Denver Broncos: 3 things to know about Buffalo Bills ahead of Monday night clash.

The Denver Broncos (3-5) will take on the Buffalo Bills (5-4) in Week 10 of the NFL season on Monday Night Football.

The Buffalo Bills will host the Broncos on Monday Night Football in a key game for teams that are suddenly going in opposite directions.

The Bills are coming off a tough loss to the Cincinnati Bengals this past Sunday night and the Broncos, winners of their last two, are fresh off of their bye week. But the Bills present one of the toughest remaining games on their schedule and the Bills, despite their mediocre record, should still be viewed very much as Super Bowl contenders.

A win could turn Denver’s once-murky season around, and the playoffs could come back into the discussion. The Bills lead the all-time series 23-16-1 and have won the last three games against Denver. The Broncos have not beaten Buffalo since December 2014.

To get more familiar with this week’s opponent, here are three things to know about this Bills team.

Josh Allen is tied for the league lead in interceptions thrown.

Josh Allen is widely considered one of the best quarterbacks in the league, but he does have a propensity to turn the ball over and that has been a factor in each of the Bills’ losses this season.

Allen has some of the best arm talent in the league and there is no throw he shies away from, similar to the way Brett Favre used to play the game. But that can lead to some big mistakes and Allen has been no stranger to those. This season, Allen has thrown nine interceptions, the same amount as Mac Jones, Jimmy Garoppolo and Sam Howell have thrown, to lead the league in that category.

In addition, he has also lost three fumbles this season, bringing his 2023 turnover total to 12. This is something the Broncos can take advantage of if they can put pressure on him in this game.

Allen is incredibly dangerous as a runner, so the defense will have to be careful with how they attack Allen but in the Broncos’ last two games, both wins, they have forced six turnovers. Safeties Justin Simmons and P.J. Locke could be key players in this game as they could catch one of those errant deep throws.

Stefon Diggs leads league in receptions, targets.

Patrick Surtain II will have his hands full in this game against one of the best wide receivers in football. Allen, as referenced prior, will not back down from Surtain as he will have the responsibility of covering the guy he throws to the most.

In fact, Allen throws the ball to Diggs more than any quarterback throws to any receiver in the passing game so far this season. His 97 targets are tied with Tyreek Hill for most in the league this season and his 70 receptions rank No. 1 in the league, ahead of both Hill and A.J. Brown, two players who have been mentioned in league MVP talks.

Diggs is going to get the ball thrown to him. He is one of the best route runners in the league and he has some of the best hands in the league. Allen trusts him to make every catch, so it is going to be on Surtain to limit what he is able to do and make Allen look elsewhere to guys like Gabe Davis and Dalton Kincaid more often.

Bills have three prominent former Broncos on their roster.

This will be the first time the Broncos have faced Von Miller since he was traded in the 2021 season. His presence on the Bills’ roster will be one of the biggest storylines heading into this game, at least in the Denver media.

But the Bills also have Latavius Murray, the best running back the Broncos had last season and a player many fans thought the team should have kept, along with punter Sam Martin, who kicked for the team in 2020 and 2021.

Murray is given much of the Bills’ goal-line work as the team uses him as a battering ram in those short-yardage situations. He has rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on the season.

Martin has been a good situational and directional punter for the Bills so far this season, but his 39.8-yard net average ranks 28th in the league.