As the Buffalo Bills prepare to face the Denver Broncos on January 17 in the AFC Divisional Round, Bills quarterback Josh Allen may be dealing with a split loyalty at home. Allen’s wife, Hailee Steinfeld, is expected to support the Bills in the playoffs. But a resurfaced tweet from nearly a decade ago just suggested that Steinfeld has not always been a part of the Bills Mafia.

In a tweet from 2016, Josh Allen’s wife looked every bit like a Broncos supporter. Along with the post, Hailee Steinfeld shared a photo of herself from the stands on the night Denver beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl XXXII. In the photo, she wore an orange jacket in support of the Broncos and even threw a dab in celebration as players and coaches flooded the field below to celebrate.

“HELL YEAH BRONCOS!!!! 💥@starterofficial #SUPERBOWL,” Hailee Steinfeld wrote in the caption of the post.

Steinfeld’s excitement over the Broncos’ win was obvious at the time, and fans might already know that she followed the team while growing up. Still, what exactly tied her to Denver remains unclear. After all, Steinfeld was born and raised in California. But fans pick their teams in all kinds of ways, so it wouldn’t be surprising if Peyton Manning’s era in Denver played a role in making Steinfeld a Broncos supporter back then.

However, Josh Allen’s wife’s old connection to Denver has drawn even more attention because she did not attend the Bills’ Wild Card game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on January 11. Of course, there was a perfectly reasonable explanation for her skipping the game – she was at the Golden Globes at the same time. 

Since she started dating Josh Allen in May 2023, Steinfeld has become a familiar face at Bills games. The couple got married in May last year, and just last month announced that they’re expecting their first child together. With all that in mind, it’s hard to imagine any scenario in which Steinfeld would actually root for the Broncos against her husband now.

A similar situation played out last year with Taylor Swift, the fiancée of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Swift grew up as a Philadelphia Eagles fan, but when the Chiefs faced the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX, she was in the stands cheering for Kelce and Kansas City. So, fans would expect Hailee Steinfeld to show the same kind of support for Josh Allen and the Bills this year. Still, she might secretly wish that her husband were facing literally any other team on the road to Buffalo’s first Super Bowl.

Josh Allen has a tough challenge in the Divisional Round game 

The Bills’ QB looked comfortable both in and out of the pocket in the Wild Card round as he led his team to a 27–24 win over the Jaguars. Josh Allen finished the game with 28-of-35 completed passes for 273 yards and three total touchdowns. And now, Allen gets a familiar opponent in Denver in the Divisional Round. The last time the Bills played against the Broncos was in the AFC Wild Card Round in the 2024-25 season, when Allen led the Bills to a dominant 31–7 win. This time, Allen will try to repeat that result, but it won’t be nearly as simple.

Last season, Buffalo entered the Divisional Round matchup as the No. 2 seed and hosted the No. 7 Broncos. But this year, the Bills are the No. 6 seed on the road, while the Broncos sit at No. 1 after earning a bye. That means Allen now has to go on the road to face a Denver team that owned the No. 3 scoring defense in the NFL in the 2025 regular season, allowing just 18.3 points per game.

But the Buffalo also have one of the league’s most dangerous rushing attacks, as they ranked first in rushing yards per game (159.6) and second in yards per rush (5.0) in 2025. But Denver can counter that with their relentless QB pressure. In 2025, the Broncos led the NFL in quarterback hurries (149), sacks (68), and pressure percentage (9.8 percent). Meanwhile, Josh Allen took 40 sacks during the 2025 regular season, and that’s 26 more than he took in 2024.

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All of that makes one thing clear: protecting Josh Allen has to be Buffalo’s top priority while facing Denver. Allen was only sacked once against Jacksonville, but the long regular season and a physical Wild Card game have clearly taken their toll on him. Still, when Allen addressed his injuries on January 12, he made it clear that he feels ready for the next challenge.