Jones also was intercepted twice in closing his season with a combined seven touchdowns passing and seven interceptions in his final five outings. Jones struggled in finishing 24 of 38 for 232 yards with two touchdowns to Kendrick Bourne, including a 4-yarder in the final two minutes. New England’s previous worst playoff loss under Belichick was a 33-14 defeat to Baltimore - also in the wild-card round - Jan.
MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN A GAME MAC
The Patriots limped into the playoffs by losing three of their last four and were outclassed in rookie Mac Jones’ postseason debut. After losing 35 of 40 meetings to New England from 2000-19, Buffalo now has defeated the Patriots in four of the past five meetings, coinciding with Tom Brady’s departure to Tampa Bay.
The Bills rolled into the postseason by winning their final four games to clinch their second consecutive division title. The 30-point margin of victory and 47 points scored were the second most by the Bills in a playoff game behind a 51-3 win over the Los Angeles Raiders in the AFC championship game on Jan. A trip to Kansas City would feature a rematch of last year’s AFC championship game, which the Chiefs won 38-24.īuffalo gained 300 yards of total offense, had 19 first downs and built a 27-3 lead at halftime. The third-seeded Bills advanced to the divisional round to host either the Cincinnati Bengals, who beat the Raiders earlier in the day, or travel to Kansas City, depending on the outcome of the Chiefs game against Pittsburgh on Sunday. Though the winds were relatively calm Saturday, the Bills were hot in frigid conditions, with a game-time temperature of 7 degrees. The margin of defeat was the largest for New England in coach Bill Belichick’s tenure, which began in 2000. 6 in which the Patriots attempted just three passes while finishing with 222 yards rushing to counter the blustery conditions.
The Bills beat New England for a second time in three weeks and rebounded from an embarrassing 14-10 loss at home on Dec. Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills erased any doubt about who now rules the AFC East.Īllen set a team playoff record with five touchdown passes, including two to Dawson Knox, and Devin Singletary ran for two scores in the first half of a 47-17 throttling of the division rival New England Patriots in a wild-card playoff game Saturday night.Īllen finished 21 of 25 for 308 yards in a game Buffalo scored on each of its seven possessions that didn’t end with a kneel-down.
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