The Kansas City Chiefs were defeated by the Denver Broncos on Christmas Day in Week 17. The matchup's final score was 20-13 in Denver's favor.

The Chris Oladokun-led Chiefs, even with nothing to play for, hung with the Broncos just fine on Thursday night in Kansas City.

Bo Nix helped the Denver Broncos avoid an upset loss to Travis Kelce and a Kansas City Chiefs squad without Patrick Mahomes on Christmas Day, securing a 20-13 win.

The NFL season continues Week 17 when the Kansas City Chiefs host the Denver Broncos on Christmas Day. Start time, how to watch, stream and TV schedule.

Christmas entertainment came in full effect for Denver sports fans, as both the Broncos and the Nuggets took to the court and field, hoping to bring home a holiday win for Colorado. FOX31's Anna Coon reports.

The Denver Broncos are going to be without center Luke Wattenberg for the foreseeable future. Just hours ahead of their Christmas Night tilt with the Kansas City Chiefs, Wattenberg was placed on injured reserve,

The Broncos have ruled five players out for their Christmas game against the Chiefs. Linebacker Dre Greenlaw is part of that group. Greenlaw injured his hamstring in last Sunday's loss to the Jaguars and will miss his eighth game of the season.

While those are the playoff implications for this Christmas Day slate, one of the other storylines will be the onslaught of injuries at quarterback for an array of these teams suiting up on Thursday. The Commanders, Vikings and Chiefs will all be starting backups, which sort of feels like a lump of coal, but we'll make do.