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NFL Network analytics expert: Chiefs are the ‘AFC’s biggest boom-or-bust team’

The performance of the Chiefs defense in the preseason didn’t do much to allay the fear of fans heading into Sunday’s 2018 opener against the Chargers.

While it appears that quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the offense will be potent this season, the defense is a question mark. Will the Chiefs be able to defend their AFC West crown? Or will the Chargers win the division, as many preseason prognosticators seem to think?

In previewing the AFC, Cynthia Frelund, an analytics expert for the NFL Network, called the Chiefs the league’s “biggest boom-or-bust team.