Broncos Grind Out 17-14 Win as DarkHorse Under 40.5 Cashes Easy

The Seahawks and Broncos combined for a whopping 31 points Thursday night, making DarkHorse's under 40.5 look downright generous. Denver escaped with a 17-14 victory in exactly the kind of short-week slog we promised you.

This one had all the aesthetic appeal of a root canal. Both offenses looked exactly as advertised on four days rest—sluggish, mistake-prone, and thoroughly incapable of sustaining drives against defenses that had their number. Denver's home defense continued its stingy ways, holding Seattle nearly 13 points below their season average. The Seahawks managed just 14 points, well south of their 26.8 per game mark, while Denver's offense did just enough at 17 points, barely eclipsing their anemic 19.4 average.

The total landed at 31, a full 9.5 points below the closing number. Thursday night divisional football strikes again—short rest, familiarity, and home-field defense are an under bettor's best friends. The sharp money that hammered this line down from 41.5 knew exactly what they were doing, and so did we.

Sometimes the boring game is the beautiful game, especially when your ticket cashes before the fourth quarter even gets interesting. Broncos win, under bettors celebrate, and everyone goes home early.