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The Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs will reignite their divisional rivalry on Christmas night at Arrowhead Stadium.
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It’s been a crazy year for the Chiefs, to say the least. It was the first time in more than a decade that they missed the playoffs, meaning they couldn’t win the AFC West title after nine consecutive championship seasons.
Star quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a torn ACL and is expected to miss about nine months, and it was announced on Monday that the team would be moving to a new stadium in Kansas.
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With all of this happening, it leaves the door open for teams like their rivals the Denver Broncos, who are currently ahead of the top seed in the AFC playoffs, to control their own destiny by winning their final two games to ensure that, and with the latest injury news from the Chiefs, that could make the Broncos’ chances of victory even greater.
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The Chiefs placed wide receivers Rashee Rice and Tyquan Thornton and defensive backs Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson on the season-ending injured reserve list on Wednesday, meaning the team no longer has its best receiver and two of its best corners.
Now that the Chiefs have lost all their games, and with Kansas City short on personnel, the Broncos seem almost certain to win this game, which is almost like an early Christmas gift for Denver, as they need a win to set themselves up for a potential winner-take-all bid for the AFC West title, which could also clinch the No. 1 playoff seed.
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