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Originally Posted by ReLion
Defense is much better than its record last year would indicate. Over the last 10 games points against went down to 21 per. Lots of players got healthy and rookies stepped up. This off-season the entire secondary save one safety was upgraded, and that was the weakness. And the one safety retained was a rookie last year, and was super good. D line is loaded with pass rushers. LB corps is stacked. Biggest question mark is DT and run defense.
They won't be a top 5 unit, but I expect top 12-15. Which is good enough if the offense can repeat its top 5 performance. I expect some regression there, but the team is built to compete with anyone. The Champs in Arrowhead is a tall task. KC should rightly be favored, but the game will be competitive. Throw in typical early season variance and I wouldn't be shocked to see an upset.
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While an upset is possible, so is a blowout win for KC. The Lions are up and coming, but as teams keep finding out KC is much better than they realized. They have hosted five straight AFCCGs (a record), been to three out of the last four SBs with a 2-1 record in them and were an offsides and poor half by the offense from being in five straight SBs. This is all while playing in the significantly more difficult AFC. No matter how much people predict the demise of KC, they continue to be the gold standard in the NFL.