Thu. Night Football: Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs
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The Denver Broncos are still the No. 1 seed in the AFC entering a Christmas Day matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs, but they may need to win out to secure the
Daaaaa Bears set the record at 72, a year in which they dominated opponents. These Broncos now have two games to play to break the record. After five sacks against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Denver's defense only needs 10 sacks to surpass Chicago for the all-time mark. And they have a good chance to do it in their next two games.
While those are the playoff implications for this Christmas Day slate, one of the other storylines will be the onslaught of injuries at quarterback for an array of these teams suiting up on Thursday. The Commanders, Vikings and Chiefs will all be starting backups, which sort of feels like a lump of coal, but we'll make do.
The Broncos tied the Seattle Seahawks, the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens for the most Pro Bowl selections of any NFL team.
Sunday's loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars featured a few disputed decisions from Shawn Hochuli's officiating crew, including defensive lineman Malcolm Roach receiving a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty for his body weight landing on quarterback Trevor Lawrence just after a throw.
The Denver Broncos found themselves in the losing column this past week, falling to the red-hot Jacksonville Jaguars 34-20 in a dysfunctional and disheartening effort. Denver is 12-3 and still holds the first seed, but must win out for the best chance to keep the No. 1 playoff seed and lock up the AFC West.