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Final Score Prediction

Broncos 30, Raiders 23

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Denver Broncos
Rank  Player Projections
QB 4 Peyton Manning Pass: 300, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 14 Knowshon Moreno Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 54 Ronnie Hillman Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 5 Demaryius Thomas Rec: 7-100, 1 TD
WR 21 Eric Decker Rec: 5-70, 1 TD
WR 68 Brandon Stokley Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 19 Jacob Tamme Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
TE 38 Joel Dreessen Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
K 2 Matt Prater FG: 3/3 XP: 3/3
DEF 8 Defense / ST  
 
Oakland Raiders
Rank  Player Projections
QB 16 Carson Palmer Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 25 Darren McFadden Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
RB 33 Marcel Reece Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
WR 33 Darrius Heyward-Bey Rec: 4-70, 1 TD
WR 46 Denarius Moore Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 73 Juron Criner Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 9 Brandon Myers Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
K 5 Sebastian Janikowski FG: 3/3 XP: 2/2
DEF 30 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Broncos Captured AFC West title for 2nd consecutive season. Have won 7 consecutive games, longest active streak in NFL. Club is 4-0 vs. AFC West... QB Peyton Manning (29) has most TD passes in single-season by Broncos QB. Posted 150th career reg.-season win last week, 2nd-most in NFL history. Has 9 TDs vs. 1 INT & 134.5 rating in past 3 on TNF. Passed for 338 yards w/ 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 130 rating in last meeting... RB Knowshon Moreno is averaging 97 scrim. yards (154 rush, 40 rec.) in past 2... WR Demaryius Thomas had 5 rec. for 103 yards (20.6 avg) in last game vs. Oak. Aims for 4th in row with TD catch. WR Eric Decker has 8 TD catches, tied for career single-season high (2011)... TE Jacob Tamme had season-highs in catches (9) & rec. yards (89) last week... DE Elvis Dumervil has 9 career sacks vs. Oak, most against any team. LB Von Miller aims for 6th consecutive game with sack. Miller (15) needs 2.5 sacks to set single-season club record (Dumervil, 17 in '09).

Raiders QB Carson Palmer is averaging 313.5 passing yards per game at home in '12. Palmer (3,532) has reached 3,500 passing yards for 5th time in career... RB Darren McFadden has 100+ rush yards in 3 of past 4 vs. Den. (165, 119, 150). Raiders are 9-2 (.818) when McFadden has 100+ rush yards. RB Marcel Reece is averaging 5.2 yards per carry in past 3 games (41 att., 213 yards). Has 467 receiving yards in '12, most among NFL RBs... WR Denarius Moore has career-best 6 TD receptions in this season. WR Rod Streater had career-best 96 receiving yards last week, incl. career-long 64-yard TD reception... TE Brandon Myers had 14 receptions for 130 yards & TD last week, most catches in game by TE in Raiders history. Leads AFC TEs with 69 receptions in 2012... LB Philip Wheeler has team-best 87 tackles.


Results and Schedule
Denver Broncos
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PIT H W 31-19 +12
2 2012-09-17 ATL A L 21-27 -6
3 2012-09-23 HOU H L 25-31 -6
4 2012-09-30 OAK H W 37-6 +31
5 2012-10-07 NE A L 21-31 -10
6 2012-10-15 SD A W 35-24 +11
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 NO H W 34-14 +20
9 2012-11-04 CIN A W 31-23 +8
10 2012-11-11 CAR A W 36-14 +22
11 2012-11-18 SD H W 30-23 +7
12 2012-11-25 KC A W 17-9 +8
13 2012-12-02 TB H W 31-23 +8
14 2012-12-06 OAK A W 26-13 +13
15 2012-12-16 BAL A    
16 2012-12-23 CLE H    
17 2012-12-30 KC H    
   
Oakland Raiders
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-10 SD H L 14-22 -8
2 2012-09-16 MIA A L 13-35 -22
3 2012-09-23 PIT H W 34-31 +3
4 2012-09-30 DEN A L 6-37 -31
5   Bye      
6 2012-10-14 ATL A L 20-23 -3
7 2012-10-21 JAC H W 26-23 +3
8 2012-10-28 KC A W 26-16 +10
9 2012-11-04 TB H L 32-42 -10
10 2012-11-11 BAL A L 20-55 -35
11 2012-11-18 NO H L 17-38 -21
12 2012-11-25 CIN A L 10-34 -24
13 2012-12-02 CLE H L 17-20 -3
14 2012-12-06 DEN H L 13-26 -13
15 2012-12-16 KC H    
16 2012-12-23 CAR A    
17 2012-12-30 SD A    

Injury Report
Denver Broncos
Questionable  MLB Wesley Woodyard (ankle)
IR  SS Quinton Carter (knee, 9/29)
 DE Jason Hunter (triceps, 8/27)
 MLB Joe Mays (ankle, 10/30)
 RB Willis McGahee (knee, 11/21)
 DT Ty Warren (triceps, 9/11)
   
Oakland Raiders
Questionable  DE Jack Crawford (toe)
 CB Michael Huff (wrist)
 RB Darren McFadden (ankle)
 DT Richard Seymour (hamstring)
Probable  MLB Rolando McClain (other-excused)
IR  WR Jacoby Ford (foot, 9/15)
 MLB Travis Goethel (knee, 11/12)
 CB Shawntae Spencer (foot, 11/10)

Offense Stats Comparison
  DEN
 Offense 
OAK
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 31.5 20.0 22.6 DEN
Rushing yards 96.8 94.0 117.4 DEN
Rushing yards per attempt 4.05 3.95 4.30 DEN
Completion % 68.2% 59.8% 60.9% DEN
Passing yards 278.0 296.8 230.4 OAK
Passing yards per completion 11.06 10.81 10.88 DEN
Passing yards per attempt 7.54 6.47 6.63 DEN
Interceptions 0.8 1.3 0.9 DEN
Fumbles lost 0.5 0.3 0.6 OAK
Sacks allowed 0.8 2.3 2.2 DEN
3rd down conversions 42.0% 36.9% 38.0% DEN
4th down conversions 0.0% 30.0% 48.2% OAK
Time of possession 30:11 30:21 30:12 OAK
  Defense Stats Comparison
  DEN
 Defense 
OAK
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 18.5 33.5 22.6 DEN
Rushing yards 66.8 149.5 117.4 DEN
Rushing yards per attempt 3.38 5.48 4.30 DEN
Completion % 55.1% 64.1% 60.9% DEN
Passing yards 214.5 251.0 230.4 DEN
Passing yards per completion 10.07 12.61 10.88 DEN
Passing yards per attempt 5.55 8.08 6.63 DEN
INT return 1.3 0.8 0.9 DEN
Fumble recoveries 0.0 0.3 0.6 OAK
Sacks 3.0 1.0 2.2 DEN
3rd down conversions 18.8% 42.1% 38.0% DEN
4th down conversions 57.1% 75.0% 48.2% DEN
Time of possession 29:49 29:39 30:12 OAK

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   DEN   OAK  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 13.7 5.0 9.9 DEN
Yards per kick return 31.1 22.6 22.6 DEN
Yards allowed per punt return 4.8 9.8 9.9 DEN
Yards allowed per kick return 22.1 33.6 22.6 DEN
  Misc Stats Comparison
   DEN   OAK  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 5.3 6.5 6.2 DEN
Penalty yards 39.8 52.5 51.9 DEN

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 8 to 13 of the 2012 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 8 to 13 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Denver Broncos vs. Oakland Raiders
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 3 2000-09-17 DEN OAK 33-24 DEN
2000 11 2000-11-13 OAK DEN 24-27 DEN
2001 8 2001-11-05 DEN OAK 28-38 OAK
2001 16 2001-12-30 OAK DEN 17-23 DEN
2002 10 2002-11-11 OAK DEN 34-10 OAK
2002 16 2002-12-22 DEN OAK 16-28 OAK
2003 3 2003-09-22 OAK DEN 10-31 DEN
2003 13 2003-11-30 DEN OAK 22-8 DEN
2004 6 2004-10-17 DEN OAK 31-3 DEN
2004 12 2004-11-28 OAK DEN 25-24 OAK
2005 10 2005-11-13 DEN OAK 31-17 DEN
2005 16 2005-12-24 OAK DEN 3-22 DEN
2006 6 2006-10-15 OAK DEN 3-13 DEN
2006 10 2006-11-12 DEN OAK 17-13 DEN
2007 2 2007-09-16 OAK DEN 20-23 DEN
2007 13 2007-12-02 DEN OAK 20-34 OAK
2008 1 2008-09-08 DEN OAK 41-14 DEN
2008 12 2008-11-23 OAK DEN 31-10 OAK
2009 3 2009-09-27 DEN OAK 23-3 DEN
2009 15 2009-12-20 OAK DEN 20-19 OAK
2010 7 2010-10-24 OAK DEN 59-14 OAK
2010 15 2010-12-19 DEN OAK 23-39 OAK
2011 1 2011-09-12 OAK DEN 23-20 OAK
2011 9 2011-11-06 DEN OAK 38-24 DEN
2012 4 2012-09-30 OAK DEN 6-37 DEN

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.