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The Oakland Raiders face the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium.

With the Broncos and Raiders losing and the Chargers and Chiefs winning, the West just got wilder.

With only two games left on the slate and the division looking up at the Tebows, the ‘playoffs’ essentially begin this afternoon in Arrowhead for both KC and Oakland.

Kudos to interim HC Romeo Crennel and newly inserted QB Kyle Orton for knocking off the Packers but can they change a series history that has seen the visitor win 12 of 17 SU while cashing 15 times? Orton’s 1-2 SU and ATS record (all as a favorite) versus the Raiders says no, as does KC’s 2-8 ATS mark as a dog or favorite of 2 or less points after pulling the rug out from an undefeated opponent (where else can you find stats like this!).

Worse yet, the last home game of the season has not been kind to KC supporters (0-4 SU and ATS) the past four years.

Thursday, December 22

The Houston Texans visit Indianapolis Colts on Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium.

As expected, the Texans spent a little bit too much time partying after their playoff-clinching win in Cincinnati two Sundays ago.

The feeling here is that if Gary Kubiak’s crew hoped to make a deep post-season run, they would need home field advantage or, at the very least, a first-round bye.

With last week’s home upset loss to Carolina, it now looks like they may get neither.

The knee-jerk reaction would be to jump back on board – especially with the ‘double inside-out’ set-up taking place tonight in Indy (Texans outgained the Panthers in their loss; the Colts were outstatted 101 yards by the Titans in their win).

Online Betting Overview
The San Diego Chargers are 7-7 and still in the hunt for an AFC playoff spot. More than likely, the only playoff spot the Chargers can compete for at this point is the AFC West title. According to the price per head sports experts, the Chargers need a lot of help to win the AFC West. The primary thing the Chargers need is for the Denver Broncos to lose its last two remaining games. But with the Broncos playing the Buffalo Bills in week 16, it is unlikely that the Chargers will get the help it needs to win the division. Still, the Chargers continue to fight like it has a chance. In week 15, the Chargers upset the Baltimore Ravens 34-14 and played the kind of football that would have put the Chargers in first place in the AFC West earlier in the season. It may be too little, too late for the Chargers. But San Diego will play hard to finish the season at 8-8.

The Detroit Lions needed every second of its week 15 game against the Oakland Raiders to pull out the win.