2026 · Week 16

Scheduled

Bills

Buffalo

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Broncos

Denver

Empower Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass

Closing spread

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Total

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Model margin

+1.6est.

DEN perspective

Push chance

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Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Billsedge mapBroncos
  • +0.210EPA / play-0.040
  • 49.2%Success rate37.9%
  • +0.338EPA / dropback-0.004
  • +0.031EPA / rush-0.093
  • 13.6%Explosive rate6.4%
  • +4.89CPOE-2.61
  • 48.3%Third-down rate31.4%
  • 70.0%Red-zone TD rate71.1%
  • 3.19Points / drive1.75
  • 2.4%Turnover rate1.2%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

All square 6–6 since 1999

Meetings average 46 points. DEN are 3-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsBUF @ DEN30–33DEN
2024 · playoffsDEN @ BUF7–31BUF
2023 · W10DEN @ BUF24–22DEN
2020 · W15BUF @ DEN48–19BUF
2019 · W12DEN @ BUF3–20BUF
2017 · W3DEN @ BUF16–26BUF
2014 · W14BUF @ DEN17–24DEN
2011 · W16DEN @ BUF14–40BUF

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.53
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+1.61