Denver Broncos VS Detroit Lions Betting Pick & Preview – 12/16/2023

Jay Sanin on December 13th, 2023

Broncos +4 (-110) +180

Lions -4 (-110) -218

Broncos +4 (-110) over Broncos

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Broncos +4 (-110) +180

Lions -4 (-110) -218

Detroit has been struggling lately, with Jared Goff making some major mistakes, which could cost the Lions again here.
Denver is trending in the right direction of late, as they are in the midst of a late playoff push and should threaten Detroit here.

Saturday will feature three football games this week, with Broncos vs Lions being arguably the best of the three. In that game, look for the Broncos to cover the spread as an underdog against a Lions team that is not playing their best football in the second half of the season. The Denver defense should be able to coax some mistakes out of Jared Goff, putting the Broncos in a position to potentially win this game outright on the road.

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NFL

Dec 16, 2023 08:15 PM

Denver Broncos

Detroit Lions

Spread Pick Consensus

+5.5/-110

-5.5/-110

49% DEN

DET 51%

Moneyline Pick Consensus

+196

-242

27% DEN

DET 73%

Total Pick Consensus

49.0/-108

49.0/-112

22% UN

OV 78%

Team Stats

Offense/Defense

DEN	Team Stats	DET
17	G	17
425	PTs	342
25	PPG	20.1
5518	YDS	5820
324.6	YDS/G	342.4
42	TD	36
2.5	TD/G	2.1
38.4	SC%	35.4
10.0	TO%	13.3

Defense/Offense

DEN	Team Stats	DET
17	G	17
311	PTs	564
18.3	PPG	33.2
5391	YDS	6962
317.1	YDS/G	409.5
32	TD	68
1.9	TD/G	4
31.6	SC%	51.6
12.4	TO%	8.2

Passing

Offense/Defense

DEN	Passing	DET
379	CMP	373
570	ATT	610
66.5	CMP%	61.1
212.4	YDS/GM	244
6.7	Y/A	7.2
6.1	NY/A	6.4
12	INT	16
24	SK	37

Defense/Offense

DEN	Passing	DET
393	CMP	399
606	ATT	551
64.9	CMP%	72.4
220.7	YDS/GM	263.2
6.8	Y/A	8.6
5.6	NY/A	7.7
15	INT	12
63	SK	33

Rushing

Offense/Defense

DEN	Rushing	DET
17	G	17
461	ATT	369
1908	YDS	1672
112.2	Y/G	98.4
4.1	Y/A	4.5
12	TD	18
0.7	TD/G	1.1

Defense/Offense

DEN	Rushing	DET
17	G	17
424	ATT	534
1639	YDS	2488
96.4	Y/G	146.4
3.9	Y/A	4.7
10	TD	29
0.6	TD/G	1.7

Special Teams

Offense/Defense

DEN	Special Teams	DET
26	Punts/Ret	21
408	Punt/Yds	135
15.7	Punt/Y/R	6.4
13	Kick Off/Ret	24
364	Kick Off/Yds	747
28.0	Kick Off/Y/rt	31.1

Defense/Offense

DEN	Special Teams	DET
29	Punts/Ret	37
251	Punt/Yds	479
8.7	Punt/Y/R	12.9
22	Kick Off/Ret	15
604	Kick Off/Yds	471
27.5	Kick Off/Y/rt	31.4

Scoring

Offense/Defense

DEN	Scoring	DET
17	G	17
12	RshTD	18
30	RecTD	18
31	FGM	28
34	FGA	35
25.0	Pts/G	20.1

Defense/Offense

DEN	Scoring	DET
17	G	17
10	RshTD	29
22	RecTD	39
29	FGM	26
33	FGA	29
18.3	Pts/G	33.2

Team Advanced Defense

DEN	Defense	DET
29.5%	Bltz%	34.6%
8.5%	Hrry%	10.7%
11.9%	QB Hit%	11.3%
27.7%	QB Prss%	26.2%

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DET

DEN

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Consensus

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Open

Current

Book

DEN

DET

DEN

DET

Consensus

+177

-212

+196

-242

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+160

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+190

-240

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Current

Book

Over

Under

Over

Under

Consensus

47.5 -113

47.5 -110

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Injuries

Name	Position	Injury	Status	Updated
Alex Forsyth	C	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Alex Palczewski	OT	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Ben DiNucci	QB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Ben Niemann	LB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Caden Sterns	S	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Chris Manhertz	TE	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/14/23
Elijah Garcia	DL	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Eyioma Uwazurike	DL	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Greg Dulcich	TE	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Jalen Virgil	WR	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
JL Skinner	S	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Jonas Griffith	ILB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Jonathon Cooper	OLB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/14/23
Kareem Jackson	S	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
K'Waun Williams	CB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Mike Purcell	DL	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/14/23
Nate Adkins	TE	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Nik Bonitto	OLB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
P.J. Locke	S	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Quinn Meinerz	G	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/13/23
Samaje Perine	RB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/14/23
Tim Patrick	WR	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23

Name	Position	Injury	Status	Updated
Alim McNeill	DL	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Antoine Green	WR	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Benito Jones	DL	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Charles Harris	DL	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Chase Lucas	CB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
C.J. Gardner-Johnson	S	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Emmanuel Moseley	CB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Frank Ragnow	C	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Halapoulivaati Vaitai	G	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Hendon Hooker	QB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
James Houston	LB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Jason Cabinda	FB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Josh Reynolds	WR	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Julian Okwara	LB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Matt Nelson	OT	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Mohamed Ibrahim	RB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Nate Sudfeld	QB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Riley Patterson	K	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Scott Daly	LS	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Shane Zylstra	TE	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Steven Gilmore	CB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Taylor Decker	OT	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Trevor Nowaske	LB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Zonovan Knight	RB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23

Betting Trends

DEN	Betting Trends	DET
OVERALL		OVERALL
2-1-0	Win/Loss/Tie	1-2-0
2-1-0	ATS W/L/P	1-2-0
23.33	Avg Score	22.67
13.67	Avg Opp Score	28.33
AWAY		HOME
2-1-0	Win/Loss/Tie	2-1-0
2-1-0	ATS W/L/P	1-2-0
21.67	Avg Score	26.33
17	Avg Opp Score	23

DEN	Betting Trends	DET
OVERALL		OVERALL
4-1-0	Win/Loss/Tie	3-2-0
3-2-0	ATS W/L/P	2-3-0
23	Avg Score	28
16.6	Avg Opp Score	29.8
AWAY		HOME
3-2-0	Win/Loss/Tie	4-1-0
2-2-1	ATS W/L/P	3-2-0
20.8	Avg Score	28.2
19.6	Avg Opp Score	19.8

DEN	Betting Trends	DET
OVERALL		OVERALL
7-3-0	Win/Loss/Tie	7-3-0
5-4-1	ATS W/L/P	6-4-0
21.8	Avg Score	26.8
18.7	Avg Opp Score	25.1
AWAY		HOME
3-7-0	Win/Loss/Tie	7-3-0
4-5-1	ATS W/L/P	7-3-0
18.1	Avg Score	31.2
27.9	Avg Opp Score	21.1

Head to Head

DATE	TM	LN	ML	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	SC
12/12/21	DET DEN	42 -12	+446 -607	0 14	10 3	0 14	0 7	10 38
12/22/19	DET DEN	40 -8	+282 -358	3 0	7 10	7 3	0 14	17 27
09/27/15	DEN DET	44 3	-163 +130	0 0	14 6	0 6	10 0	24 12
10/30/11	DET DEN	43 3	N/A N/A	7 3	17 0	14 0	7 7	45 10
11/04/07	DEN DET	46.5 -3	N/A N/A	0 3	0 13	0 14	7 14	7 44
09/28/03	DET DEN	44 -12	N/A N/A	7 7	3 7	0 3	6 3	16 20
12/25/99	DEN DET	43.5 -4.5	N/A N/A	0 0	0 0	10 0	7 7	17 7
11/22/90	DEN DET	45.5 -2	N/A N/A	7 21	10 6	3 7	7 6	27 40
11/01/87	DET DEN	46 -11	N/A N/A	0 17	0 7	0 0	0 10	0 34

Teams Last 10

DATE	TM	SC	LN	TOP	RA-YDS	C-ATT-YDS
01/12/25	DEN BUF	11 47	11.5 74.3	18:17 41:43	26-121 67-322	21-35-222 31-40-400
01/05/25	KC DEN	0 26	5.0 27.2	18:11 41:49	5-18 29-106	5-11-48 17-19-216
12/28/24	DEN CIN	27 34	3.8 57.1	26:57 41:56	31-139 32-130	27-35-233 44-55-434
12/19/24	DEN LAC	27 35	42.2 -3.0	32:23 27:37	21-112 28-119	29-41-249 23-31-267
12/15/24	IND DEN	2 11	0.5 15.0	31:32 28:28	11-51 3-25	2-13-55 2-11-42
12/02/24	CLE DEN	21 26	26.6 -4.2	32:10 27:50	15-49 17-68	22-37-304 12-22-188
11/24/24	DEN LV	22 14	31.4 3.1	31:11 28:49	17-48 12-52	19-32-198 23-40-227
11/17/24	ATL DEN	1 12	13.7 -0.6	29:55 30:05	2-15 2-32	2-3-54 3-10-91
11/10/24	DEN KC	15 17	44.7 -7.4	26:39 33:21	24-82 20-60	23-32-191 29-44-256
11/03/24	DEN BAL	5 28	4.3 32.1	28:09 31:51	21-84 23-88	14-23-136 11-13-186

DATE	TM	SC	LN	TOP	RA-YDS	C-ATT-YDS
01/18/25	WAS DET	20 14	1.7 24.6	33:59 26:01	19-81 10-89	4-14-133 11-19-142
01/05/25	MIN DET	4 21	1.4 38.0	23:48 36:12	13-81 21-120	12-28-95 18-22-145
12/30/24	DET SF	45 38	56.6 4.5	34:52 25:08	37-172 20-85	29-38-325 34-45-452
12/22/24	DET CHI	35 17	-6.6 48.3	31:29 28:31	33-148 17-60	23-33-334 26-41-328
12/15/24	BUF DET	17 14	19.1 -0.9	32:42 27:18	12-68 2-17	3-12-125 13-20-163
12/05/24	GB DET	22 24	1.6 38.1	23:54 36:06	17-71 24-80	6-14-143 23-29-201
11/28/24	CHI DET	13 15	30.4 -6.1	24:46 35:14	6-50 21-124	13-25-143 13-22-135
11/24/24	DET IND	18 3	38.2 4.0	37:01 22:59	25-104 16-73	20-27-191 6-21-130
11/17/24	JAX DET	1 16	1.3 14.6	20:54 39:06	2-13 13-60	2-3-40 3-10-138
11/10/24	DET HOU	27 24	51.5 4.4	27:32 32:28	34-110 29-59	16-32-252 20-35-202

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