Arrowhead has always been a House of Horrors for the Broncos. Jay Cutler has two interceptions… Brandon Marshall and Eddie Royal have both lost fumbles. The Kansas City Chiefs lead 23-13 now, and things aren’t looking good. There’s 12:40 left in the 4th quarter, and Denver will receive the football.

Can the Broncos come back? The offense will have to shake it off. This Arrowhead crowd is fired up. It will be tough, but the Broncos can show their character by coming back with a win.

Drive One: 15 plays and 75 yards later, the Broncos can’t convert in the red zone and settle for 3. It’s 23-16 Chiefs, and Kansas City ball. The defense needs to step up to give the Broncos offense another chance.

Chiefs respond: A huge kickoff return leads to three Chiefs points. Broncos still down 10, now with only just shy of four minutes left. They’ll need two more scoring drives to come back now.

Broncos add 3: Prater gets called upon again, nails it, and we’re down by 7. The defense needs to step up with under 2 minutes to play.

GAME OVER. Larry Johnson runs through the Broncos to the tune of 198 yards and another touchdown. That’s all folks.

Jay Cutler threw a horrible interception to the Chiefs’ Derrick Johnson in the third quarter, setting up the Chiefs inside the 40-yard line. Luckily, the Broncos defense responded well. On the subsequent play, Champ Bailey upended Larry Johnson, forcing a fumble that the Broncos recovered.

Two plays later for the Broncos, Cutler was intercepted again on a long bomb to Brandon Marshall. That’s two interceptions for Cutler – his third and fourth of the game. It represents the first two interceptions the Chiefs defense has tallied all season.

Luckily, neither interception led to Kansas City points.

Things are getting ugly in Arrowhead. The offense needs to put up some points as they still trail 16-13 in the third quarter. The defense has been answering for the offense’s shortcomings – it’s time the O returned the favor.

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In quarterbacks and kickers, you want to see the ability to shake off a bad play. Forget any struggles, focus, and perform on the field.

Matt Prater just showed that exact ability. He earlier missed a 28-yarder, but had no problem converting one from twice as far! Prater just converted a 56-yard field goal that effectively ends the half and leaves the Chiefs with 13-10 lead.

The Broncos will receive the second half kickoff, and if Eddie Royal can repeat his impressive performance a few minutes ago, look for the Broncos to take the lead. Royal finally showed a big play as a returner, nearly taking it to the house after a huge 36-yard run. This put the Broncos in the Chiefs territory, allowing the Broncos to get close enough to attempt the field goal in under 40 seconds.

UPDATE: Prater is good again from 51 yards in the third quarter! Tie ball game, 13-13.

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The Chiefs crowd is really into it now. Trailing 13-7, Broncos Kicker Matt Prater missed a chip-shot 28-yard field goal, and the Chiefs now have possession of the ball with a little over two minutes left.

Punter Brett Kern hasn’t been earning his paycheck either, shanking a punt earlier in the 2nd quarter that gave the Chiefs good field position.

Arrowhead is never an easy place to kick, but the Broncos need to rely on Prater to hit these kicks in a close game like this.

On a more somber note, Chiefs’ first round draft pick Branden Albert looks hurt – possibly badly hurt – and is being carted off the field. It looks serious, and I’d be surprised to see Albert back out there. Best of luck Branden.

All season, we’ve heard about this Broncos offense “firing on all cylinders.” A sack and two turnovers later, this offense is lucky to be in the game at all.

Brandon Marshall fumbled the football on a reverse, and the Chiefs’ Brandon Flowers recovered and ran it to the 2-yard line. The Broncos challenged the play, but the call was upheald, and the Chiefs just ran it in for a touchdown.

Chiefs 13, Broncos 7. Follow the live blog.

Starting right guard Chris Kuper was injured on the play, but he’s back in (they’re calling it a bruised thigh). It would be nice to have Montrae Holland as backup in case Kuper struggles with the injury.

Brandon Marshall just snagged in a 16-yard touchdown reception, giving the Broncos a 7-6 second quarter lead.

That marks Marshall’s third touchdown catch of the year, and Jay Cutler‘s 9th. Both lead the NFL in yards at their position heading into this game.

After Spencer Larsen‘s HUGE hit on special teams (bringing back memories of a certain Ring of Famer), the Broncos seem to have the momentum. Let’s put the Chiefs away for good.

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The Kansas City Chiefs have jumped to an early 6-0 lead. The defense held tight in the red zone twice to hold KC to two field goals.

Larry Johnson, on the second play of the game, carried the rock for 65 yards to Broncos territory, getting the crowd involved.

It’s the end of the first quarter now, with the Chiefs in Broncos territory again at the Denver 32 yard line.

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For the second straight week, naysayers were claiming the Denver Broncos were lucky (or even deceitful) to have the referees on their side in their nail-biting victories against the San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints. Now the NFL is taking a stand against such comments made by people on their payroll.

Saints Head Coach Sean Payton has been fined $15,000 for the following comments he made following Sunday’s 34-32 victory:

“There are some things that are frustrating about the game that don’t sit well. When you guys take a peek at the television copy and I see a no-call, that’s that much of a violation, I have a hard time swallowing that, because at some point there’s a decision made to say I’m just not throwing the flag. At least that’s how it appears to me. It’s not a judgment call. You’re either offsides or you’re not. I have a problem with that.”

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Number 7 proposed to Paige Green, a former Oakland Raiders cheerleader, while on a  trip to Italy last week.  John told newspapers that he is “looking forward to a long life together” with Green.  The two met at a celebrity golf tournament three years ago.

As we all know he was previously married to Janet Elway.  The couple was divorced and news was kept quiet at the request of John to the Denver media.

Wow, I feel a bit Access Hollywood posting this one.  Too many vulgar easy jokes come to mind, so I’ll leave that for the comment section.  Here’s wishing Johnny Boy a happy second marriage.