Just when you thought things were starting to get bad for the Denver Broncos, they have to go on the road, for a short week, to play one of the best teams in the NFL, the Kansas City Chiefs. To say this is going to be a challenge is an understatement. The Chiefs enter the game as double-digit favorites to extend their winning streak to five games.
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Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. ET Thursday night from Kansas City. The game will be broadcast on Amazon Prime.
The big takeaway from the Broncos so far is that the team is simply a mess from top-to-bottom, and for all of the big talk that came from coach Sean Payton before the season, he has only seemed to make things worse. Russell Wilson and the offense are still not on track, while the defense – which was at least somewhat respectable last season – is off to one of the worst starts in NFL history. They not only allowed 70 points to the Miami Dolphins earlier this season, they also allowed a Zach Wilson-led offense to chalk up over 400 yards this past Sunday in a humiliating defeat for Payton as he couldn’t stop Nathaniel Hackett’s offense.
That defense could be in for another long day on Thursday against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.
Kansas City’s offense hasn’t been quite as dominant this season as it was a year ago (they have been held to 28 points or less in four of their first five games), and tight end Travis Kelce is questionable with an ankle injury that he suffered in Sunday’s game against Minnesota. But Mahomes is still capable of lighting up any defense in the NFL, and that is especially true against a team as bad as Denver has been this season.
Linebacker Nick Bolton is expected to return to the lineup for Kansas City after missing three games with an ankle injury.
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