Wild Card Round, Broncos v. Bills, PREDICT THE SCORE!

[Freddie's Dead]

You've tried the rest, now try the best!  Accept no substitutes!  Here is the actual PREDICT THE SCORE! thread.

 

Congratulations again to Week 18 winner @corta765!

 

Playoffs time is here!  Happiness and cheer!....  The 10-7 Denver Broncos come to Highmark Stadium to take on our 13-4 Bills in Orchard Park.  Denver has a hot QB in rookie Bo Nix, one of the better defenses in the AFC, and a SuperBowl winning coach in Sean Payton.  On paper, they appear to be a formidable match for the Bills.

 

This is a WWII game for the Bills.  They CANNOT lose in the Wild Card Round to the lowest seeded team in the AFC.  That said, this is going to be a very tough game for the Bills.  Bo Nix gonna get his, but the Bills D must continue creating turnovers if the Bills want to win this game.  I think the -9 is way too many points to give the Broncos.  I see a close game coming down to the last possession.

 

Broncos - 27

Beews - 31

 

 

Past Winners

Week 1 - @LabattBlue

Week 2 - @BuffaloMatt

Week 3 - @Rockinon

Week 4 - @Virgil

Week 5 - @DaBillsDaBillsDaBills

Week 6 - @Buffalo Dude and @GreggTX

Week 7 - @RyanC883

Week 8 - @Gilberto

Week 9 - @Bookie Man

Week 10 - @MJS

Week 11 - @BuffaloMatt (2-time winner this season!)

Week 12 - BYE

Week 13 - @Mat68

Week 14 - @JP51

Week 15 - @Dr.Sack

Week 16 - @Chicharito

Week 17 - @LewPort71

Week 18 - @corta765

[Doc Brown]

Bills 3

Broncos 0

[Success]

Much respect to the Broncos, but they're just starting their journey, and the difference in playoff experience will show up in this game:

 

Bills 34

Broncos 16

 

[GoBills808]

37-17 Bills

 

won't be close

[Jauronimo]

34-20 Beels

[BritBill]

Denver 24-35 Bills

[RobbRiddick]

Broncos 27

Bills 13

[FuturePawgKing]

New Guy here

 

Bills 34

Broncos 21

[SF Bills Fan]

35-17 Bills 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

31-17 Buffalo.

[BuffaloBillyG]

Denver is in a really good spot. Playing with house money. No one expects them to win. They can play aggressive. Beware of fake punts and trick plays. They have a really good defense that can get after the QB. Should be a good matchup.

 

Buffalo 23

Denver 16

[machine gun kelly]

4 hours ago, Success said:

Much respect to the Broncos, but they're just starting their journey, and the difference in playoff experience will show up in this game:

 

Bills 34

Broncos 16

 

Similar.  A telling point is McD is 9-4 against rookie QB’s.  He’ll have Nix seeing ghosts by the end of the game.

 

Bills. 27

Broncos 17

 

 

[Chicharito]

Bills-27

donkeys- 24

T. Bass the the game winner as time expires.

[Gary Marangi]

Bills 33

Den 23

[KCNC]

Broncs - 28

Bilz - 27

 

Lutz with game winner like last year.  Bills DLine continues to look bad.

[Gregg]

27-20 Bills

[gonzo1105]

Bills 31

Broncos 21

[LewPort71]

Bills  10

Broncos 7

 

 

[Kirby Jackson]

27-13 Bills

[HappyDays]

Bills 31

Broncos 20

 

I really like this matchup for us. It was the best of the possible wildcard matchups IMO.

 

On offense Denver can't run the ball very well and they don't have a lot of playmaking talent in general. It's a middling supporting cast led by a rookie QB coming to Orchard Park for his first ever playoff game. These are the kinds of matchups where our defense tends to stack negative plays.

 

On defense Denver's two biggest strengths are somewhat neutralized by what we do well. They have a shutdown CB who can singlehandedly take a WR out of the game, but we don't rely on one WR. They have a great pass rush but we have very good pass protection and a QB that negates a good pass rush better than any QB in history.

 

The leash is off Allen to run around and stiff arm LBs as he sees fit. I just can't see our offense scoring less than 30 under those circumstances, even against a great defense like Denver. So if we keep them below 30 we win.