Chiefs: What are the Chances...?

The Steelers are a ten-point favorite at Kansas City tonight—and deservedly so. Arrowhead Stadium is one of the toughest venues for a visiting team, but with Tyler Palko at QB and numerous key players lost for the season due to injury, it’s difficult to imagine the 4-6 Chiefs coming away with a win against Pittsburgh. But I wouldn’t be surprised if Kyle Orton makes an appearance in relief for Kansas City if Palko struggles, as can be expected. I’m not confident the Steelers will cover the spread, but I’m assigning Pitt a 75 percent chance of victory.

Prediction success rate in 2011? 5-2 thus far (missed a couple games); 64-28 all-time.

Vote for the Steelers over the Chiefs

Chunky Soup's Click for Cans contest is back this season, albeit with a different format than years past. This season NFL teams "play" each other head-to-head each week, with the matchups corresponding to those on the NFL schedule. The team that receives the most votes gets the "win."

Even through the Steelers have a bye this week, there's no rest for the weary Steelers fan, as Pittsburgh is matched up a fellow bye-week team, the Kansas City Chiefs. Click here to vote for the Steelers over the Chiefs.

Entering this week the Steelers are 5-0 in the standings; the Chiefs are 2-3. Next week's opponent, the Cinncinati Bengals, are an impressive 4-1 thus far.

What will Pu do?

Remember the 2006 Kansas City game when the Steelers' favorite safety had his hair grabbed and was thrown to the ground (courtesy of Larry Johnson) after an interception against the Chiefs? Next Monday, NFL owners will consider a hair length proposal to ban players from having long hair that lands outside their helmets and below their names on the back of their jerseys.

Well, in a bit of ironic turn, the long hair ban is being proposed by Kansas City. Under the terms of the proposal, players would not have to cut their hair but simply tuck their hair inside their helmets.

No word from Pu or the Steelers' organization.