The Buffalo Bills have set up a mouth-watering divisional round clash with the Baltimore Ravens after a 31-7 thrashing of the Denver Broncos in Week 1 of the NFL playoffs.
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The Bills were heavily favoured to win at home against the seventh seed Broncos, but there were some nervous early moments, with Denver scoring the first touchdown of the game to go up 7-0.
That was just the spark the Bills needed as from thereon, it was all Buffalo.
On the back of a dominant run game against a vaunted Broncos defence, the Bills scored 31 unanswered points
Running back James Cook set the tone in the first quarter with several bruising runs, finishing with 120 yards on the ground.
Quarterback Josh Allen was outstanding, throwing for 272 yards, two touchdowns and rushing for an additional 46 yards.
The play that decided the contest occurred late in the third quarter with the game very much in the balance
Leading 13-7, Buffalo went for it on 4th-and-1 at the Broncos’ 24-yard line instead of taking a field goal to make it a two-score game.
It turned out to be the right call… although it almost wasn’t.
Allen looked in trouble when rolling out to his right before throwing a heave downfield with three Denver defenders right in his face.
Somehow, the ball was trackeed by second-string running back Ty Johnson, who made an outstanding touchdown catch while flirting with the back of the endzone.
Johnson managed to just keep his feet inbounds and maintain possession to give the Bills an unassaiable 21-7 lead.
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