No. 2 – Kansas City Chiefs at Baltimore Ravens (Dec. 20)
No team in the NFL, save for perhaps the Carolina Panthers, is hotter than the Chiefs right now. After starting the season 1-5, they’ve rattled off seven straight wins, most with Jamaal Charles sidelined with a knee injury that will keep him out for the entire season. How are they doing it? By playing safe, mistake-free football, which is Alex Smith’s speciality, and relying on their defense, which features a great pass rush and a dominant front seven. It’s unlikely that the streak will end in Baltimore, given that the Ravens have endured a hard-luck season for the ages and have moved on to quarterbacks that they’re picking up off the street, but crazy things happen. Remember, the Chargers were one yard away from forcing OT on Sunday.
What This Would Help: A Chiefs loss would give the Broncos the AFC West title, which would remove a lot of pressure in the last two weeks of the season.
