This Sunday, the AFC's No. 7-seeded Broncos travel to Upstate New York for their most challenging test this season, with a Wildcard playoff game against the No. 2-seeded Buffalo B

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The Broncos are playing with house money Sunday at Buffalo. Just don’t tell them that. Sean Payton’s team took the NFL by surprise this year, winning 10 games and ending an eight-year playoff drought in the process. They’ll be widely expected to lose to potential NFL MVP Bills quarterback Josh Allen and company at Highmark Stadium.

Matt Levine: The Broncos got into the postseason in the final week but they deserved to be there. The defense has been great all season long and could make life tough for the Bills. However, Josh Allen has been playing like the MVP all season and helps Buffalo advance.

The Denver Broncos head to Highmark Stadium this Sunday for the wildcard matchup with the No 2 seeded Buffalo Bills. It is not expected to go well for the Broncos, who will be starting rookie quarterback Bo Nix. The Bills were undefeated at home this year. Vegas has the Bills favored to win by 9 points.

The Bills will host the Broncos in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs. Here are five things to watch for on Sunday.

The seventh-seeded Denver Broncos make their first postseason appearance since winning Super Bowl 50 when they take on the second-seeded Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Buffalo is making its sixth consecutive playoff appearance,

But before the Broncos can even begin to contemplate the Divisional Round and beyond, the Buffalo Bills will have something to say about it. In a trip to Upstate New York to face the 13-win Bills, the Broncos will have to pull out all the stops to emerge victorious.

Buffalo’s offense ranks ninth in both pass yards per game (227.9) and rush yards per game (131.2) but own the best turnover differential in the NFL at +24 thanks to just eight offensive turnovers which is tied for the lowest in a single-season since 1933.