Chiefs to wear road whites with red helmets at Atlanta as Falcons go red and black

The Kansas City Chiefs will wear their road whites at Atlanta on Sunday. ESPN's Week 10 uniform roundup lists Kansas City in red helmets and white jerseys. The team had not yet named its pants color when the list was published. The Falcons will be in their home reds, with black helmets and black pants, so the game will have a plain red-against-white look.

The Chiefs aren't wearing anything special this week. ESPN's roundup led with two alternate looks elsewhere. Tennessee debuts its blue "Music City" Rivalries uniform against Jacksonville, and Baltimore introduces an all-black set with a new matte helmet for Monday night against the Chargers. Kansas City's uniform choice is routine. The more notable change is on the roster. Chiefs Wire, via Yahoo Sports, reports that Sunday should be fans' first look at wide receiver Josh Downs, whom Kansas City acquired from Indianapolis in a deadline deal. Kickoff is noon Central on CBS.

What it means for Sunday in Atlanta

Kansas City arrives at 6-2 after beating the New York Jets 35-12, its most lopsided win of the season. Away from Arrowhead, the record is mixed. The Chiefs are 4-0 at home but 2-2 on the road. They won at Miami (24-10) and Las Vegas (30-27) and lost at Seattle (20-3) and Denver (28-24). Through eight games they have scored 202 points and allowed 143, an average of about 25 scored and 18 allowed. That is a margin of plus-59. The Seattle loss was their worst offensive game of the year. A second receiver who can get open quickly could help most in road games, where the offense has been less consistent.

On this site's board, the Chiefs-Falcons market draws prices from 12 venues. Kansas City is favored at -167 on the moneyline at Novig, which has Atlanta at +163. The spread is close to the key number of three. Novig has the Chiefs at -3.5 with a price of +117, while the best Kansas City spread anywhere is -3 at -111 on Pinnacle. Novig sets the total at 47.5, priced at -100 on the over and -102 on the under. BetRivers is a point lower at 46.5. Across the sportsbooks, the hold runs from 2.9% to 4.5% on the moneyline and from 3.1% to 4.8% on the spread. The venues agree on the outcome and differ only by about half a point on the line and the total.

The Cardinals visit Arrowhead the following week. That game has a much wider gap. Kansas City is favored by 14 at DraftKings and at -1076 on the Novig moneyline. Arizona's best moneyline price is +750 at bet365, compared with +567 on Novig. Atlanta comes first, though, and the Chiefs have dropped two of their last four road games.