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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, who has missed the entire regular season with a sternoclavicular joint dislocation suffered during an Aug. 10 preseason matchup, could potentially return to practice soon.
“According to multiple sources, the Chiefs are optimistic that Brown will rejoin his teammates on the practice fields in mid-December,” Nate Taylor of The Athletic reported.
Brown signed a one-year, $7 million contract with the Chiefs this offseason. The 27-year-old caught 51 passes for 574 yards and four touchdowns in 14 games for the Arizona Cardinals last year.
The Chiefs have had terrible luck with injuries to key players aside from Brown. Of note, Isiah Pacheco suffered a fractured right fibula in Week 2 and missed nine games. Rashee Rice is out for the season after suffering a damaged LCL in Week 2. Kicker Harrison Butker is currently on IR with a knee injury.
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Last week, Bryce Young averaged his highest yards per attempt in any full game this season at 7.5. He excelled against the blitz, where the Chiefs secondary failed to hold up in man coverage.
The Raiders lost by 10 last week at home against Denver, but finished the game with more total yards and first downs than the Broncos. It was a toss-up game by the box score and the Raiders are the only way you could look at betting this game.
Verdict: Lean Raiders +12.5.
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Raiders (2-9) vs. Chiefs (10-1)
Spread: Chiefs -13
Total: 42The Black Friday game is a rematch of the 2023 Christmas Day contest, where the Las Vegas Raiders dominated the Kansas City Chiefs with their defense. That would be the last game the Chiefs would lose the rest of the way, and they didn’t lose again until Week 11 of the 2024 season.
Don’t expect a similar outcome this time around, as the Raiders will be making another quarterback switch with Aidan O’Connell set to return to the lineup. Stay ahead from this point spread. The Chiefs have been historically awful in the Patrick Mahomes era covering double-digit spreads, but take Kansas City to win as it leans on its defense.
Score Prediction: Chiefs 24, Raiders 13
7 - Patrick Mahomes
Kansas City Chiefs QB
Are the Chiefs’ current winning ways sustainable? They always need 60 minutes to slug it out. Still, Mahomes has been simply undeniable in crunch time, especially as a last-gasp scrambler. (+3)...
