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L.A. Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs staff picks, predictions for ‘Thursday Night Football’

Week 2 kicks off the first of 15 “Thursday Night Football” games that will be shown exclusively on Amazon Prime—save the Thanksgiving Day lineup. They open up their coverage with the Los Angeles Chargers (+4)

traveling to the midwest to take on the Kansas City Chiefs (-4). Both AFC West teams won their opening game and will be looking to jump out to an early divisional lead.

This game features two of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL: Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Chargers Justin Herbert. This game is expected to be explosive, and after seeing each quarterback's Week 1 numbers—Mahomes threw for 360 yards passing and five touchdowns, while Herbert went for 279 passing yards and three touchdowns—, those expectations will likely be realized.