Game Preview - Week 4: Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers

San Diego: This game matches two teams with similar situations. Both have had troubles getting their running game on track and both are sporting records of 1-2. Both have faced some talented defenses in the early going (Chicago, New England, Green Bay, Minnesota) which will cause any offense to sputter. So who gets on track this week? Go with the home team. Antonio Gates has made a career playing against Kansas City scoring 8 TDs in 6 games, averaging 14.8 fpts in the process and L.T. (currently averaging 2.3 yds per carry) should find some open lanes agains the Chiefs which allowed 100+ yards to Adrian Peterson at home just last week.

Start: RB LaDainian Tomlinson, TE Antonio Gates
Consider: QB Philip Rivers. WR Vincent Jackson, Chargers D/ST
Sit: WR Craig Davis, WR Malcom Floyd

Kansas City: The Chiefs have struggled to get Larry Johnson on track and now a mysterious hamstring injury has surfaced. Johnson missed practice Wednesday and Thursday but don't count on him missing this game and a chance to match yards and TDs with L.T. That may be hard to do considering the Chiefs rank next last in rushing offense and have yet to cross the goaline on the ground. In fact, they only have two offensive TDs this season courtesy of rookie Dwayne Bowe who is quickly becoming the number one option in the Chiefs mediocre passing game. I've heard a lot of talk this week about the Chiefs having a chance in this game… I just don't see it. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised to Brodie Croyle on the field in the second half.

Start: WR Dwayne Bowe, TE Tony Gonzalez
Consider: RB Larry Johnson QB Damon Huard, WR Samie Parker
Sit: WR Jeff Webb, K Dave Rayner

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Kansas City Chiefs
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 13	Damon Huard	Pass: 225, 2 Rush: 5, 0
RB 18	Larry Johnson	Rush: 50, 0 Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 40	Michael Bennett	Rush: 25, 0 Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 24	Dwayne Bowe	Rec: 7-90, 1
WR 65	Samie Parker	Rec: 2-30, 0
WR 74	Jeff Webb	Rec: 2-20, 0
TE 3	Tony Gonzalez	Rec: 5-60, 1

San Diego Chargers
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 24	Philip Rivers	Pass: 240, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 3	LaDainian Tomlinson	Rush: 105, 1 Rec: 3-25, 0
WR 40	Vincent Jackson	Rec: 4-55, 0
WR 67	Craig Davis	Rec: 2-30, 0
WR 78	Malcom Floyd	Rec: 1-20, 0
TE 1	Antonio Gates	Rec: 10-110, 1

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Kansas City Chiefs
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	HOU	A	L 3-20	-17
2	2007-09-16	CHI	A	L 10-20	-10
3	2007-09-23	MIN	H	W 13-10	+3
4	2007-09-30	SD	A	W 30-16	+14
5	2007-10-07	JAC	H
6	2007-10-14	CIN	H
7	2007-10-21	OAK	A
8		Bye
9	2007-11-04	GB	H
10	2007-11-11	DEN	H
11	2007-11-18	IND	A
12	2007-11-25	OAK	H
13	2007-12-02	SD	H
14	2007-12-09	DEN	A
15	2007-12-16	TEN	H
16	2007-12-23	DET	A
17	2007-12-30	NYJ	A

San Diego Chargers
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	CHI	H	W 14-3	+11
2	2007-09-16	NE	A	L 14-38	-24
3	2007-09-23	GB	A	L 24-31	-7
4	2007-09-30	KC	H	L 16-30	-14
5	2007-10-07	DEN	A
6	2007-10-14	OAK	H
7		Bye
8	2007-10-28	HOU	H
9	2007-11-04	MIN	A
10	2007-11-11	IND	H
11	2007-11-18	JAC	A
12	2007-11-25	BAL	H
13	2007-12-02	KC	A
14	2007-12-09	TEN	A
15	2007-12-16	DET	H
16	2007-12-24	DEN	H
17	2007-12-30	OAK	A

Offense Stats Comparison

	KC Offense	SD Offense	NFL Average
Points for	8.7	17.3	21.4
Rushing yards	64.0	67.3	111.8
Rushing yards per attempt	2.67	2.40	4.06
Completion %	69.2%	70.4%	62.4%
Passing yards	186.3	208.7	218.3
Passing yards per completion	8.60	9.07	10.83
Passing yards per attempt	5.95	6.39	6.76
Interceptions	1.0	1.3	1.0
Fumbles lost	1.3	0.7	0.9
Sacked	2.7	2.7	2.2

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 3 of the 2007 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Defense Stats Comparison

	KC Defense	SD Defense	NFL Average
Points against	16.7	24.0	21.4
Rushing yards	113.0	88.7	111.8
Rushing yards per attempt	3.81	3.75	4.06
Completion %	58.8%	65.7%	62.4%
Passing yards	155.7	249.3	218.3
Passing yards per completion	9.34	11.51	10.83
Passing yards per attempt	5.49	7.56	6.76
INT return	1.0	0.7	1.0
Fumble recoveries	1.0	1.3	0.9
Sacks	3.3	2.3	2.2

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Team vs. Team History

Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Diego Chargers
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	3	2000-09-17	SD	KC	10-42	KC
2000	13	2000-11-26	KC	SD	16-17	SD
2001	8	2001-11-04	KC	SD	25-20	KC
2001	15	2001-12-23	SD	KC	17-20	KC
2002	6	2002-10-13	KC	SD	34-35	SD
2002	16	2002-12-22	SD	KC	22-24	KC
2003	1	2003-09-07	SD	KC	14-27	KC
2003	13	2003-11-30	KC	SD	28-24	KC
2004	12	2004-11-28	SD	KC	34-31	SD
2004	17	2005-01-02	KC	SD	17-24	SD
2005	8	2005-10-30	KC	SD	20-28	SD
2005	16	2005-12-24	SD	KC	7-20	KC
2006	7	2006-10-22	SD	KC	27-30	KC
2006	15	2006-12-17	KC	SD	9-20	SD

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 and 2005 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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