NFL Football Betting Preview - Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs

Priest Holmes get a chance to shine again as the starting running back for this Sunday's contest against the Broncos. (AI Wire Photo)

One of the biggest questions of the first half was how the Kansas City Chiefs were going to win games with only Larry Johnson as a star on offense. Now that he's gone down with an ankle injury, the question is how are they going to win without him?

"He's got a swollen foot right now so that's not good," coach Herman Edwards said. "The severity of it, I don't know because I'm not the doctor. As far as I know right now, it will be very difficult for him to play this week."

The Chiefs will be relying on two running backs - 10-year veteran Priest Holmes and rookie Kolby Smith.

"Priest Holmes obviously won't be the featured back. We're going to have to do it by committee," Edwards said. "Kolby Smith is going to be used. I'm not going to sit here and say Priest will carry the ball 30 times. That wouldn't be fair to Priest."

Despite lacking the bulk and explosiveness of Johnson in the backfield the Kansas City offense still has chance to get going on Sunday. They'll be facing the Denver Broncos, a team who just recently allowed 44 points to the Detroit Lions.

"If you play at the level we did, you get embarrassed," Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said. "I've been embarrassed a couple of times this year. Now, we find out what we're made of."

Denver is hoping second-year QB Jay Cutler can recover from a bruised leg and play in the contest. Cutler has been solid this year with a QB rating of 86.0 and 211.3 passing yards per game.

The Chiefs have opened as three-point favorites at home versus the Broncos. Get your NFL odds in the Bodog Sportsbook!