2024-01-16 01:42:03
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen threw three touchdown passes and had a franchise-record 52-yard run for another touchdown, and the Buffalo Bills beat the Steelers 31-17 of Pittsburgh on Monday in the AFC wild-card round that was postponed one day due to the effects of a lake-effect snow storm.
The stands at Highmark Stadium erupted with snow thrown into the air like confetti when Allen threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Khalil Shakir with 6:27 left that restored Buffalo’s two-score lead. Shakir caught the pass in the middle of the field at the 10-yard line, shook off a tackle by Minkah Fitzpatrick with a spin before outrunning the rest of the Steelers defenders into the end zone.
The second-seeded Bills (12-6), who closed the regular season with five straight wins, advanced to host Patrick Mahomes and the third-seeded Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round on Sunday. evening. The Bills wanted to have a playoff game once morest the Chiefs at home following the 2020 and 2021 seasons ended with postseason losses in Kansas City.
Allen finished 21 of 30 for 203 yards and ran for 74 yards on eight carries, becoming the first quarterback in playoff history to throw three or more passes and run for at least 70 yards and a score.
Mason Rudolph threw two touchdown passes in his first playoff start for the Steelers (10-8), but Pittsburgh was too inconsistent on both sides of the ball to keep up with Allen and the Bills. The Steelers lost their fifth straight playoff game; the franchise’s most recent victory was exactly seven years ago.
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