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NFL Week 3 · Sun, Sep 27, 5:20 PM PT

A Super Bowl that never happened, under the lights at Mile High

Both teams lost on Championship Sunday. Sunday night is the rematch neither of them got. The posted line is LAR -2.5 with a total of 45.5, and the contract below prices the win outright.

Kickoff

5:20 PM PT

8:20 PM ET, Sun, Sep 27

Stadium

Empower Field at Mile High

Denver

On TV

NBC

national window

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Open Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos markets

YES prices in cents from Kalshi's public data. Only markets that close after right now are shown, grouped by game.

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BidThe most a buyer will pay right now. Selling now gets you this.
AskThe least a seller will take. Buying now costs this.
LastThe price of the most recent trade.
SpreadAsk minus bid. Amber at 10¢ or more, where the gap eats most edges.

Source: Kalshi public market data, series KXNFLGAME, checked for this page on Sep 22, 2026. Prices can be a few seconds old. They are market prices, not our picks and not a recommendation. PM Countdown isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Kalshi.

What’s at stake

Los Angeles Rams are 0-1. Denver Broncos are 1-1. The posted line has Los Angeles Rams favoured by 2.5, with a total of 45.5. Kickoff is 8:20 PM ET on Sunday, September 27 at Empower Field at Mile High, Denver.

The window. NBC, simulcast on Peacock. One game, everywhere.

Tale of the tape

Going inLARLos Angeles RamsLARDENDenver BroncosDEN
Record0-11-1
SideOn the roadAt home
The posted line−2.5+2.5
Implied points computed2421.5
Passing leader 2 gamesMatthew Stafford15/25, 155 yds, 0 TD, 1 INTBo Nix39/59, 419 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing leader 2 gamesKyren Williams11 car, 41 yds, 1 TDJ.K. Dobbins18 car, 72 yds, 0 TD
Receiving leader 2 gamesPuka Nacua5 rec, 74 yds, 0 TDJaylen Waddle9 rec, 140 yds, 0 TD

Records, venue, spread and total from the ESPN scoreboard, read 2026-09-21.1 Player lines are two-game totals summed from the completed Week 1 and Week 2 box scores.2 Implied points is half the total moved half the spread, which is arithmetic on the two numbers above, not a projection.

The fantasy angle

Six players, the three who have produced most on each side. Every number here is the two-game box score total divided by the two games played, or divided by touches. It is what happened, not a projection.2

Where the points are priced. The spread and the total put Los Angeles Rams at about 24 and Denver Broncos at about 21.5. That gap is the first thing a start-or-sit call turns on: the same player is worth more in a game his side is priced to lead than in one it is priced to chase. It is arithmetic on the posted line, not a score projection.

PlayerYards PointsScores
LARLos Angeles Rams
Matthew StaffordQB · 60.0% on 25 attempts77.5pass yds a game2.1half-PPR a game0.00 TD in two
Puka NacuaREC · 5 catches37.0yds a game5.0half-PPR a game0.00 TD in two
Kyren WilliamsRB · 11 carries20.5yds a game5.1half-PPR a game0.51 TD in two
DENDenver Broncos
Bo NixQB · 66.1% on 59 attempts209.5pass yds a game10.4half-PPR a game1.02 TD in two
Jaylen WaddleREC · 9 catches70.0yds a game9.2half-PPR a game0.00 TD in two
J.K. DobbinsRB · 18 carries36.0yds a game3.6half-PPR a game0.00 TD in two

Half-PPR: 0.1 a rushing or receiving yard, 0.5 a catch, 6 a touchdown, 0.04 a passing yard, 4 a passing touchdown, minus 2 an interception. Full-PPR and standard leagues score catches differently, so the weights are printed rather than assumed. Two games played by every team at the time of this read.

What the market says

The posted line has Los Angeles Rams favoured by 2.5 on the road, with a total of 45.5. A spread is the market's estimate of the margin, not a result; the Kalshi contract below prices the win outright.

The two venue prices sit at the top of this page and are read live when it loads. A contract settles at $1.00 if that team wins and $0 if it loses, so a price in cents is that market’s implied chance of the win. Prices are the venues’, not our picks, and the two rarely agree to the cent.

A spread and a contract price are two different questions. The spread is the market’s estimate of the margin; the contract prices the win outright, and it is the one you can sell before the game ends. Books differ on the spread itself: our read found two games where a second book had a different number the same afternoon.1

Trading the props

We do not publish a prop line we have not captured with a timestamp, so none appear here. What follows is our own number from the box scores, and the math for turning your board’s line into something you can compare to a price.

Passing yards

Bo Nix DEN

209.5 a game

66.1% on 59 attempts through two games, 7.1 yds per attempt.

Other side: Matthew Stafford (LAR) at 77.5

Rushing yards

J.K. Dobbins DEN

36.0 a game

18 carries through two games, 4.0 yds per carry.

Other side: Kyren Williams (LAR) at 20.5

Receiving yards

Jaylen Waddle DEN

70.0 a game

9 catches through two games, 15.6 yds per catch.

Other side: Puka Nacua (LAR) at 37.0

Ours, from the box scores, not a posted line. Put each against whatever your board shows: if the board is well under our number the over is the question, and if it is well over, the under is. A number that sits on top of ours is telling you the board has read the same two games we have.

A pick’em entry is a parlay, and the math is unforgiving

Every leg has to hit. Two legs you think are 60% each come to 36% together, not 60. Three come to 22%. That multiplication is the whole game, and it is the reason a board can offer a number that looks generous and is still a bad price.

Work your break-even the other way round. If your board pays N times the entry on an L-leg play, the entry needs to win 1 ÷ N of the time to break even, so each leg needs to hit the L-th root of that. A 2-leg play paying 3× needs each leg at about 57.7%. A 4-leg play paying 10× needs each at about 56.2%. Check your own board’s multipliers: they differ by state, by board and by promotion, so the number above is the method, not your terms.

Legs on the same game are not independent

A quarterback going over his passing yards and his top receiver going over his receiving yards are close to the same bet twice. That correlation is the one real lever in pick’em: it makes a correlated pair land together more often than the multiplication above suggests, and miss together just as often. Correlate on purpose or not at all.

What a contract does that a pick’em entry does not

The contract on the board above can be sold at any point before the game ends, so a position that moves your way early can be closed for a profit without waiting to find out. A pick’em entry is locked until every leg settles. That is the structural difference between the two products, and it is worth more than any single line. How the fee works on a contract

Trading it: the case each way

No plan is posted on this game. The props section above is about one player; this is about the game itself.

The question on Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos are 1-1 and they are at home, and the line makes them the underdog by 2.5. Decide what chance you would give them, in cents, before you read the board. If your number is above the ask, that is the trade; if it is not, there is no trade here.

The question on Los Angeles Rams

Los Angeles Rams are 0-1 and favoured by 2.5. A favourite contract costs most of a dollar, so the money at risk is large against the money to be made. Work out what you lose if it goes wrong before you decide what you make if it goes right.

Whatever you decide, write the entry, the sell target and the hold rule before kickoff, and remember the fee is largest near 50¢. How the fee works

Questions people ask about this game

What time is Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos and what channel is it on?

Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos kicks off at 8:20 PM ET on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver. It is on NBC. It is a national window, so every US market gets it.

Who is favoured in Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos?

The posted line has Los Angeles Rams favoured by 2.5 with a total of 45.5, read from the ESPN scoreboard on 2026-09-21. A spread is the market's estimate of the margin, not a result, and books differ. The Kalshi contract on this page prices the win outright and is read live when the page loads, so it is the number to trust over a line written down days earlier.

How many points is each team priced for in Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos?

Half the total moved half the spread puts Los Angeles Rams at about 24 points and Denver Broncos at about 21.5. That is arithmetic on the two posted numbers, not a score projection, and it is the figure most fantasy decisions on this game turn on.

Who are the top fantasy producers in Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos?

Through two games the leaders are Kyren Williams of Los Angeles Rams at 5.1 half-PPR points a game (11 carries through two games), and Bo Nix of Denver Broncos at 10.4 half-PPR points a game (66.1% on 59 attempts through two games). Those are half-PPR points from the completed box scores divided by games played, so they describe what has happened rather than what will. Scoring weights and the full six-player table are on this page.

What player numbers should I check against a prop board for Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos?

We do not publish a prop line we have not captured from the app with a timestamp, so no posted line appears here. Our own figures from the box scores are Bo Nix at 209.5 passing a game, J.K. Dobbins at 36.0 rushing a game, Jaylen Waddle at 70.0 receiving a game. Put each against whatever your board shows and decide which side of it you are on.

How often does each leg of a pick'em entry need to hit to break even?

A pick'em entry is a parlay, so every leg has to land: two legs you price at 60 per cent are 36 per cent together, and three are 22 per cent. If your board pays N times the entry on an L-leg play, the entry needs to win one divided by N of the time, so each leg needs the L-th root of that. A two-leg play paying 3x needs each leg at about 57.7 per cent, and a four-leg play paying 10x needs each at about 56.2 per cent. Multipliers differ by state, board and promotion, so use your own terms.

Sources

Every stored figure on this page came from one of these, read 2026-09-21. Lines move and injury news lands after that; the prices in the strip and on the board are read live when the page loads, not written into it.

  1. ESPN NFL scoreboard: schedule, records, venue, broadcast, the posted spread and the total. site.api.espn.com
  2. ESPN NFL game summaries for the completed Week 1 and Week 2 games: the two-game player totals, summed from the box scores. espn.com
  3. Kalshi public markets API, the Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos game market: the contract this page links to. Prices are read live in your browser, never stored here. external-api.kalshi.com
  4. The headline on this page: A rematch of a Super Bowl that never. Read 2026-09-22. www.nbclosangeles.com
  5. Polymarket Gamma API, event nfl-la-den-2026-09-28: the second venue in the price strip, also read live. gamma-api.polymarket.com

PM Countdown is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kalshi, Polymarket, ESPN or the NFL. Prices shown are the venues’, not our picks.

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