PREGAME:
We’re here at Ralph Wilson Stadium as the Broncos get set to face the Buffalo Bills in Week 16.
We’ve got temperatures in the high 20s with crystal clear skies as the players begin warmups. The Broncos will be wearing their all-white road uniforms here today.
Stay tuned as we keep you updated with all the latest info.
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BRONCOS AT BILLS GAMECENTER: For play-by-play action and up-to-the-minute stats, check out the DenverBroncos.com Gamecenter. We’ll keep you updated here with scoring plays, drive recaps and all the fun bits and pieces you can’t get from looking at a box score.
BRONCOS ON TWITTER: Another option is to follow the @Denver_Broncos Twitter account. There are constant updates on there throughout the game. You don’t have to be on Twitter to read the posts, but if you are, you should follow the account for news throughout the week as well.
INACTIVES: Take a look at today’s inactives for both the Broncos and Bills.
PREGAME PHOTOS: Photos from the Broncos’ warmup session prior to kickoff vs. Buffalo.
BRONCOS FAN MAKES TRIP: Read about a dedicated fan who is attending his 131st consecutive regular season Broncos game.
CAPTAINS AND STARTERS: The Bills won the toss and elected to recieve. Check out today’s captains and starters.
McGAHEE TOPS 1,000 YARDS: RB Willis McGahee eclipsed the 1,000 yard mark for the season in the first quarter of today’s game.
BRONCOS STRIKE FIRST: Tim Tebow scored on a 1-yard TD run to give Denver the early lead.
BILLS MISS TWO FGS: Bills kicker missed two attempts wide left and the first quarter comes to an end with Denver leading 7-0.
INJURY UPDATE: Brian Dawkins has been ruled out with a neck injury. Check here for injury updates throughout.
BILLS ON THE BOARD: Bills kicker Dave Rayner connects on 28-yard FG attempt and Denver now leads 7-3.
PUNT RETURN GIVES BILLS LEAD: Leodis McKelvin returns a punt 80 yards for a touchdown and Buffalo takes a 10-7 lead.
SPILLER SCORES TO EXTEND BUFFALO LEAD: Bills lead 17-7 at the half after 4-yard TD run from C.J. Spiller.
TEBOW HITS FELLS FOR TD: Daniel Fells hauled in a 17-yard TD catch and Denver now trails 17-14.
BILLS ANSWER WITH FG: A 25-yard FG conversion has pushed Buffalo’s lead to 20-14 in the third quarter.
BILLS ADD THREE MORE: Another 25-yard field goal extends Buffalo’s lead to 23-14.
ANOTHER FG FOR BUFFALO: This time Dave Rayner hits from 29 yards out to to extend the Bills’ lead.
BILLS SCORE TWO DEFENSIVE TDS: Buffalo returned two interceptions for touchdowns. The Bills now lead 40-14 late in the fourth quarter.
FINAL: BUFFALO 40, DENVER 14: The Bills have beaten the Broncos 40-14 in Buffalo.
Tags: Buffalo Bills, Gameday Coverage, Week 16
the only reason we look like we have more middle passes is cuz D is playing deep
I agree, give time to Tebow…actually give time to all the new blood =) we will get better each year, at least we are getting out of our hole…Tim is looking a little bit nervous right now tho…
Its not just the OC, our team just isn’t very talented, period. They’re very inconsistent and unfortunately they have been bad the past few weeks
would rather see the chiefs make the playoffs over oakland
But there have been holes in the middle all day.
Peace!!! and BAHHHH HUMBUG!!!!!
Drops by ball to end the game, sounds good. Not that it matters, nice to see he still can’t catch.
if we beat the chiefs we are in no matter what
;o)
Well…Merry Christmas to everyone from Mexico!
why the heck was they throwing to ball instead of JJ?
I can’t root for anyone in that KC/Oak game. I want them both to go scoreless in OT and nobody win.
and now all the haters and detractors will be out in full force…nfl net. and espn will be nothing but look at how horrible he is all week long.
thats it oakland is going to win
Well we was HORRIBLE this week.
Raiders win
oh and im bettting elway says this week that he will be drafting a qb first round
The worst coached game that I have ever watched.. Now I can read all those Tebow stinks articles for the next week. I better read some fox/mccoy stinks…
looks like oakland is gonna win
Armadillo, I’ve said it since the beginning…Fox will DESTROY Denver.
The players and coaches have changed, but this is still Bronco football. Come December the melt down ALWAYS begins. I can’t believe how this team consistently fails to seal the deal.
Broncos = 40 year old virgin!!!
Yea I aint looking forward to those “Tebow Stinks” articles either … alot wrong with this team. Tebow played poorly today but thats what happens when u are one dimensional. Either run run run or pass pass pass. Mix it up. We seem nervous. For a while when I was watching the guys play they looked like they were having more fun.
Play calling sucks
Players dont execute
Defense gets gashed for big yards
Players aren’t disciplined
Royal needs to return the ball more
Willis needs to play receiver more
We need to draft Defense
Tebow is fine and is still learning
Whole young team is fine and is still learning
All we gotta do is beat the chiefs and play offs.
looks like my 9-7 prediction before the season will come to pass
TRB
No LAX, what we need to do is hire a real coaching staff instead of the LOSERS that we have currently. What’s illogical is thinking that hiring the ONLY coach in the league with a WORSE record than us was going to turn us into a winning team!
Oakland won … so winning today didn’t really matter. Woulda improved our wild card chances tho if anything went wrong. TRB
Now this was a discouraging loss. Food for thought, something that’s been on my mind. I had two friends who made Jesus/God the absolute main focus of their lives and both of them lost their basic identities, their edge and their lives and careers went downhill. I honestly don’t think God meant it to be that way. I think I see that happening to Tebow.
Won’t be able to listen to ESPN radio at all Monday Colin cowturd will be all over TT and patting himself on the back because he dislikes Tebow and his style of play.can’t stand that guy.
and who would of thought that if old man Dawkins goes out of the game, our secondary completely and utterly SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOO Moore, Carter, and any other joker out there…
now i cant really say i care if we win next week, cuz to lose to the Bills that bad… wow, words cant describe it.
we dont deserve a playoff spot D is lost without dawk
tebow cant complete a third down to save baby jesuses life im almost over it
Better get used to no B Dawk pretty sure his season and career are over. To bad because he is definitely one of the best to ever play the game. Just hope he can help our dbs from the sidelines.
Well what a horrible loss and every QB has a bad day guess this one was Tebow’s. There you go Bay we ARE having growing pains with Tebow.
ortons gonna chop us up i hate football already might aswell watch the wwe its about the same with all the camera hore refs in the game
Buffalo came to play today. That doesn’t mean we need a new coach. we had a tough day. If it wasn’t for this coaching staff we’d be 4-12 at best. The play calling on the other hand needs more diversity. Our coaches did a great job this year. People need to chill and let the season play itself out.
the coaching staff isnt whos on trial here its #15 he cant sling it like a nfl qb should and thats the stone cold truth go ahead and make excuses all u want but elway sees it knows it and is gonna sign someone else who will out play tebow the sooner the better
A team of character will learn more from a humiliating defeat than they will from victory. This team has character and this was certainly a humiliating defeat. The scales can tip back to Denver’s favor in the final regular season game. This has most certainly been a season of extremes. Merry Christmas and keep the faith.
Re-post as I need the answer (as it could very well happen)…
I know it’s not an ideal way to get in, but to get in and deny our AFC West rivals is the most important thing, surely?
So if the Chargers lose to the Lions, that eliminates the Chargers right (17-0 down)? The Chiefs are already eliminated no?
Does that mean that if the Chargers beat the Raiders next week that we go through no matter what our score with the Chiefs (as we will still hold the tiebreaker over the Raiders)?
Tebow played fine today, a few bad passes but the guy IS still a rookie. Our D really sucked today and our special teams was horrific not to mention the bad calls against us, no pass intereference on decker, no holding calls on bills, mckelvin out of bounds on kick return not called, I mean what the heck are these refs looking at? We’re not good enough to overcome that kind of stuff!
like i said we might as well watch the wwe its comical how the refs step in anymore
played fine? three picks with two to the house open your eyes what game were you watchin
I said a few bad passes mania. Regardless the calls can change a game and they did maybe you should watch closer I know I was and I saw a ton of holds on buffalo a return where the returner was clearly out of bounds, decker get tackled before the ball got to him, a block in the back on rosario that was chippy and had no effect on the play during a td return and some picks on desperation passes. Not sticking up for Tebow, these are growing pains but it wasn’t all his fault, where is our pass rush? What’s up with the big plays against us that reminds me of last year and the year before, before and before..
Fox absolutely HAS to go and take McCoy with him or this team is DONE. If they get rid of Tebow, it will be the biggest mistake of Bowlen AND Elway’s careers. Mark my words. Just ask Jacksonville how sorry they are about passing on Tebow. Tebow brings a LOT more to the table than John Fox ever will in his wildest dreams. What we need to draft is RECEIVERS more than anything else. That and a secondary. Right after a coaching staff.
there is no excuse for how a sorry ass team like buffalo walked away with a win..everybody can sugar coat it anyway they want…but this is the truth….tebow played horrible…no excuse…defense played horrible…no excuse…not one player stepped up to the challenge..this was a game where everyone on the field should have stepped up…and they all failed.but most of all i blame fox…he did squat to motivate this team..i guess his mind was someplace else, like christmas dinner….it makes me want to puke..buffalo did not beat us..we beat us… all i saw was quit,,quit.. quit..there was no passion.. no want…these guys get payed a lot of money… not one of them earned it today..if i was pat bowlen..not one player or coach would get a check..if i screwed up that bad at work, i would be unemployed..the nfl should be the same way..you dont perform..you dont get a check…that simple..on top of it…now we get to listen to all the people say..see..i told you so…sickening
you win as a team…..you get smoked as a team..they got nobody to blame but themselves……just saying
Broncman, I totally agree with you. I also KNOW that Tim Tebow is having the worst Christmas of his life, beating himself up, and crying in his Wheaties. Just like after the Florida/Alabama SEC Championship game. One thing I do know is that he’ll learn from it and come back TOMORROW, on Christmas day, stronger, smarter, bigger, and better because of it. You’re right though…even Pat Bowlen shouldn’t get a paycheck for this week. If he does, he should give it to a homeless person. Tebow will pour his into his hospital for destitute children, in the Philippines.
I thing I can’t help noticing either is how two of our best players are out, with pinched nerves in their neck; and we had at least one penalty today (I caught the second half on the espn gamecast since it wasn’t on t.v. here in Orlando and I had my kids on Christmas Eve.) for illegal blocking. Is it not John Fox’s job (or is it McCoy’s) to teach these young NFL stars how to block and tackle? You DON’T lead with your head and hit the upper body! You hit LOW with your SHOULDER and if you’re a defender, wrap your arms around their knees and do the death roll! It’s all coaching and fundamentals that this team is lacking. Something John Fox DOESN’T have. Where did he play ball again?
I’m sick to my stomach. I love Tebow and Broncos with all my heart. However, I just he would show some fire. Let’s us know you are upset, get mad. I know he’s such a nice guy. Become on. We can’t fall apart now! Get fired up and go kick some butt!
I meant to say, I wish he would show some fire.
Broncos,
I believe you still played great. Y’all will always be #1 and Super Bowl Champs in my eyes!! Focus on the ‘W’ next week.
I’m so sorry for your loss today
Much luv and please have a blessed and beautiful Christmas!
Broncos were not ready to play this game, not ST’s, defense or offense. To much talk about the playoffs. Bronco defense needs to learn how to tackle. Somebody needs to show them. Offense has no imagination, same thing over & over & over. A high school team could read what we’re doing. Why does every pass have to be 10 yards or more. Tebow needs to work on his long passes because he under threw every long pass. Bills ran right passed Miller because he was so concerned about the pass rush & he had no backup. The way I fill right now is that the Broncos don’t deserve to be in the playoff after the way they played the last two games. One more thing. Our offense is the most boring offense in the NFL. Tebow is the one that makes it more exciting.