Denver Sports Omelette: What you need to know about the Broncos-Raiders’ Week 16 matchup

Happy Monday, Omelette subscribers! The Broncos are playing tonight in what may be their final match in Oakland against the Raiders. Here’s primer of everything you need to know entering the game:

Broncos’ visits to Oakland Coliseum have been “like sewage, garlic fries and cigarettes,” into the bitter finish.
Broncos Game Plan: How Denver matches against the Raiders, injury report and forecasts.
Oakland Raiders Scouting Report: New/old coach, similar consequences entering Week 16.
Raiders QB Derek Carr casting quickly and correctly .
Keep or let walk? Broncos face difficult decisions on their prospective free agents.
… Like DE Adam Gotsis, that ’s creating a case to get a contract expansion .
Broncos’ linebacker Jeff Holland is newest undrafted rookie in the spotlight.
Broncos’ Chris Harris is “pretty much depressed” to miss stretch run.
DaeSean Hamilton is Broncos’ most concentrated receiver in lack of Emmanuel Sanders.

Kickoff is at 6:15 p.m. Follow together with the trendiest updates and analysis from the game in our live blog.

— Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post

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What’s on Tap?

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Must-Read
Daniel Brenner, Special to the Denver PostGold Helmet Award receiver Bear Miller poses for a portrait Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018 in the Denver Post Lobby. Miller was an offensive lineman at Eaglecrest High School and has committed to Stanford.
Eaglecrest lineman and Stanford signee Barrett Miller wins 2018 Gold Helmet Award

To those near him, Eaglecrest senior Barrett Miller is known as “Bear,” a moniker which performs off his original title and embodies the tenacity that’therefore made the 6-foot-5, 260-pounder one of the country ’s leading lineman. Read …

AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver PostTodd Helton throughout spring training at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick at Scottsdale, Arizona on Feb. 28, 2012.
Is Todd Helton a Hall of Famer? Slimming down the case for Rockies icon

First baseman is one of only two players to have at least 2,500 strikes, 550 doubles, 350 home runs and a career batting average of .315 or greater. Read …

David Zalubowski, The Associated PressOklahoma City Thunder shield Russell Westbrook, left, attempts to block a shot by Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic from the next half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at Denver. The Nuggets won 109-98.
“Quiet storm, infant ”: Nikola Jokic, Nuggets not dwelling on Charles Barkley’s remarks

If coach Michael Malone had his strategy, Charles Barkley wouldn’t be saying anything concerning his West-leading Nuggets. Read …

Quick Hits

+ Meet the Gold Helmet finalists: 5 Colorado high school football players who embody excellence on and off the field.

+ Daniel Murphy signals two-year cope with Rockies using World Series on wish list.

+ Nuggets large guy Nikola Jokic has a large lover in Dan Issel.

+ Colorado Buffaloes tight ends could emerge as firearms at Mel Tucker’so crime.

+ Former Nuggets star Dikembe Mutombo attempts to conserve boy with facial tumor, however, a rare response results in catastrophe .

+ A primer on cross country skiing at Colorado for the uninitiated.

+ Festivus 2018: The airing of grievances, sports variant .

+ Scandal and oversight: #MeToo attained the sports world at 2018.

Post Mailbag kinds

+ Broncos Mailbag: Have a question about the team? Ask Ryan O’Halloran here.

+ Nuggets Mailbag: Have a question about the team? Ask Mike Singer here.

+ Avs Mailbag: Have a question about the team? Ask Mike Chambers here.

+ Rockies Mailbag: Have a question about the team? Ask Patrick Saunders here.

By The Numbers

The amount of World Cup wins EagleVail’so Mikaela Shiffrin has in the slalom, tying her youth idol Marlies Schild’s markers. Read …

Parting Shot
John Leyba, The Denver PostFormer Denver Nuggets player and coach Dan Issel gives a glimpse to Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried (35) ahead of the match from the Sacramento Kings on Oct. 21, 2017 at Pepsi Center.
Nuggets celebrity: “At Christmas, you’re far into the season now that it’s not a fluke”