The Denver Broncos are coming off of a bye week and a nice win over the Washington Redskins and now the team heads out into the back stretch with an AFC West divisional matchup against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium and the game will get started up at 4:25 pm on CBS and streaming online from NFL.com.
The Broncos are coming out of the bye week without coach John Fox after he dealt with a heart issue and now the team is back in action against the Chargers after playing against the Washington Redskins and the team pulled out a nice win after starting off the game a bit shaky, including three picks from Peyton Manning. The star QB finished with 354 yards in the matchup and while the team did not have a leading rusher or receiver, they ended up with the win heading into the bye week and that was an important one after losing to the Indianapolis Colts in one of the most anticipated games of the season with Manning returning to Indy. The Broncos started off the year 6-0 before losing to the Colts and now they will try and get a new winning streak going.
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The Broncos started off with wins over the Ravens and the Giants and Manning had an amazing start to the year, going for over 20 touchdowns with no picks in the first stretch of the season and then the team had two straight home wins against the Oakland Raiders and the Philadelphia Eagles and then the team took down the Cowboys, Jaguars and then lost to the Colts before the Redskins victory. The team has a very tough stretch to finish the season and they will play a number of important division games down the stretch, including two games against the Kansas City Chiefs in three weeks, with the first game coming in Denver. The team opens after the bye week with the Chargers and then the team will play at home against the Chiefs and that game will be crucial for the division, as Kansas City is undefeated, but the collective records of the team they defeated are under .500 overall.
The Broncos have a stretch of three road games in four weeks and after playing the Chiefs for the first time, the team travels to Foxboro to play the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium and that could end up being the final time that Peyton Manning and Tom Brady play in the regular season against each other and that will obviously be a very tough and anticipated matchup going down the stretch. The team plays against the Kansas City Chiefs on the road in Arrowhead after that and then the team finishes with four games, two on the road and two at home. The team plays the Titans and the Chargers at home before heading on the road against the Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders to end the season.
The Broncos have been one of the best offensive teams in the league and has been scoring like crazy and while they have slowed down from the beginning of the season, Peyton Manning has been great and they average over 350 yards in the air per game and after playing two against the Chiefs the team still has games against the Patriots and the Raiders down the stretch. On Sunday the Broncos will visit the Chargers for an AFC divisional game at Qualcomm Stadium starting up at 4:25 pm in San Diego.