Josh Allen hasn't felt a tap on his leg in the huddle this year. He hasn't felt ire on the sideline. He hasn't had to worry about making sure he got the ball into any one set of hands, and it's no coincidence the Bills quarterback is playing the best football of his life.

Josh Allen has shown the ability to elevate his performance as the stakes climb higher, and his Buffalo Bills' teammates are usually first to recognize it. Like Allen, starting nickel cornerback Taron Johnson joined the Bills as a 2018 draft pick,

Buffalo, the No. 2 seed in the AFC for the third year running, begins its latest playoff journey against the seventh-seeded Denver Broncos on Sunday afternoon in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Broncos (10-7) made the postseason for the first time since Peyton Manning guided them to the Super Bowl 50 title.