Who: Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos
When: Thursday, October 17, 2019, at 7:20 PM.
Where: Empower Field at Mile High Stadium
It’s Donkey Week, baby!
Andy Reid is 22-3 in the division. All 3 of those losses
come on Thursday night football, but your BQB predicts that that streak will
end tonight.
To be totally frank, I am not a fan of Thursday night
football. I believe that football is an extremely physical sport, and playing a
game on Sunday, then another a mere 96 hours later, gives a team very little
turn around and time to rest, let alone a banged up team like the Chiefs, but
in the wise words of Mitch Holthus, “The NFL waits for no one.” And neither
does your BQB.
Chiefs:
Alright, let’s just say what we’ve all been thinking. We are
banged up - most notably on the offensive line. This is a problem when it comes
to keeping our QB upright and mobile. We have key injuries on both sides of the
ball, but thankfully we have regained the Cheetah last week. He made his
presence known almost immediately, so you can count on him prowling the
mountain tops of Denver. I don’t care what people say about the Broncos. I know
their record. I know they haven’t looked great this season. But I am here to tell
you, this is divisional football. We are playing the Broncos on their home turf
and you can count on them playing the Chiefs hard. If this game is to be won,
it will be won in the trenches, by setting up a good running game.
I’m not sure if it’s Reid’s lack of trust for his patched
together offensive line, but the running game has been almost nonexistent the
last couple of weeks and we need to get those guys going. I know everyone wants
to see Mahomes launch some missiles (I do too), but the best way to set up that
passing game, is to ground pound the rock and punch the Donkey defense in the
mouth. Then while they’re reeling, the Chiefs can throw it over their
collective Donkey heads. I want to see McCoy get involved (and hug that ball to
his chest like a new born) and see the dangerous duo of Damian and Darrel
Williams. And once that threat has been established, Mahomes, Kelce and Hill
can have some fun in the passing game. But let’s hope the Chiefs don’t sleep on
Broncos’ defensive end Von Miller or he will give them a rude awakening.
Broncos:
OK, Chiefs defense is… um… shall we say… questionable - to
put it mildly. But they will have to figure it out tonight, for the Donkeys
like to play old school football. Let’s face it, Flacco is in his twilight
years and not what he used to be as far as passing. You can look for him to be
handing the ball off a lot to his two running backs, Philip Lindsay and Royce
Freemen.
Last week, Carlos Hyde rushed for 117 yards against the
Chiefs defense, and let’s be honest, Hyde is an above average (at best) running
back, but he is no world beater. If the Chiefs can’t find a way to clog up the
run and corral Lindsay and Freeman, it will be another long night. Not to
mention if Flacco is able to get his running game going, this is almost a
triple edged sword (if there is such a thing) for the Chiefs given that they have
been gashed this season for 5.2 yards per carry on average. It wins the battle
of possession time and keeps Mahomes on the bench and it opens up the passing
game to wide outs like Emmanuel Sanders.
BQB Final Prediction:
Regardless of how the Broncos might look so far this season,
be ready for them to come out and play with their hair on fire to hand the
Chiefs another loss. But if the Chiefs’ D can hold the run at least a
little and make an aging Flacco
uncomfortable, then I believe that Mahomes and the boys should be able to make
enough offensive sparks fly to sneak out with a win.
If the Chiefs win this game, then they have 10 days before
their next game to regroup, rest and get healthy.
I predict the Chiefs squeak out a win in a tough physical
football game, and leave Denver with a final score of 24-21.
Sound off in the comments with your predictions.
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