The Buffalo Bills continue to stay hot, as they took down the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-17, to move on to the Divisional Round.
Buffalo’s victory has them hosting the No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs next Sunday, while the No. 1 Baltimore Ravens will get their first crack in the playoffs at the No. 4 Houston Texans.
Buffalo got off to the start they wanted, and Josh Allen was a key reason why. After the Bills’ defense got a first drive stop on the Steelers, Allen went a perfect 5-for-5 passing, capping a 10-play drive with a strike to tight end Dawson Knox to get Buffalo on the board first.
Then, Steelers wide receiver George Pickens would swing more momentum Buffalo’s way when he fumbled on the first play of Pittsburgh’s third offensive drive. And just one play later, it was another Bills tight end, rookie Dalton Kincaid, hauling in a 29-yard pass from Allen to quickly put the home team up 14-0.
Instead, Allen used yet another turnover to put points up, this time using his legs to run for the second-longest rushing touchdown by a quarterback. On third-and-7, Allen rushed for the first down, but got so much more as he found a seam after a broken tackle and went 52 yards for the score.
The score would soon move to 21-0 following a crucial interception by Bills cornerback Kaiir Elam in the end zone, as Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph was looking to get his team on the board with a touchdown pass to Diontae Johnson.
The game looked to be over at this point, with the Steelers not doing much on the offensive side. But hope came after a blocked field goal attempt set up Rudolph & Co. on Buffalo’s 33-yard line near the two-minute warning in the first half.
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