Broncos Unveil 2026 Schedule With 10 Playoff-Team Games and Christmas Day Bills Rematch
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Updated · DenverBroncos.com · May 14
Broncos Unveil 2026 Schedule With 10 Playoff-Team Games and Christmas Day Bills Rematch
7 articles · Updated · DenverBroncos.com · May 14
Denver’s 2026 slate opens with five 2025 playoff teams in its first six weeks and ends with three straight, including rematches with Buffalo and New England.
10 games come against last season’s playoff qualifiers, with the Broncos starting on Monday night at Kansas City before prime-time home dates against the Rams and defending champion Seahawks.
Holiday windows add two standalone showcases: a Week 12 Black Friday trip to Pittsburgh and a Week 16 Christmas Day home game against the Bills on Netflix.
The schedule avoids any three-game road stretch, though Denver plays three of four away from home in Weeks 4-7 and four of six on the road from Weeks 12-17.
Sean Payton’s Broncos enter as defending AFC West champions, with a Week 10 bye and no back-to-back home games after Weeks 2 and 3.
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