The reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs kick off the 2020 NFL season against the Houston Texans on Thursday night. Kansas City is a nine-point favorite and the over-under is 54 in the latest Chiefs vs. Texans odds from William Hill. Before locking in any picks of your own, you NEED to see what SportsLine's all-time No. 1 NFL expert, Mike Tierney, has to say. 

A national sportswriter whose work appears in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered the NFL for decades and reported from seven Super Bowls. He prefers to evaluate each game from the underdog's point of view and has used that philosophy to dominate the NFL, going 66-44 against the spread in 2019 and 63-46 in 2018. 

All-time at SportsLine (2016-19), Tierney is 282-222 on all NFL picks, returning $3,704 to $100 players. He's also had a sharp eye for the tendencies of the Chiefs, posting a 12-4 record on against the spread picks for or against Kansas City. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP.

Now he's studied Chiefs vs. Texans from every possible angle. We can tell you he's leaning Under the total, and he's also found a critical X-factor that has him jumping all over one side of the spread! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before you lock in your own picks.

So who wins Chiefs vs. Texans on Thursday night? And what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Chiefs vs. Texans spread you should be all over on Thursday, all from the expert who's 12-4 on picks involving Kansas City!