Jaguars with new offensive coordinator, Chiefs with new QB
JACKSONVILLE (2-5) at KANSAS CITY (5-2)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE - Chiefs by 8
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Jacksonville 2-5, Kansas City 3-4
SERIES RECORD - Jaguars lead 6-4
LAST MEETING - Chiefs beat Jaguars 28-2, Sept. 8, 2013
LAST WEEK - Jaguars lost to Titans 36-22; Chiefs beat Colts 30-14
AP PRO32 RANKING - Jaguars No. 30, Chiefs No. 4
JAGUARS OFFENSE - OVERALL (26), RUSH (30), PASS (15)
JAGUARS DEFENSE - OVERALL (13), RUSH (27), PASS (8)
CHIEFS OFFENSE - OVERALL (14), RUSH (18), PASS (17)
CHIEFS DEFENSE - OVERALL (15), RUSH (19), PASS (14)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Chiefs have won last two meetings. ... Will be first game for QB coach Nathaniel Hackett as Jaguars offensive coordinator. He replaced fired Greg Olson last week. ... Jaguars WRs Allen Hurns (14.7) and Allen Robinson (14.5) are first and second in franchise history in yards per reception. Hurns has caught pass in every game he's played (38). ... Jaguars LB Telvin Smith had 15 tackles last week vs. Titans. ... QB Blake Bortles passed Byron Leftwich for third on Jacksonville career passing chart with 9,240 yards. ... Bortles has three 300-yard passing games this season. He threw for 337 yards last week at Tennessee. ... LB Paul Posluszny needs nine tackles to pass Donovin Darius (858) for second in Jaguars history. Daryl Smith had 1,089 from 2004-12. ... QB Nick Foles will start for Chiefs after Alex Smith was ruled out with head injury. ... Chiefs coach Andy Reid has 177 wins, one behind Mike Shanahan for 12th in NFL history. ... Chiefs had six sacks last week against Indianapolis. LB Dee Ford had 3 1/2 ... Chiefs TE Travis Kelce is coming off third career 100-yard receiving effort. ... Kansas City has 48 points off 16 takeaways, fourth most in NFL this season. ... Chiefs have second-fewest penalties in NFL (39) behind only San Francisco. ... Fantasy Tip: Chiefs RB Charcandrick West should get bulk of snaps vs. poor Jacksonville run defense. Spencer Ware sustained concussion last week in Indianapolis and Jamaal Charles went on IR with more knee trouble. Chiefs signed RB Bishop Sankey for depth.
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