The Buffalo Bills are officially going to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs after pulling off a close win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the wild-card round on Sunday, January 11, with a 27-24 final score.
Now, Josh Allen and the Bills are advancing and will be taking on the Denver Broncos, a team they haven’t played since January of 2025, in what was also the AFC divisional playoff round. The Bills beat the Broncos 31-7 in that game last season at Highmark Stadium.
“It builds character. You go into every season and you’re hoping and praying that there’s no adversity,” head coach Sean McDermott said after the win over the Jags. “But we’ve all been around this long enough to know that there’s going to be adversity, it’s just a matter of what form it comes in and how big it is. And we’ve really been dealing with it quite a bit this year.”
McDermott added, “We made the plays that we needed to make when we needed to make them.”
So, McDermott, Allen and the Bills are ready for their next stop on the way to the finals. Now, the NFL has announced news about the Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos game.
NFL Makes Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos Announcement
They say Denver is nice this time of year. That’s a good thing, because the Bills are flying to Denver to go up against the Broncos in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
After Sunday’s games, the NFL announced the official date of the AFC divisional round: It’s set for Saturday, January 17.
So, we have a date. Now, the NFL will announce the time of the game during or after the Steelers and Texans game. But, we know that the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos game will either take place at 4:30 p.m. or 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, January 17.
The NFL’s divisional round will continue on Sunday, January 18, with games at 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
If the Buffalo Bills advance, the AFC Championship will take place on January 25 at 3 p.m., and the NFC Championship is set for 6:30 p.m. The Super Bowl is scheduled for February 8 at 6:30 p.m. on NBC.
Sean McDermott Talks Up Buffalo Bills Quarterback Josh Allen
After the game, Allen talked about the challenges that these teams have faced. “To have the wherewithal to not blink,” Allen said. “That’s just the mantra that we’ve adapted to this year.”
McDermott also talked up Allen’s performance against the Texans, which is a preview of what’s to come. “It trickles down from him in terms of the team’s toughness,” McDermott said of Allen’s performance. The quarterback finished the game with 306 yards of offense and three total touchdowns.
McDermott added, “When your quarterback is that type of warrior, that type of competitor, from a leadership standpoint it just goes through the whole team. We’ve got to get him as healthy as we can, though, for next week. It’s not something we take lightly. I did think overall that he took some hits today, but there were also sometimes where we protected him well.”
NFL Announces News on Bills-Broncos Playoff Game