NFL Week 18 Chiefs vs. Chargers odds, game and player props, top sports betting promo codes

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The playoff-bound Kansas City Chiefs close out the 2023 regular season Sunday by visiting the Los Angeles Chargers. The opening kickoff from SoFi Stadium is scheduled for 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS.

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Kansas City (10-6) wrapped up its eighth-straight AFC West title in Week 17, and will be resting a number of key players, including starting QB Patrick Mahomes, with the Chiefs already locked into the AFC’s No. 3 seed.

Veteran backup QB Blaine Gabbert will get the start in L.A.

It’s been a struggle, though, over the season’s second half for the Chiefs, who have gone 4-5 since their 31-17 home win over the Chargers in Week 7.

Speaking of struggles, L.A. is bringing up the rear in the AFC West at 5-11, and will be looking for a new head coach after firing Brandon Staley on Dec. 15.

QB Easton Stick is starting his fourth straight game for the Bolts after replacing the injured Justin Herbert early in Week 14. However, he will again be without stud wide receiver Keenan Allen, who will miss a fourth straight contest with a heel injury.

Still, with the Chiefs looking ahead to next weekend’s wild-card round, the Chargers are consensus 3.5-point favorites (-190 moneyline). The game total of 35 points is one of the lowest on the Week 18 board.

With so much in flux and so many reserves in action, this isn’t a game to be betting heavily on.

However, one would think a lineup consisting primarily of backups from the defending Super Bowl champs should be able to keep it close against a short-handed and defeated 5-11 Chargers team playing out the string.

Take the Chiefs and points if you’re catching more than a field goal.

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As of Friday, player props for this game were understandably in short supply.

Check this weekend for props involving Perine, who has been signed to the Chiefs’ roster with reserve RBs Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Jerick McKinnon battling injuries and starter Isiah Pacheco likely to see to limited work if not held out entirely.

K.C.’s running backs have been heavily involved all season, accounting for 16 total TDs in as many games, and Perine should have a decent chance to find the end zone as the next RB up in Week 18.

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