Buffalo Bills they accessed American Conference Championship Game for the first time since 1993, the last of four years in a row they visited Super Bowl, after beating Baltimore Ravens into the Divisional Round.
Here, the most important points that came out of the victory bills:
Key moment
bills they scored the first touchdown of the game in their first series after the break. ravens They responded with an equally long series, which had them in the red zone, with the possibility of equalizing the score at 10. Lamar Jackson takes a throw-in in the opponent’s half of the field which is intercepted by Taron Johnson and returned 101 yards for a second touchdown of Buffalo, matching a post-season comeback mark. For JacksonThere could be no worse time to throw his first interception of the red zone in three years as a professional, after throwing 49 touchdowns in that situation. However, the blow of the 14 points received in consecutive series in a game that went 3-3 at the break, with failed attempts by both sides, was too big. As if that wasn’t enough, ravens they lost Jackson for the rest of the game moments later, through shock.
Luck also plays and, until then, it has favored Baltimore in terms of ball deliveries, or rather, do not deliver. ravens he has suffered three headaches so far, four with the game he eliminated Jackson, without losing any. There, that luck ran out. A few hours before, Aaron Rodgers took two consecutive passes into the hands of the defenders Aries in the final area, without being able to get any. In both this game, one team played critical games that the other failed to play.
Key player
Must be Johnson. Not only was it an interception that prevented a touchdown for one of the league’s best offensives in the red zone, but he also received a touchdown in a game in which, in two and a half periods, his own offense scored, with a lot of work, a touchdown of its own. In a game where the offensive action was so limited between defense and wind, the defensive score was golden Buffalo.
Key statistics
Eight, were the shots on the defender who bills pressing ravens, the vast majority of them on Jackson, along with the four defender bags. Buffalo proved to have enough speed from side to side, and especially in the background, to limit ground gains of Baltimore, including those of the defender. Baltimore no helped too much with so many errors in exchange for the ball from the center, a problem that affected them during the regular season, but the pressure was constant on Jackson, and for most of the game, it was without the need to send a fee, leaving enough items in the cover. There is no doubt that the defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier from bills He was one of the anonymous heroes at the meeting. bills a significant number of pieces were marked with negative footage from Baltimore And that helped a lot to tip the balance.
What’s next
The main thing for ravens is to make sure that Jackson he will be fine after he left the game with a contusion. Then. This team needs to find a way to give it two things: a better collection of offensive linemen inside, including the center, and then a wide receiver that makes a difference.
For bills instead, just wait. If tomorrow Browns give the bell Arrowhead, they will get Cleveland next Sunday for the right to go to Super Bowl LV. And the city of Kansas is imposed at home, as a favorite, he will have to make the trip home heads. In the meantime, it remains to enjoy the best season in almost three decades for one of the teams with the most loyal and persevering fans in NFL.