Josh Allen throws for 324 yards and two touchdowns while ripping for 54 yards in the team and scoring as the Buffalo Bills hold on to a fourth-quarter fight from the Indianapolis Colts to grab a 27-yard line. -24 Wild Card – their first playoff win since 1995.
By Cameron Hogwood
Last updated: 09/01/21 10:03 pm
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Selection of the Indianapolis Colts against the Buffalo Bills in the NFL Playoffs.
Selection of the Indianapolis Colts against the Buffalo Bills in the NFL Playoffs.
Josh Allen starred on the postseason stage with a mature performance while the Buffalo Bills lasted a late fight to beat the Indianapolis Colts 27-24 and win their first playoff win since 1995 at the end- Wild Card week.
The Colts had reversed the threat of a 14-point deficit when they took over with 2.30 to play in the fourth quarter after Allen was sacked for a loss of 14 among what he did to extend the playoffs. Philip Rivers found that Zach Pascal turned in the fourth-and-10 after surviving a fumble call, but was unable to get the team in the field of field goals in the final seconds.
Buffalo followed their favorite game just before half-time when Allen went into the finishing field to penalize the Colts after being filled at the three times with a chance to make it a 10-point game . With a slow start after the break also Indianapolis lost a field goal at the end of a 14-play downfield march when they had turned four third-downs.
In the end it was Allen ‘s decisions from the pocket along with his production on the track that were going, while the Colts were left to miss a series of missed opportunities.
- Passing Bills: Josh Allen, 26/35, 324 yards, 2 TDs
- Rush Head: Josh Allen, 11 carries, 54 yards, 1 TD
- Head gets: Stefon Diggs, six catches, 128 yards, 1 TD
0:45 Watch as Josh Allen demonstrates his improvising skills as he tries to run the ball on 2nd and Aim from the three-yard line, only to then be thrown up to Dawson Knox in the endzone.
Rodrigo Blankenship kicked the Colts ahead with a 30-yard field goal after Rivers parted with Michael Pittman Jr for a 22-yard pass with a beautiful pass over Tre’Davious White in early sign of Frank Reich’s efforts to defend the Bills stretched.
Allen responded with a three-yard shot that sent a pass to Dawson Knox after he weighed in on a first-quarterback design appearance. He had calmed any lingering playoff nerves earlier in the drive by selecting Stefon Diggs for a 37-point advantage.
Micah Hyde delivered an outstanding pass to break an expected pass for TY Hilton for first and goal, before the Colts got a strong reward for defense with a one-yard run from Taylor after a 32-minute Pittman defeat. at the ’11 Bills.
- Colts passing: Philip Rivers, 27/46, 309 yards, 2 TDs
- Rush Leader: Jonathan Taylor, 21 carries, 78 yards, 1 TD
- Head receiving: Michael Pittman Jr., five catches, 90 yards
1:08 Josh Allen catches the Bills ’second goal of the game, just before half-time against the Colts.
The Colts couldn’t extend the lead on the fourth-and-goal when Rivers ’pass pushed Pittman Jr’s finger tips diving in the end zone, and the last ones on the series put on soft grip and run 31 yard screen disposal.
Allen then ran with five yards and stopped on a long late-half incident where there was a tight call in favor of the Bills when Gabriel Davis just ruled into a 19-yard touchdown, before giving up. the Colts passed an amateur penalty upside down on quarter-three and Isaiah Rodgers was suspended.
Scoring summary
| FIRST COMPANY | |
|---|---|
| Colts 3-0 Bilean | Rodrigo Blankenship’s 30-yard field goal |
| Colts 3-7 Bilean | TD Josh Allen takes three yards to Dawson Knox (extra point) |
| THE SECOND | |
| Colts 10-7 Bilean | Jonathan Taylor tears TD (extra point) |
| Colts 10-14 Bilean | Josh Allen tears TD (extra point) |
| DATE | |
| Colts 10-17 Bilean | Tyler Bass 46-yard field goal |
| FOUR FOUR | |
| Colts 10-24 Bilean | Josh Allen takes 35-yard TD to Stefon Diggs (extra point) |
| Colts 16-24 Bilean | Philip Rivers nine-yard TD goes to Zach Pascal (2PT turnaround failed) |
| Colts 16-27 Bilean | Tyler Bass 54-yard field goal |
| Colts 24-24 Bilean | Philip Rivers 27-yard pass to Jack Doyle (two-point conversion) |
Tyler Bass scored a 46-yard goal to add to Buffalo’s lead early in the second half, in response to what the Colts saw a 14-yard drive stall on a throw from Rivers to Pittman before finishing in a lost 33-yard field . a visit from Blankenship.
The fear for them continued as Allen stopped in a 35-yard scoring strike to Diggs, which ended with six catches for 128 yards and one guard, after Indianapolis missed a schedule for an unsuccessful challenge. on what they thought was a Zack Moss fumble.
0:49 Josh Allen gets Stefon Diggs deep as Bills extends his lead over the Colts.
Rivers hit back immediately with a nine-yard pass to Pascal, just for Taylor to be filled on the two-point conversion effort.
Bass encouraged a 54-yard field goal to extend the Bills ’lead by three, but it wasn’t over yet when Rivers threw a 27-yard score to Jack Doyle and then back to his tight end to turn the effort two points.
Offensive attacker Daryl Williams saved the Bills when he found Allen’s fumble on a sack that left Buffalo facing third and 33rd as they were forced to play a pound with 2.37. Despite allowing a fourth-and-10 turn, Sean McDermott’s men were able to keep the Colts out of range of field goals as Rivers found no teammate on the Hail Mary effort. his last.
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