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The Kansas City Chiefs have been known for several years to have one of the best offenses in the National Football League. After all, the Chiefs wouldn't be the
Denver Broncos right guard Quinn Meinerz has emerged as one of the NFL's top interior linemen, but the first team All-Pro has quietly battled an undiagnosed illness for more than a month while anchoring an offensive line that has allowed the second-fewest sacks in the league.
The Denver Broncos have been red-hot as of late. They’ve won their last seven games and have shown no sign of slowing down. For a team that was given the ceiling of a wild-card spot by many, the Broncos now find themselves tied for first in not only the AFC but the entire NFL.
"The thing that’s scary is that I feel like he’s barely scratching the surface of his potential," Broncos WR Courtland Sutton said of RB RJ Harvey.
The Broncos are just 10th in Super Bowl odds (+1800), according to FanDuel. They are home underdogs vs. the Chiefs despite being two-and-a-half games ahead of Kansas City in the division and entering the game on a 10-game home win streak.
Keeping it relative to linebackers, the Broncos will be without the aforementioned Singleton for Sunday's game against the Chiefs after revealing that he underwent surgery for testicular cancer. Singleton is expected to return this season, perhaps even as soon as Week 13 following Denver's bye.
RJ Harvey isn't the only Denver Broncos running back set to get more work following the J.K. Dobbins injury. Jaleel McLaughlin, who has been RB4 this season, could jump up to RB2 duties while Dobbins is sidelined.