I still believe in Russell Wilson, even after this dreadful start. His performances had increased each week this season up until last week when he was playing on a short week with a bad shoulder. The time off should help him get healed up in time. Without Joey Bosa, this Chargers pass rush and run defense has been non existent, allowing 38 to Jacksonville, 24 to Houston and 28 to the Browns. With a 4th ranked explosive pass offense, the Broncos should be able to get some big plays even if they don't sustain consistent drives on offense. And if the Broncos are down late and need a backdoor TD against a prevent defense, Wlison will turn to his scrambling to get it done.' In his career, Wilson is 29-19-3 ATS in night games. The Chargers are only 3-3 ATS as favorites of 3.5 or more under head coach Brandon Staley.
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I know that primetime games have gone under a lot this season, but you can't think like that when it comes to each individual matchup. The Broncos get essentially a full bye week to fix their offense against their divisional rival. I think Russell Wilson playing last Thursday night on a short week while nursing his shoulder issue, was a recipe for the disaster we saw against the Colts. Now he gets almost two full weeks to get treatment and I think you will see a better version of him on Monday.'
Both of these teams play at a faster than league average pace when it comes to neutral situations and the Chargers come into this game #1 in fastest pace. Even when they are leading by a decent margin, they are top 10 in pace. Both of these teams also throw the ball in neutral game situations, at a very high rate. The Broncos throw it at the 11th highest rate and the Chargers at the 5th highest rate. I expect the Broncos to try and mix some things up and run a bit more up tempo offense to try and get the Chargers on their heels.'