‘”It comes down to guys executing and making plays and sometimes you have to play bigger for other people and you saw that on those back-to-back plays with Benford,” said Allen. “All we had to do was score one more point than them. It didn’t matter how we did and it didn’t matter how good or bad it looked. We just got to continue to find ways to win football games.”‘
BillsBeat - December 8, 2025
Opinion: Capaccio: Arrow Up/Arrow Down: Bengals at Bills
‘A big story of this game was the Bills going for it and fourth down in critical situations, including at the Bengals 3-yard line, up four points, with a chance to go up 7 points with only 3:09 remaining. Instead, McDermott left the offense on the field and the result was a touchdown to take an 11-point lead. Earlier in the game, the Bills took a penalty on an extra point and moved it to the 1-yard line and went for two points instead of kicking. They converted. That proved to be critical, as well, and it was after going for a 4th and 4 from the Bengals 11-yard line. That also resulted in a touchdown.’
Opinion: Simon: In Josh We Trust
‘The Bills quarterback was doing vintage Josh Allen things during Sunday’s comeback win over the Cincinnati Bengals. For the second time this season, Allen put the Bills on his back and rallied the team to victory after trailing by 10 or more points in the fourth quarter. Don’t worry, I didn’t forget about the two HUGE plays from the defense but they have to take a back seat behind the reigning NFL MVP.’
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‘It didn’t unfold perhaps the way the guys from Orchard Park had envisioned, especially in the first half. But their “don’t blink” mantra kept them all together and able to surge in the second half.’
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‘When the Bills needed a play on Sunday, Benford delivered. He followed up his NFL Defensive Player of the Week performance against Pittsburgh with maybe an even more impressive game. Benford read Joe Burrow perfectly, jumping in front of a screen pass intended for Ja’Marr Chase, and returning it 63 yards for a touchdown. In the blink of an eye, a three-point deficit with five and a half minutes left became a four-point lead.’
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‘He also ran for a pivotal 40-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, breaking one of his own records in the process. That rushing touchdown is the longest-ever rushing touchdown by a Bills quarterback in the regular season in franchise history, eclipsing his own previous record — a 36-yard touchdown run against the New York Jets in 2022.’
Benford, Epenesa interceptions fuel dramatic Bills comeback victory over Bengals
‘There was James Cook losing a fumble in the end zone, before Josh Allen did Josh Allen things with his legs. But it was two turnovers from the defense that left a lasting impact during a 39-34 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals.’
Carucci Take 2: Once again, Bills plug into resilience gene that defines them
‘That was how the Bills won. That was how they responded to adversity that threatened to make their path to the playoffs a steeper climb. That was how they remained true to form in a season in which more of the victories, beginning with a miraculous fourth-quarter comeback in Week One, have come the hard way. Call it the Bills Way.’
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‘Huge plays from both the offense and defense helped Josh Allen get his first career win over Joe Burrow and the Bengals.’
Thad Brown: Benford lightning bolt provides maybe last great Old Highmark memory
‘The last two weeks, Benford has found other ways to make CB1 level plays. You can argue the two turnovers against Pittsburgh were right place, right time good fortune. Not this interception against the Bengals. Benford took a point blank throw and picked it out of the air in the middle of barreling forward on a blitz. In the 4th quarter. Of a game his team was trailing by three.’
Bills beat Bengals in back-and-forth affair
‘But the wildest sequence of the game came in the fourth quarter. Trailing by 10, Josh Allen marched for a 40-yard touchdown run. Moments later, Christian Benford picked off Joe Burrow and took it the distance. One play after that? AJ Epenesa picked off Burrow. Over their next two drives, the two teams traded touchdowns, but it was too late for a Bengals comeback as Buffalo came out on top of a dizzying, back-and-forth affair at Orchard Park.’
Bills 39, Bengals 34 | Final score, game recap + highlights
‘The Bills flipped the script on the Bengals on Sunday after Cincinnati kept at least a three-point lead over Buffalo through the first three and a half quarters of play. The Bills came out on top, 39-34, thanks to critical defensive performances late in the game.’
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‘”All we had to do was score one more point than them. It didn’t matter how we did it, it didn’t matter how good or bad it looked. We just got to continue to find ways to win football games,” Allen said.’
'It was a good roar' | The Bills react to game-defining plays in comeback win over Cincinnati
‘”I was expecting to tackle, but I saw [Burrow] crank back, look for like the now throw and I wasn’t supposed to jump. The technique is, don’t leave your feet,” Benford admitted. “I’m sorry, but, and then the rest was history … That changed the game.”‘
BillsBeat - December 7, 2025
Family led Shaq Thompson through his darkest moments – and to become a leader with the Bills
‘Instead of trying to tackle ball carriers, Thompson runs through them. The 11th-year linebacker, who’d spent his first 10 NFL seasons in Carolina, plays with the same brand of controlled violence that defined the position for generations. This isn’t a headhunting veteran. Thompson has been through enough to know the toll football can take on a man’s body and mind. He drives his shoulder into the torso, with a ferocity that can be conjured only by the sport’s fiercest competitors.’