The Denver Broncos are going to be playing in their coldest game of the season on Saturday when they face the Buffalo Bills. Normally that weather would likely be in Denver’s advantage, but against the cold-weather Bills, the Broncos are out of practice in the cold temps in 2025/2026.
Every game in Denver this year has kicked off with a temperature over 60 degrees. That streak is going to be snapped on Sunday with kickoff temps in the high 30s approaching 40. By the end of the game, temperatures could
be in the 20s.
The coldest temperature at kickoff for the Broncos this year was actually in Washington, DC, at the end of November when it was 40 degrees for a Sunday night game. In that game, the Broncos went to overtime with the Commanders led by Marcus Mariota. Washington lost the game on a failed two-point conversion in the extra session.
Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen has said the wind is a bigger concern than the cold, and there will not be a lot of that on Saturday and it is supposed to be dry.
The team’s practice facility in Orchard Park has an outdoor field, and the temperature has been sub-freezing all week. The Bills tend to mostly practice indoors for install with some outdoor work to prep for the elements.
We will update later this week when we have a better understanding of the final weather prediction.
Weather will impact the NFL playoffs
The bigger weather story this weekend will be the Los Angeles Rams heading to Chicago to play the Bears on Sunday night. It will be the Rams coldest game of the year by far, with wind chills in the negative range.
