The Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos kicked off the second day of the 2024 NFL wild-card round. The AFC East champions were one of the best teams in the league, although they couldn't beat the Kansas City Chiefs for the No. 1 seed in the conference. The Denver Broncos were inspired ahead of this game after dominating a tier 2 Chiefs lineup in the regular season finale.Josh Allen, one of the strongest MVP candidates this season, led the Bills against a rookie Bo Nix eager to to lead the Broncos to another win against another AFC juggernaut.Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos box score TeamsFirst QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth QuarterFinal ScoreBuffalo Bills3 7111031Denver Broncos70007Bills' players statsQuarterbackPlayerPassing YardsPass CompletionsPass AttemptsPassing TDsInterceptionsRushing YardsCarriesRushing TDsJosh Allen2722026204680Mitchell Trubisky000003-30Rushing and receivingPlayerRush AttemptsRushing YardsRushing TDsReceptionsReceiving YardsReceiving TDsJames Cook231201---Ty Johnson94402260Ray Davis130---Khalil Shakir---6610Curtis Samuel---3681Dalton Kincaid---3470Amari Cooper---280Keon Coleman---150Dawson Knox---2380DefensePlayerTackles (Total)SacksInterceptionsMatt Milano41Terrel Bernard3Rasul Douglas 3Damar Hamlin3Taron Johnson2DaQuan Jones1Austn Johnson1Mack Hollins1Ja'Marcus Ingram1Greg Rousseau1Christian Benford1Dawuane Smoot1KickingPlayerField Goals Converted/AttemptsTotal PointsTyler Bass1/14Broncos' players statsQuarterbackPlayerPassing YardsPass CompletionsPass AttemptsPassing TDsInterceptionsRushing YardsCarriesRushing TDsBo Nix1441322104430Riley Dixon151100000Rushing and receivingPlayerRush AttemptsRushing YardsRushing TDsReceptionsReceiving YardsReceiving TDsJavonte Williams7290---Tyler Badie2290---Marvin Mims Jr.1402120Jaleel McLaughin1-30---Troy Franklin---1431Courtland Sutton---3510Adam Trautman---120Lucas Krull---120DefensePlayerTackles (Total)SacksInterceptionsBrandon Jones5Cody Barton5Justin Strnad4P.J. Locke4D.J. Jones3Nik Bonitto3Riley Moss3Dondrea Tillman3Pat Surtain II2Zach Allen21Jonathon Cooper2JL Skinner2Ja'Quan McMillian1Drew Sanders1Jordan Jackson1KickingPlayerField Goals Converted/AttemptsTotal PointsWill Lutz0/11Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos game recap Bo Nix was off to a big start, surprising the Bills with a 43-yard touchdown pass to Troy Franklin. The rookie went deep on 2nd-and-4 to open up the scoreboard. In doing so, he threw the third-deepest completion allowed by the Bills defense this campaign.This past traveled 53.5 yards in the air, marking the fourth time Nix threw a completion over 50 yards, the fourth most in the league this season after Jayden Daniels (6), C.J. Stroud (5) and Jared Goff (5).Tyler Bass put the Bills on the board with a 26-yard kick at 7:07 in the first quarter.The Bills reached the end zone after Josh Allen scrambled to extend the drive. James Cook scored the Bills' first touchdown with a five-year rush at 12:57 in the second half to give his team a 10-7 lead.Tyler Bass added three more points to the Bills' account with a 27-yard field goal Ty Johnson caught a 24-yard pass from Josh Allen to add six more points to the Bills' account. Allen connected with Keon Coleman for a 2-point conversion to extend the lead to 21-7. Curtis Samuel added six more points with a 55-yard touchdown catch.Tyler Bass made the field kick to extend the lead to 28-7 Bass added three more points with a 34-yard field goal, as the Bills scored 31 unanswered points against the Broncos.With 3:16 left on the clock in the fourth quarter, Damar Hamlin almost intercepted a pass, meaning the Broncos turned the ball over on downs.