Chiefs Bettors Will Love These Primetime Trends for Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City
By Peter Dewey
The Kansas City Chiefs are major favorites in Week 5 against the Las Vegas Raiders, and it may be due to the fact that they are once again in primetime for the world to see.
The Chiefs play their third primetime game of the season in Week 5 on Monday Night Football, and Kansas City has won six straight games under the lights with head coach Andy Reid at the helm.
Just a few numbers to crunch after the SNF game: The @Chiefs have now won 6 straight primetime games, 13 straight against NFC teams. Andy Reid is now 10–2 when playing against the #1 scoring defense.
— trey wingo (@wingoz) October 3, 2022
To make matters worse for the Raiders and head coach Josh McDaniels, the Chiefs have put up at least 32 points in their last five games against the Raiders. They have three games where they scored 40-plus points, and they've won four of the last five meetings.
When you couple that with Patrick Mahomes in primetime, you're going to get something special. Mahomes has won 15 of his last 17 games under the bright lights, throwing for 38 scores in those matchups.
In Patrick Mahomes' last 17 primetime games, he's 15-2.
— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) October 4, 2022
In that season's worth of games, here's his stat line:
4,800 yards, 38 TDs and 9 INTs
This includes two 400+ and six 300+ yard games.
My goodness.
I personally hope there's a chance we can get the Chiefs at -7, or even -6.5 in this game, but given the way the Raiders have started the 2022 season, this seems like a perfect spot for Mahomes and company.
In his career against the Raiders (eight games), Mahomes has posted a passer rating of 112.4 with 2,546 yards, 22 touchdowns and just three picks, per Statmuse. This season, Vegas ranks 21st in opponent yards per play and 23rd in points allowed. That simply isn't going to cut it against the Mahomes-Reid combination.
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