JACKSONVILLE (10-7) at DENVER (13-3)

Today, 1 p.m., Channel 4

What next for the Jaguars? They got into the playoffs when the Atlanta Falcons’ Morten Andersen slipped and missed a 30-yard field-goal attempt, a chip shot for Andersen when he has a leg to stand on. The Jaguars made it through the first round of the playoffs when their own kicker, Mike Hollis, caromed the game-winning 45-yard field goal off the top of the right upright. So what happens today? Does Hollis win the game by ricocheting a kick off the white bronco statue atop Mile High Stadium? That might be the Jaguars’ only hope against the AFC’s top team, a club that has been waiting five weeks to play a meaningful game after clinching home-field advantage early, a club that has been waiting for decades to finally win a Super Bowl after losing in its four previous appearances in football’s biggest show.

--Say what: Denver may be the winningest team in the conference, but the second-year Jaguars are the only AFC club to go unbeaten in the month of December.

--Player to watch: Offensive linemen don’t usually get noticed until they do something wrong. But you couldn’t help notice Jacksonville’s left offensive tackle Tony Boselli last Saturday at Buffalo’s Rich Stadium. He was the one keeping Bill defensive lineman Bruce Smith out of the Jaguar backfield and out of quarterback Mark Brunell’s face. Smith, the Associated Press defensive player of the year, had no sacks and three tackles. Boselli is expected to line up today against Denver’s Alfred Williams, a pass-rushing specialist who recorded 13 sacks this season. Boselli would have to repeat his performance of a week ago to give the Jaguars a chance.

--Finally: In 1994, Wade Phillips, then the Broncos’ head coach, joked that, with his team’s potent offense but porous defense, the Broncos would have to win every game, 38-37. With logic like that, Phillips was dismissed after the Broncos finished 28th and last in the NFL in total defense. Mike Shanahan, Phillips’ replacement, hired Greg Robinson as his defensive coordinator and, in two years, the Broncos have improved to 15th and then fourth this past season among the league’s defensive units. That defense should propel Denver into its fifth Super Bowl.