Fresh off their bye week, the Broncos (3-5) are looking to continue their two-game winning streak. Stick here for live updates and analysis as Denver takes on the Bills at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y.
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Pre-game updates
Inactives (5:30 p.m.): On the inactives list for the Broncos tonight include tight end Nate Adkins, nose tackle Keondre Coburn, center Alex Forsyth, defensive lineman Elijah Garcia, outside linebacker Thomas Incoom, inside linebacker Ben Niemann and safety JL Skinner. — Joe Nguyen
Good evening from Orchard Park, New York (3:25 p.m.): This will shock all of you, but the wind is blowin’ something fierce in Western New York. Straight off of Lake Erie. The flags at the top of Highmark Stadium and on the goal posts are whipping around. Certainly has a chance to impact the field conditions tonight as the Broncos return from their bye week looking to run a win streak to three games. The Bills, now 5-4, also really need a win. Should be a fun one on a chilly — but at least not frigid — night here. — Parker Gabriel
Scouting report (3:25 p.m.): Check out how the Broncos match up with the Bills in Ryan McFadden’s scouting report.
Game predictions
Parker Gabriel, beat writer: Bills 27, Broncos 20
Denver’s got the feel-goods coming off a bye week, and Buffalo’s been erratic. Even still, a win in prime time on the road against a team that’s more talented and has reached the point where it can’t do too much more messing around without threatening its playoff status is a tall order. Too tall, in this case. Von Miller & Co. get the job done.
Ryan McFadden, beat writer: Broncos 23, Bills 20
Let’s get wild. The Broncos are healthy and playing their best football. Yeah, Buffalo is hungry, but so is Denver. The Broncos will shock the world and pull off an upset on the road in prime time.
Sean Keeler, columnist: Bills 27, Broncos 18
The Bills are mortal away from Orchard Park, but at home? In front of the Mafia? Under the lights? They’re basically Kansas City North. No NFL squad sported a better home passer rating (117.5) than Buffalo heading into the weekend. Only the Chiefs have as many passing first downs at home (72) and only the Dolphins have as many home passing TDs (13). You can run on the Bills, absolutely. And you should. But Josh Allen probably gets the last word in. Again.
Mark Kiszla, columnist: Bills 20, Broncos 16
You will be able to feel the desperation on a Monday night in upstate New York, where everyone is already grumpy because the darkness of winter has arrived and the snow that doesn’t melt until spring looms just around the corner. Did the Bills miss their Super Bowl window? Was that victory against Kansas City more than a temporary reprieve in another lost Broncos season? Desperation turns to panic for the loser of this game.
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Broncos need a long winning streak or two in quest to rejoin playoff picture, but Bills represent tough task: “There’s no better script to get a season turned around”
There’s never a bad time for a bye week in the NFL, especially in the middle of the season.
But if ever a team might have wanted to play through, it’d be the Broncos. They finally put back-to-back wins on the board late last month. Their active roster is almost entirely healthy. They finally vanquished Kansas City. They finally, maybe, figured out their recipe for winning.
Then they went 15 days between games.
So, what will Denver look like when it takes the field Monday night in Western New York? Like a group that flashed and reverts to early-season form? Or like a team on an upward trajectory? Parker Gabriel reports. Read the full story.
Despite injuries to Bills defense, Broncos will have their hands full against Buffalo rush: “These guys are really good”
The Bills defense in 2023 has faced a torrent of injuries.
Von Miller missed the beginning of the season. Defensive lineman DaQuan Jones is on injured reserve currently. Inside linebacker Matt Milano was lost for the year. So, too, was top cornerback Tre’Davious White.
Through all of that, though, Buffalo’s defense has retained the ability to impact opposing quarterbacks.
The Bills enter Monday night’s game against Denver sixth in the NFL in sack rate (8.3%) and seventh in total pressure rate (26.7%), and they’ve done it thanks to a seemingly endless supply of rushers, Parker Gabriel reports. Read the full story.
Broncos OLB Baron Browning’s sack celebrations reflect energy he brings to the field: “You can tell he’s having fun”
It’s rare to sack Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. That’s why Baron Browning had to do his dance.
As Mahomes attempted to escape pressure on third-and-long in the fourth quarter of the Broncos’ 24-9 win in Week 8, he ran into his offensive lineman, and Browning came from behind to record his second sack.
The third-year outside linebacker then dashed near the goal line and went crazy. He moved side-to-side before falling to the ground and started pumping like Hingle McCringleberry from the “Key and Peele” skit, Ryan McFadden reports. Read the full story.
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