Miami Dolphins vs. Kansas City Chiefs Prop Pick: Will Travis Kelce Take Over in AFC Wild Card Round?
The Kansas City Chiefs will host the Miami Dolphins in a rare Wild Card Round matchup for the reigning Super Bowl champs. Can Travis Kelce help the Chiefs' offense put their struggles in the past and step up on Wild Card weekend? Matt McCuen provides his top prop pick in Dolphins vs. Chiefs on Saturday night.
Matt McCuen - January 13, 2024, 1:00 PM EST
5 minMiami Dolphins vs. Kansas City Chiefs Prop Pick: Will Travis Kelce Take Over in AFC Wild Card Round?
The Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs will clash from Arrow Head Stadium on Saturday Night.
Dolphins vs. Chiefs Date, Time, and Where to Watch
- Date: January 13, 2024
- Game Time: 8:00 pm ET
- Where to Watch: Peacock
Miami Dolphins vs. Kansas City Chiefs Prediction
The weather is expected to play a significant role in this game.
The expected temperature is 0 degrees for kickoff with high winds.
You would believe that weather would greatly benefit the Chiefs as Miami, a warm-weather team, has to come into this challenging environment.
Only time will tell, but history says Miami has struggled in games with similar conditions.
Another thing that Miami is struggling with is injuries.
The Dolphins will be without multiple starting players on defense, including Jalen Phillips, Bradley Chubb, and Xavien Howard.
That is about the last thing that you want when you have to face Patrick Mahomes.
Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami offense will need to be sharp in order to pull off the upset.
The Dolphins offense ranked second in points per game (29.2).
The Dolphins will need to rely on a big game of Tyreek Hill, who racked up 1,799 yards and 13 touchdowns.
The Dolphins' defense has struggled this season, ranking 22nd and allowing opponents 23.0 ppg.
Kansas City is in familiar territory, hosting another postseason game.
The Kansas City offense has endured struggles this season as they rank first in dropped passes.
Despite the offensive struggles at times, the Chiefs remain a threat to win another Super Bowl with Mahomes at the helm.
Mahomes will need some of his skill-position players to step up in this game.
One guy that we know he will heavily rely on is Travis Kelce, who leads the Chiefs with 984 yards.
The strength of the Chiefs team this year was their defense, which ranked second in points allowed per game (17.3).
Let's dive into my prop best bet.
Miami Dolphins vs. Kansas City Chiefs Prop Pick
This number is far too low for Kelce.
Kelce remains the top target of, Mahomes, and now that it is the playoffs, this is one of the only guys that Mahomes will trust in this game.
Kelce has averaged 65.6 yards per game this season.
He will clear this number easily vs this banged-up Dolphins defense.
Pick: Travis Kelce Over 55.5 rec yards -115 Click here to see which sportsbook has the best odds
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