Packers score
2020 first-rounder Jordan Love will get the start, so the Chiefs' defense caught a break. Chiefs 27, Packers 24 Talon Graff ( has been a whirlwind for the NFL recently - and Kansas City is a part of those headlines with Aaron Rodgers testing positive for COVID being out for the Week 9 matchup. The surgery on my right eye went fine - and while I still think the game will be close, I think the Chiefs will pull out a win. I had decided to pick a six-point Packers victory, saying that while I thought the Chiefs had begun to solve their problems, they wouldn't have enough of them worked out before Sunday. Chiefs 24, Packers 21 John Dixon ( of a surgical procedure scheduled for Wednesday, I had turned in my pick for this game before the Aaron Rodgers news broke. The deciding factor, in the end, was the fact that this is simply a must-win game for the Chiefs, whereas the Packers can afford to just go through the motions and end this nightmarish week. But on the other hand, I keep thinking about how well-coached the Packers are right now - compared to a Chiefs team that certainly isn't. On the one hand, I believe the Chiefs should be considered favorites because of - you know - Patrick Mahomes vs. Tom Childs ( really struggled with this one. Let's see what the staff - and our readers - think about the matchup. According to DraftKings Sportsbook, Kansas City is favored by 7.5 points.
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In Week 9, the Chiefs face the Green Bay Packers at Arrowhead Stadium. But our readers were a lot more worried: one in five thought the Giants would pull out a win. That added up to a composite prediction of a 33-21 win that was 26 points removed from the 20-17 final. However, half of them thought the Chiefs would notch a blowout win, while more than half of the rest thought it would be an easy victory. In Week 8, everybody on the Arrowhead Pride staff picked the Kansas City Chiefs to defeat the New York Giants.