas City Chiefs returning +135 odds to earn the straight up victory without the aid of points on their side.
In the fourth preseason game you rarely see veteran starters seeing much action. Coaches need to evaluate their ready reserves in this game so teams can cut down to their 53 man roster on September 3rd.
The Kansas City Chiefs have a 2011 preseason record of 0-3 straight up and against the spread.
The team has averaged just 7.7 points per game and surrendered 23.3 points to their opponents.
The Chiefs offense has averaged just 244 yards of offense in these three exhibition games with 165 yards coming by way of the pass.
Kansas City is coming off the 14-10 home defeat to the St Louis Rams as a +1 point underdog. The total came in at under the number of 35 points.
The Chiefs offense put up 309 yards and converted on just 3 of 14 on third down. The club got into the red zone on two occasions and came away without a touchdown scored.
Starting quarterback Matt Cassel hit on 6 of 13 passes for 59 yards.
Tyler Palko relieved and completed 7 of his 12 throws for 92 yards.
Rookie Ricky Stanzi out of Iowa saw extended work and had 121 passing yards and one touchdown with 8 of 14 completion rate.
Running back Jackie Battle saw the most work with 43 yards on 13 carries.
Jamaal Charles and Thomas Jones each ran the ball twice for four yards.
Dexter McCluster had just one carry for four yards. McCluster was busy in the passing game with five catches for 37 yards.
Rookie wide out Cody Slate out of Marshall caught two balls for 50 yards and a touchdown.
Jeremy Horne contributed with 46 receiving yards on two receptions.
Former Arizona Cardinal Jerheme Urban a wide receiver caught two passes for 34 yards.
The Chiefs defense allowed the St Louis offense to post 321 offensive yards with 10 of 17 on third down. Kansas City surrendered a touchdown in all two of the Rams trips inside the red zone.
The Kansas City pass rush recorded just one sack and had three tackles for a loss.
The Green Bay Packers enters play in preseason week number four with a record of 2-1 and 1-2 against the spread.
The Packers have averaged 23 points per game and allowed 22.7 points to their foes.
Green Bay has produced an average of 356 offensive yards in their three exhibition games with 286 yards coming via the air.
The Packers are coming off the 24-21 road win at Indianapolis a week ago as a -9 point favorite.
The over under came in at over the closing number of 41 points.
Green Bay was able to amass 345 offensive yards on the Indy defense and converted on 3 of 16 on third down. The Packers drove into the Colts red zone five times and scored two touchdowns.
Starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed 19 of his 23 passes for 204 yards with a touchdown.
Back up Matt Flynn saw limited work with just six passes thrown and completing four of them for 32 yards.
Former Texas Tech product Graham Harrell a rookie saw some time under center and completed 12 of his 21 throws for 81 yards with a touchdown and pick.
Starting running back Ryan Grant got six carries for only 16 yards.
Former Hawaii star and rookie running back Alex Green ran for 8 yards on five carries.
Wide receiver Jordy Nelson led the Packers with five passes for 65 yards.
Tight end Jermichael Finley caught four balls for 41 yards and a touchdown.
Wide out Donald Driver contributed with three receptions for 38 yards.
Green Bay allowed the Colts offense to put up 291 yards and 5 of 15 makes on third down.
The Packers surrendered two touchdowns in both of Indianapolis’ trips inside the red zone.
The Green Bay pass rushers produced four sacks of Indy quarterbacks with five tackles for a loss.
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NFL Trend: Kansas City Chiefs are 0-3 ATS in the 2011 preseason.
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