***Official Game Day Thread Week 6: Chiefs vs Texans***

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The Kansas City Chiefs (4-1) (1-1 @ Home)



vs.

The Houston Texans (3-2) (1-1 Away)



Sunday, October 13, 12:00 Noon CT
at
Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, MO


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Stats & Stuff

Weather forecast: 56 degrees. Sunny 3 mph NW winds.

Line: Chiefs -4, Over/Under: 55

Trends:

Chiefs:
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Kansas City's last 13 games.
Kansas City are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
Kansas City are 12-4 SU in their last 16 games at home.
Kansas City are 14-4 SU in their last 18 games against an opponent in the AFC conference.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Kansas City's last 11 games against an opponent in the AFC South division.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 6 games played in October.
Kansas City are 6-3 ATS in their last 9 games played in week 6.

Texans:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston's last 7 games.
Houston are 14-5 SU in their last 19 games.
Houston are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games against Kansas City.
Houston are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against Kansas City.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games against an opponent in the AFC conference.
Houston are 7-13 ATS in their last 20 games against an opponent in the AFC West division.
Houston are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games played in October.
Houston are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games played in week 6.

Against the Spread:


Last 10 Games Head-2-Head:


OddsShark Supercomputer Prediction:
Chiefs 30.6
Texans 20.8

Notable Quotables:
Chiefs:

“I know everybody is looking for a specific reason [for the Chiefs continued problems in stopping the run]. There is no specific reason. If there's 20 plays in there that cause issues on over four- or five-yard runs, there may be 20 different reasons. So you just keep playing but you do all the things you talk about. You get off blocks, you make tackles and you get to the football. That's what you do."

--Chiefs Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo

Texans:

“We knew what we had to do, especially offensively. We had to go in and execute, bring the energy, play fast, do what we do and make sure that every time we touch the ball, we try to end with points. The great ones can do those things consistently and that’s what we are"

--Texans Quarterback Deshaun Watson

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Date Opponent Time/TV Tickets Sunday Sep. 8 at JAX Jaguars TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville, FL 1:00pm ET CBS W 40-26 Sunday Sep. 15 at OAK Raiders Oakland Colsm Oakland, CA 4:05pm ET CBS W 28-10 Sunday Sep. 22 BAL Ravens Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET CBS W 33-28 Sunday Sep. 29 at DET Lions Ford Field Detroit, MI 1:00pm ET FOX W 34-30 Sunday Oct. 6 IND Colts Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 8:20pm ET NBC L 19-13 Sunday Oct. 13 HOU Texans Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Thursday Oct. 17 at DEN Broncos Mile High Denver, CO 8:20pm ET FOX/NFLN Buy Tickets Sunday Oct. 27 GB Packers Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 8:20pm ET NBC Buy Tickets Sunday Nov. 3 MIN Vikings Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET FOX Buy Tickets Sunday Nov. 10 at TEN Titans Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Monday Nov. 18 at LA Chargers Estadio Azteca Mexico City, MX 8:15pm ET ESPN Buy Tickets Sunday Nov. 24 . BYE . Sunday Dec. 1 OAK Raiders Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Sunday Dec. 8 at NE Patriots Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA 4:25pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Sunday Dec. 15 DEN Broncos Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Sunday Dec. 22 at CHI Bears Soldier Field Chicago, IL 8:20pm ET NBC Buy Tickets Sunday Dec. 29 LA Chargers Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets

Date Opponent Time/TV Tickets Monday Sep. 9 at NO Saints M-B Superdome New Orleans, LA 7:10pm ET ESPN L 30-28 Sunday Sep. 15 JAX Jaguars NRG Stadium Houston, TX 1:00pm ET CBS W 13-12 Sunday Sep. 22 at LA Chargers DH Sports Park Carson, CA 4:25pm ET CBS W 27-20 Sunday Sep. 29 CAR Panthers NRG Stadium Houston, TX 1:00pm ET FOX L 16-10 Sunday Oct. 6 ATL Falcons NRG Stadium Houston, TX 1:00pm ET FOX W 53-32 Sunday Oct. 13 at KC Chiefs Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Sunday Oct. 20 at IND Colts Lucas Oil Stdm Indianapolis, IN 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Sunday Oct. 27 OAK Raiders NRG Stadium Houston, TX 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Sunday Nov. 3 at JAX Jaguars Wembley Stadium London, England 9:30am ET NFLN Buy Tickets Sunday Nov. 10 . BYE . Sunday Nov. 17 at BAL Ravens M&T Bank Stdm Baltimore, MD 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Thursday Nov. 21 IND Colts NRG Stadium Houston, TX 8:20pm ET FOX/NFLN Buy Tickets Sunday Dec. 1 NE Patriots NRG Stadium Houston, TX 8:20pm ET NBC Buy Tickets Sunday Dec. 8 DEN Broncos NRG Stadium Houston, TX 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Sunday Dec. 15 at TEN Titans Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets Saturday Dec. 21 at TB Buccaneers R James Stdm Tampa, FL Time TBA TV TBA Buy Tickets Sunday Dec. 29 TEN Titans NRG Stadium Houston, TX 1:00pm ET CBS Buy Tickets

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Injury Report:


Patrick Mahomes QB Ankle
Probable
Alex Okafor DE Hip
Probable
Anthony Hitchens LB Groin
Questionable
Tyreek Hill WR Shoulder
Questionable
Chris Jones DT Groin
Doubtful
Andrew Wylie G Ankle
Doubtful
Sammy Watkins WR Hamstring
Doubtful
Eric Fisher T Groin
OUT
Dorian O'Daniel LB Hamstring
OUT
Chad Henne QB Ankle
IR
Xavier Williams DT Ankle
IR
Marcus Kemp WR Knee
IR
Breeland Speaks LB Knee
IR


Johnathan Joseph CB Hip
Probable
Taiwan Jones RB Hip
Questionable
Kenny Stills WR Hamstring
Questionable
Greg Mancz C Concussion
OUT
Joe Webb III QB Foot
IR
Lamar Miller RB Knee
IR
Senio Kelemete G Wrist
IR
Phillip Gaines CB Concussion
IR
Jordan Thomas TE Ribs
IR
Kahale Warring TE Hamstring
IR

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Depth Charts:

Chiefs

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

Texans

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

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Prisco's Pick:

Get ready for a lot of points as Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson square off. Mahomes is dinged some with an ankle injury, but I think he will still be able to carve up the Texans. On the other side, Watson will get his as well. First one to 35 wins. That's the Chiefs.

Chiefs 37 Texans 30

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Chiefs vs. Texans: Game Preview
From Chiefs.com

Saturday, Oct 12, 2019 06:28 PM

Matt McMullen Community & Digital Media Producer Chiefs.com @KCChiefs_Matt

It’s the kind of showdown that simply doesn’t happen very often in the regular season.

Two of the best young quarterbacks in the National Football League, who are each off to masterful starts this year, sharing the field in a matchup between division leaders.

That’s the situation on Sunday afternoon as the Kansas City Chiefs, led by reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes, take on quarterback Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium.

Both players have set the football-watching world ablaze after entering the league just two selections apart in the 2017 NFL Draft, and for the first time as professionals, they’re finally set to meet this weekend.

The two signal callers have combined for 22 touchdowns and just one interception on the campaign, with each compiling a passer rating north of 114.0. Mahomes leads the league with 1,831 passing yards through just five games while Watson is coming off a five-touchdown performance in the Texans’ victory over Atlanta last week.



The matchup represents a bounce-back opportunity for the Chiefs, who dropped their first game of the season last Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts. It marked the first time in Mahomes’ career that Kansas City didn’t score at least 26 points, but despite the loss, the Chiefs aren’t wavering.

“You have to be prepared as a team about [defenses] coming out playing man [coverage], pressing it up and trying to be physical with you,” Mahomes said. “Obviously, we’re going to prepare for that because the last two teams we played [defended us that way], but we also have to prepare for zone coverages and stuff like that. I think just having the mentality that you could get that physical-type game and you have to find a way to get yourself open and be on time with the football is something that we’re going to focus on all week.”



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Of course, the Texans have a dynamic pass-catcher of their own in veteran wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. One of the top receivers in the NFL, Hopkins is off to another strong start this season with 31 catches for 347 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Fellow wide receiver Will Fuller, meanwhile, leads the Texans in receiving yards (400) and touchdown catches (3) after hauling in 14 grabs for 217 yards and three scores last week against Atlanta. The Texans also feature wide receiver Kenny Stills, who they acquired in August from the Miami Dolphins following three-straight seasons with six or more touchdowns. Stills has 11 catches for 188 yards and a touchdown this season but missed last week’s game due to a hamstring injury and is listed as questionable heading into Sunday, making his status something to watch.

Though even without Stills, Houston possesses one of the better pass-catching arsenals in the league.

“They have options all over the field which presents a challenge, so we have to do a good job of keeping [Watson] in the pocket, we have to play physical, press-man and compete with those guys through the ground, especially Hopkins,” said safety Tyrann Mathieu. “He’s going to be in a position to catch most balls, so the attitude that we need to have it to take him to the ground with the ball and finish every play.”



The Texans have some weapons on the ground as well as tailback Carlos Hyde - who spent all of training camp with the Chiefs before being traded to Houston prior to the season - leads the rushing attack with 310 yards and two scores while fellow tailback Duke Johnson is averaging 6.4 yards-per-attempt through 32 carries.

It all starts with Watson, however, and despite his stellar season so far, the Texans have struggled to protect their star quarterback for much of the year. Houston didn’t yield a sack last week, but in the four weeks prior, the opposition sacked Watson 18 times – tied for the third-most in the NFL.

The Chiefs will be without defensive tackle Chris Jones on Sunday as he deals with a groin injury, but defensive ends Frank Clark, Alex Okafor, Emmanuel Ogbah and the rest of Kansas City’s defense will look to replicate that trend when Watson takes the field at Arrowhead.



It all wraps up into a contest that has all the makings of a classic matchup between two of the best young quarterbacks in the sport today, and while things didn’t go the way the Chiefs wanted a week ago, there’s no better time to turn the page.

“You have to have confidence in this league. You have to have the confidence that you are going to go out there and have success every single week,” Mahomes said. “We know we’re playing a very good defense with a very good defensive line [that’s part of] a very good team in general with a good game plan. For us, we’re just going to have the confidence to do what we do and find a way to win the football game in the end.”

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Game Preview from ESPN.com

Chiefs-Texans Preview

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The relationship between Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Texans counterpart Deshaun Watson goes back well beyond the 2017 draft, when along with Mitchell Trubisky they were considered among the best prospects at their position.

It goes back to their college days, when Mahomes was orchestrating the "Air Raid" offense at Texas Tech and Watson was trying to navigate Clemson to a national championship.

"I think we were going into our junior year," Mahomes recalled, "and we went to a QB camp out in California. I talked to him, back and forth, about how he did his stuff at Clemson, how I did my stuff at Texas Tech. He's a great player. We kind of hit it off."

They stayed in touch during the draft process, too.

"We took a lot of the same visits," Mahomes said, "and we went to the same places, and we would talk to each other about what we went through. But we didn't necessarily knew where we would go."

Nobody did.

Trubisky wound up going second overall to Chicago. And when nobody grabbed a quarterback in the next eight picks, the Chiefs traded up to No. 10 and chose Mahomes over Watson as the heir apparent to Alex Smith. Watson wound up going two picks later to the Texans.

All three quarterbacks have flourished to some extent. On Sunday, two of them will get to square off when Mahomes leads the Chiefs (4-1) against Watson and the Texans (3-2) at Arrowhead Stadium.

"He's been doing a heck of a job putting the Chiefs in contention each and every game, and putting up a lot of great numbers," Watson said, "because that's what he's been doing his whole career, and just being that leader -- he's doing a heck of a job for that organization."

Yes, it was Mahomes who rewrote the record books during his MVP season a year ago, and he is off to another blazing start this season. But it is Watson who comes into the AFC showdown with the hot hand, having thrown for 426 yards and five touchdowns while running for 47 yards last week against Atlanta.

"He's a heck of a player. We had him in here before the draft," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. "We thought the world of him. I know he was a heck of a player in college and he carried it over and he's playing really good football. I don't know exactly what they're asking and not asking him to do, but whatever they're asking him to do, he's doing it well."

The matchup Sunday is more than just Mahomes vs. Watson, though. Here are some other story lines:

INJURY BUG

The Chiefs hope to get wide receiver Tyreek Hill on the field for the first time since breaking his collarbone Week 1 in Jacksonville. But they are poised to play without several key players, such as wide receiver Sammy Watkins (hamstring), defensive tackle Chris Jones (groin) and left guard Andrew Wylie (ankle).

INJURY BUG, PART II

Texans wide receiver Kenny Still is still recovering from a hamstring injury, though it appears his bothersome ankle is finally better. Elsewhere, interior offensive lineman Greg Mancz has been out with a concussion and running back Taiwan Jones has been slowed by a hip injury.

MANO-A-MANO

The Colts slowed down the Chiefs by playing a bunch of man-to-man defense, and the Texans are likely to follow the same blueprint. But the Chiefs also have spent the week trying to fix their issues from last week, resulting in an intriguing offense-defense chess match Sunday.

"They obviously played a great game," Texans defensive end J.J. Watt said of the Colts. "They went in there and stuck to their game plan and executed very well and came out with the win."

BEWARE THE HONEY BADGER

Tyrann Mathieu picked off his first pass as a member of the Chiefs last week, and he'd like nothing more than to get his second against the Texans. Mathieu had a big year with Houston last season, and the club wanted to keep him around, only to see the Chiefs win the bidding in free agency.

12 ANGRY MEN

One of the most effective personnel groups for Houston this season has been "12 personnel," which means a set with one running back and two tight ends. But why has it worked so well?

"It's a good question," Texans coach Bill O'Brien said. "It has a lot to do with what you're going to see defensively. We've got a lot of different combinations of personnel groupings we can use and we try to study and we try to think about, defensively, how they're going to attack it. `What personnel are they going to use? What's going to be their scheme, and how does that fit what we want to do?' ... And sometimes it works. Hopefully it works more than it doesn't."