Back to the KC game...
Chiefs have been exceptionally shitty in playoff games but this is a season of atonement.
Atonement trend and random bits and pieces to follow...
Home teams in the playoffs that lost straight up as a playoff favorite the previous season are 70-9 SU and 53-23-3 ATS if they make the playoffs the following season.
Tenny with a negative DVOA (#18, -5.6%), KC with a top 10 DVOA (#10, +10.5%). Big DVOA, ELO dude here. Shit is bible.
QB’s making their first start in the playoffs are just 11-27 SU and 11-26-1 ATS over the last 15 years (Mariota and a few other dudes fit the bill this weekend).
Teams making a playoff appearance in the WC Round having missed the playoffs for a period of 5 or more years are 1-7 ATS since 2002.