NFL 2016 Game of the Week Preview, Week 12: Broncos vs Chiefs

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The Kansas City Chiefs (7-3) face the Denver Broncos (7-3) on Sunday Night Football at Mile High Stadium. This will be the 112th meeting between these two storied franchises, with the Chiefs leading the series, 57-53. However, the Broncos have won seven of the last eight meetings.

This will be the first time this season that the Chiefs and Broncos face off. They will meet again in Week 16 at Arrow Head Stadium. The Broncos and Chiefs trail the AFC West leading Oakland Raiders (8-2), which makes this a crucial game for both teams if they want to keep pace with the surging Raiders.

Keeping pace with Oakland is going to be a challenge for both the Broncos and Chiefs. Both teams have the toughest remaining strength of schedule in the AFC for the rest of this season. Their remaining opponents have a combined winning percentage of .607.

The Broncos need to open up their offense, but in order to do that, they need their defense to create more turnovers for fear their offense might do the same.

Despite the Chiefs 7-3 record, they've been slightly unimpressive. There were games where their defense shined, however, by forcing multiple turnovers and not allowing the opposing team any offensive touchdowns. The Chiefs offense and defense, though, are coming off a tough loss at home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Making this an even bigger game for Kansas City given Denver's recent dominance over them. During the past 15 seasons, the Broncos are 20-12 versus their divisional rivals, and are 12-4 in games played at Mile High.

If the Chiefs defense can't keep the Broncos out of the endzone, then their offense which is led by quarterback Alex Smith, will have to score more than the 1.8 touchdowns they average on the season.

NFL 2016 Game of the Week Preview, Week 11: Cowboys vs Ravens

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The Dallas Cowboys host the Baltimore Ravens at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX on Sunday afternoon. This is game is a matchup of #1 teams. 

The Cowboys have the #1 rushing offense led by none other than Ezekiel Elliot. The Ravens have the #1 rushing defense. One will have to give on Sunday afternoon.

Both have two great quarterbacks, as well. Dak Prescott has led the Cowboys to eight straight wins while Joe Flacco has led the Ravens to two consecutive wins.

NFL 2016 Game of the Week Preview, Week 10: Eagles vs Falcons

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A couple of weeks ago, this contest was looking a lot more appealing. Carson Wentz was looking like he had the 'Ginger Magic' and Matt Ryan had Atlanta looking like a Super Bowl contender.

The Falcons have been able to keep up their end of the bargain with an NFC South leading record of 6-3. However it looks like Wentz may be hitting the rookie wall and the Eagles have dropped four of their last five and are at the bottom of the NFC East.

All that being said when you look at the numbers this game appears to be one of the most even matched we've seen this year. Despite their struggles on offense Doug Pederson's defensive unit has remained consistent.

They rank in the top ten for both points and yards allowed. If that's not enough of a selling point according to the DVOA metric used at football-outsiders.com they have the best defense in the NFL.

The DVOA metric also has the Falcons ranked as the top offense and a lot of that has to be attributed to Matt Ryan's MVP season. As for the other side of the ball both teams are ranked #24 respectively.

The key matchup to watch is going to be If the Eagles secondary can contain Atlanta's passing attack. Ryan is leading the league in passing yard touchdowns while Julio Jones is the games top wideout.

NFL 2016 Game of the Week Preview, Week 9: Raiders vs Broncos

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The Oakland Raiders will host the Denver Broncos on Sunday night. The winner of this game will take the lead in the AFC West at 7-2. 

The Broncos are a great team once again after winning Super Bowl 50. The Raiders are exceeding expectations in 2016 and are looking like a serious contender for the Super Bowl, let alone the playoffs.

There's a lot on the line in this week's Sunday Night Football game. Hopefully, the game can live up to the hype.