Divisional round weekend is arguably the best weekend of the NFL season. The wild-card blowouts are in the books, and now we get to figure out which teams are playing their best ball at the right time.
It was widely understood that the Denver Broncos were not legitimate competition for the Buffalo Bills. Led by the cyborg known as Josh Allen, this year’s possible MVP winner, Buffalo is a seasoned fixture of postseason experience. It is a mainstay of the greater Super Bowl contender conversation.
On Sunday afternoon, the Buffalo Bills systematically defeated the upstart Denver Broncos in the AFC Wild Card game. The Bills were so demonstratively better than the Broncos that it gave everyone plenty of time to start pondering an MVP matchup between Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, the two premier players in pro football this season.
The only thing Ravens coach John Harbaugh figures is missing in preparation for Baltimore's divisional round playoff showdown in Buffalo is having the deep and resonant voice of late NFL Films broadcaster John Facenda serve as narrator.
Regardless, both Allen and Jackson surpassed Steve Young this postseason, who was on top of the list with 594 rushing yards in his playoff career. Jackson rushed for 81 yards vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers during their Saturday wild-card win.
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Josh Allen vs. Lamar Jackson. Two of the biggest protagonists of the 2024 season now stand in each other's way with Super Bowl aspirations on the line,
Buffalo didn’t flinch after Denver opened with a touchdown, scoring on six of its first seven drives and finishing with a 23-minute edge in time of possession.
The Baltimore Ravens are the favorites, but by less than a field goal (-1), in this season’s Divisional Round of the AFC playoffs, where they will face the Buffalo Bills. The game begins at
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