San Diego Chargers (5-8) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (2-11) NFL Picks: Mathematically, the San Diego Chargers still have a chance to make it to the postseason, but they are going to need some serious help, trailing the AFC West leading (8-5) Denver Broncos by 3 games with 3 to play. For the Kansas City Chiefs, their season has been all but over for some time now, as they look to continue rebuilding for the future with an NFL Draft pick. On Sunday afternoon beginning at 1:05 PM ET (10:05 AM PT) on CBS, these AFC West rivals will meet for the final time in the regular season.
According to odds makers at SportsBook.com, the San Diego Chargers [-6] are Sports Odds favorites to defeat the hosting Kansas City Chiefs [+6] by a pair of field goals. 
San Diego needs to win its last three games and have Denver lose its final three to make the playoffs. A division title is the Chargers' only way in, and on the regular season finale December 28th the Bolts host the Broncos. The OVER/UNDER for this San Diego Chargers vs. Kansas City Chiefs NFL Picks has been set at a combined total of 45 points.
"We've got to win first and foremost," San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers (242-379, 3169 yards, 26 TDs) said. "We can control us and only us. However it plays out, we're going to play hard all the way to the end. We're fighting to hopefully finish at .500 and never know if we'll play more after that or not. We're going to keep fighting."
Record-wise, Kansas City is one of the league's worst teams, however its defense has been excellent at creating turnovers. Last week at Denver, the Chiefs intercepted quarterback, Jay Cutler (489-305, 3679 yards, 23 TDs), for the only takeaway of the game. On Week 10 against these same Chargers, Kansas City also won the turnover battle 2-0, picking off two of Rivers' passes.
"We went into this season with one thing in mind: We were going to play a bunch of our young guys and draft choices and rebuild our football program," Chiefs coach Herm Edwards said. "I think with that we expected to be a little bit better than where we are right now. But what we also understood was that we wanted to continue to improve and we've done that. I think we've done that in the last five or six weeks."
