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Denver (5-2) hosts Los Angeles (0-6) at Empower Field at Mile High on Jan 10, 2027.
Lines post about a week before the game.
The model's winner call: locked before the start, graded in public, built on the market's price.
LAC end zone ← 100 yards → DEN end zone
A longer bar = a better setup for the offense: half from how high the offense ranks, half from how low the defense across from it ranks (of 32). A full bar is the best offense against the worst defense; the dashed tick is an even matchup. Biggest advantage first.
DEN's defense has it in third-down conversion, red-zone touchdown rate, sacks, turnovers and passing.
DEN has the clear advantage in sacks; LAC's defense has it in passing and third-down conversion.
LAC offensevs
DEN defenseLAC offense ranks better in 0 of 6 matchups · DEN defense in 6 (5 by a clear margin)
DEN offensevsLAC defenseDEN offense ranks better in 2 of 6 matchups (1 by a clear margin) · LAC defense in 4 (2 by a clear margin)
Each measure, offense vs opposing defense, ranked of 32 (1 = best). Favors: big rank gap. ▲▼: recent trend.
218 a game, league 227 · last 17 games (7 in 2026, 10 in 2025)
DEN pressures on 31% of dropbacks (#9 of 32); he completes 35% under pressure (league 34%).
83.0 a game, league 96.0 · last 17 games (7 in 2026, 10 in 2025)
Mixed: few yards allowed, but leaky per play this season
129 a game, league 141 · last 17 games (7 in 2026, 10 in 2025)
Both readings tough
His routes (Hitch / curl 15%, Slant 15%, In / dig 15%): DEN allowed 7.6 yds a target, league 7.9.
Same DEN readings against WRs as above.
His routes (Go 18%, Hitch / curl 18%, Quick out 11%): DEN allowed 7.4 yds a target, league 8.0.
65.7 a game, league 54.0 · last 17 games (7 in 2026, 10 in 2025)
Mixed: lots of yards allowed, but stingy per play this season
His routes (Hitch / curl 25%, Quick out 15%, Post 11%): DEN allowed 7.6 yds a target, league 8.0.
202 a game, league 227 · last 17 games (6 in 2026, 11 in 2025)
Both readings tough
LAC pressures on 31% of dropbacks (#12 of 32); he completes 38% under pressure (league 34%).
88.8 a game, league 96.0 · last 17 games (6 in 2026, 11 in 2025)
125 a game, league 141 · last 17 games (6 in 2026, 11 in 2025)
Both readings tough
His routes (In / dig 16%, Deep out 14%, Post 12%): LAC allowed 8.2 yds a target, league 8.3.
Same LAC readings against WRs as above.
His routes (Hitch / curl 23%, In / dig 18%, Go 16%): LAC allowed 8.3 yds a target, league 8.4.
50.8 a game, league 54.0 · last 17 games (6 in 2026, 11 in 2025)
His routes (Quick out 32%, Hitch / curl 20%, Shallow cross 11%): LAC allowed 6.6 yds a target, league 6.9.
Players: this season's attempts, carries and targets (last season before a team's first game); anyone ruled out on the injury report is left off. Routes are where his targets came from over 2024–25, each route's yards shrunk toward the league's. Books already price these matchups.
LAC is not among the softest third of defenses in any of these categories.
Rank 1 allows the most. Each defense's last 17 games from box scores (early in a season that reaches back into last season; each row shows how many of its games are from each season), against the average defense. Books already price matchups: this is where to look, not a bet.
Where a player's own strength meets something tonight's opponent gives up more than most, measured against the league. Matchups like these were tested as inputs for player props and added nothing the books' lines do not already reflect: research, not a pick.
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Los Angeles Chargers11 listedDenver Broncos6 listedTimes are when the report changed on our end, last 30 days.
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Division rivals — they meet twice every season. DEN have won the last 2.
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The 6 measures where these two sit furthest apart among the league's 32 ranked teams, over each team's last 17 regular-season games (Oct 2025 – Oct 2026; 6–7 in 2026, 10–11 in 2025). A longer bar = higher in the league (rank 1 = highest, even for points allowed). A rank says where a number sits, not which side it points to.