Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills: Josh Allen and Bills book AFC Championship with Kansas City Chiefs | NFL News
Josh Allen rushed for two touchdowns and Lamar Jackson had two turnovers as the Buffalo Bills beat the Baltimore Ravens 27-25 to set up an AFC championship matchup with the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs.
The scrutiny of Jackson’s playoff record will only increase as he falls to 3-5 in the postseason, but despite throwing an interception and missing a fumble in the first half, he also helped lead the Ravens from 21-10 at halftime. and gave them a chance to tie the ball game with a minute and a half to go.
Jackson’s second touchdown of the night, a 24-yarder from Isaiah Likely, pulled Baltimore within two of Buffalo, but the veteran — who missed a fumble earlier in the fourth quarter — spurned the two-point conversion. his general.
The Bills recovered the ensuing kickoff and ran out the rest of the season to snap a three-year Divisional Round shutout and book yet another playoff meeting with the Chiefs.
Buffalo has been beaten by Kansas City in three of the last four postseasons, including the AFC title game four years ago.
The leaders of statistics
Baltimore Ravens
- Passage: Lamar Jackson, 18/25, 254 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
- Rush: Derrick Henry, 16 carries, 84 yards, 1 TD
- Download: Isaiah probably, 4 catches, 73 yards, 1 TD
Buffalo Bills
- Passage: Josh Allen, 16/22, 127 yards
- Rush: James Cook, 17 carries, 67 yards
- Download: Khalil Shakir, 6 catches, 67 yards
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen had two rushing touchdowns in the Divisional Round win over the Baltimore Ravens.
Allen had two rushing touchdowns in the first half to help build Buffalo’s 11-point halftime lead, with Ray Davis also notching a score on the ground — coming in response to Baltimore’s score on the game’s opening drive.
The Ravens got off to a great start when Jackson capped an eight-play, 73-yard drive with a 16-yard pass to Rashod Bateman. But the Bills answered right back with a stunning 11-play, 70-yarder of their own to tie things up.
Two plays later, Jackson was picked off by Taylor Rapp when he was again looking for Bateman to overturn his receiver with his deep hit down the field.
Lamar Jackson fumbles the football, one of three fumbles the Baltimore Ravens gave up in the game
Buffalo failed to capitalize on the turnover, but would cash in on a fumble by Jackson — the ball was fumbled by Damar Hamlin and recovered by Von Miller — on Baltimore’s next possession, with Allen to turn it into the first of his two quick scores. .
Justin Tucker and Tyler Bass each made two field goals in the cold and snowy conditions in Buffalo, Tucker’s second bringing the Ravens back within eight of their opponents in the third quarter.
Derrick Henry then cut that deficit even further with a five-yard rushing TD later in the same quarter, but Baltimore — not for the last time — failed to convert the resulting two-point attempt to tie the game.
Bass’ two field goals, the first a clutch 51-yarder, would come on either side of Terrell Bernard’s forced fumble to Andrews, which again extended the Bills’ lead to eight.
Jackson and the Ravens battled to the end, producing a flawless scoring drive in the final two minutes of the contest, but Andrews will be left to suspect another mistake as, when wide open, he failed to pull in the two-point attempt. would have tied the game late.
What’s next?
It’s the NFL Conference Championships on Sunday January 26 – live on Sky Sports NFL – with the Philadelphia Eagles first hosting the Washington Commanders in the NFC title game from 8pm, then the Chiefs taking on the Bills from 11.30pm.
Super Bowl LIX takes place on Sunday, February 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. live on Sky Sports NFL.
2025-01-19 22:10:00
