The Kansas City Chiefs (13-4) have tried hard to put their recent playoff history in the past going into Sunday's AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots (12-5), mainly because the results have been negative much more often than not.
But the Chiefs should consider themselves fortunate to be hosting the Patriots rather than visiting them as the No. 1 seed in the AFC, which is why they are three-point home favorites on the NFL odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com rather than three-point underdogs.
New England's road struggles this season led to a 3-5 mark both straight up and against the spread.