In an AFC West divisional match up the Denver Broncos will travel to face the Kansas City Chiefs in an NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time from Kansas City is set for 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.
The point spread opened up with the road team Denver Broncos favored by -11 ½ points with the over under lined at 44 points. Early money has shown on the home underdog as Denver is now favored by -10 points. The total has not moved off the opener of 44 points.
This will be the first of two regular season meetings between the Chiefs and Broncos. In 2011 the teams split their two meetings with each team winning and covering the point spread in their road game. Each game went under the total. NFL Trend: Denver Broncos are 3-0 to the over in their past three games.
The Broncos have won five straight games. They improve to 7-3 on the season following a 30-23 home win last week against the San Diego Chargers as a -7 point betting favorite. The total landed over 47 ½ points. They are 3-2 straight up on the road. They average 28 points per game on the road. The Broncos are second in scoring defense at 30 points a game average. Denver holds a four game lead with six to play when you count the tiebreaker over the San Diego Chargers in the AFC West division.
Denver was able to gain 386 yards offensively with 133 from their run game on 25 rushes. They had two turnovers and take three away from the Chargers. Peyton Manning hit on 25 of 42 passes for 270 yards with three touchdowns and one pick. Manning has 24 touchdowns and seven picks on the season. Denver gave up 277 yards of offense to the Chargers with 53 coming from their ground attack on 23 rushes.
The Chiefs drop to 1-9 this year after a 28-6 home defeat to the Cincinnati Bengals as a +3 point underdog. The total went under 42 points. The Chiefs gain just 284 offensive yards with 113 running on 27 rushing attempts. They enter the red zone twice and get no touchdowns. Brady Quinn hit on 9 of 14 passes for 93 yards. On the year Quinn has no touchdowns and three picks. Kansas City allowed Cincinnati 409 yards of offense with 189 on the ground on 38 attempts. They average three turnovers a game. Against the good teams on their schedule the Chiefs played it very conservative by running a lot.