Josh Allen threw two landing passes, James Prepare dinner completed with 120 yards speeding, 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 during 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 cross to Troy Franklin.
Then, with Buffalo main 13-7, Allen broke the sport open with a 24-yard landing cross to sliding operating again Ty Johnson behind the top zone on fourth-and-one with 3:06 left within the third quarter.
“I’ve been saying all of it 12 months lengthy that Ty Johnson’s the most effective third down again in soccer,” Allen mentioned. “The issues that he’s in a position to do for us, the way in which we talk, him within the cross sport, blocking and operating the ball. He does all of it. I’m so comfortable for him, so happy with him. He made a heck of a play. It was fourth down, no level in holding it and taking a sack there. They performed man [coverage] and I simply gave him an opportunity.”
On Buffalo’s subsequent possession, Allen accomplished a 55-yard cross 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 shall be on the Ravens protection this week.
“Nicely, they bought after us earlier this 12 months,” Allen mentioned of dealing with the Ravens once more. “So we’ve bought loads of movie to observe. It’s an amazing group. It’s an amazing quarterback, clearly with Lamar and what he’s in a position to do. He’s some of the dynamic, if not essentially the most dynamic, quarterback within the league. He’s so enjoyable to observe. However I’ll be watching their protection this week, in order that’s our focus.”
Prepare dinner turned Buffalo’s first participant to high 100 yards speeding in a playoff sport since Corridor of Famer Thurman Thomas had 158 yards speeding in a 1995 wildcard playoff win over Miami. Allen completed 20 of 26 for 272 yards and elevated his playoff complete to 23 passing touchdowns, breaking the franchise file of 21 held by Corridor of Famer Jim Kelly.
The seventh-seeded Broncos had 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.
