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MY PLAY TONIGHT
DENVER BRONCOS -9.5 -120 (5 Dimes)
Buy the 1/2 point
I am a long time Broncos fan (live here in Denver) and season ticket holder, so I probably as familiar with this team as anybody on Covers (as well as the Oakland rivalry).
First the risks:
(1) Darren McFadden: ESPN and other sources say he will play tonight. In past years, McFadden has absolutely crushed us. What is different this time? A much better Broncos defense and a QB that will keep his defense off the field.
(2) Broncos defense ready to learn from past mistakes? I am not sure why, but we always seem to fall for misdirection plays. I believe that it was Oakland in their 59-14 trashing of us two years ago that started all of this. More teams seem to have picked up on this.
Now that said, this is the first Broncos team that I can remember that can win all three phases of the game. Everybody now respects our offense with #18. It turns out, our defense is great too. We all suspected it last year (hard to tell b/c Tebow kept them on the field so much), but they will be more than enough to handle the Raiders. On special teams, we have a great placekicker and Colquitt is almost as good as Scifres. And we finally have threats in the return game as well (despite fumble risk).
Double digit plus home dog in the division, I know.
This is a big game for me, as have most of the Broncos games this season.
DENVER BRONCOS -9.5 -120 (5 Dimes)
Buy the 1/2 point
I am a long time Broncos fan (live here in Denver) and season ticket holder, so I probably as familiar with this team as anybody on Covers (as well as the Oakland rivalry).
First the risks:
(1) Darren McFadden: ESPN and other sources say he will play tonight. In past years, McFadden has absolutely crushed us. What is different this time? A much better Broncos defense and a QB that will keep his defense off the field.
(2) Broncos defense ready to learn from past mistakes? I am not sure why, but we always seem to fall for misdirection plays. I believe that it was Oakland in their 59-14 trashing of us two years ago that started all of this. More teams seem to have picked up on this.
Now that said, this is the first Broncos team that I can remember that can win all three phases of the game. Everybody now respects our offense with #18. It turns out, our defense is great too. We all suspected it last year (hard to tell b/c Tebow kept them on the field so much), but they will be more than enough to handle the Raiders. On special teams, we have a great placekicker and Colquitt is almost as good as Scifres. And we finally have threats in the return game as well (despite fumble risk).
Double digit plus home dog in the division, I know.
This is a big game for me, as have most of the Broncos games this season.
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