The Kansas City Chiefs (14-2) are double-digit favorites against the Cleveland Browns (11-5) at Arrowhead Stadium in the AFC’s divisional round of the playoffs.

• Spread Of Patriots Chiefs Game Last Night

Betting lines from BetMGM for the divisional round have been revealed and the Chiefs are 10-point favorites over the Browns. Kansas City, of course, is the AFC’s No. 1 seed, while Cleveland is the No. 6 seed. That likely plays a role in why K.C. is favored so heavily right out of the gate.

The current money line is at -500 for Chiefs and +300 for the Browns. The over/under point total is set at 55.5 points. Kansas City has an implied win probability of 83.3% in this matchup.

It’s hard to imagine that Kansas City is double-digit favorites over a team that jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the first quarter against their last opponent. The Chiefs scored their lowest point total of the season in the last game that their starters played back in Week 16.

Spread: Chiefs -11.5. Hoyer has never started a game for the Patriots, although he was used early in his career back when the Patriots defense was putting games away in the first half. Should the Patriots lose one more game, the best the odds become as a 9-7 team (minus other results) is just under 50 percent. Two losses (or anything beyond) all but mathematically eliminates New.

These two teams didn’t play each other during the regular season and haven’t played since 2018. There’s a lack of familiarity going both ways, which should make for an interesting week of preparation for both teams.

This actually will mark the first time the two teams have ever met in the postseason. Part of that has to do with the playoff drought for Cleveland. The last time the Browns made it to the postseason was back in 2002 and they saw an exit in the wild-card round. You have to go back to 1994 to find the last time Cleveland played in the divisional round. That lack of postseason experience could really hurt them when they play the reigning Super Bowl champions on Sunday.

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Spread Of Patriots Chiefs Game Last Night

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