The Denver Broncos travel to Nashville to take on the Tennessee Titans in a quarry that the NFL oddmakers sense that the Titans should win easily. Denver will be hoping to get to the .500 mark while the Titans will-power be looking to sidestep the .500 effect.
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DENVER BRONCOS (1-2) vs. TENNESSEE TITANS (2-1)
Sunday, October 3, 1:00 PM ET
LP Field
Nashville, Tennessee
Seed: CBS
NFL Odds:
Denver: + 6 ½ (-110)
Tennessee: – 6 ½ (-110)
Moneyline: Denver +230: Tennessee -270
Total: 43 points
The Denver Broncos deceive been playing some serious offense so far this mellow but NFL odds are that if their sputtering running game cannot get on way, they will be left in the AFC West dust. Denver’s offense has been good overall and the defense has been just OK.
Kyle Orton has led an unheralded compulsion game to the top of the NFL as a consequence the start weeks of the season. Names like Damaryius Thomas, Brandon Lloyd and Eddie Royal have benefitted from Orton’s rebirth. Orton’s second ranked passing game will almost certainly come across some success against Tennessee’s 30 th ranked pass offense.
It’s a good impedimenta that Orton has played so far over his head. A banged up Knowshon Moreno is hugely questionable again this week due to injury – his performance had been substandard anyway. Newly acquired Lawrence Maroney and veteran Correll Buckhalter scare absolutely nobody. All together, the Broncos competition trio ranks 30 th in the NFL.
Denver lost its premier run plug Elvis Dumerville in the preseason but this unit has defied the NFL odds by ranking 10 th against the run. They choose be severely tested on Sunday against the beast known as Chris Johnson.
The Tennessee Titans are possibly the least spectacular 2-1 team in the league. NFL odds are that their unspectacular play will drawback up with them. The offense is individual dimensional and the defense has fallen back to earth after looking so produce early in the season.
Vince Uninitiated has already been benched once this season and followed up the embarrassment with a 188 yard, one touchdown performance last week against the Further York Giants. It is clear that Coach Jeff Fisher will be conservative with his fragile pivot – he has attempted a league low 43 passes in three games this season.
The Titans offense is all about Chris Johnson – period! In Week 2, he rushed for by a hairs breadth 36 yards and the Titans lost. Stand up week, Johnson saw the ball 32 times, rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns – the Titans won. Johnson will have to be strong against the league’s 10 th ranked rushing defense and NFL odds are that he will be decent that.
The Titans defense is ranked 8 th against the memorize a pierce and a poor 30 th against the pass – not a good sign against the NFL’s 2 nd ranked passing offense.
NFL Odds Outlook:
Denver is 4-1 S/U in their matrix five against Tennessee but is 0-5 ATS against AFC foes and 1-4 ATS against teams with winning records.