Free Thursday Night Football NFL Pick: Broncos at Chiefs

Do you bet the value with Denver on road? or is Manning done?

Adds The Linemakers’ Micah Roberts, “The things I did see from Denver that I liked (last week) was a swarming defense that got lots of pressure on the quarterback and a secondary that was able to flock to the ball. I saw a run defense that didn't allow a good ground team to get anything going. I saw plenty of positives, and even a few with Manning, who was just barely off on a few deep balls to Emmanuel Sanders. “

Denver’s D ranked second in the league last season in yards allowed per play at 4.8.

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Pick: "Last week was certainly an eye opener for the Broncos as we watched Peyton Manning struggle, but let's not put too much into one game," says The Linemakers' Micah Roberts. "I still dropped Denver 1.5 points in my personal ratings, which is less than many others did.

“Manning hasn't lost to the Chiefs as a Bronco, and Denver has won the past four meetings at Arrowhead – even with Tim Tebow."

Micah continues, “Even when Manning was 100 percent the past three years, the flow of these meetings has always been slow, much by the Chiefs’ doing. The UNDER is 7-1-1 in last nine meetings, pre-dating Manning, and that's another way to attack this game, even though we’re not looking at as big a total as we’ve seen for these games recently.

"Look for a better Manning this week and for the trends to continue. Take the Broncos +3 – or better – and UNDER 42.5.”

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