The Chargers are allowing 20.1 points per game to opponents and the Broncos are averaging 23.9 PPG. Combined and divided by two, that's 22 points Denver's way. That same formula for the Broncos' defense and L.A.'s offense spits out 21.3 points for the Chargers. Fans in Denver will hope the math adds up to a Broncos win in Week 18.

Last year, the Broncos went 10-7 in coach Sean Payton's second season, reaching the NFL playoffs for the first time since the team won Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 campaign. Payton will now attempt to get his squad back to the playoffs -- and he has aspirations to go much further than the Wild Card round this time.

To many, the Denver Broncos have not looked like the best team in the NFL, but after a 20-13 Christmas win over the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, Sean Payton and co. sit a win away from the AFC's No. 1 seed. Though they did not do it in dominant fashion ...

The Chiefs won the coin toss and deferred. Harrison Butker’s kickoff hit the end zone, bringing the Broncos out to their own 35-yard line to start the opening drive. Quarterback Bo Nix immediately found rookie running back R.