Betting tips for Thursday Night Football: Chargers at Chiefs

Week 2 of the NFL season kicks off Thursday night with an AFC West clash between the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs (-4, 54.5) at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. With the season now in full swing, there are plenty of opportunities to wager on the game if you so choose. So what plays do our analysts like in a matchup of Super Bowl hopefuls?

Betting analysts Doug Kezirian, Tyler Fulghum, Joe Fortenbaugh, Anita Marks and Erin Dolan; fantasy and sports betting analysts Eric Moody and Andre Snellings; ESPN Stats & Information'sSeth Walder, ESPN analystJason Fitz and Football Outsiders'Aaron Schatz provide their top plays for Thursday's tilt.

Note: Lines from Caesars Sportsbook unless otherwise indicated.

Chargers at Chiefs (-4, 54.5)Thursday, 7:15 p.m. ET, GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City

Fortenbaugh: I'd lean to the Chargers +4, but it's not a bet I love. I think Kansas City's blowout win over Arizona last week was more indicative of how bad the Cardinals are going to be this season. In that matchup, the Chiefs were unstoppable in averaging an astounding 7.4 yards per play while converting five of eight third down opportunities and holding the ball for 34 minutes and 42 seconds. I don't see that happening on Thursday night, thus, I think it's a much tighter game.

Fulghum: I like the Chargers to win this division, so I'll take the points with LA, especially if the Chiefs catch some steam. I'll also yield to the under 54.5 despite the two QBs involved in the matchup. The Chargers defense created all kinds of havoc (six sacks, three INTs) against the Raiders while limiting Las Vegas to just 19 points. And don't sleep on the Chiefs defense, which suffocated the Cardinals until they added a couple of