Kansas City is looking to keep pace with Baltimore for the 1-seed in the AFC playoff picture. With a win, they would jump back to the 1-seed via better conference record than Baltimore. Green Bay on the other hand, is the first team out looking in at the playoff picture in the NFC. With a win, the Packers would jump ahead of Seattle (tied with a 6-6 record, but better win % in conference games) and hold the 7th seed (last playoff spot). It’s quite the game for both sides.

Matchup~

	KC off.	(rank)	vs.	GB D.	(rank)
Rush	106.5	17th		135.2	27th
Pass	258.5	7th		205.1	9th
Total	365.0	8th		340.3	18th
Pts	23.5	11th		20.4	T-10th
	KC D.			GB off.
Rush	113.4	19th		102.7	T-21st
Pass	176.6	4th		222.1	16th
Total	16.5	3rd		324.8	18th
Pts	20.2	10th		21.0	17th
T/O	KC			GB
Takeaways	14	T-20th		12	T-26th
Giveaways	19	T-23rd		12	T-6th
Diff.	(5)	T-23rd		0	16th
ToP	KC			GB
	31:25	10th		28:38	25th

These teams are fairly evenly matched when Kansas City has the ball, evidenced by the ranks of each…however, the Chiefs may be able to gouge the Packers in the run game with Isiah Pacheco, a hard, vicious, runner. It’ll be interesting to see if the Packers can keep Mahomes in check as they did in their last meeting, holding the Chiefs to just 13 points at Aarowhead in Jordan Love’s first career start.

This will be a good test for the Chiefs as well, as a foreign team coming into Lambeau for a night game is about as tough an environment as there is. Kansas City is the better team, they’re on the cusp of a dynasty, and if they earn the 1-seed, they’d be on track to host a 6th consecutive Conference Championship game.

The One Matchup That Will Dictate the Outcome

He’s been better as of late, but he’s had some awful “blocks” over the course of the season. It should come as no surprise that the improvement of his play has coincided with Jordan Love’s ascension and the team’s too. Myers will be tasked with blocking, arguably, the best defensive lineman in football; Chris Jones. He can wreck a game against good offensive lines, which Green Bay typically has…

In the aforementioned game, Jones was held to 2 tackles and 2 QB hits. That’s pretty good. Green Bay typically does a good job nullifying great defensive linemen…typically. This year they’ve neutralized Aiden Hutchinson (previous game on Thanksgiving) and Aaron Donald (Rams game), but struggled mightily against Hutchinson in Week 4’s matchup and had a real problem with Las Vegas Raiders’ DE Maxx Crosby.

Prediction

Considering I missed last week’s prediction, happily by the way, that seemed to workout…so let’s try it again.

Chiefs 31
Packers 28 (+7)

Season: 4-7
Overall: 91-59

*If Green Bay pulls off the upset, this could be a trajectory game (again), to something much bigger and brighter.*