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Denver 5-0 at San Diego 2-2
Denver +3.5 at San Diego - Denver passed the test last week against New England, after having what was considered and easy schedule to date. If you look at New England's games prior to, and after the Denver game, it seems even more impressive. Denver leads the NFL in total defense, as in #1 out of 32 teams, allowing just 252.8 YPG. They are #5 against the pass, allowing 171.8 YPG, and they are #4 against the run, allowing an average of just 81 YPG. They will be facing the #3 rated passing offense in the NFL, but they did OK against the Pats, allowing just 215 yds and a 57% completion rate to Brady. And the Broncos won't have to respect the Charger running game much, as it is ranked dead last in the NFL with an average of just 53.8 YPG, 2.7 YPC, and a longest rush of just 13 yds.
Denver has the 6th ranked rushing offense, averaging 139 YPG, which plays into the weakness of the Charger defense who rank 29th in the league, allowing an average of 151 rushing YPG. And the Bronco passing game is starting to click also, as Orton has completed 55 of 77 (71.4%) for 573 yds, 4 TD's and just 1 INT over the past 2 weeks. Over that same period, WR Brandon Marshall has caught 12 passes for 155 yds and 3 TD's.
The Bronco's should be getting RB Correll Buckhalter back for this game, which should ease the load on Knowshon Moreno.
Denver has major revenge for this game also, as the Chargers knocked them out of the playoffs in the final game of the season last year, and running up the score on them in the process, in a 52-21 blowout.
I'll take Denver, who has a better than average shot at the outright win here.
Denver +3.5 at San Diego - Denver passed the test last week against New England, after having what was considered and easy schedule to date. If you look at New England's games prior to, and after the Denver game, it seems even more impressive. Denver leads the NFL in total defense, as in #1 out of 32 teams, allowing just 252.8 YPG. They are #5 against the pass, allowing 171.8 YPG, and they are #4 against the run, allowing an average of just 81 YPG. They will be facing the #3 rated passing offense in the NFL, but they did OK against the Pats, allowing just 215 yds and a 57% completion rate to Brady. And the Broncos won't have to respect the Charger running game much, as it is ranked dead last in the NFL with an average of just 53.8 YPG, 2.7 YPC, and a longest rush of just 13 yds.
Denver has the 6th ranked rushing offense, averaging 139 YPG, which plays into the weakness of the Charger defense who rank 29th in the league, allowing an average of 151 rushing YPG. And the Bronco passing game is starting to click also, as Orton has completed 55 of 77 (71.4%) for 573 yds, 4 TD's and just 1 INT over the past 2 weeks. Over that same period, WR Brandon Marshall has caught 12 passes for 155 yds and 3 TD's.
The Bronco's should be getting RB Correll Buckhalter back for this game, which should ease the load on Knowshon Moreno.
Denver has major revenge for this game also, as the Chargers knocked them out of the playoffs in the final game of the season last year, and running up the score on them in the process, in a 52-21 blowout.
I'll take Denver, who has a better than average shot at the outright win here.
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