The tough Bucs defense will great Chiefs QB Tyler Thigpen on Sunday in Kansas City. The Bucs have dominated inexperienced quarterbacks all season

Joe knows Sunday’s game in Kansas City is truly a must-win for the Bucs. Forget about losing ground in the tight NFC South standings. If the Bucs lose this game, it would be one of the biggest upsets of the year in the NFL and reveal the Bucs as a playoff pretender.

The Chiefs stink.

Columnist Joe Posnanski of the Kansas City Star wrote an excellent analysis of the Chiefs’ collapse today. Joe recommends it highly. 

Meanwhile, the Chiefs’ most expensive player, Larry Johnson, is lost. He has been charged with assault, again, fourth incident in five years, and he’s been inactive the last two weeks, he’s staring smack into an NFL suspension (probably a pretty significant one). … it’s very clear that the Chiefs made a huge blunder giving him a big contract. A year ago, Larry Johnson was the centerpiece of the Chiefs’ future. Now, he might not even be a part of it.

Starting at QB for Kansas City is Tyler Thigpen. Think Bruce Gradkowski. (Sorry. Joe knows that’s a painful image).

Thigpen is a 2007 seventh round pick out of Coastal Carolina. He followed two truly horrendous outings with a strong performance against the Jets on Sunday,  25 of 36 for 280 yards with two TDs and a 110.9 rating.

If you’re a betting man, Joe recommends saving your money for this game.

The Bucs have beaten and covered the spread against three other – and better – inexperienced quarterbacks this season, Matt Ryan, Aaron Rodgers and Seneca Wallace.