Josh Allen threw two landing passes, James Cook dinner completed with 120 yards dashing, and the Buffalo Payments leaned on a balanced offense of their 31-7 wildcard playoff win over the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
The Payments methodically wore down the Broncos by scoring on six of their first seven drives in an outing through which they completed with a 23-minute edge in time of possession.
Denver took an early lead however Buffalo didn’t flinch after rookie Bo Nix capped Denver’s five-play game-opening drive with a 43-yard landing go to Troy Franklin.
Then, with Buffalo main 13-7, Allen broke the sport open with a 24-yard landing go to sliding working again Ty Johnson behind the tip zone on fourth-and-one with 3:06 left within the third quarter. On Buffalo’s subsequent possession, Allen accomplished a 55-yard go to Curtis Samuel on the primary snap of the fourth quarter.
The five-time defending AFC East champion Payments advance to the divisional spherical for a fifth straight postseason, and can face the third-seeded Baltimore Ravens subsequent weekend. The Ravens, coming off a 28-14 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday, routed Buffalo 35-10 at Baltimore in Week 4 this season. The outing will mark the second playoff assembly between Allen and Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson after Buffalo defeated the Ravens 17-3 within the 2020 divisional spherical. Jackson and Allen are the main contenders for this season’s MVP award however the Payments quarterback mentioned after Sunday’s sport that his consideration might be on the Ravens protection this week.
“[The Ravens] are an ideal staff and have an ideal quarterback … Lamar might be probably the most dynamic quarterback within the league, however I’ll be watching their protection [on film] this week,” Allen mentioned.
Cook dinner grew to become Buffalo’s first participant to high 100 yards dashing in a playoff sport since Corridor of Famer Thurman Thomas had 158 yards dashing in a 1995 wildcard playoff win over Miami. Allen completed 20 of 26 for 272 yards and elevated his playoff whole to 23 passing touchdowns, breaking the franchise report of 21 held by Corridor of Famer Jim Kelly.
The seventh-seeded Broncos have been outclassed of their first playoff look since their Tremendous Bowl-winning season in 2015. Nix completed 13 of twenty-two for 144 yards in an outing the place Denver punted 4 instances and turned the ball over on downs twice.