WGR

‘When Week 12 came to an end, the Bills were sitting in 11th place in the conference standings. They were three games back of the 9-3 Miami Dolphins in the AFC East.’

‘The Bills defeated the Dolphins in an epic regular season finale with the AFC East on the line.’

‘”You could feel his vibe. You could feel the vibe of the offense out there. Just a different energy,” McDermott said. “The ball finds you, and Josh was doing a good job of, what looked like, to me, going through his progression. He was playing the position at a high high level, and he’s as good as there is when he does that.”‘

‘”We knew what was in front of us. We had a lot of internal talks, and trusted the guys in this locker room,” said Allen during his postgame comments with the media on Sunday. “At the end of the day, this is fun, this is cool. I’ll never say ‘no’ to winning the division, but the only thing that it solidifies is a home game and one more game. It doesn’t mean anything unless we go out there next week and do our job.”‘

‘The Bills needed one yard to win the division. They lined up for a quarterback sneak to get that one yard. Miami knew it was coming and stopped it, taking over at their own 37-yard line with 1:53 remaining and a chance to tie the game.’

‘The 3-seed Chiefs will end up hosting the 6-seed Dolphins on Saturday night at 8 p.m. EST in Kansas City.’

‘Buffalo Bills starting center Mitch Morse has been removed from the team’s injury report and has no designation for the pivotal AFC East showdown at Hard Rock Stadium.’

‘The Dolphins have lost arguably their top two pass rushers to injuries over the last month and a half. Jaelan Phillips and Bradley Chubb had combined for 17.5 sacks on the season. Miami still has Zach Sieler and Christian Wilkins, but they may have to generate more pressure through blitzing, and the Bills can concentrate more on those two players on passing downs. When those times, come up, Buffalo should have a little more breathing room to throw the ball, and needs to take advantage of that.’

‘To understand the Dolphins strategy, you have to understand their owner Stephen Ross. An 83-year old man that has yet to see a playoff win in 15 years as Dolphins owner.’

‘Every player on the active roster, other than Morse, has no injury designation for the game, and is available to play. The winner is also guaranteed the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs.’

‘”Our mindset is on that game, and that game only,” said McDermott during his weekly appearance on the “Extra Point Show” on Friday. “Whatever happens, happens. We’re prepared to focus on the pieces we can control, and getting our level of play and coaching to the highest level we can.”‘

‘The Bills held a walk-through practice on Wednesday. Following the session, when asked about his sore neck, Allen responded, “it’s good. Good to go.”‘

‘Douglas helped the Bills in a huge way defensively, starting with the very first defensive snap with a pass break up that led to an interception by defensive tackle Ed Oliver. His other two passes defended resulted in interceptions of his own, one of which being returned 40 yards for a touchdown.’

‘If either the Pittsburgh Steelers lose to the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. EST, the Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts happen to tie in their regular season finale on Saturday night at 8:15 p.m. EST, or the Jacksonville Jaguars lose to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. EST, it will give the Bills their fifth-straight playoff berth.’

‘McDermott added that he didn’t believe the soreness would impact Allen’s ability to practice at all this week.’