The Broncos fell 31-7 to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in an AFC wild card game.

Here are the grades from the loss:

Offense

After a big play and a touchdown to Troy Franklin on the first drive, the Broncos never scored again. They also didn’t have the ball a ton as the Bills dominated time of possession. Dropped passes by Courtland Sutton and Franklin ended drives when the game was still close and the running game was once again never a factor.

Grade: D

Defense

Denver struggled to stop the run the whole game but some strong red-zone play kept the game close for a while. Josh Allen and the Bills were too much in the second half and came up with big plays and 41 minutes, 7 seconds, in time of possession. The Bills scored 31 straight points to close the game.

Grade: D

Special teams

A big-time up-and-down game for this group. The good was a fake punt that the Broncos were able to pull off to keep a drive alive. The bad was Wil Lutz missing a field goal at the end of the first half that could have tied the game at 10. Would it have changed the outcome? Probably not, but it would have been a nice boost.

Grade: C

Coaching

Sean Payton’s gameplan was pretty boring after the first drive. The running game never got on track with only 79 yards, the offense managed only 13 first downs and once the Broncos were down, they were passing on almost every play.

Grade: C