Bills use late TD to beat Jags in AFC wild-card playoff game - ESPN

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Josh Allen took a pounding, doled out punishment and delivered Buffalo its first road playoff victory in more than three decades as the Bills beat Jacksonville 27-24 in the AFC's wild-card opener Sunday.

With linebacker Devin Lloyd bearing down on him, Allen found Brandin Cooks for 36 yards just before the two-minute warning and then capped the go-ahead drive with a 1-yard touchdown run in which Jacksonville let him score.

On the play before his score, Allen gained 10 yards on a sneak, refusing to go down while being pushed and pulled to the goal line.

«Just trusting everybody on the field,» Allen said. «Great win, great team win. All we've got to do is play our game, find a way to win a football game. We're on to the next.»

Buffalo will play at Denver or New England next week, a chance to build a road winning streak after a decades-long skid.

«We got to go do it again. We got to go do it again,» Allen said.

Focused on getting rid of the ball quickly and negating Jacksonville's pass rush most of the game, Allen completed 28 of 35 passes for 273 yards and a touchdown. He ran for two scores, was sacked just once and played turnover-free football. Khalil Shakir caught 12 passes for 82 yards for the Bills.

It was necessary considering NFL rushing leader James Cook was mostly bottled up, finishing with 46 yards on 15 carries.

«You know, we're going to play for each other, we're gonna fight to the very last second, and you saw that here today,» Allen said.

Buffalo (13-5) intercepted a deflected pass on Jacksonville's final drive to seal the victory.

The Bills had been 0-5 on the road in the playoffs under coach Sean McDermott, starting with a 10-3 loss at Jacksonville in the 2017 wild-card round. The Bills