{"id":513343,"date":"2026-01-13T15:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/513343\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:23:09","slug":"bills-bears-and-49ers-among-risers-heading-into-division-round-of-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/513343\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills, Bears and 49ers among risers heading into Division Round of playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Broncos watched over their bye and saw the AFC&#8217;s No. 3 seed removed from the tournament with Jacksonville&#8217;s loss. Meanwhile, the conference&#8217;s No. 2 seed, New England, struggled to score 16 points in its playoff opener. So, for all the handwringing there has been about whether the Broncos truly are top-seed worthy &#8212; and yes, I&#8217;ve been among the mild doubters &#8212; the big picture looks pretty good. However, what matters is the here and now, and that means the Broncos facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/josh-allen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Allen<\/a>, who just completed a hop-on-my-shoulders performance in Jacksonville and who could give a very good Denver defense problems. The Broncos&#8217; pass rush could be a problem for the Bills, but Allen&#8217;s out-of-structure playmaking should give Denver some issues, too. Buffalo also defends the pass well, so the Broncos must find ways to penetrate what has been a leaky run defense. If they can do that and keep Allen under wraps, they can host the AFC Championship Game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Broncos watched over their bye and saw the AFC&#8217;s No. 3 seed removed from the tournament with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":513344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[529,7140,6328,532,8995,8996,531,8997,1544,8998,8999,9000,9001,2505,9002,8017,3570,535,8986,9006,9003,8812,533,9004,4716,5287,530,1105,1545,94785,9005,7149,62,3528,9007,67,132,68,534],"class_list":{"0":"post-513343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-analysis","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-baltimore-ravens","12":"tag-buffalo-bills","13":"tag-carolina-panthers","14":"tag-chicago-bears","15":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","16":"tag-cleveland-browns","17":"tag-dallas-cowboys","18":"tag-denver-broncos","19":"tag-detroit-lions","20":"tag-green-bay-packers","21":"tag-houston-texans","22":"tag-indianapolis-colts","23":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","24":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","25":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","26":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","27":"tag-los-angeles-rams","28":"tag-miami-dolphins","29":"tag-minnesota-vikings","30":"tag-new-england-patriots","31":"tag-new-orleans-saints","32":"tag-new-york-giants","33":"tag-new-york-jets","34":"tag-no-minute","35":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","36":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","37":"tag-power-rankings","38":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","39":"tag-seattle-seahawks","40":"tag-sports","41":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","42":"tag-tennessee-titans","43":"tag-united-states","44":"tag-unitedstates","45":"tag-us","46":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}