Chiefs ATS Record Proves You Shouldn't Always Bet on Good Teams

Kansas City Chiefs bettors were dealt a tough blow on Sunday Night Football when the Chiefs blew a 35-24 lead to lose 36-35 on the road against Baltimore. 

Kansas City was a 3.5-point road favorite on WynnBET against an injured Baltimore Ravens squad, but it was unable to cover the spread or even win the game. Despite being the class of the NFL (along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) the Chiefs have actually been a horrible team to bet on dating back to last season. 

Kansas City is just 1-11-1 against the spread in its last 13 games. Part of that comes from the Chiefs being heavily favored in games, but they also find themselves in a lot of close contests, especially through the first two games of this season. 

Kansas City was one of the better teams at covering the spread, but since the 2020 season began, the Chiefs are just 8-13 against the spread. 

Several other playoff teams from last season have followed a similar trend, as the Cleveland Browns (9-11), Seattle Seahawks (9-10) and Tennessee Titans (8-11) all have been more profitable to bet against. 

This doesn’t mean that bettors should stay away from these common favorites, but it shows the parity that the NFL possesses year in and year out. Underdogs were 9-7 straight up and 12-4 against the spread in Week 1, and they have gone 9-6 against the spread in Week 2 ahead of tonight’s Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lions matchup. 

The public will back the obvious favorites like the Chiefs, Bucs, Packers and others every week (WynnBET had 93.91 percent of the handle on Kansas City on Sunday Night Football), but sometimes it is worth fading the public in these matchups, no matter how good the other team is.

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