This week, the Denver Broncos will once again be given the seemingly impossible task of knocking off the Kansas City Chiefs. A task they’ve failed 14 consecutive times.

How can they hope to snap that streak with Jerry Rosburg at the helm? Let’s look.

Lean on the ground game

Against the Arizona Cardinals, despite being led by former practice squad quarterback Brett Rypien, the Denver Broncos’ offense seemed to find its stride. That was thanks in large part to them committing to the ground game in a way we haven’t really seen otherwise this season.

Now, upon making that discovery, one would expect for the offense to continue to lean on that rushing attack, but they seemingly did the opposite, and instead looked to Russell Wilson to air it out against the Los Angeles Rams.

After attempting 34 runs against Arizona, they attempted just 20 in Los Angeles. That’s a decrease of 41.2 percent. To be fair, some of that is the result of falling into a quick hole, but it should be noted that the deficit Denver quickly found themselves in was the result of leaning too heavily on the passing game.

Unsurprisingly, the results were disastrous.

If the Denver Broncos want to even stand a chance against the Kansas City Chiefs, they have to implement the lessons they should have learned from their victory over the Arizona Cardinals. In the first 28 minutes of the last matchup between Denver and Kansas City, the Broncos gained just 27 yards on a measly 8 rushing attempts, as they fell into a 27-0 hole. Over the remaining 32 minutes, during which they outscored the Chiefs 28-7, they gained 79 yards on 11 rushing attempts.

And ‘leaning on the run’ doesn’t just mean simply handing the ball to Latavius Murray 24 times. It means utilizing Russell Wilson’s mobility too.

Wilson’s mobility, especially in regard to extending the play and creating opportunities behind the line of scrimmage, has declined quite a bit this season, but there’s been a consistent correlation between Wilson’s willingness to scramble and the Broncos’ offensive success this season. That willingness also led to Wilson being knocked unconscious the last time he played the Kansas City Chiefs, but unfortunately, the Denver Broncos will need him to lay it all on the line if they want to achieve this sizable upset.

Continue to create mistakes from Patrick Mahomes

Now, this is almost impossible to replicate, but it’s necessary for the Broncos to beat the Chiefs.

The last time these two teams played, the game only remained close thanks to the Denver Broncos plucking three interceptions away from Patrick Mahomes.

The first two catalyzed the Broncos’ end-of-half scoring spree, which sparked the comeback, while the final one opened an opportunity for the go-ahead score. Without those three plays, the game likely ends a blowout.

Relying on Mahomes to make such mistakes is a problem though. There have only been 13 games in his entire NFL career (78 total games) that have seen him responsible for multiple turnovers.

However, in those games where he’s turned the ball over two or more times, the Kansas City Chiefs are 6-7. When Mahomes turns it over just once, or not at all, the Chiefs are 56-9.