Predictions, picks and odds for NFL Week 18 game
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Week 18 is officially set. The NFL on Sunday announced the Denver Broncos' regular-season finale against the Los Angeles Chargers will take place on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High, with kickoff scheduled for 2:25 p.m. MT. The game will be broadcast on CBS.
Coming off a 20-13 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas, the Denver Broncos are now ranked sixth in Nate Davis' latest NFL power rankings for USA TODAY Sports. That's unchanged from when they were ranked sixth last week.
Here’s a look at how various national experts rated the Broncos in their power rankings entering Week 18:
According to NFL researcher Tony Holzman-Escareno, Nix has lost an estimated 313 passing yards due to drops this season — the fifth-most of any starting quarterback, behind only Chicago's Caleb Williams, the Rams' Matthew Stafford, Jacksonville's Trevor Lawrence, and Dallas' Dak Prescott.
The AFC West champion Denver Broncos have tied the NFL record with 11 wins in one-score games during the regular season.
First, the good news: tight end Nate Adkins ( knee) and wide receiver Pat Bryant ( concussion) practiced on Wednesday after sitting out a 20-13 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas. Defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers ( hip) also practiced.
Netflix and Amazon jingled all the way to some big audiences on Christmas Day, thanks to the NFL. The most-watched game of the holiday proved to be the mid-afternoon Lions-Vikings match up on Netflix,
Of all the players that the Broncos selected in the 2025 NFL draft, second-round running back RJ Harvey has arguably made the biggest contributions. He became a key part of the running back rotation and,