Everything was going so well.

A couple days ago, the crystal ball was pointing that Cliff Alexander would be committing to Illinois. And then last night, Quentin Snider decommits from Illinois and signs with Louisville. And now the experts are predicting Alexander to announce he's going to Kansas. The announcement isn't for a couple of hours, but I already know he's not coming to U of I.

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The Avs were 14-2 and the best team in the league. I didn't care that they lost to Carolina 2-1 on the road. But going to St. Louis and playing their new division rival for the first time? I wanted that one. And they give up 7 goals. As of right now, here are the 6 teams with the best records in the leauge, calculated by points percentage: (Central Division in Bold)

1. Blues
2. Blackhawks
3. Avs
4. Sharks
5. Ducks
6. Coyotes

Well then. So the top 3 teams in the Central are the top 3 teams in the league. Followed by three teams from the other division in the West. The Avs are still in fine shape, but they play Chicago and St. Louis, both at home, in their next 5 games. Those are big games.

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And then we get to the team with the best record in the NFL. You know, the big underdog on Sunday. Somehow, the Broncos were only favored by 7 against San Diego, but are getting 8 or 9 against Kansas City.

If the Chiefs win, I bet it's by 7 or less.
If the Broncos win, I bet it's by 10+. 21 wouldn't surprise me.

The Chiefs have 7 games left. The goal is to win the division.

Losing both Broncos games would put them one back in the standings and needing to finish one better. Meaning it would be very unlikely.

Winning both would put them three ahead in the standings, with the Broncos needing to finish one better.

Splitting? Then the tiebreaker becomes murky (division record, then common games, then conference games) and the Chiefs would hold just a small one-game lead. Basically, still up for grabs.

So yeah, this game is important. And no matter what, the game on December 1 will be even more important.

The Chiefs don't need to win this one to win the division. But it would sure help.