Game Preview - Week 10: Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City: The Chiefs are coming off a disappointing loss at home to Green Bay but due to the mediocrity in the division; still find themselves in first place, tied with the San Diego Chargers. On paper this looks like an easy win for the Chiefs as the Broncos will play with a banged up quarterback and can't seem to stop the run to save their lives. Problem is, the Chiefs offensive line and running game is subpar and now Larry Johnson is sidelined with in the words of Herman Edwards… "a swoll foot." Whatever that is, it means Priest Holmes and rookie Kolby Smith will handle the rushing duties and a banged up Damon Huard will try to throw Tony Gonzalez and …. Tony Gonzalez. Gonzalez leads the team with 615 yards and 4 TDs and represents the lone threat in the passing game. Dwayne Bowe is expected to play despite a hamstring injury suffered last week and Eddie Kennision is expected back in the starting lineup after missing most of the season with a hamstring injury of his own. All this leads to a difficult game to call but I'll give the nod to the home team and hope for the best.

Start: TE Tony Gonzalez
Consider: QB Damon Huard, RB Priest Holmes
Sit: WR Dwayne Bowe, RB Larry Johnson, WR Jeff Webb, K Dave Rayner, WR Samie Parker

Denver: The Broncos are stumbling after an embarrassing 44-7 loss in Detroit last week in which Jay Cutler was carted off after taking a helmet to his lower leg. HC Mike Shanahan said following Wednesday's practice that if Cutler didn't suffer "a setback, he should be ready to go. I'm not sure how much it hurt, but he was productive out there and took his normal reps, maybe a little less, but it was a good sign." Travis Henry sat out the fourth quarter in Detroit with his knee injury and missed practice Wednesday but is expected to start. But it doesn't really matter. Granter, the Chiefs are no great shakes, but the Broncos are even worse and note the home team has won nine straight regular-season games between these two… advantage KC.

Start: N/A
Consider: RB Travis Henry, WR Brandon Marshall, WR Brandon Stokley, K Jason Elam
Sit: QB Jay Cutler, TE Tony Scheffler, WR Javon Walker, TE Daniel Graham

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Denver Broncos
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 19	Jay Cutler	Pass: 180, 1 Rush: 5, 0
RB 26	Selvin Young	Rush: 65, 0 Rec: 0-25, 0
RB 31	Travis Henry	Rush: 35, 0 Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 19	Brandon Stokley	Rec: 5-55, 0
WR 21	Brandon Marshall	Rec: 4-50, 0
WR 78	Glenn Martinez	Rec: 1-10, 0
TE 16	Tony Scheffler	Rec: 2-20, 0
TE 23	Daniel Graham	Rec: 2-20, 0

Kansas City Chiefs
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 17	Damon Huard	Pass: 215, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 20	Priest Holmes	Rush: 55, 1 Rec: 3-25, 0
RB 36	Kolby Smith	Rush: 25, 0 Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 30	Dwayne Bowe	Rec: 5-65, 0
WR 43	Samie Parker	Rec: 3-45, 0
TE 4	Tony Gonzalez	Rec: 5-65, 1

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Denver Broncos
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	BUF	A	W 15-14	+1
2	2007-09-16	OAK	H	W 23-20	+3
3	2007-09-23	JAC	H	L 14-23	-9
4	2007-09-30	IND	A	L 20-38	-18
5	2007-10-07	SD	H	L 3-41	-38
6		Bye
7	2007-10-21	PIT	H	W 31-28	+3
8	2007-10-29	GB	H	L 13-19	-6
9	2007-11-04	DET	A	L 7-44	-37
10	2007-11-11	KC	A	W 27-11	+16
11	2007-11-19	TEN	H
12	2007-11-25	CHI	A
13	2007-12-02	OAK	A
14	2007-12-09	KC	H
15	2007-12-13	HOU	A
16	2007-12-24	SD	A
17	2007-12-30	MIN	H

Kansas City Chiefs
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	HOU	A	L 3-20	-17
2	2007-09-16	CHI	A	L 10-20	-10
3	2007-09-23	MIN	H	W 13-10	+3
4	2007-09-30	SD	A	W 30-16	+14
5	2007-10-07	JAC	H	L 7-17	-10
6	2007-10-14	CIN	H	W 27-20	+7
7	2007-10-21	OAK	A	W 12-10	+2
8		Bye
9	2007-11-04	GB	H	L 22-33	-11
10	2007-11-11	DEN	H	L 11-27	-16
11	2007-11-18	IND	A
12	2007-11-25	OAK	H
13	2007-12-02	SD	H
14	2007-12-09	DEN	A
15	2007-12-16	TEN	H
16	2007-12-23	DET	A
17	2007-12-30	NYJ	A

Offense Stats Comparison

	DEN Offense	KC Offense	NFL Average
Points for	13.3	20.3	21.3
Rushing yards	83.3	102.7	112.7
Rushing yards per attempt	4.33	3.52	4.11
Completion %	65.3%	59.6%	61.2%
Passing yards	234.0	222.3	214.0
Passing yards per completion	9.81	10.74	10.54
Passing yards per attempt	6.41	6.40	6.46
Interceptions	1.0	1.3	1.1
Fumbles lost	1.3	0.0	0.7
Sacked	2.0	3.3	2.0

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 4 to 9 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 4 to 9 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	DEN Defense	KC Defense	NFL Average
Points against	35.7	17.7	21.3
Rushing yards	154.3	96.3	112.7
Rushing yards per attempt	5.09	3.91	4.11
Completion %	68.1%	62.3%	61.2%
Passing yards	258.7	236.3	214.0
Passing yards per completion	13.77	11.59	10.54
Passing yards per attempt	9.38	7.22	6.46
INT return	0.0	1.7	1.1
Fumble recoveries	0.3	0.7	0.7
Sacks	0.7	2.3	2.0

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Team vs. Team History

Denver Broncos vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	4	2000-09-24	KC	DEN	23-22	KC
2000	16	2000-12-17	DEN	KC	7-20	KC
2001	4	2001-10-07	KC	DEN	6-20	DEN
2001	14	2001-12-16	DEN	KC	23-26	KC
2002	7	2002-10-20	DEN	KC	37-34	DEN
2002	15	2002-12-15	KC	DEN	24-31	DEN
2003	5	2003-10-05	DEN	KC	23-24	KC
2003	14	2003-12-07	KC	DEN	27-45	DEN
2004	1	2004-09-12	KC	DEN	24-34	DEN
2004	15	2004-12-18	DEN	KC	17-45	KC
2005	3	2005-09-26	KC	DEN	10-30	DEN
2005	13	2005-12-04	DEN	KC	27-31	KC
2006	2	2006-09-17	KC	DEN	6-9	DEN
2006	12	2006-11-23	DEN	KC	10-19	KC

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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