Ed Easton’s pick: Chiefs win 35-21

Season record: 8-2

Twitter: @EdEastonJr

This week’s matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers will see the Chiefs in a must-win scenario in regards to possible playoff hopes. The Mexico City crowd will be ready for a show from a healthy Patrick Mahomes taking full advantage of the thin air.

The Chiefs offense will be effective this week with help from a motivated defense. The run defense will return with a vengeance stalling the many halfbacks in the game. Phillip Rivers will force more check-downs due to the severe pass rush all night. A much-needed victory for the Chiefs as they head into the bye week.

Mitch Carney’s pick: Chiefs win 34-24

Season record: 7-3

Twitter: @MitchMitchcar11

This is a must-win for the Chiefs if they want to not only be in a good position for the playoffs but win their division. The Raiders are trailing Kansas City by a half-game and if the Chiefs suffer their fifth loss of the season it hurts their chances of winning the division. Luckily, Andy Reid has owned the AFC West, and especially the Chargers, since becoming the head coach of Kansas City. I believe he will be able to get the job done along with Patrick Mahomes having another full week back plus a couple of returning offensive lineman.

I really don’t know what to expect on the defensive side of the ball as they have been up and down all season. I expect the Chargers to run the ball often since the Titans were successful last week putting up nearly 225 yards on the ground. I think the Chiefs will tighten things up and hold the Chargers to only 24 points. They are tired of being called soft and in a divisional game during primetime, I believe they will have their best game yet.

Max Ramsey’s pick: Chiefs win 31-21

Season record: 6-3

Twitter: @The_Wild_Chief

The Chiefs are coming off an ugly loss against the Titans last week in which they allowed a come from behind victory for Tennessee. While there were lots of costly mistakes made in that game, the Chiefs managed to outplay the Titans in the box score including dominating the time of possession. Heading to Mexico City to play the Chargers this week should give the team a familiar opponent that they have had no problems beating in the past. If they can limit their mistakes and not overthink things it should allow them to right the ship and get back on track.

The Chargers have not had a great season thus far and are likely looking at this game as their chance to reignite their playoff aspirations with a win. Kansas City knows this and knows that they have allowed the division race for the underwhelming AFC West to get too close and needs to get a win here to stay above the rest. I think the Chiefs get back to the defensive game plans we saw against the Packers and Vikings and starts to look like a contender again.