The Denver Broncos have, as far as American football betting goes, hit rock bottom, and things are going to get worse before they get better. Their rivals du jour, the New England Patriots, are so confident that they signed Brian Hoyer of all people to backup Tom Brady. Or maybe, given how particular TB12 is about what he eats, and Hoyer’s Ratatouille-like skills, they brought him to be his personal cook. Eh, still beats Colin Kaepernick. “[We’re] just not good right now,” cornerback Chris Harris said. “Just gotta look at yourself in the mirror to see what you can do to get better.” Then he presumably broke into a rousing rendition of Man in the Mirror.
- Date: Sunday, 12th November
- Time: 8:35 PM
- Venue: Sports Authority Field at Mile High
- Sportsbook NFL odds:
Patriots -7 (-119) 46 (-110)
Broncos +7 (-101) 46 (-110)
The Broncos have 99 problems and a coach is one
This has been a season of lows for the Broncos, and when once they “always found a way to win,” as defensive end Derek Wolfe said, now they keep finding new nadirs. Just two weeks removed from their first shutout loss since 1992 they suffered their worst loss since a 45-10 beatdown courtesy of the Lions in 2011 and allowed their most points since conceding the Raiders 59 in 2010.
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We’re talking of course, of Sunday’s 51-23 carnage inflicted upon them by Super Bowl contenders the Eagles. “I’m the head coach here, so it starts with me. I’ve got to fix this,” head coach Vance Joseph said. At least now we know what the solution to the Broncos’ woes isn’t though and they know it too; if Denver is reportedly sticking with Brock Osweiler under center it is more due to a lack of alternatives than it is a result of his performance on Sunday, which included two picks and a 53.4 QB rating. The Broncos have lost four straight games, both outright and against the American football betting spread since returning from their bye week, and the seven-point spread for week 10 is more a result of the Patriots’ offensive struggles than a testament to Denver’s once vaunted defense…
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… and yet the Pats are supposedly the biggest road dogs to visit Denver in 30 years. “The ’87 Rams lost 30-14 in Denver after opening as 11-point favorites”, or at least that’s what CBS Boston says, but perhaps we should take that with a grain of salt, what with the Broncos and Rams not actually playing each other in the year of our lord 1987, but then the media is full of attention-seekers trying to stir the pot, such as NBC’s Ryan Burr, who tweeted that the relationship between QB Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick was “not great.” To which Brady totally, mind you, gave the lie. That’s what happens when you get your football ‘scoops’ from a guy who covers golf. The Pats are 4-0 SU and 3-1 ATS since their week 4 loss to the Panthers, and the American football betting total has gone under in every game in that same span.