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Florio’s take:  Anyone who thinks this game is meaningless doesn’t understand the depth of the rivalry between the franchises.  The Chiefs need to maintain momentum, and they’d love to atone for close loss in Oakland from earlier in the year.  The Raiders are on their way, but they’re not yet ready to win at Arrowhead.

Florio’s pick:  Chiefs 20, Raiders 13.
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Has this dumbfk ever watched a Raider-Chiefs game? Jamarcus kicked KC’s ass at Arrowhed the last two years. And Culpepper beat them there in 2007. THREE STRAIGHT FLORIO!

I think Q Groves has been a terrible addition too. He is still completely lost out there after 15 games

WLB with a grand total of 36 tackles The LB that we all thought was afraid of contact (T. Howard) had 79 tackles last year. Over 2 times as many

How about this stat for our great LB trio

McClain, Groves and Wimbley all year 1 FORCED FUMBLE & 1 PICK

Check this out: Ricky Brown and Jon Condo 3 FORCED FUMBLES and 0 Picks

How about them apples

Newton looks like the kind of pick that will either be GREAT or DISASTROUS if he goes in the first half of the first round. He won a junior-college national championship last year and is playing for the D-1 title in a week, so he must be doing something right. Reminds me a lot of Vince Young.

Gabbert is getting a lot of attention right now, but that spread offense doesn’t really show enough of what kind of downfield or intermediate passer he is, and I’d be interested to see how he handles taking snaps behind center since they don’t do that at Missouri (same questions about Newton regarding center-QB exchange).

If I was ranking them, I’d have it Luck, Mallett, Locker, Gabbert, Newton.

this one is hard to call. He has a cannon for an arm, but does have accuracy issues at times. His accuracy percentages are improved this season over last, but a lot of that has to do with Bobby Petrino’s system. Mallett is not mobile — not talking about dual-threat here, just stating that he has difficulty moving in or out of the pocket. He reportedly has a good understanding of sophisticated offenses, but he doesn’t execute that understanding consistently. He has improved from 2009 to 2010, so there was progress, but I also question his mental toughness and ability to lead a team based on his maturity level NOW. Not saying he can’t improve in that area, but it remains to be seen.

Look at how many coaching changes are gonna happen for 2011, and how many big names are likely to return, and how many recently let go HCs could be in the interview circuit…

Parcells, Cowher, Gruden, Lewis, Kubiak, Garrett, Frazier, Sparano, Coughlin, Phillips, etc. Cable is not a hot commodity in that field?