The Divisional Round kicks off with a scintillating matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos, the AFC’s No. 6 and No. 1 seeds, respectively.
A 14-win season has brought Denver its first home playoff tilt since hosting the 2015 AFC Championship Game, a victory that preceded the Broncos’ Super Bowl 50 win at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara — the site of Super Bowl LX.
The Bills advanced to the Divisional Round after defeating the Jaguars on the road last Sunday in what was Buffalo’s first playoff road win since the 1992 AFC Championship Game (Jan. 17, 1993, at Miami).
Both the Bills and Broncos have advanced to the AFC Championship Game 10 times in their franchise histories.
Just who will make it No. 11 on Saturday will be decided in a rematch of last season’s Wild Card Round game in which the Bills handled the Broncos, 31-7, in Buffalo. This will be the 20th playoff rematch since 2000 between teams that faced each other in the previous postseason, per NFL Research. The same team won both games in 13 of the previous 19 instances.
The Bills won the only other postseason matchup between Buffalo and Denver — the 1991 AFC Championship Game.
