Schedule update: Denver Broncos to play Buffalo Bills on Saturday, Dec. 19
JERILEE BENNETT
The Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills play at Empower Field at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, the NFL announced Tuesday.
When the 2020-21 schedule was released in May, the Broncos and Bills were scheduled to play either Dec. 19 or 20, giving the NFL an option to flex it to a national game Saturday. Now that it has been flexed, the game will be broadcast nationally on NFL Network and in Denver on ABC.
If the Broncos play Kansas City on “Sunday Night Football” in Week 13, the Bills game will be Denver’s fourth prime time game this season, having already played the Titans on Monday in Week 1 and the Jets on Thursday in Week 4.
The Broncos are set to play the Saints this Sunday at 2:05 p.m. MST at Empower Field — their third to last home game.
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