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Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos Odds & Betting Line

Written by Steve Janus

Close to winning the AFC West, the Denver Broncos welcome the Kansas City Chiefs to Denver this Sunday. The Chiefs are at just 2-10 on the season, but have shown improvement, particularly last week on the road in Oakland. The 7-5 Broncos are fresh off of a big upset over the New York Jets just one week removed from losing to that same Oakland Raider team. The Broncos have been inconsistent, but mostly good, which is better than the Chiefs can say, as they’ve been consistently bad for most of the season. The Broncos are 8.5 point favorites over the Chiefs with the total set at 48.5 points.

On offense the Chiefs haven’t done much right. They are scoring only 18 points per game and gaining merely 308 yards per contest. The running game has been alright, averaging 118 yards per game on 4.9 yards per carry, but because KC is playing from behind so often, they Chiefs don’t get much of a chance to use their running game. The passing game has been pretty dismal. The Chiefs are only throwing for 5.6 yards per pass and only accumulating 190 passing yards per game. They’ll need a lot more than that to keep up with the Broncos this week.

Defensively, the Chiefs have some of the ugliest numbers in the NFL. They give up 28 points per game and nearly 400 yards of total offense. They are surrendering 164 rushing yards per contest and just over 230 passing yards per game. This week they’ll face a Denver team that has been pretty successful, so their defense will have to have one of their best games of the year to keep this one close. The Chiefs are 8.5 point underdogs on Sunday.

The Broncos are racking up just over 390 yards per game and scoring a hefty 24 points per game. With nobody really stepping in at running back for Denver this year, they’ve relied heavily on the passing game, which turns out 280 of their 391 yards per game. Jay Cutler has really started to come into his own and is leading this team while they are still searching for some kind of running game.

The Denver defense has been really hurting the team this year. They are giving up 26.6 points per game and over 380 yards of total offense. Their rush defense has been a bit embarrassing surrendering 144 yards per game on 4.9 yards per carry while the secondary is holding opposing QBs to 237 yards per game. If there’s one thing the Broncos can’t afford to finish out the season (and in the playoffs), it is to let their defense keep letting teams run wild. This week will be a good challenge against a weak Kansas City offense. If they can shut them down, they are taking steps in the right direction. The Broncos are favored by 8.5 this week in Denver.

The Broncos look well on their way to clinching the division, but the Chiefs are still fighting for a few more wins. Denver can’t look past the Kansas City the way they did with Oakland two weeks ago, they’ll still need to play defense and find some way to move the ball on the ground.

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