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Prediction: KC 10, DEN 20

Update: Jackie Battle is ruled out of the finale because of his foot.

The Chiefs may have beaten the Packers but losing to the Raiders last week sealed their chances for the playoffs. Denver will advance as the AFC West title owner with a win here or a loss by the Raiders to the Chargers. This is a replay of week ten when the Broncos won 17-10 in Kansas City. This is also the chance for Kyle Orton to say thank you for getting dumped by the Broncos after week five.

QUARTERBACK: Kyle Orton has thrown for right around 300 yards in both of his starts for the Chiefs though both were home games against the Packers and Raiders secondaries. Matt Cassel's final game of the year was in Denver when he and Tyler Palko combined for just 140 pass yards and one touchdown. Figuring on a motivated Orton, the pass yardage could go high here but more than one touchdown would be a surprise from this offense.

RUNNING BACKS: The three-headed monster here has never amounted to much and divided into three ensured no fantasy value. In week seven, the trio combined for only 123 yards on 35 carries. No reason to expect a starter to come out of this group now.

WIDE RECEIVERS: Dwayne Bowe (6-76) was the most productive wideout in week 10 when the Broncos visited and Steve Breaston (5-64) was right behind him. Those were solid stats from an offense that had very limited passing yards that week, Kyle Orton brings an improved ability t o throw and should manage to feed both Breaston and Bowe in this game. With a marginal rushing attack and no real use of the tight end, it will be up to these wideouts to keep the Chiefs in the game.

TIGHT ENDS: No fantasy value.

Pregame Notes: One win and they are in. This is a crucial game to the mini-legacy that is Tim Tebow and a loss here could make the team officials start thinking again. But the passing game is improving if only incrementally and Demaryius Thomas is finally making good on his promise. Hosting a playoff game would be a huge feather in new HC John Fox's hat.

RUNNING BACKS: Lance Ball took most of the load in week ten when he rushed 30 times for 96 yards on the Chiefs while Willis McGahee (4-17) was injured and Knowshon Moreno was lost for the season. McGahee will tote the load this time and should have moderate success with at least yardage if not a score. Most road opponents have featured a back with around 80 rushing yards or more when playing the Chiefs.

WIDE RECEIVERS: Eric Decker came through with the 56-yard game winning touchdown in the previous meeting but he's been mostly cool ever since and more so when at home. Demaryius Thomas did not record a catch in that game but has been on a roll in the last four matchups with never fewer than 76 yards and a total of three touchdowns scored. Thomas is a lower end fantasy start but could move up as both he and Tebow continue to play together and evolve.

TIGHT ENDS: No fantasy value.

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