Brad Gagnon took the Chargers +3 on the Rio de Janeiro neutral field, reminding readers the Chiefs finished 2024 among the league’s worst against the spread versus division opponents (and overall). Kansas City also enters Week 1 with eight key contributors on the injury report, while Los Angeles’ most significant loss is tackle Rashawn Slater—an absence Gagnon believes is already baked into the number. With a field-goal head start and the Chargers historically playing Patrick Mahomes close, he prefers the points.