The Broncos sent a message by throttling Oakland last week. \u00a0How much that message takes will depend on how they perform against New England. \u00a0In the second half last week Denver showed just how good this team can be.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Denver Broncos (2-2) vs New England Patriots (2-2) ATS Matchup Stats<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Gambling Insight!<\/a> |\u00a0Buy Ray’s Picks!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Denver<\/strong><\/p>\n With Peyton Manning looking like the Peyton of old and the running game strong this team can be a threat. \u00a0The defense wasn\u2019t too shabby either. \u00a0Still this team is just 2-2 and a game back in the AFC West at the moment.<\/p>\n Any game where Manning completes better than 75% of his passes Denver is going to be tough to beat. \u00a0Equally important, he was able to break off some big gains to keep the defense honest.<\/p>\n As a result, Willis McGahee had his best game of the year with 112 yards on the ground. \u00a0The defense didn\u2019t have to do much more than keep the plays in front of them.<\/p>\n Oakland isn\u2019t nearly the threat that New England will be.<\/p>\n Another Manning vs Brady duel so you know this game is going to get a lot of attention.<\/p>\n I was surprised the number is so large as the Pats don\u2019t exactly have the strongest home field advantage and you know Peyton won\u2019t be intimidated by the surroundings. \u00a0The last time these two teams met the Patriots hammered the Broncos in the playoffs last year.<\/p>\n Other than Manning most of these guys were on that team and should be hungry for revenge.<\/p>\n New England<\/strong><\/p>\n The Patriots put up a whopping 52 points against Buffalo last week, covering easily. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n Just don\u2019t forget that the game was tied at the end of the third quarter. \u00a0For those who backed the Pats I am sure you were laughing all the way to the bank but the final results was equal part Pats dominance and the Bills completely falling apart.<\/p>\n Denver, led by Manning, is unlikely to have a similar type of performance.<\/p>\n The last thing you want to do is give the Pats offense more opportunities. \u00a0The Bills gave them plenty so even without dangerous TE Aaron Hernandez in the lineup Brady still went for more than 300 yards. \u00a0And in a rare display of rushing proficiency the Pats had two 100 yard rushers in Stevan Ridley and rookie Brandon Bolden.<\/p>\n When this offense has balance it is a very scary proposition for the defense.<\/p>\n Only three points separate the Pats form perfection. \u00a0Instead they are just 2-2 and like the Broncos need a win to keep pace with AFC leaders. \u00a0Brady is looking sharp and if they actually do have a running game lookout.<\/p>\n It is hard to see them losing this one at home but I think it will be closer than expected.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Denver +6.5 Broncos vs Patriots NFL Football Spread\/Handicapping The Broncos sent a message by throttling Oakland last week. \u00a0How much that message takes will depend on how they perform against New England. \u00a0In the second half last week Denver showed just how good this team can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3641,1649,3674,18285,1802,4898,10717,844,2897,2910],"class_list":["post-55694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-broncos-vs-patriots","tag-denver-broncos","tag-denver-broncos-vs-new-england-patriots","tag-denver-vs-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl-football-odds","tag-nfl-football-predictions","tag-nfl-picks","tag-nfl-week-5-lines","tag-week-5-free-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55694"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55875,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55694\/revisions\/55875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSunday October 7
\nGillette Stadium – Foxboro, MA
\n4:25PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0New England -270, Denver +230 SportsBettingOnline.ag<\/a><\/strong>
\nSpread: \u00a0New England -6.5
\nO\/U: \u00a051.5<\/p>\nCLICK TO GRAB OUR BEST Expert NFL Picks for 2012 NFL FOOTBALL Betting!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nO\/U Pick: \u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0New England 31 – Denver 27<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"