{"id":20512,"date":"2011-12-24T11:20:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T16:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20512"},"modified":"2011-12-24T11:20:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T16:20:30","slug":"tim-tebow-denver-broncos-qb-takes-on-the-buffalo-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/tim-tebow-denver-broncos-qb-takes-on-the-buffalo-bills-20512\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Tebow: Denver Broncos QB Takes on the Buffalo Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills
\nSunday, 12\/24\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow has completed less than 50 percent of his passes this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver can take another step toward clinching an AFC playoff berth when traveling to take on the Buffalo Bills inside Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, NY.\u00a0 The Broncos are coming off a 41-23 loss to the New England Patriots as seven-point home underdogs, but still control their fate in the AFC West division.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to concentrate on getting better,\u201d stated Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that quarterback Tim Tebow is 5-0 as a starter on the road this season.\u00a0 Denver is 2-1 ATS as a road favorite of three points or less the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Broncos will want to put the ball on the ground and utilize their punishing running attack that\u2019s averaging 161.3 yards per game.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s offense ranks 19th in the league in gaining 322.5 yards per game, while sitting 21st in scoring 20.9 points a contest.\u00a0 Running back Willis McGahee is listed as probable and sits just 10 yards away from his fourth 1,000-yard season.\u00a0 He will be running against a defensive unit that sits 29th in the league in playing the run.<\/p>\n

Buffalo doesn\u2019t have much to play for in dropping seven consecutive games and posting a 1-6 ATS record over that span.\u00a0 The Bills haven\u2019t been able to recover from losing star running back Fred Jackson, while starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has thrown an NFL-high 19 interceptions this year.\u00a0 \u201cYou lose this many games in a row, we all get criticism,\u201d commented Bills head coach Chan Gailey.\u00a0 Buffalo has covered four of the last five meetings in this series, picking up a 30-23 win as six-point road underdogs on Dec. 21, 2008.\u00a0 Buffalo is 2-3 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Bills made some key moves to try and improve their defense during the offseason, but the unit has actually slipped from 24th to 26th in total defense from last year to this year.\u00a0 Buffalo was primed to make a playoff run early in the year, but will fail to reach the postseason for a 12th consecutive season.\u00a0 The key to Saturday\u2019s game is making Tebow throw the football, as he\u2019s completed just 48.6 percent of his passes.\u00a0 On the offensive end, running back C.J. Spiller will look to prove productive for a second straight week, finishing with 167 yards from scrimmage in Week 15 versus the Miami Dolphins .<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bills due to the underdog being 4-1 ATS in the last five meetings, while the Broncos are 7-15 ATS in December.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills Sunday, 12\/24\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 42.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver can take another step toward clinching an AFC playoff berth when traveling to take on the Buffalo Bills inside Ralph Wilson Stadium […]<\/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":[2584,127,2830,570,3720,1125,626],"class_list":["post-20512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-west","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-c-j-spiller","tag-denver-broncos","tag-ryan-fitzpatrick","tag-tim-tebow","tag-willis-mcgahee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20512","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=20512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20513,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20512\/revisions\/20513"}],"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=20512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}