The NFL imposed five hefty fines on players of Josh Allen's Buffalo Bills for actions in the game against the Denver Broncos in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The Buffalo Bills defeated the Denver Broncos 31-7 in the Wild Card round of the playoffs.
Turning point The Broncos got gutsy. Down 10-7 in the second quarter, Riley Dixon faked a punt and then threw a 15-yard pass to Marvin Mims Jr. for a first down. However, the play didn’t generate the momentum Denver had hoped for.
The Broncos came an ankle away from getting the ball back in a critical fourth-down spot Sunday against the Bills.
Multiple members of the Bills expanded on what Allen has meant to the organization since the start of this past summer's training camp workouts.
"Just a little blood," he told CBS reporter Tracy Wolfson after the game. Allen finished the game by completing 20 of 26 passes for 272 yards and two touchdowns in the win.
Buffalo scored 31 unanswered points and totaled 471 yards of offense in 31-7 rout of Denver. The Bills will host the Ravens in the divisional round.
In fact, Manning and Brady are the only quarterback duo in NFL history to meet more frequently in the playoffs than Mahomes and Allen. They faced each other five times in the postseason — a record Allen and Mahomes are on pace to shatter.
Each of Patrick Mahomes’ prior postseason bouts with Josh Allen played out differently, yet the outcome was the same every time.
Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes, James Cook scored on a 5-yard run and finished with 120 yards rushing, and the Buffalo Bills leaned on a balanced offensive attack in a 31-7 win over the Denver Broncos in a wild-card playoff game.
Josh Allen made sure to let the refs know that they missed the blatant call, as the Bills had to settle for a field goal.
Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills are looking to take the final step. As is the case with the franchise, the Bills have been close but come up a bit short. This season, Allen put up a likely MVP season,