Broncos are home underdogs to Chiefs in Week 8 (OVERDOG SZN)

The Denver Broncos needed the Kansas City Chiefs to stumble in order to catch them and stumbled they did on the road on Sunday Night Football being dominated by the Seattle Seahawks to fall to 5-1. That means the winner of next week’s game will be in first place in the AFC West. Denver has a real chance to get revenge for the Week 1 massacre and silence some of those doubters.

According to FanDuel, the Broncos are 1.5-point home underdogs against the Chiefs in Week 8. The over/under stands at 41.5 for this matchup.

Broncos vs. Chiefs betting odds

Denver Broncos vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:25 P.M. Mile High time
Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado
ATS Betting Lines: Kansas City -1.5
Moneyline Odds: Denver +102 / Kansas City -12-
Over/Under: 41.5

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For the Broncos offense, they have to play like they did last week — obviously — and avoid the three-and-out issue. They largely did that on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. However, in Week 1 they did not. It would be good to see Denver stick with Jonah Coleman in this game. He seemed to have must better vision than J.K. Dobbins last week, but I’m also okay to stick with a hot hand if someone has one against the Chiefs.

Defensively, they have got to contain Kenneth Walker III. We saw what happened when he gets completely shut down like he was against the Seahawks. The Chiefs offense only scored three points and Patrick Mahomes looked pedestrian. Denver’s defense has come a long way since Week 1 and I hope they learned some valuable lessons from that game. If they come out and shut KW3 down, then this game should break the Broncos way.

What are your predictions for the Broncos-Chiefs game in Week 8?