There are plenty of exciting matchups in Sunday’s Wild Card playoffs between the Bills and Broncos, but few can compare to the frontline battle between Buffalo’s offensive line and Denver’s defensive line.

The best unit two years in a row at preventing sacks against this season’s league leader in sacks, as Denver finished with 63 quarterback takedowns.

“For both clubs, it starts at the line of scrimmage,” Bills right tackle Spencer Brown said. “They have a good group. We have a good group and that’s about what you want in the playoffs. That’s what gets teams into the playoffs because the “big guys” play well up front.”

Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph has found ways to consistently create one-on-one matchups with his pressure packages at the top, trusting that one of his top three pass rushers will win and get home, and This is also the case in most cases.

Led by OLB Nik Bonitto and his 13.5 sacks, six players on the roster have at least five sacks to lead the league. OLB colleague Jonathan Cooper is in second place with 10.5.

“It’s an elite defense,” ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky said of Vance Joseph’s unit in his weekly appearance on “One Bills Live.” “Their defensive front is fantastic. Jonathan Cooper is outstanding. Nik Bonitto is a candidate for Defensive Player of the Year. Zach Allen inside. I think it’s a really good duel.”

“They are progressing well as a unit,” Brown said. “They have some younger guys who have gotten their feet wet and they added Jonathan Franklin-Myers from the Jets. I respect her very much. They have guys across the board that can come in, they rotate, they can do anything. Fronts that they want to adapt to and they do that well.”

With cornerbacks Patrick Surtain and Riley Moss on the back end, Joseph can easily make man coverage calls, giving him at least five players to attack the passer in obvious passing situations.

“When they play a man defense, they put five players on the offensive line and they just try to create those one-on-one duels against the offensive line, and up front they’re so good that you can’t just concentrate. “ To a man, because Jonathan Cooper, who plays opposite Bonitto, is outstanding, and then Allen is there. As an offensive player, I think this is one of the most fascinating aspects of this game.

“It’s always fun to play against a team that prides itself on its play at the top,” said Bills RG O’Cyrus Torrence. “This is a good attacking game for us to go out there and show why we have been so competitive up front this year. We like to put the game on our shoulders. No matter how good we think the other team is.” In certain areas, we always attach great importance to doing our job. And if we do our job and have good communication, we have a great chance of winning.

Buffalo’s offensive line has given up just one sack in the last seven games.