The divisional round begins with a sparkling matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the Denver Broncos, the AFC’s No. 6 and No. 1, respectively.
The 14-win season has moved Denver to 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 – site of Super Bowl LX.
The Bills advanced to the division title after defeating the Jaguars on the road last Sunday in what was Buffalo’s first 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 history.
Saturday’s No. 11 seed will battle it out in a rematch of last season’s Wild Card game, where the Bills beat the Broncos 31-7 in Buffalo. It will be the 20th overtime game in the playoffs since 2000 between teams that met last season, according to NFL Research. The same team won both games in 13 of the previous 19 occasions.
The Bills won the only other postseason meeting between Buffalo and Denver – the 1991 AFC Championship Game.