the Buffalo Bills accessed the American Conference Championship Game for the first time since 1993, The last of four years in a row in which they visited the super Bowl, After beating tonight at the Baltimore Ravens a la Divisional Round.
Here, the most important points that emerged from the victory of the Invoices:
Key moment
the Invoices they scored the first touchdown of the game in their first series after halftime. the Corbs they responded with an equally long series, which had them in the red zone, with the possibility of equalizing the score to 10. Lamar Jackson threw a pass to center field which was intercepted by Taron Johnson and 101 yards for a second touchdown of Buffalo, Matching a post-season return mark. per Jackson, There couldn’t have been a worse time to throw his first interception in the red zone in three years as a professional, having thrown 49 passing passes in that situation. However, the hit of 14 points conceded in consecutive series in a game that went 3-3 at halftime, with failures in field goal attempts on both sides, was too much. To make matters worse, the Corbs they lost to Jackson for the rest of the game a few moments later, out of shock.
Luck also plays, and so far, it had favored Baltimore in terms of ball deliveries, or rather, no deliveries. the Corbs they had suffered three loose balls so far, four with the play he left out Jackson, Without losing a single one. Here, that luck ended. A few hours before, Aaron Rodgers throw two consecutive passes into the hands of the defenders of the Rams in the annotation area, without being able to stay with any. In both that game, one team made the critical plays that the other stopped making.
key player
Must be Johnson. Not only was it an interception that prevented a touchdown to one of the league’s best offensives in the red zone, but it also got a touchdown in a game in which, in two and a half periods, his own offense had gotten, with a lot of work, a touchdown of its own. In a game where offensive action was so limited between the defensive and the wind, this defensive score was gold for Buffalo.
The key statistic
Eight, were the blows on the quarterback recorded by the Invoices pressing the Corbs, The vast majority of them on Jackson, coupled with the four quarterback catches. Buffalo tried to have enough speed from side to side, and particularly in the backfield, to limit the ground gains of Baltimore, Including those of the quarterback. Baltimore núm was helped too much with so many errors in the ball exchange from center, a problem that plagued 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 cargo, leaving enough items in cover to pass. There is no doubt that the defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier of the Invoices he was one of the anonymous heroes at the meeting. the Invoices a significant number of plays with negative yardage of were written down Baltimore and that helped a lot to tip the scales.
What follows
The most important thing for Corbs is to make sure that Jackson it will be fine, after leaving the match with a commotion. After. this team needs to find a way to provide two things: a better collection of inside offensive linemen, including the center, and then an open receiver that makes a difference.
for the Invoices instead, it remains only to wait. If tomorrow the Brown they give the bell to Arrowhead, Rebran a Cleveland next Sunday for the right to go to the Super Bowl LV. I Kansas City is imposed at home, as a favorite that is, they will have to make the trip to the house of the Heads. Meanwhile, it remains to enjoy the best season in almost three decades for one of the most loyal and persevering teams in the world. NFL.