Buffalo has had one of the best defenses in the entire NFL all year long. They allowed Even better, they were excellent both against the run and the pass. Buffalo can contain both, and lockdown an offense. Meanwhile, they allowed Buffalo also 23 takeaways and 44 sacks.
Both were a lot closer to the top of the league than the bottom. Houston has a lot of weapons, but the Bills are one of the few teams in the NFL that you could trust to shut down the Texans. Five straight runs netted 14 yards but took three minutes of game time. The Bills had remaining and stood on their own 18 when a yard pass from Josh Allen to Duke Williams gave them some juice. Allen hit Cole Beasley for 21 on the next play and at the two-minute warning, Buffalo found themselves in Houston territory with two timeouts remaining.
Thirty seconds, first down, with one timeout should give you a few chances at the end zone from just outside the red zone. Up by ten, Buffalo could have made it a three-score game before halftime, demoralizing the Texans on their way to the locker room.
Instead, they gave the ball to year-old Frank Gore up the middle for a one-yard gain and the clock started ticking. This was likely an audible at the line from Allen , who saw something in the defense. Wanting to save the timeout to salvage a field goal attempt, Allen spiked the ball on the next play. The Bills got just one shot at the end zone; a pass to Duke Williams bounced off his hands in tight coverage on third down.
The Bills kicked a field goal with nine seconds on the clock to give themselves a lead going into the half. What if that lead was 17? To open the second half, Buffalo kicked into the Houston end zone.
Tom Coughlin's upstart Giants team featuring a young Eli Manning. That group went on to win the Super Bowl. As for the Giants , don't let a cruise with Captain Stubing obscure an outstanding season, particularly from the defense. Snacks Harrison was awesome this year. Respect is pouring into the Dolphins ' coaching offices from all corners, enough to swim in. So has Adam Gase pushed this organization around the corner, finally? Looks like it. Quarterback, running back, wide receivers and offensive line with healthy help are stable.
We will see personnel changes on defense, starting with the possible replacement of coordinator Vance Joseph, who has suddenly become a hot commodity in NFL cities looking for a head coach.
His meteoric rise has raised some eyebrows, given the defense's performance during the regular season and in Pittsburgh on Sunday. Miami finished 29th in total defense and 18th in points allowed , which means the Dolphins often bent without breaking down.
None of this is meant to disparage Joseph; rather, it's notable that despite the lack of dominance on his side of the ball, he could be a front man for a team very soon. Says much about his personality and the respect he has around the league. Hot take: Matthew Stafford's middle finger ruined the Lions ' entire season. Alright, so maybe the Seahawks would have won the wild-card matchup anyway. But with all this MVP talk, which team relied on its quarterback more than Detroit relied on Stafford?
And what happened when he played with that bad middle digit? The Lions went from to , just like that. I don't think these are the Same Old Lions. Consider what happened in the wild-card game the equivalent of putting a One Direction song on the back end of a Guns N' Roses live album. What a fun season the Raiders produced. Unfortunately, Connor Cook often overthrew, underthrew, or missed his receivers entirely on Saturday.
Jadeveon Clowney didn't. None of that should detract from a sterling regular season from the Silver and Black. The NFL is better when the Raiders are better. Who's on top? Who took a plunge? How far do the Bengals fall after their shocking loss to the Jets? Meanwhile, the back-to-back AFC champion Chiefs take another tumble down the board. Meanwhile, the Titans jump into the top 10, as the Browns stumble to their lowest slot of the year. Can anyone stop the Buffalo Bills? Are the Cowboys top-five material?
How high did the Cardinals and Cowboys climb after exceptionally strong efforts by both teams? With five minutes on the clock, the Bills orchestrated a drive that used the remaining time before the half.
During the drive, Cole Beasley caught his first pass for 21 yards and Devin Singletary made two men miss for a pickup of Hauschka's second 40 yard field goal of the game was good to give Buffalo a lead going into half. Third quarter: Bills 16, Texans 8. After confusion on the opening kickoff that would have resulted in a Bills touchdown, the Texans take over and produce the same results they had all day.
Their opening drive lasted three plays and went for negative six yards. The Bills have an unsuccessful drive and punt back to Houston. Watson finally found Hopkins open for his first catch but the ball was punched out by Tre'Davious White and recovered by Tremaine Edmunds.
Buffalo took over on the Houston The Bills muster a first down but the drive is stopped after a JJ Watt sack on third down and eight. Hauschka made the yard field goal. Houston responded with their first scoring drive of the game. Hopkins makes two catches, including converting on 3rd-and-eight. Watson keeps for a yard touchdown run. Watson kept it again for the two-point conversion.
Fourth quarter: Bills 19, Texans Buffalo moved the ball to near midfield. Allen attempted to scramble and fumbled, recovered by the Texans. Houston drove the ball to the On third down, Jerry Hughes sacked Watson for the third time in the game.
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