Enormous Bills punt return TD turns momentum and they beat Dolphins for AFC East title

The way to take the pressure off of Josh Allen from making huge, forced mistakes on Sunday night was to score before he could get the ball.

The Buffalo Bills got a huge play from the special teams that ended up being a division winner. Deonte Harty had an electric 96-yard punt return in the fourth quarter that turned Sunday night’s regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins from a tale of the Bills giving away chances with Allen’s mistakes and turnovers to a huge 21-14 win that resulted in an AFC East title and the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs.

The Bills tied it on the return from Harty, an under-the-radar offseason signing after he had four good seasons primarily a returner for the New Orleans Saints, and then Allen brought home the win. Allen led a go-ahead drive after Harty’s touchdown and made big plays in the final minutes to seal the win as Buffalo won to take home the division title.

The Bills had to get one final stop after Allen was stopped just short on a fourth-down quarterback sneak in the final two minutes. Tua Tagovailoa overthrew his target downfield and Bills safety Taylor Rapp intercepted him to seal the win.

Allen was in line to be a big reason Buffalo lost after he had three costly turnovers and a bad decision at the end of the first half. He often has to do too much in the Bills’ offense and that leads to mistakes. On Sunday night, he got some unexpected help from Harty on a memorable punt return.

Dolphins take a lead into halftime

The Bills moved the ball well in the first half. But they scored just seven points and trailed at the half. A lot of the blame for that was on Allen.

On Buffalo’s first drive, Allen threw into the end zone but Gabriel Davis wasn’t where he expected, and Eli Apple had an easy interception in the end zone. On Buffalo’s next possession they went for it on fourth down and Allen, not having many other options, force a pass into the end zone that was intercepted. Those mistakes contributed to a 14-7 Dolphins lead. Then…

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Publish date : 2024-01-08 04:22:32

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