The Denver Broncos (5-10) close out their 2020 season by hosting the rival Las Vegas Raiders (7-8) Sunday of Week 17. Kickoff is set for 4:25 p.m. ET at Empower Field at Mile High. Below, we give you four Broncos player/team prop bets to consider from the BetMGM game menu.
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Denver Broncos Week 17 prop bet predictions
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 11:15 a.m. ET.
QB Drew Lock OVER 0.5 interceptions (-190)
We certainly expect the second-year Broncos quarterback to be on guard after he tossed a career-high four interceptions in the first meeting with the Raiders — a 37-12 road thrashing in Week 10 — but there’s ample reason to expect at least one miscue here.
Lock is tied with benched Philadelphia Eagles QB Carson Wentz with a league-high 15 interceptions, and he has fumbled eight times, losing three of them.
Lock didn’t turn the ball over in a Week 1 loss to the Tennessee Titans, but he has had at least one giveaway in each of his 11 games since, including the 15 interceptions.
Bank on at least one more Lock pick in the finale.
RB Melvin Gordon to score a touchdown (-115)
Gordon leads the Broncos with 217 total touches and nine touchdowns — accounting for 30% of the team’s offensive scores.
He has found his way into the end zone in four of Denver’s seven home games so far, and with the Broncos projected to enjoy one of their highest-scoring games of the season (implied team total of 24 points), we like the chances of Gordon breaking the plane Sunday.
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WR Jerry Jeudy OVER 3.5 receptions (+115)
The Broncos’ first-round draft pick has had a rough, drop-plagued season, and his numbers fall well short of those compiled by some of the other wideouts in this strong rookie class.
The Week 16 loss was especially rocky for Jeudy, who was targeted a season-high 15 times, but he came up with only 6 receptions for 61 yards. That’s only one more catch than his total of dropped passes (five), as judged by several statistical services.
Sunday’s finale, though, provides the Broncos a chance to build the rookie back up and send him into the offseason with a boost of confidence. Look for a lot of high-percentage targets to go Jeudy’s way, and he should have little trouble hitting the Over here against a suspect-at-best Las Vegas secondary.
The value at +115 makes this prop even more attractive.
Jeudy OVER 39.5 receiving yards (-110)
Jeudy is averaging a healthy 15.2 yards per reception so if we’re banking on the Over in the above prop, we’re definitely following up with a correlated over wager here.
With that aside, Jeudy has had 42 or more receiving yards in nine of his 15 games, so that makes the “Over” call an easy one here.
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