Greg Cote

In my opinion

Greg Cote’s Thursday night NFL pick

 

gcote@MiamiHerald.com

CHIEFS (1-6) at CHARGERS (3-4)

Line: SD by 8 1/2.

Cote’s pick: SD 24-19.

Time/TV: 8:20 p.m., NFL Network.

The Sadness Bowl kicks off NFL Week 9 — a matchup of reeking desperation and panic. If you are not a clinically depressed fan of either team and don’t have key fantasy guys or a bet involved, you are only watching this game on a court order related to a community-service obligation. AFC West losers have dropped seven consecutive games between them, and Norv Turner and Romeo Crennel are in everybody’s first-coach-fired pool. San-D has won four in a row at home in series, and KC gives away the ball (25 turnovers) like it was Halloween candy, so here come four of the scariest words in prognosticating: I like the Chargers.

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