Huge penalties and many turnovers doom Bills in bad home loss to Broncos

Russell Wilson might not be all the way back, but he still has a little magic left. And the Buffalo Bills helped Wilson and the Denver Broncos get a huge, weird road win on Monday night.

Wilson made clutch plays in the fourth quarter, and his biggest one was simply throwing the ball straight up in the air downfield to Jerry Jeudy. Against an all-out blitz, Wilson lofted a deep pass that was a bit underthrown, and defensive back Taron Johnson committed a pass interference for a 28-yard gain. The Broncos were in field-goal position after that play.

That put the Broncos in position for the winning kick, which was no easy task after some miscues earlier in the kicking game. And Wil Lutz missed wide right, which seemed to end the game. Somehow, the Bills had 12 men on the field and were penalized. On a night the Bills made multiple mistakes, that was an inexcusable one. Lutz knocked it through on his second chance and the Broncos had a 24-22 win.

The Broncos are a new team. They started the season 1-5 and have won three in a row since then. The defense, which had a horribly embarrassing performance giving up 70 points to the Miami Dolphins early this season, shut out the Bills for most of the first half as part of its shocking transformation. It seemed weird when the Broncos didn’t trade anyone at the deadline, but now we see why.

The Bills are going the other way. They made several mistakes to let the Broncos stay in the game, but it still seemed like Buffalo would pull out a win when they took a 22-21 lead on a Josh Allen touchdown run inside of the two-minute warning. But the 2023 Bills are finding ways to lose, and ended the night with a 5-5 record. They deserved to lose on Monday night, and have earned that .500 record.

Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson made several key plays on Monday night against Buffalo. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Publish date : 2023-11-14 04:29:02

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