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Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs

Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs
· ESPN· Arrowhead Stadium

Market

Book
-2.5
o43.5
Exchange
-2.3
56% KC
Volume
546k
contracts

Spreads are home-relative — negative means Kansas City Chiefs is favoured.

Our projection

how the number is built
Model
-0.1
Chiefs
Win prob
50%
Chiefs
Likely range
-16 to 17
8 in 10 games
Rating gap
1550 − 1632 = -3.3 pts
Shrunk ×0.644
-2.1 pts
Home field
+2.25 pts
Projected margin
+0.1 Chiefs

Point differential, shrunk and adjusted for home field. Fitted on 1,087 games (2022–25) and scored on seasons it never saw: 12.9 points of error against 14.0 for no model. Against the closing line on a full season it went 133–133 — exactly even, and the closing line predicted the margin better than this did. Use it to understand a game, not to beat a price. Neither side has played yet, so both ratings are last season’s.

The matchup

form, ratings and the series
Broncos
Away
Our rating
1632#8
FPI rank
#132026
Record
not started
Point diff
last season's rating
Chiefs
Home
Our rating
1550#12
FPI rank
#72026
Record
not started
Point diff
last season's rating

Last 5 meetings

Chiefs 1–4
  • 2025 wk 17Broncos at Chiefs2013Broncos
  • 2025 wk 11Chiefs at Broncos1922Broncos
  • 2024 wk 18Chiefs at Broncos038Broncos
  • 2024 wk 10Broncos at Chiefs1416Chiefs
  • 2023 wk 8Chiefs at Broncos924Broncos

From the 2023 season on — earlier meetings are not stored.

Player props

exchange

The exchange lists a separate contract at every rung of a player's stat, so what you get is the market's whole probability curve rather than one posted number. The implied line is where that curve crosses 50% — the number a book would post, derived rather than quoted.

Bo NixPassing yards
Implied line225.4
150+ · 87%350+ · 6%
9 rungs2,409 contracts
Jaylen WaddleReceiving yards
Implied line54.2
25+ · 75%130+ · 5%
11 rungs2,156 contracts1 reading smoothed
Patrick MahomesPassing yards
Implied line224.5
150+ · 88%350+ · 4%
9 rungs1,983 contracts
Rashee RiceReceiving yards
Implied line55
50+ · 56%140+ · 3%
10 rungs1,720 contracts
Tyquan ThorntonReceiving yards
Implied line18.7
15+ · 56%80+ · 7%
6 rungs1,336 contracts
Bo NixRushing yards
Implied line14.9
10+ · 68%60+ · 3%
7 rungs1,301 contracts
Travis KelceReceiving yards
Implied line39.5
15+ · 89%110+ · 4%
9 rungs1,212 contracts1 reading smoothed
Patrick MahomesRushing yards
Implied line14.1
10+ · 68%50+ · 5%
7 rungs1,177 contracts
Xavier WorthyReceiving yards
Implied line35.8
15+ · 75%100+ · 4%
10 rungs1,131 contracts
J.K. DobbinsRushing yards
Implied line49.9
25+ · 75%110+ · 5%
9 rungs1,058 contracts
Kenneth Walker IIIRushing yards
Implied line59.5
40+ · 65%140+ · 3%
10 rungs1,021 contracts1 reading smoothed
RJ HarveyRushing yards
Implied line17.8
15+ · 58%60+ · 4%
7 rungs792 contracts1 reading smoothed
Kenneth Walker IIIReceiving yards
Implied line18.2
15+ · 57%60+ · 4%
4 rungs554 contracts
Courtland SuttonReceiving yards
Implied line42.7
15+ · 85%110+ · 4%
10 rungs525 contracts
RJ HarveyReceiving yards
Implied line16.9
15+ · 56%70+ · 4%
6 rungs168 contracts

5 more ladders hidden — too few priced rungs or too little trading behind them to read a curve from.

Order flow

525 trades · $13,959
Kansas City Chiefs$28.46/trade
Money94%
Trades87%

Money ahead of trade count — fewer, larger orders on this side.

Denver Broncos$13.58/trade
Money6%
Trades13%

Trade count ahead of money — many small orders on this side.

Share of money and share of trades among the side that crossed the spread to get filled, over the last 525 trades. This is exchange flow, not a sportsbook's handle — a different set of people, and a smaller pool.

Who has moved

consensus -2.4
VenueNowMovedvs cons.
DraftKings-2.5+0.5-0.09
Kalshi-2.30+0.08

Movement is measured from the first price we archived (2026-08-31), not from the market open. Spreads are home-relative.

Total · 43.5

56 trades · $4,537
Over 43.5$24.85/trade
Money5%
Trades18%

Trade count ahead of money — many small orders on this side.

Under 43.5$93.21/trade
Money95%
Trades82%

Money ahead of trade count — fewer, larger orders on this side.

Totals trade thinly here — not enough to read a split from.

Read at 43.5, the strike the market itself prices nearest a coin flip. Far rungs carry more contracts but they are longshots, not a view on the total.

Notable trades

12 orders · 39% of the money
  • Kansas City Chiefs10,394 @ 0.56$5,821747×
  • Kansas City Chiefs1,000 @ 0.56$56072×
  • Kansas City Chiefs866 @ 0.56$48562×
  • Kansas City Chiefs500 @ 0.56$28036×
  • Kansas City Chiefs341 @ 0.57$19425×
  • Kansas City Chiefs339 @ 0.57$19325×
  • Kansas City Chiefs305 @ 0.56$17122×
  • Kansas City Chiefs260 @ 0.56$14619×
  • Kansas City Chiefs244 @ 0.57$13918×
  • Kansas City Chiefs232 @ 0.56$13017×
  • Kansas City Chiefs207 @ 0.56$11615×
  • Kansas City Chiefs200 @ 0.57$11415×

Orders at least 5× the typical trade on this market (median $7.79), largest first, from the last 1,000 prints. Size, side and time are facts from the tape — who placed them, and why, is not something we can see.

Resting size

0.55 / 0.56 · 1¢ wide
14% Kansas City ChiefsDenver Broncos 86%
$131,154 resting$824,362 resting

Dollars waiting to be filled on each side — what has not traded yet, which is the opposite of a handle figure. Resting orders can be pulled, so this is a picture of intent, not a prediction.

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