Looking ahead to Sunday Night

[Mile High Mania]

What can the last game at KC tell us ... if anything? First glance, KC let off the throttle - enjoyed a 1H lead thanks to the KO return and Manning/Decker were insanely in synch, especially after halftime.

Should be a cold one, as the high looks like 37 with a low of 29 - so at kickoff it's likely freezing. We'll see, the high on Saturday is 57 and on Monday it's 46, but it doesn't look like it will be wet, so that's good.

The game @ KC a year ago had much warmer temp on 12/1 with 55 degrees at kickoff, so it will be about 20 degrees colder for SNF. Simply being cold and loud is ok, not ideal - but ok.

http://www.pro-football-reference.co...1312010kan.htm

Last year, the Chiefs were up 21-14 at the half and down 35-21 with 7 minutes left before they scored, making it a 35-28 victory.

KC scored a TD on a 108 yd KO return (Davis), had more rushing yards as a team, won the TO battle and ended with a slight advantage on TOP. And while intercepting Manning twice - they couldn't stop him, and with the KC offense not being set up to win a passing battle, it hurt KC. Although, Smith had nearly 300 yards and 2 TDs.

Eric Decker went nuts (4 TDs total) as he caught 3 in the 2nd half, with Manning throwing for 5 TDs and over 400 yds. Montee Ball actually had a good day. Decker and Ball our gone, replaced by Sanders and CJ Anderson this year.

Travis Kelce is a big add for KC in this one and we'll see what they can do with Avant. Denver's defense can't stop anyone on 3rd down and TEs kill them.

I don't see a combined point total over 60 points again - more like 20-17 (KC), but we'll see what happens.

Manning is only 2 TDs and 243 yards off his record pace in 2013 through 11 games, but the ground game is different now ... and while the defense should be better, they haven't played like it lately consistently enough.

Denver needs Julius back in the lineup.. interestingly enough, he didn't play last year in KC either. Julius returning to the lineup is key for me if Denver can win. If Julius isn't playing, Denver loses... I just think he means that much in a game like this on the road.

Say what you will about reverse mojo, but I'm not expecting a Denver win here... not after the way they've played over the last month.

Obviously, I'm fine being wrong here. Let's have some fun this week.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Thar was a legit call. The fumble called an incomplete pass that would a resulted in 6....nope

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Crazy how it always comes down to an awful call when KC loses, seems like that has been the case 4 times this year. One day, you guys will witness a clean loss, I just hope it's Sunday.

Well shady calls in SF and Pile High aren't exactly surprising. Hear about the calls all the time from zona and lamb fans about frisco.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Well shady calls in SF and Pile High aren't exactly surprising. Hear about the calls all the time from zona and lamb fans about frisco.

Bad calls happen in every game against every team...

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Well shady calls in SF and Pile High aren't exactly surprising. Hear about the calls all the time from zona and lamb fans about frisco.

Plus its EASY NOT to see the calls factor in when you're a mule tool of the team that gets away with breaking the rules as much as the Donx do.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Bad calls happen in every game against every team...

just embrace being a troll or a big ass homer.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by TEX

Plus its EASY NOT to see the calls factor in when you're a mule tool of the team that gets away with breaking the rules as much as the Donx do.

Well when talking to people like hef that think they run legal screens one tends to not be surprised by the dumbassery

[Mile High Mania]

Some of you just carry the victim mentality to a new level. I get that sometimes calls happen that make you wonder if there's special treatment, and sometimes there is... not just with Denver or Manning. But, it's nowhere near the level of absurdity that some of you project.

It's as if you think Denver should be 4-7 at this point had it not been for the calls going their way. It's really funny sometimes.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Probably 6 and 5 to be honest. Wow that San Diego game was the biggest abortion of a screw job I have seen in awhile.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Probably 6 and 5 to be honest

[Pasta Little Brioni]

[MagicHef]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Some of you just carry the victim mentality to a new level. I get that sometimes calls happen that make you wonder if there's special treatment, and sometimes there is... not just with Denver or Manning. But, it's nowhere near the level of absurdity that some of you project.

It's as if you think Denver should be 4-7 at this point had it not been for the calls going their way. It's really funny sometimes.

If the refs aren't penalizing Denver on every play, they aren't doing their job.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

It's not the quantity of calls but WHEN they happen. Are you really that blind?

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

It's not the quantity of calls but WHEN they happen. Are you really that blind?

I suppose so... you'll need to be specific with a few references in 2-3 games this year, otherwise it's just belly-aching.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Probably 6 and 5 to be honest. Wow that San Diego game was the biggest abortion of a screw job I have seen in awhile.

Since the Ed Hoculi debacle pre-Manning.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

Since the Ed Hoculi debacle pre-Manning.

Since you mentioned Denver is really likely a 6-5 team thanks to calls, find those 2 games and cite specific examples. Otherwise...