The Broncos will kick off the NFL’s Divisional weekend.
Denver’s home game Saturday against Buffalo kicks off at 2:30 p.m., the league announced Monday night. It will be broadcast on CBS.
The top-seeded Broncos and the No. 6 Bills already knew they’d face each other and that the game would be played Saturday.
Now, they know the time, too.
The game is a postseason rematch of last year’s Wild Card round, when the No. 2 Bills beat the No. 7 Broncos, 31-7.
This time around, oddsmakers expect a much tighter matchup. Buffalo opened as a 1.5-point road favorite according to several sports books.
Denver went 14-3 in the regular season and secured the AFC’s No. 1 seed, which came with a bye through this year’s Wild Card action. Buffalo, meanwhile, finished second in the AFC East behind New England despite a 12-5 record, ended up with the No. 6 seed and then knocked off No. 3 Jacksonville, 27-24, on Sunday.
Now the Bills will travel to Denver on a short week.
The other Divisional round games:
6 p.m. Saturday: San Francisco at Seattle (Fox)
1 p.m. Sunday: Houston at New England (ESPN)
4:30 p.m. Sunday: Los Angeles Rams at Chicago (NBC)
The NFL also set times for conference championship weekend.
If the Broncos beat Buffalo on Saturday, they will play for a trip to the Super Bowl at Empower Field at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25.
