Sunday night football at it should be a good one between interconference foes the Denver Broncos and the Detroit Lions. This game will take place at Ford Field in Detroit and will be televised on NBC at 8:25 pm (ET) Written by David Hess Follow Me on Twitter @DavidHess311
Denver Broncos vs Detroit Lions Betting Odds provided by 5Dimes
Denver -3
Detroit +3
Over/Under: 44.5
Denver Broncos- The Broncos are off to their usual 2-0 start as they took care Baltimore in their openers and that had an amazing comeback win vs the Chiefs last thursday night. The Chiefs lead that game from the outset, but a few mental errors down the stretch of the game allowed the Broncos to overcome the deficit and walk away with the 31-24 win. Despite the 2-0 start, the Broncos have to be very concerned about their offense that is currently dead last in the league in total Yards and 26th in passing. Those are just not numbers that you normally see from a Peyton led offense. At the beginning of the season I felt that the offense would struggle as they lost some key pieces to it the last couple of years and Peyton also lost a step or two. I just never thought it would be this drastic. The Broncos are very lucky that the have the top ranked defense to fall back on, but still at some point they will have to score some points.
Detroit Lions- The Detroit Lions have not started out as they were hoping to as they come into the game with an 0-2 mark. Their season started with a 21-3 lead over the Chargers, before San Diego came back to win the game 33-28. Their defense really let them down in that game and it did sow again in the 26-16 loss at Minnesota last week. The Lions were one of the best defensive teams in the league last year, but in the offseason they lost both Fairley and Suh and it is really showing up on the field how important those two were. In the loss to San Diego they allowed 483 yards overall and 388 yards through the air. In the loss to Minnesota, who looked pathetic in their week 1 loss to San Fran, they allowed the Vikes to rush for 199 yards at 4.73 ypc. This is a defense that allowed just 302 ypg overall, 232 ypg through the air and just 70 on the ground. Suh may have been a problem on the team, but he also improved this defense and now that he is gone it looks like this team will struggle. The offense hasn’t been terrible, but need help from a ground attack that has put up just 53.5 ypg so far.
Free Sunday Night Football Pick
[303] Denver -3 over Detroit
The Lions have issues right now as they just can’t stop anyone on defense. In week 1 they struggled mightily vs the pass and in week 2 it was vs the run. I Know the Broncos have offensive issues, but they should break out in this one. The defense for Denver rates a huge edge in this game and they will make enough stops to get a big road win here.
The Clinchers: Denver is 20-8 ATS their last 28 vs a team with a losing record, while the Lions are just 4-10-1 ATS in week 3.
Take the team with the much better defense in this one.
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