The Juicy Bills Chase Off Run Down Broncos

Buffalo Bills 48

Denver Broncos 19

The last time the Buffalo Bills were AFC East Division Champions, the news of the day was not about their week one loss to the Denver Broncos in a Jason Elam field goal fest. Oh heavens no, there was a fairly famous, leather glove wearing (or not...) former Bill making headlines following a brisk drive in a Ford Bronco down a Los Angeles freeway after allegedly making some questionable character choices. If those choices happened to cause one of the nations most popular vehicles to stop being made in the process, then some may understand why this story ran in newspapers for well over a year. The 'former Bill' and 'white Bronco' would forever be linked. While The Juice's acquittal was hogging the headlines, the Buffalo Bills would have to wait another 25 years to see their name stitched to a banner as division champions again. Because it's 2020, the Bills waited for the Ford Bronco to be back in production before beating the Bronco's to finally be crowned division champs once again. History is instructive, and it's current instruction: link any current event to an 'unsolved' murder. I will obey.

The Buffalo Bills pulled the Denver Broncos pants down on a Saturday Night special showing of NFL gridiron. Not done there, they then pushed them down a steep ravine and made out with their significant other before Denver slumped to a bloody mess at the bottom. Seemingly firing on all cylinders, the Northern New Yorker's punted once all game, ran for 182 yards on 24 carries and piled up another 359 yards on the arm of Josh Allen, all while trying to run the clock out from the middle of the third quarter. The score doesn't look respectable and this game was less respectable then the score looks, if points for and against were a deciding factor for playoff spots and seeding, the Bills might have hit seventy and the Broncos might have been trying to run the clock out from the second quarter.

Denver was outclassed from the get go. Giving up chunk plays to Stefon Diggs early and often, they found themselves digging (pun not intended) themselves out of a 14 - 0 scoreline after two Buffalo possessions, unfortunately for the Mile High horse team, they were digging themselves a somber grave for the 2020 season (pun intended). At 5 - 9 the Broncos start to look to next year. While roster spot questions about Tyler Russolino won't be ponder for too long, Drew Lock may be looking at the 2021 quarterback depth chart with a heavy heart. While Melvin Gordon and Phillip Lindsay may rue the day Lock is cast asunder as QB1, Denver needs to look for an option that is less Checkdown Charlie and more Touchdown Timmy. Scout the 2021 draft prospects yourself for the best Tim named oink-skin chucker.

Pat Shurmur gave the world the gift they were looking for by the fourth quarter of this blow out; run the ball and get this thing over with. Unwilling the last two years to give a generational talent the ball as frequently as the team needed, Shurmur was more then willing to have Drew Lock hand the ball off down by four scores in the fourth quarter. Whether he had dinner plans that were being encroached upon or not, passing on a chance to evaluate Drew Lock in garbage time is a head-scratcher. Regardless of if a decision on Lock's future in Denver has been made or not, there is going to be someone new in town next year with a recognisable pedigree, much like Ford, trying to make the Broncos relevant again in 2021.

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- The '1999 Colts have won a division championship more recently then the Bills' takes can finally be put to bed. Good night, good riddance and please finish your sleeve of paracetamol.

- Jerry Hughes holding the ball like a corner store owner chasing a shoplifter with a brick on his fumble return touchdown is what the world needs right now.

- Someone please send flowers to Tyler Russolino, he needs them today.