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5 NFL teams on upset alert in Week 16

By Cody Williams

Dec 20, 2015; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) is all smiles after third quarter touchdown against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. Carolina Panthers defeat the New York Giants 38-35. Mandatory Credit: Jim O
Dec 20, 2015; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) is all smiles after third quarter touchdown against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. Carolina Panthers defeat the New York Giants 38-35. Mandatory Credit: Jim O /
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Dec 20, 2015; Baltimore, MD, USA; Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid (L) looks onto the field during the second quarter against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 20, 2015; Baltimore, MD, USA; Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid (L) looks onto the field during the second quarter against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Kansas City Chiefs

There are roughly 1 million reasons that the Kansas City Chiefs are favored by double digits over the Cleveland Browns at home in Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Not only have the Chiefs been one of the hottest teams in the NFL as of late, making a serious run in the AFC West, but the Browns have continued to be a dumpster fire of sadness as one of the worst teams in the NFL.

That being said, there are a couple of things that lead me to believe that the Chiefs could wind up in some trouble in this game. The first of which is that I still believe in Johnny Manziel as a starting NFL quarterback. Realizing that the Chiefs have been one of the most fearsome defenses in the league as of late, Manziel has still performed respectably in his starts this season, even against other high quality defenses. He lacks a lot of weapons, but Manziel has always been a player capable of pulling out games that you never saw coming.

Moreover, Andy Reid has proven over the course of his coaching career that he’s prone to at least a couple of games where he just has an ultimate brain fart in doing his job and drops the ball in a game that his team should win. A game in Week 16 where there are still playoff implications as his Chiefs have been riding a hot streak seems like the perfect time for that to happen. It’d be a huge upset, but I think that a famed “Andy Reid game” is in the cards against the Browns in Week 16.

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