MNF Preview: Broncos Face the Chiefs at Arrowhead

Longtime Chief, Charles, Returns to Arrowhead Since Joining Broncos

The fans at Arrowhead Stadium will the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs when they take their seats on Monday night. ESPN will have the Monday Night Football telecast as always. The game will kickoff around 8:30 pm EST.

Oddsmakers opened the Chiefs as -7-point favorites versus the Broncos, while the game's total opened at 44.5. The line is still -7, but the total has dropped to 42.

Jamaal Charles' life in football over the last two years has been a series of up-and-down emotions for the 30-year-old running back. He played 51 home games for the Chiefs at Arrowhead and rushed for 7,260 yards. The four-time Pro-Bowl running back also added 2,457 receiving and scored 63 touchdowns over nine seasons in Kansas City.

Charles tore the ACL in his right knee in October 2015. The injury cost him the most of the season. In 2016 he returned to the field, but knee inflammation limited him to only 12 carries in three games.

The Chiefs parted ways with the aging Charles in February. He signed in May with the Broncos.

Chiefs Want to Stop the Run

Kansas City was a 31-30 loser in its last match on the road against the Oakland Raiders. They failed to cover the -3-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 61 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.

The Chiefs wanted to stop the run last week against Oakland. They succeeded. The team held the Raiders to 88 yards on the ground. Oakland quarterback Derek Carr gashed Kansas City's pass defense for 417 yards though. It led his club to a 31-30 comeback victory.

The Chiefs found the successor to Charles in this year's draft with Kareem Hunt. His historic start helped smooth over the ire that was conjured up by the departure of Charles, especially to the Broncos. Hunt has emerged as a leading Rookie of the Year candidate. The Chiefs rank second in the league at 29.6 points per game.

Hunt leads the NFL with 717 rushing yards. He also has 25 catches for 285 yards with six total touchdowns. He hasn't scored in the last four games. He topped 100 yards from scrimmage in each of his first seven games. That is a league record he hopes to extend Monday night.

Broncos Offense is Struggling to find Rhythm

Denver was a 21-0 loser in its last match on the road against the Los Angeles Chargers. They failed to cover the +0-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 21 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

Charles is averaging only eight touches per game through the Broncos' first six games. More touches for Charles appears what the struggling offense needs. The Broncos seem to play their best when running the football and controlling things with the defense.

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Denver	3-3	2-3-1	18.00	19.67	-1.67	2-1-1	0-2	3-3	2-2	1-1
Kansas City	5-2	5-2	29.57	23.00	6.57	2-1	3-1	5-2	2-1	3-1

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
DEN	18.78	13.14	5.64
KC	13.27	17.23	-3.96

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
DEN	9.93	9.41	0.52
KC	11.18	13.88	-2.7

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
DEN	4.14	3.04	1.1
KC	5.16	4.71	0.45

Team Records

Denver Broncos

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	3-3	3-1	0-2	2-3-1	2-1-1	0-2	18.00	19.67	-1.67
vs Conf	2-2	2-0	0-2	1-2-1	1-0-1	0-2	14.00	19.50	-5.50
vs Div	2-1	2-0	0-1	1-1-1	1-0-1	0-1	13.33	17.33	-4.00
Last 3	1-2	1-1	0-1	1-2	1-1	0-1	8.67	18.00	-9.33

Kansas City Chiefs

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	5-2	2-1	3-1	5-2	2-1	3-1	29.57	23.00	6.57
vs Conf	3-2	0-1	3-1	3-2	0-1	3-1	30.20	24.20	6.00
vs Div	1-1	0-0	1-1	1-1	0-0	1-1	27.00	20.50	6.50
Last 3	1-2	0-1	1-1	1-2	0-1	1-1	28.33	28.00	0.33

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	18.00	24	23.00	21
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	218.50	14	254.67	24
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	90.00	22	137.33	27
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	29.57	2	19.67	9
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	238.67	14	179.50	6
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	102.67	22	77.50	3

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Denver	7-3	5-5	4-4-2	25.10	112.20	3.90	37.10	57.41	263.90	376.10	1.60
Kansas City	3-7	5-5	4-4-2	20.60	128.90	4.62	33.10	58.31	179.50	308.40	1.20

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Dec 25, 2016	DEN	KC	10-33	63	183	246	3	238	246	484	1
Nov 27, 2016	KC	DEN	30-27	83	190	273	0	124	340	464	1
Nov 15, 2015	KC	DEN	29-13	106	197	303	0	69	152	221	5
Sep 17, 2015	DEN	KC	31-24	61	238	299	1	144	170	314	5
Nov 30, 2014	DEN	KC	29-16	214	174	388	1	41	110	151	3
Sep 14, 2014	KC	DEN	17-24	133	247	380	0	88	237	325	0
Dec 1, 2013	DEN	KC	35-28	132	403	535	2	159	293	452	1
Nov 17, 2013	KC	DEN	17-27	144	200	344	1	104	323	427	1
Dec 30, 2012	KC	DEN	3-38	93	26	119	0	172	316	488	1
Nov 25, 2012	DEN	KC	17-9	95	273	368	1	148	116	264	1

NFL Betting Trends

Denver Broncos
Denver is 3-6-1 ATS in its last 10 games
Denver is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Denver is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver's last 6 games on the road
Denver is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Kansas City
Denver is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing Kansas City
Denver is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
Denver is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Kansas City

Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Kansas City is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City's last 7 games
Kansas City is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games at home
Kansas City is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Kansas City's last 15 games at home
Kansas City is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Denver
Kansas City is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing Denver
Kansas City is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Denver
Kansas City is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Denver

Team Last 5 Games

Denver Broncos

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Oct 22, 2017	LAC	0-21	L	-0/41	L/U	69	182	251	80	162	242	3	A
Oct 15, 2017	NYG	10-23	L	-13.5/37.5	L/U	46	366	412	148	118	266	3	H
Oct 1, 2017	OAK	16-10	W	-3.5/44	W/U	143	155	298	24	230	254	-1	H
Sep 24, 2017	BUF	16-26	L	-3/40	L/O	111	255	366	75	197	272	2	A
Sep 17, 2017	DAL	42-17	W	2.5/44	W/O	178	202	380	40	228	268	0	H

Kansas City Chiefs

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Oct 19, 2017	OAK	30-31	L	-3/46.5	L/O	94	331	425	88	417	505	0	A
Oct 15, 2017	PIT	13-19	L	-3.5/46.5	L/U	28	223	251	194	245	439	-1	H
Oct 8, 2017	HOU	42-34	W	-2/45	W/O	127	323	450	144	248	392	-1	A
Oct 2, 2017	WAS	29-20	W	-6.5/47.5	W/O	168	261	429	111	220	331	-1	H
Sep 24, 2017	LAC	24-10	W	-3/47	W/U	189	122	311	104	226	330	-3	A

Weather in
Kansas City - United States

 48°F

Partially cloudy
Humidity is 33%
Wind is Northwest 16 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg

Forecast for Kansas City

Next up:
Denver at Philadelphia Sunday, November 5
Kansas City at Dallas Sunday, November 5

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