Orchard Park, N.Y. (WGR Sports Radio 550/WBEN) - Following a win in the AFC Wild Card Round over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, the Buffalo Bills now set their sights on a matchup with the 1-seed Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional Round on Saturday at Empower Field at Mile High.
This will be the third all-time matchup between the Bills and Broncos in the playoffs. The Bills have won both of those contests - the first being the 1991 AFC Championship Game in Orchard Park, and the second coming last season in the AFC Wild Card Round at Highmark Stadium.
The Broncos will be looking for some revenge this postseason from last year's playoff defeat, as the Bills utilized a dominant second half to surge to a 31-7 win in Orchard Park.
After surrendering an opening drive touchdown by the Broncos in last year's playoff matchup, the Bills responded big by limiting Denver to just 154 total yards of offense the rest of the way, while putting up 471 total yards of offense and maintaining possession for a whopping 41:43 of game time.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen was efficient that afternoon, going 20-of-26 for 272 yards and a pair of touchdown passes. Meanwhile, James Cook dominated on the ground for Buffalo with 120 yards on 23 carries and a touchdown.
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This time around, though, the Broncos managed to finish their 2025 campaign as the top seed in the AFC, securing the AFC West and posting a 14-3 record in the process.
Led by second-year quarterback Bo Nix, the Broncos managed to finish the season as a top-10 offense, averaging 342.6 yards per-game. The offense also finished 14th this season in scoring (23.6 yards per-game), 11th overall in passing offense (223.9 yards per-game) and 16th in rushing offense (118.7 yards per-game).
Nix was quite busy this season through the air, accounting for the most attempts thrown (612) and completing 63.4% of those passes for 3,931 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. The 25-year-old is also a threat on the ground with his scrambling abilities, putting up 356 yards on 83 carries and adding five scores.
After losing J.K. Dobbins to injury, the Broncos have relied on rookie R.J. Harvey to carry the workload in the backfield. The 24-year-old finished the regular season second in rushing with 540 yards on 146 carries and seven touchdowns.
Perhaps Nix's most reliable target in the passing game is Courtland Sutton, who finished his 2025 campaign with 1,017 receiving yards on 74 receptions and seven touchdowns. However, Nix also has a plethora of weapons to choose from, including Troy Franklin, Pat Bryant, Marvin Mims and Evan Engram.
Where the Broncos are most lethal, though, is on defense, boasting one of the best units in all of football and making life challenging, no matter the opponent.
The Broncos finished second this season in average yards per-game (278.2) defensively, while also finishing as the third-best scoring defense (18.3 points per-game) and being the seventh-best pass defense (187.2 yards per-game) and the second-best run defense (91.1 yards per-game).
Denver's pass rush is the best in the NFL with 68 total sacks on the season, led by Nik Bonitto, who registered 14 sacks on the edge. Other weapons in the pass rush to watch for are Jonathon Cooper, John Franklin-Myers and Zach Allen.
In addition, Denver has one of the best secondary groups in all of football, boasting reigning AP Defensive Player of the Year Patrick Surtain, as well as Riley Moss, who finished tied for the league lead with 19 passes defended this season.
The last time the Bills made the trip to Denver for a game came in the 2020 COVID season, where Buffalo ended up throttling the Broncos, 48-19, and capturing the team's first AFC East title since 1995.
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Kickoff on Saturday is still to be determined, though it will either be at 4:30 p.m. EST or 8 p.m. EST.
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