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Bills’ defense should be up to the task against Broncos

January 16, 2026

Story bySkarekrowFri, January 16, 2026 at 8:47 PM UTC·4 min readThe six seed Buffalo Bills are set to take on the one seed Denver Broncos and the predictions are all steering toward a close matchup. Buffalo’s defense has a laundry list of injuries that should concern Bills Mafia. If there’s a silver lining, however, it’s that the Bills have faced tougher challenges so far. Denver Broncos have an average offenseTo briefly recap my rule of four for the league’s 32 teams, the top four spots are considered “elite” in a metric, with spots 5-8 considered “good” or “above average.” Teams 9-24 being average.

Bills’ defense should be up to the task against Broncos

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The 25-28 spots are “bad” or “below average” with the final four spots being considered “terrible” or some other antonym of “elite.” Got it?
So let’s prove the statement in my heading. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMy favorite metrics to discuss team quality are per-drive metrics.
Denver’s points per drive sits at 2.05, which is 18th best in the league.
They score on 37.8% of their drives, which is 20th.
When it comes to avoiding turnovers, they’re actually in the realm of “good” coming in at the sixth spot with a turnover rate of 8.0% of drives. I also like per-play metrics, so let’s look at some of those.

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Bills’ defense should be up to the task against Broncos

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