Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs face the Denver Broncos. According to DraftKings Sportsbook, Kansas City is favorite to win. We welcome Ian St. Claire of Mile High Report – our sister site SBNation covering the Denver Broncos – for Five questions with the enemy.
1. So it’s been a quiet week, huh? Describe this season in your own words.
The best way to describe this season: a trash fire raging inside a burning building. For seven years, Broncos Country bought everything this wreck of an organization sold — and it was, by far, the biggest rip-off. In my life of watching the Broncos – over 40 years now – I have never seen the fans become apathetic. They don’t even care anymore. This season has been the last straw. The Broncos have a lot to do to regain the trust of this fanbase. The days of empty promises and empty words are over. Prove it.
2. Who do you want to coach the Broncos next season and hopefully beyond?
A coach who can fix Russell Wilson and change the culture of this losing franchise. And for me, the best to do it is Sean Payton. He did an interview with Colin Cowherd earlier this year, talking about how to fix Wilson. Given the success of his offense in New Orleans with Drew Brees — and just his football IQ in general — he’s the one I want to pilot on this ship out of control. Payton also helped the Saints become a superbowlfranchise winner. I don’t want a coach toeing the party line either. I want someone to come and say to Greg Penner, “You can run the business side of this organization, but I run the football side. That means I pick my GM and you stay away. Penner and the Broncos need to land a big hire. As I mentioned in the first question, this will help prove it to the fans.
3. Do you think AFC West teams need to spend less time focusing on the Chiefs and start looking to create a winning culture before turning to Kansas City?
That should absolutely be the goal – then find a quarterback as good as Patrick Mahomes. But it all starts with the winning culture. Luckily, as long as Lloyd Christmas owns the Loss Vegas Raiders, that’s never going to happen for this trash franchise. And the Los Angeles Chargers will always charge. So that leaves the Broncos. And creating that winning culture is just as important as fixing Wilson.
4. Is Russell Wilson fixable? How badly do you want him to stop saying “let’s ride”?
I’m one of the few who think Wilson is fixable, but you need a coach to get him there. I have no idea what relationship Payton has with Darrell Bevell or Brian Schottenheimer, but both of these guys have a proven track record with Wilson. They know him. They had success with him. Whoever Penner hires as the next head coach, one of those two should be the offensive coordinator. For the most part, he stopped saying, “Let’s go ride” – but I wish he had never invented that phrase. And let this be a lesson for Wilson: Spend more time fixing yourself and your game than finding those squeaky catchphrases.
5. Please let us know a gamer accessory you like and your expectations and predictions for Sunday.
Let’s go with Mahomes on 2.5 touchdown passes at +130. It’s a great value to DraftKings sport bets. Mahomes will surpass that number on Sunday.
As for Sunday’s game, I would expect to see what we saw in the last game between these two teams when Mahomes and the Chiefs took a 27-0 lead. The difference is Kansas City won’t be complacent and won’t let the Broncos back into the game. Even good Denver teams struggle in December at Arrowhead — and this team is far from good.
The Chiefs win 34-13.
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