‘One might argue that Kansas City is the most dangerous team in the AFC. The Bills might have been better off getting the No. 4 seed and facing a divisional-round game against No. 1 Tennessee rather than one vs. the No. 2 Chiefs. Whatever. The likelihood is the Bills would have to beat the Chiefs at some point anyway.’
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Plays that shaped the game: Josh Allen’s Superman throw to Diggs tops plays
‘Quincy Williams wrapped both arms around Allen’s waist. As Allen was being hauled out of bounds, he leapt toward the sideline and had both feet off the ground when he unleashed a side-armed throw to the side of the end zone.’
Quarter by quarter: Bills use fast start, smothering defense to capture AFC East
‘More sacks: When Ed Oliver and Jerry Hughes combined for a sack, it was the eighth of the game, marking the most under Sean McDermott. The Bills passed that. A.J. Epenesa got the ninth sack of the game, the nine totaling a loss of 82 yards for the Jets.’
Report Card: Bills’ defense ends the regular season on a high note in win over Jets
‘Sean McDermott’s timeout usage was not good. The Bills had to burn a timeout in each half because the play clock was about to expire, but those weren’t nearly as bad as intentionally running the play clock down before taking a timeout to avoid a delay of game prior to a fourth-and-1 play.’
Bills defense has record-breaking performance against Jets, offense needs to regain mojo
‘A win is a win, as they say, but starting this week, the third-seeded Bills are going to have to pick it up because there are no more layups on what has been an easy season-long schedule.’
Bills report card: Defense bullies Jets to win division but team’s goal is Super Bowl
‘Matt Haack finally did what he’s primarily paid to do: Punt the ball. If that’s what you want to call what he was trying to do. He hadn’t attempted one since the Panthers game, a span of 151 minutes, 44 seconds, but he was finally called on midway through the second quarter. He hit a line drive into the wind and it was downed at the Jets 19, and it never got better for him. He finished with a 30.3 net average on seven kicks.’
Bills play the AFC East, AFC North and NFC North, plus three other first-place teams
‘The home schedule is as follows: Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, and New York Jets.’
Bills make it back-to-back
‘Remember the embarrassment the team and fans felt when the Bills went to Jacksonville and lost to the then 1-6 Jaguars, 9-6 in November? Imagine how the Colts feel.’
Bills’ clinching still left us with some questions
‘For the record, with under 8½ minutes to play, New York trailed by a mere 13-10. That seems incongruous as, at game’s end, the Bills had the edge in first downs, 25-4, the latter figure the fewest surrendered in franchise history, plays (79-46), offensive yardage (424-53), rushing yards (170-48), passing yards (254-5, the latter minus the yardage of nine sacks) and 37-22 in time of possession minutes.’
Buffalo’s 2022 opponents locked in
‘With the Bills clinching the AFC East title, their 2022 opponents are locked in. Besides home-and-home with the division foes (Patriots, Jets and Dolphins), visiting Highmark Stadium will be the Steelers, Browns, Titans, Packers and Vikings.’
Bills defense puts stamp on historic season, finishing atop NFL in these categories
‘Levi Wallace and second-year cornerback Dane Jackson have stepped up and helped the Bills defense continue its elite caliber of play down the stretch. Buffalo finished the season tops in the NFL in scoring (17 points per game allowed), overall defense (286.5 ppg) and pass defense (172.9 ppg).’
Bills’ defense dominant in 27-10 win over Jets (Encouraged/worried)
‘There was a lot more bad than good for Haack against the Jets unfortunately. Haack would average 33.9 yards on his seven punts against New York. Some of his early struggles may have been weather related, but his confidence clearly took a hit after he delivered a few bad punts off the side of his foot. The worst play made by Haack, however, was a punt in which he could not handle the snap which was delivered accurately. Haack would pick up the ball and deliver a seven yard punt.’
Bills pull away from Jets late despite Matt Haack’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day (Report card)
‘After a hot start by the Josh Allen and the Bills offense, Buffalo’s offense stalled out. Allen was able to figure some things out in the fourth quarter but it was far from his best performance.’
Betty White being honored by Bills’ Stefon Diggs (Look)
‘The wide receiver is taking things one step further on Sunday when he dons cleats honoring the legendary actress. Diggs’ cleats have a picture on White on one side and the famous “Thank You For Being A Friend” slogan from the Golden Girls theme song.’
First 5 thoughts on Bills vs. Patriots III in Wild Card playoff game
‘Cole Beasley played a ton for the Bills against the Jets on Sunday. He had four catches on five targets for 31 yards, but he hasn’t been effective as he was a year ago on the whole this season. McKenzie had an explosion against the Patriots and should be used again to test their ability to adjust to his speed. If they change how they defend the Bills that should open up other targets.’