OPENING LINE: Chiefs by 9½
RECORD VS. SPREAD: Denver 2-4-1, Kansas City 7-0
SERIES RECORD: Chiefs lead 62-55
LAST MEETING: Chiefs beat Broncos 27-23, Oct. 1
LAST WEEK: Broncos beat Cardinals 45-10; Chiefs beat Bengals 45-10
AP PRO32 RANKING: Broncos No. 23, Chiefs No. 3
BRONCOS OFFENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH (8), PASS (19)
BRONCOS DEFENSE: OVERALL (22), RUSH (31), PASS (10)
CHIEFS OFFENSE: OVERALL (3), RUSH (10), PASS (5)
CHIEFS DEFENSE: OVERALL (32), RUSH (23), PASS (31)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: Broncos have lost six in a row to Chiefs. … Broncos snapped four-game skid last week at Arizona. … Denver LB Bradley Chubb leads NFL rookies with 6½ sacks. … WR Demaryius Thomas needs 14 catches to pass Shannon Sharpe (675) for second most in Broncos history. … Denver ranks second in NFL in yards per carry (5.1) behind Carolina. … Broncos RB Phillip Lindsay is third among NFL rookies with 436 yards rushing. … Chiefs OT Mitchell Schwartz has played NFL-leading 6,800 consecutive snaps. Broncos C Matt Paradis is second with 3,777. … Denver and Kansas City are tied for most defensive TDs since 2016 with 16. … Chiefs coach Andy Reid won 200th game last week vs. Cincinnati. Reid would tie Dan Reeves for eighth in NFL history with another victory. … Chiefs’ Travis Kelce is second in NFL in yards receiving among TEs (563). He has catch in 70 consecutive games. … Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes leads NFL in TD passes (22) and 25-yard-plus completions (26). He has franchise-record six consecutive 300-yard passing games. … Chiefs have league’s worst defense but surrendered only 259 yards last week vs. Bengals. … Chiefs RB Kareem Hunt is third in league in yards rushing (542). He has nine TDs this season (five rushing, four receiving). … Kansas City averaging league-leading 37.1 points. … Fantasy tip: Lindsay could have big game with Freeman banged-up and Broncos facing NFL’s 23rd-ranked run defense, even though Chiefs were stout against Joe Mixon in last week’s win over Cincinnati.
Associated Press