Broncos-Bengals Capsule

DENVER (11-3) at CINCINNATI (9-4-1)

Monday, 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN

OPENING LINE - Broncos by 3 1/2

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Denver 7-7, Cincinnati 7-7

SERIES RECORD - Broncos lead 19-8

LAST MEETING - Broncos beat Bengals 31-23, Nov. 4, 2012

LAST WEEK - Broncos beat Chargers 22-10; Bengals beat Browns 30-0

AP PRO32 RANKING - Broncos No. 3, Bengals No. 11

BRONCOS OFFENSE - OVERALL (4), RUSH (16), PASS (4)

BRONCOS DEFENSE - OVERALL (4), RUSH (2), PASS (16)

BENGALS OFFENSE - OVERALL (13), RUSH (6), PASS (23)

BENGALS DEFENSE - OVERALL (20), RUSH (24), PASS (11)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Broncos clinched fourth straight AFC West title with win over Chargers. Can clinch first-round bye with win over Bengals. ... Bengals can clinch club-record fourth straight playoff appearance with win. ... Broncos have won past four games vs. Bengals. ... Peyton Manning is 8-0 against Cincinnati with 20 TDs, 5 INTs. He's thrown at least three TD passes in five of the eight games. His passer rating vs. Cincinnati is 106.8. ... Manning and Drew Brees topped 4,000 yards passing last week. Manning (14) and Brees (9) rank first and second on NFL's list with 4,000-yard seasons. ... Manning needs 32 pass attempts to join Brett Favre as only players with 9,000. ... Demaryius Thomas needs 111 yards to join Rod Smith as only Broncos with 1,500-yard receiving seasons. ... Bengals are 18-41 in prime time, including 10-20 on Monday nights. They've lost both prime time games this season - 43-17 at New England on Sunday night and 24-3 to Cleveland on Thursday night. ... After going 8-0 at home in regular season last year, Bengals are 4-2-1. ... Andy Dalton is 2-6 in prime time games. ... Jeremy Hill leads NFL rookies with 877 yards rushing and is tied for first with eight rushing TDs. He's first NFL rookie with three 140-yard games since Tampa Bay's Cadillac Williams in 2005.

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