Josh Allen brushed off a three-turnover trip by tossing 2 goal passes in the 3rd quarter, and rallying the Buffalo Bills to a 34-31 win over the injury-depleted Miami Dolphins in their AFC wildcard match on Sunday.
Cole Beasley scored the consent goal with a six-yard catch, and Gabe Davis extended the cause 34-24 with a 23-yard TD reception in a video game in which Buffalo wasted an early 17-0 lead.
The Bills defense, which required 6 punts and 2 turnovers, then hung on to protect the win when Miami turned the ball over on downs on their last ownership. Novice Skylar Thompson’s hand down fourth-and-six went simply off the fingertips of tight end Mike Gesicki with 2:22 staying. Buffalo had the ability to go out the clock when Devin Singletary bulled his method for a seven-yard gain to transform a third-and-seven.
It was a careless video game played in between 2 department competitors, and the result fitting after Miami and Buffalo divided their regular-season series in video games chosen by a combined 5 points.
Allen completed 23 of 39 for 352 lawns and 3 TDs, however likewise tossed 2 interceptions, which led to the Dolphins scoring 10 points. He likewise lost a fumble while being sacked by Eric Rowe, with Zach Sieler recuperating the ball and returning it 5 backyards for a goal to put Miami ahead 24-20, simply 61 seconds into the 3rd quarter.
“It’s a one-week season, that’s it,” Allen stated. “All that matters is making it through and advancing.”
As the AFC’s 2nd seed, Buffalo advance to host either the third-seeded Cincinnati Bengals or fourth-seeded Jacksonville Jaguars in the divisional round. Their match will be figured out after the Bengals host Baltimore on Sunday night.
A Bills-Bengals match would come 2 weeks after their video game was canceled when Buffalo security Damar Hamlin entered into heart attack and required to be resuscitated on the field.
Hamlin was with the group in spirit, while live-tweeting throughout the video game from house, where he continues to recuperate. A message Hamlin published on his Twitter account about an hour prior to kickoff read: “My heart is with my people as they contend today! … Nothing I desire more than to be out there with them.”
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