The Best Broncos Coverage: Denver vs. Kansas City – Week 17
Dec 29, 2017, 12:13 PM
The Denver Broncos will turn to second-year quarterback Paxton Lynch on Sunday as the club wraps up its 2017 campaign at home against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Week 17 – Broncos vs. Chiefs
• When: Sunday, Dec. 31
• Kickoff: 2:25 p.m. MST
• Where: Sports Authority Field at Mile High
• Records: Denver (5-10) / Kansas City (9-6)
• Fan Pregame: 7:30 a.m. with Mike Pritchard, 10 a.m. with Cecil Lammey live from Mile High Station, and noon with DMac and Mike Evans live from Mile High Station.
• Fan Postgame: At the two-minute warning with Sandy Clough
• Television: CBS
Game notes
• The Broncos come into Sunday’s game with a 35-22 record all-time against the Chiefs in Denver, though they trail in the overall matchup 54-60.
• With a win, Denver will own a .500 record in division for the 20th time in the past 22 seasons (37-of-48 all-time).
• Broncos owner Pat Bowlen can pass former Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis for fifth-most regular season wins and all-time victories with a Denver win over Kansas City.
• Running back C.J. Anderson needs 54 yards to surpass the 1,000-yard mark in a single season for the first time in his career. He’d be the first Broncos player to do so since Knowshon Moreno (1,038) in 2013.
• With 2.5 sacks, Von Miller would move into the NFL’s top 50 all-time.
• Chiefs rookie Patrick Mahomes will make his regular season debut at quarterback.
• The Broncos defense has surrendered 950 receiving yards to tight ends in 2017, the most in the NFL, while Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has the second-most receiving yards (1,038) at the position this season.
• Denver’s defense has surrendered the least amount of yards from scrimmage per game (294.7) in the NFL heading into Sunday’s game.