They\u2019ve been hurt a lot.<\/a> They\u2019ve been benched. They\u2019ve been healthy scratches. Then they lost receiver Gabe Davis in the fourth quarter to a gruesome knee injury. But a couple of their most frustrating cases \u2014 for different reasons \u2014 came to play in Jacksonville.<\/p>\nSophomore wideout Keon Coleman made a 36-yard catch-and-run to set up Buffalo\u2019s first touchdown, and their frequently injured tight end, Kincaid, snagged a go-ahead touchdown with 8:56 to play. Another clutch play happened right before the two-minute warning, when Allen connected with a wide-open Brandin Cooks, signed as a free agent in late November, for 36 yards to Jacksonville\u2019s 20-yard line. Slot receiver Khalil Shakir, the most consistent of the group, had his busiest game, catching all 12 of his targets for 82 yards. But dudes with a lot to prove came up with the big chunk plays. \u2014 Tim Graham, NFL Senior Writer<\/p>\n
Too many mistakes<\/p>\n
The Jaguars made early mistakes on offense. They were out of sync with their opening three-and-out, and Lawrence\u2019s first pair of downfield passes were bad, including an incompletion that was way behind Washington and an interception when he never saw Shaq Thompson in the underneath zone. The Bills only gained a yard on their ensuing possession, but the pick yielded their first points on a field goal to make it 3-0. The Jags were also stuffed on fourth-and-2 at the Buffalo 8-yard line, and Cam Little hooked a 43-yard field goal at the second-quarter buzzer. \u2014 Jeff Howe, National NFL Insider<\/p>\n
Coming up clutch<\/p>\n
Just as the Bills\u2019 defense has been doing throughout the past two months, it stepped up in huge moments to secure a victory. Even though the unit allowed some big plays here and there, it got the stop it needed with the game on the line. On Lawrence\u2019s first attempt of the Jaguars final drive, cornerback Tre\u2019Davious White tipped the pass, it deflected up, and Bishop picked it off to secure the game.<\/p>\n
White had a masterful game in his first game as a full-time starter since earlier in the year. He deflected several passes and had been around the ball all game. It\u2019s a full circle moment for White, as he was a part of the Bills team that lost its first playoff game under head coach Sean McDermott in 2017 to the Jaguars in Jacksonville. Now, the Bills have their first playoff road win under McDermott, and they head to the AFC divisional round for the sixth year in a row. \u2014 Joe Buscaglia, Bills beat writer<\/p>\n
Coming up short<\/p>\n
Jaguars DC Anthony Campanile\u2019s defense was solid enough to win, although they couldn\u2019t come up with the decisive stop at the end. While the Jags only forced one turnover in kick coverage, they got the ball out on an Allen scramble, though officials ruled Allen\u2019s forward progress was stopped. Edge rusher Josh Hines-Allen recorded the Jaguars\u2019 only sack in the fourth quarter, but it aided a three-and-out before the offense gave them a 24-20 lead. However, Jacksonville\u2019s defense collapsed at the end, as the Bills flew down the field to make it 27-24, converting on third-and-1 and fourth-and-1, with those Allen tush pushes the only stressful moments of the series. \u2014 Howe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the sixth season in a row, quarterback Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills advanced to the divisional…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":510601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,8995,3188,723,7310,8017,1232,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-510600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-buffalo-bills","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115881620801933617","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}