{"id":19372,"date":"2011-11-13T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19372"},"modified":"2011-11-13T10:22:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T15:22:08","slug":"broncos-vs-chiefs-afc-west-showdown-inside-arrowhead-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/broncos-vs-chiefs-afc-west-showdown-inside-arrowhead-stadium-19372\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos vs. Chiefs: AFC West Showdown Inside Arrowhead Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs
\nSunday, 11\/13\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas City -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas City -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow will be making his third start of the 2011 season Sunday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver is coming off an impressive 38-24 win over the Oakland Raiders as seven-point road underdogs, facing an AFC West opponent for the second consecutive week.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s crazy because if we were in the AFC North, none of this would be going on,\u201d commented Broncos running back Willis McGahee, who use to play for the Baltimore Ravens.\u00a0 The former Miami Hurricanes star runner gained 163 of the team\u2019s 299 rushing yards last week.\u00a0 Denver is 3-5 ATS on the year and the \u2018over\u2019 is 5-2 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Broncos have won two of their three games with quarterback Tim Tebow starting under center, as he finished with 124 passing yards and 118 rushing yards in last week\u2019s win.\u00a0 Some around the NFL are wondering how long he will hold up due to running a different type of option attack, getting sacked 15 times and taking punishment on his 16 runs.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s last road victory in this series came on Dec. 6, 2009, dropping a 10-6 decision in last year\u2019s meeting as a nine-point underdog.<\/p>\n

Kansas City really took a step back in dropping a 31-3 contest to the Miami Dolphins as four-point home favorites, snapping a four-game winning streak for the franchise.\u00a0 \u201cyou go out there and play your game, and sometimes that happens,\u201d commented Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel.\u00a0 Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe will need to step up if the team is going to win this game, as he caught 13 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns in the first meeting last year, but was shut out in December at Arrowhead stadium when matching up with Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey.\u00a0 Kansas is 4-9 ATS as a favorite the last two-plus seasons, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 7-6 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs will need to get after Tebow in this contest, managing to tally just nine sacks through eight games, which is the worst mark in the NFL.\u00a0 Kansas City may have an opportunity to improve upon those numbers due to Denver allowing 24 sacks this season.\u00a0 Much of the focus this week has been getting out to a lead, as the Chiefs don\u2019t want to get involved in a slugfest with an opponent that is averaging 147.5 rushing yards per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Chiefs due to their 4-1 ATS mark after a loss of more than 14 points, while the Broncos are 6-13-1 ATS in their last 20 games.<\/p>\n

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Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, 11\/13\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas City -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas City -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 42.5 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver is coming off an impressive 38-24 win over the Oakland Raiders as seven-point road underdogs, facing an AFC West […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":6379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2584,5426,570,303,541,1125],"class_list":["post-19372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-west","tag-arrowhead-stadium","tag-denver-broncos","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-matt-cassel","tag-tim-tebow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19372"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19374,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372\/revisions\/19374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}