Josh Allen threw three touchdown passes and scored on a franchise playoff-record 52-yard touchdown run against Buffalo in Monday's game in the AFC Wild Card Playoffs, which was postponed one day due to lake effects. The Bills defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-17. Blizzard.
Josh ******* Allen!!!!
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When Allen threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Khalil Shakir with 6 minutes, 27 seconds left, giving Buffalo a two-touchdown lead, the stands at Highmark Stadium erupted in a flurry of confetti. became. Shaquille caught a pass at the 10-yard line, spun around Minkah Fitzpatrick's attempted tackle, and raced past the remaining Steelers defenders into the end zone.
How can this be true?
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— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 16, 2024
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The second-seeded Bills (12-6), who finished the regular season with five straight wins, will host Patrick Mahomes and the third-seeded Kansas City Chiefs in the regional round on Sunday night. The Bills were eager for a home playoff game against the Chiefs after the 2020 and 2021 seasons ended with playoff losses in Kansas City.
“It's going to take a team effort. They're playing really good football right now. We know what type of team they are and what type of quarterback the Pats have.” [Mahomes] We need all the Bills Mafia to cheer us on because it's over there,'' Allen said after the game.
Allen went 21-of-30 for 203 yards and ran for 74 yards on eight carries, making him the first player in NFL playoff history to throw three or more TD passes while rushing for more than 70 yards and a score. He became a quarterback.
Mason Rudolph threw two touchdown passes in his first playoff start for the Steelers (10-8), but Pittsburgh was too inconsistent on both sides of the ball to keep up with Allen and the Bills. . The Steelers lost five straight games in the playoffs. The last time the franchise won the postseason was exactly seven years ago.
The Steelers went undefeated and Buffalo scored touchdowns on three of their first five possessions, building a 21-0 lead midway through the second quarter on Allen's impressive touchdown run. But Pittsburgh got back into the game late in the second quarter with a blocked field goal attempt and a touchdown.
Rudolph, a longtime backup, led the Steelers to three straight wins in place of an injured Kenny Pickett and an ineffective Mitch Trubisky, ending the regular season and starting the playoffs even after Pickett recovered from an ankle injury. Ta.
Buffalo had to wait an extra day to take on the Steelers due to a dangerous snowstorm that dumped more than two feet of snow in the area, and the NFL postponed the game from its scheduled start Sunday afternoon.
The factors did not have much influence. The temperature was around 17 °F (-8 °C), but the skies were clear and there was only a slight breeze off the coast of Lake Erie.
