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Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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DENVER BRONCOS
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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
100 0 100 27 52 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
NE's offense (3rd in passing) draws DEN's #5 pass defense. NE rates the 25-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
DEN #23  |  NE #14
Def
Def
DEN #15  |  NE #14
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
DEN #30  |  NE #10
Def
Def
DEN #5  |  NE #3
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
DEN 20  |  NE 77

Last 3 Meetings

2026-01-25
NE 10–DEN 7
2023-12-24
NE 26–DEN 23
2020-10-18
DEN 18–NE 12
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.