NFL Thursday Night Football action is back on Thursday with Kansas City Chiefs clash Baltimore Ravens at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO. Lamar Jackson won his second NFL MVP award last season, leading the league in yards rushing for a quarterback with 821 while finishing fourth in passer rating (102.7) and yards per attempt (8.0). But the numbers that matter most are 1-4, which is Jackson’s record in head-to-head matchups with Chiefs counterpart Patrick Mahomes.
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How to watch and odds
Date: Thursday, September 5 | Time: 2:45 p.m. ET
Location: GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Live stream: Fubo (Try for free)
Odds: Kansas City Chiefs -200; Draw +320; Baltimore Ravens +480
Chiefs player to watch
TE Travis Kelce will turn 35 next month, an age at which most players at his position have long hit retirement. There were moments last season in which Kelce appeared to be slowing down a bit, but he still finished with 93 catches for 984 yards and five touchdowns in 15 regular-season games.
Key matchup
Mahomes against the Ravens defense. The reigning Super Bowl MVP threw for 241 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions in a 17-10 victory over the Ravens in the AFC championship game. Baltimore ranked sixth in the NFL against the pass last season and led the league in scoring defense, allowing just 16.5 points per game.
Key injuries
Ravens C Tyler Linderbaum (neck) did not appear on the injury report after missing time last week and is expected to play. ... Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown will not play after dislocating the sternoclavicular joint in his shoulder in their preseason opener against Jacksonville. RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire was put on the non-football illness list this week and will miss the first four games.
Series notes
The Chiefs have won five of the past six games in the series, including the AFC title game in January. Three of those wins have come in Baltimore. The most recent time the Ravens beat the Chiefs in Kansas City was Oct. 7, 2012.
Stats and stuff
Jackson and Mahomes are both two-time NFL MVPs, making this the first time in history that players with multiple MVP awards meet in Week 1. ...
Ravens coach John Harbaugh is 12-4 in season openers. ... TE Mark Andrews needs one TD catch to tie Todd Heap (41) for the most in Ravens history. He needs 143 yards receiving to reach 5,000 for his career. ...
WR Zay Flowers has 858 yards receiving in 16 games. He needs 142 in his next two games to become the fastest player in Ravens history to 1,000. ...
Jackson has 5,258 yards rushing. He needs 50 to pass Russell Wilson for third most by a QB in NFL history. Michael Vick leads with 6,109 yards. ...
Ravens K Justin Tucker needs to make five more FGs to become the first kicker with 400 in his career. He scored a franchise-record 147 points last season. ...
Fantasy tip
While the Chiefs quietly had one of the NFL’s best defenses last season, they were susceptible to giving up yardage on the ground. That bodes well for Jackson, whose ability to scramble for yards and touchdowns makes him the No. 1 quarterback in fantasy, and newcomer Derrick Henry, who will try to prove that a 30-year-old running back can still carry the load for a run-heavy offense after eight seasons in Tennessee.
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