The Kansas City Chiefs are seeking their first 3-0 start since 2020 and sixth under head coach Andy Reid when they battle the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday Night Football. Kansas City moved to 2-0 with a 26-25 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, while Atlanta defeated Philadelphia 22-21 on Monday night. The Chiefs, who were 2-3 at night in 2023, were 3-0 indoors. The Falcons (1-1), who did not play a primetime game last season, were 5-6 indoors a year ago.

Kickoff from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta is set for 8:20 p.m. ET. Kansas City is a 3-point favorite in the latest Chiefs vs. Falcons odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 46.5. The Chiefs are -165 money-line favorites (risk $181 to win $100), while the Falcons are +139 underdogs.

Before making any Chiefs vs. Falcons picks or predictions of your own, you NEED to see which side SportsLine NFL expert Larry Hartstein is on. 

A former lead writer for Covers and The Linemakers, Hartstein combines a vast network of Vegas sources with an analytical approach he honed working for Pro Football Focus. He tied for 52nd place (out of 1,598 entries) in the 2022 Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest, going 53-34-3 ATS. Hartstein's weekly Vegas contest selections form the basis of his NFL best bets column, which is 79-48-2 (62.2%, +25.95 units) since its inception in 2022. He's also an INCREDIBLE 49-23-2 (+2155) on his last 74 ATS picks involving the Falcons! Anyone who has followed him is WAY up!

Now, Hartstein has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Chiefs vs. Falcons.

We can tell you he's leaning Over the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

So who wins Chiefs vs. Falcons, and what x-factor makes one side a must back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see these picks from Larry Hartstein, who is an INCREDIBLE 49-23 on picks involving the Falcons!