The Associated Press
NEW ENGLAND (2-1) at KANSAS CITY (1-2)
Monday, 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
OPENING LINE — Patriots by 3 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD — New England 1-2, Kansas City 2-1
SERIES RECORD — Chiefs lead 16-13-3
LAST MEETING — Patriots beat Chiefs 34-3, Nov. 21, 2011
LAST WEEK — Patriots beat Raiders 16-9; Chiefs beat Dolphins 34-15
AP PRO32 RANKING — Patriots No. 7, Chiefs No. 22
PATRIOTS OFFENSE — OVERALL (26), RUSH (22), PASS (27).
PATRIOTS DEFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH (11), PASS (1).
CHIEFS OFFENSE — OVERALL (T23), RUSH (13), PASS (25).
CHIEFS DEFENSE — OVERALL (19), RUSH (23), PASS (27).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Chiefs are 4-1 against Patriots at Arrowhead Stadium, previous meeting there in 2005. … New England has won all three meetings on Monday night. … Patriots QB Tom Brady needs 219 yards passing to become sixth in NFL history with 50,000 yards. … Brady has 42 TD passes on Monday Night Football, tied with Steve Young for third-most in NFL history. … Brady and Rob Gronkowski have connected for 44 TD passes, one behind Drew Bledsoe and Ben Coates among QB-TE tandems in NFL history. … Brady is 38-12 since 2011, second-best record among QBs with at least 20 starts. Chiefs QB Alex Smith is third at 31-10-1. … New England held Oakland to 67 yards rushing last week, Minnesota to 54 the previous week. Kansas City ran for 174 yards last week against Miami. … Patriots on pace for 43 takeaways, their most since netting 47 in 1985. … Kansas City has lost four straight home games, second only to Oakland (five). … Chiefs RB Knile Davis is third in AFC in rushing with 214 yards. He would start if Jamaal Charles (ankle) is still unable to play. … Kansas City leads AFC in third-down conversions at 47.7 percent. … Chiefs tied for fifth in NFL in red-zone touchdowns, scoring six on nine trips. … WR Dwayne Bowe needs 73 yards receiving to pass Henry Marshall (6,545) for third most in Chiefs history. … Chiefs have nine sacks, tied for fourth in NFL.
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