Sun, Nov 16, 2025, 4:25 PM ESTWeek 11 · at Denver Broncos · Division game
Closing spread
KC -4.5
✓ DEN W
Total
45.5
▼ Under · 41 pts
Model before kickoff
KC 23–19 DEN
✗ KC (65%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenKC -3.5
CloseKC -4.5
Total44.5 → 45.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenKC -3.5
1 → KC
CloseKC -4.5
1 pt toward Kansas City Chiefs
Total
Open44.5
▲ 1
Close45.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened KC -3.5 · closed KC -4.5 · moved 1 toward KCmodel KC -1.5
model KC -1.5
Opened 44.5 · closed 45.5 · moved 1 upmodel 42
model 42
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 3.5–5.5 since 2023: won 71%, covered 54% (79 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 47% (100 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenKC -3.5
CloseKC -4.5
Total44.5 → 45.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
KC as a 4.5-point road favorite at DEN, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 6 went over the total.
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This game: DEN won 22–19 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 41 points stayed under 45.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 67%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 47%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 6 against an average line of 3.8; 51.2 points a game (usually 44.5). Of the 6 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2024 · Week 16 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-4.5 | 33–36 | L | O47.5 |
| Very close |
2025 · Week 5 · very close · similar season form & spread |
-3.5 | 28–31 | L | O45.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 2 · close · similar total & spread |
-3.5 | 20–9 | W | U46.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar situation & season form |
-3.5 | 16–18 | L | U49.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & situation |
-4.5 | 26–23 | L | U49.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar spread & season form |
-4.5 | 41–31 | W | O50.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar situation & season form |
-2.5 | 30–13 | W | U48.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar total |
-6.5 | 27–23 | L | O44.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar total |
-2.5 | 28–22 | W | O44.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar situation & total |
-2.5 | 37–20 | W | O47.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2022 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found
Signals
The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight Kansas City Chiefs ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 294-309 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total
None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.
Market moved toward Kansas City Chiefs
1 pt (KC -3.5 → KC -4.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 20 in the 4th quarter and got 15. 51% of games with totals 42.5–48.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 5-5 50% | 4-6 40% | |
| 8-2 80% | 4-6 40% | 3-7 30% |
Recent meetings
Last 4 since 2023
KC 31–24 DEN
KC leads · 55 games since 1999 · KC has won the last meeting
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5 2024 | Kansas City Chiefs 0 @ Denver Broncos 38 | DEN -11.5 | DEN W |
| Nov 10 2024 | Denver Broncos 14 @ Kansas City Chiefs 16 | KC -7.5 | DEN W |
| Oct 29 2023 | Kansas City Chiefs 9 @ Denver Broncos 24 | KC -7 | DEN W |
| Oct 12 2023 | Denver Broncos 8 @ Kansas City Chiefs 19 | KC -9.5 | KC W |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
KC+1.3 →+4.3▲ 3.0#3
DEN+0.4 →+2.2▲ 1.8#11
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW10
Longer bar = better
#6
Offense
◀ KC better#18
#13
Defense
DEN better ▶#2
+0.4 #10
Turnovers
◀ KC better−0.4 #21
64 plays #7
Pace
◀ KC faster63 plays #12
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| KC off | DEN def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 26.1 #9 | 17.3 #3 | DEN |
| Yards / play | 5.76 #9 | 4.34 #1 | DEN |
| EPA / play | +0.16 #2 | −0.11 #2 | Even |
| Success rate | 50% #3 | 36% #1 | Even |
| DEN off | KC def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 23.5 #17 | 17.7 #4 | KC |
| Yards / play | 5.30 #18 | 5.39 #18 | Even |
| EPA / play | +0.04 #13 | −0.02 #13 | Even |
| Success rate | 42% #24 | 46% #18 | KC |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
KC scoring against the DEN defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.9 #30 | 9.7 #3 | 12.6 #10 | 6.0 #6 | 7.6 #12 | 13.6 #7 | |
4.4 #15 | 5.6 #8 | 10.0 #9 | 3.7 #10 | 3.6 #3 | 7.3 #1 |
DEN scoring against the KC defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.4 #15 | 6.9 #17 | 11.3 #16 | 2.6 #29 | 9.6 #4 | 12.2 #14 | |
3.4 #4 | 5.9 #11 | 9.3 #7 | 3.8 #11 | 4.6 #5 | 8.3 #5 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
70° · 4 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
KC14d bye
DEN10d
KC +4 days
Tempo
Fast 127 plays
slowavg 122fast
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