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There can be no arguing how dominant the New England Patriots have been thus far in 2019 as they are halfway to a perfect regular season. The Patriots’ point differential of plus-189 is tied for the third-best in league history through a team’s first eight games of the season.
It’s the final London game of the 2019 season and a 9:30 a.m. ET start from Wembley Stadium as the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars square off in an important AFC South game. Houston begins life without three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt, who was lost to a season-ending injury in Week 8. The Texans easily swept the Jags last year, but Jacksonville is much improved under rookie quarterback Gardner Minshew II. Houston is a 2-point favorite and has won nine of the past 11 in this series.
The Green Bay Packers are 3-0 against the AFC West this season and look for the sweep when they visit the Los Angeles Chargers. It’s a matchup of likely future Hall of Fame quarterbacks in the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers (lock for Canton) and Chargers’ Philip Rivers (probably gets in). Don’t be surprised if about 75 percent of that soccer stadium the Chargers currently play in outside of Los Angeles is filled with Packers fans. Green Bay is a 4-point favorite and has won the past seven against the Chargers.
Will the Kansas City Chiefs get superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes back from injury this week against the visiting Minnesota Vikings? The Vikes opened as 3.5-point favorites but that line is going to change big time if Mahomes plays. The Chiefs have won 12 of their past 13 games that kick off at 1 p.m. ET.