Allen scores 2 TDs, Bills force 3 turnovers to beat Ravens 27-25 and reach AFC title game

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Josh Allen rushed for 2 touchdowns, Buffalo’s defence forced 3 turnovers and the Bills precocious to the AFC title crippled with a 27-25 triumph implicit the Baltimore Ravens successful a divisional playoff crippled connected Sunday night.

The Bills hung connected erstwhile a wide-open Mark Andrews dropped a 2-point conversion walk from Lamar Jackson, allowing the shot to bounce disconnected his thorax with 1:33 left. Jackson connected with a sliding Isaiah Likely for a 24-yard touchdown to springiness the Ravens a accidental to tie.

The Bills precocious to the AFC title crippled adjacent Sunday against the conference’s apical seed, the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. Buffalo snapped a three-year tally of being eliminated successful the divisional round.

It’s a acquainted matchup for Buffalo, which has been eliminated by Kansas City successful 3 of the past 4 postseasons.

Allen scored connected runs of 1 and 4 yards portion Ray Davis besides scored connected a 1-yard run. Tyler Bass deed some tract extremity attempts, including a 21-yarder with 3:29 near aft the Bills stalled astatine Baltimore’s 2. That thrust was acceptable up by the Ravens’ 3rd turnover, erstwhile linebacker Terrel Bernard stripped the shot from Andrews astatine the Buffalo 44.

The Bills closed their play a cleanable 10-0 astatine home. That included a 30-21 triumph implicit the antecedently unbeaten Chiefs successful Week 11.

The Ravens had 1 of the NFL’s astir productive offenses successful the regular play but fell a triumph abbreviated of reaching the league rubric game, which they mislaid to the Chiefs a twelvemonth ago. Scrutiny of Jackson’s playoff performances volition lone summation arsenic helium fell to 3-5 successful the postseason. He had 2 first-half turnovers successful this loss, throwing an interception and losing a fumble.

Baltimore fell to 5-8 successful the divisional round, including 1-4 successful its past five.

The Bills continued playing complementary shot to flooded a patchwork defence and an discourtesy that didn’t person a receiver scope 900 yards this season. Buffalo finished the regular play with a league-best plus-24 turnover differential.

That continued connected Sunday with a turnover-free crippled from Allen and the Bills that was conscionable bully enough.

Injuries

Ravens: Leading receiver Zay Flowers missed some playoff games with a genu injury.

Bills: Safety Taylor Rapp did not instrumentality aft hurting his hep successful the 2nd quarter.

Up next

The Bills get a rematch of the 2020 AFC title game, which Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs won 38-24.

By John Wawrow