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Best Broncos Coverage: Week 16 (2021) – Denver at Las Vegas

Dec 24, 2021, 12:00 PM

The Denver Broncos look for an eighth win for the first time since 2016 as they head west to Las Vegas to take on the Raiders this week.

» When: Sunday, Dec. 26

» Kickoff: 2:25 p.m. MST

» Where: Allegiant Stadium

» Records: Denver (7-7) / Las Vegas (7-7)

» Fan Pregame Coverage: Shawn Drotar from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. | John Davis and Mat Smith from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. | Cecil Lammey from 10:30 a.m. to noon | The Fan Football Pregame with Chad Andrus and Nick Ferguson from noon to kickoff

» Halftime Chill: Join Rachel Vigil, James Merilatt and Shawn Drotar LIVE on Facebook and Twitter to break down all the first-half action

» Fan Postgame: React first along with Sandy Clough on the Fan Football Postgame starting at the two-minute warning

» Television: CBS

Game notes

» All-time against the Las Vegas Raiders, the Denver Broncos are 53-67-2, including 25-36-0 mark on the road

» Denver would reach four road victories for the first time since 2016 with a win

» With two touchdowns, wide receiver Tim Patrick can tie Green Back Packers tight end Robert Tonyan for the second-most scores (13) by an undrafted player since the start of the 2020 season

» Javonte Williams needs 185 rushing yards to become the seventh Broncos rookie (first since Phillip Lindsay in 2018) to rush for 1,000 yards or more in his first NFL season

» With one interception, Pat Surtain II would become the fifth NFL rookie in the past 10 years with at least five picks in his first season

» Surtain (4) can also move into sole possession of fourth place in team history for interceptions by a Broncos rookie with a pick

» With one interception, safety Caden Sterns would become the second Broncos player (Surtain) with at least three picks in his rookie season since Steve Atwater (3) in 1989

 

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