The Broncos have two goals to check off on Christmas afternoon against the Rams – 1) their second winning streak of the season and 2) their first road victory of the year. After winning back-to-back games against Houston and San Francisco in week 2 and 3, Denver (4-10) was 1-9 before last week’s 24-15 win over Arizona. The Cardinals are bad, but so are the 4-10 Rams who are also on a short week after their 24-12 loss in Green Bay on Monday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Normally a 4-10 team would benefit from losing late in the year to improve their draft stock, but neither Denver or the Rams have a first round pick (which is right now projected at #3 and #4<\/a>) because of the Russell Wilson<\/strong> and Matthew Stafford<\/strong> trades respectively. L.A. wouldn’t redo their trade for the Detroit QB because he led them to a Super Bowl win last year, but the ROI hasn’t been great for Wilson’s acquisition from Seattle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s been frustrating for Denver this year is that they’ve had the defense to compete, ranking 3rd in the NFL allowing just 309 total yards and 18.1 ppg. The Broncos offense has only scored 15.6 ppg though, fewest in the league. Wilson is back from a concussion for the Rams game, and he played well in his last outing throwing for 247 yards and 3 TDs in a 34-28 loss to the Chiefs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n