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The 9-3 AFC West Champion Denver Broncos will wrap up their season series at Oakland tonight against the 3-9 Raiders tonight at 6:30 pm MT. The Broncos (9-3) will try to improve to 5-0 in their division as they hone their postseason game plans.
BROADCAST: The NFL Network is handling tonight’s game. Brad Nessler will do the play-by-play with Mike Mayock providing the color commentary. Alex Flanagan will be reporting from the sidelines.
WEATHER: The forecast calls for partly Cloudy skies with a high of 60 and a low of 45f.
ODDS: The point spread opened at 10.5 in favor of the Broncos, but has since been reduced to 10 points with the Over/Under at 48.5.
SERIES: These two original AFL franchises have a history that dates back to October 2, 1960. The Raiders visited the Mile High city and the Broncos thrashed them properly 31-14. Their last meeting on September 30th, resulted in a 37-6 spanking (I sense a theme here). Denver is looking for their 3rd consecutive win against the men in black. The last time Denver lost in Oakland was a 39-23 defeat on December 19, 2010. These teams have met 103 times, with the Raiders holding a 59-43-2 edge. The Broncos are 22-28-2 at Home and 21-31-0 in the Black Hole.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
CB CHAMP BAILEY (33 INTs as a Bronco/199 career PDs)
- Needs one Interception to tie Tyrone Braxton (34) for the 4th-most in franchise history.
- Needs one Pass Defensed to reach 200 for his career.
WR ERIC DECKER (8 TDs in 2012)
- Needs one receiving Touchdown to set a career high (8 TDs in 2011).
DE ELVIS DUMERVIL (6 FF in 2012)
- Needs one Forced Fumble to pass Dennis Smith (6, 1989) for the most by a Bronco in a single season since the statistic was tracked beginning in 1984.
WR TRINDON HOLLIDAY (105-yd. KOR and 76-yd. PR in 2012)
QB PEYTON MANNING (11 career 10-win seasons)
30 TD THROWS: MANNING and Green Bay Quarterback AARON RODGERS have thrown for 29 Touchdowns in 2012, tied for the 2nd-most behind New Orleans QB DREW BREES (31).
LB VON MILLER (15 sacks in 2012)
RB KNOWSHON MORENO
WR DEMARYIUS THOMAS had 5 receptions for 103 yards in the Week 4 game vs. Oakland.
2012 TEAM COMPARISON
BRONCOS RAIDERS
Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Division Standing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st (AFCW) . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd (AFCW)
Turnover Margin (NFL Rank) . . . . . .-3 (20th). . . . . . . . . . . . . -6 (T-22nd)
OFFENSE
Net Yards Per Game (NFL Rank) . . . .386.9 (5th). . . . . . . . . . . 361.8 (13th)
Yards Per Play (NFL Rank) . . . . . . . . 5.9 (5th). . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 (16th)
Points Per Game (NFL Rank) . . . . . . .29.1 (3rd) . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.6 (T-23rd)
Possession Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29:27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:15
Net Rushing Yards Per Game . . . . . . 103.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.8
Net Passing Yards Per Game . . . . . . . 283.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.9
Had Intercepted/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/218 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13/253
Sacks Allowed/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16/98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25/189
Fumbles/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17/13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18/8
Third Down Pct. (NFL Rank) . . . . . . . 43.6% (6th) . . . . . . . . . . .33.9% (27th)
Red Zone TD Pct. (NFL Rank) . . . . . .61.36% (T-4th) . . . . . . . 41.2% (28th)
Giveaways (NFL Rank) . . . . . . . . . . . 22 (T-20th) . . . . . . . . . .21 (T-22nd)
DEFENSE
Net Yards Per Game (NFL Rank) . . . . . 308.2 (3rd) . . . . . . . . . . 387.0 (28th)
Yards Per Play (NFL Rank) . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 (3rd) . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.1 (31st)
Points Per Game (NFL Rank) . . . . . . . . 20.3 (9th) . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.3 (32nd)
Net Rushing Yards Per Game . . . . . . . . 96.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.4
Net Passing Yards Per Game . . . . . . . . . 211.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.6
Intercepted By/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14/231 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/81
Sacks For/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38/258 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14/114
Opponent Fumbles/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . .18/5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12/7
Third Down Pct. (NFL Rank) . . . . . . . . .32.9% (3rd) . . . . . . . . . . 41.9% (26th)
Red Zone TD Pct. (NFL Rank) . . . . . . . . 61.8% (T-27th) . . . . . . . .63.4% (30th)
Takeaways (NFL Rank) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 (14th) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 (T-22nd)
SPECIAL TEAMS
Punts-Average Yards (Gross) . . . . . . . . .46.8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.7
Punts-Average Yards (Net) . . . . . . . . . . 42.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9
Punt Returns-Average Per . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.6
Punt Returns-Average Per Allowed . . . 4.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4
Kickoff Returns-Average Per . . . . . . . . . 23.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.6
Kickoff Returns-Average Per Allowed . . 21.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0
Field Goals Made/Attempted . . . . . . . . .17/22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24/26
PENALTIES
Penalties Against/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . 74/615 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78/646
Opponent Penalties Against/Yards . . . .91/695 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73/683
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