The Patriots didn't take too long to come back. Nyheim Hines took the ball on the kickoff 96 yards straight into the end zone in 14 seconds to give the Bills a 7-0 start right off the bat. He was thrilled to see the Bills start off with an immediate touchdown. The game started off with emotions running high as Bills player Damar Hamlin was watching from his hospital bed after suffering cardiac arrest on the field in last week's game. The Bills played for their teammate today and it showed. Just after the Pats made a field goal, Hines took the ball all the way back into the end zone again, 101 yards. Besides those two miraculous touchdowns, Dawson Knox got a touchdown and Stefon Diggs and John Brown both made 40+-yard touchdowns. Nick Folk had one field goal for the Pats.įor the Bills, they started out with that incredible 96-yard Hines touchdown return. Jakobi Meyers made a touchdown catch for 2 yards and DeVante Parker made two touchdown catches. While the Patriots had playoffs on the line, they did fight, but the Bills fought harder. It felt like fate for a team that desperately needed their spirits lifted. The Bills game started out with a 96-yard touchdown return by Nyheim Hines in the first 14 seconds. Bills' storybook start and remarkable end Regardless, the Bills game was much lighter once news came out that Hamlin was in recovery and breathing and speaking on his own. 1 seed in the AFC, though the Chiefs win on Saturday means they wouldn't have clinched it anyway. It left the Bengals with no chance to clinch the no. Was it the right call to cancel it completely? Not everyone thinks so. That particular game though, would not.Ĭanceling that game was something the NFL had never done before and it made for very confusing playoff implications as the two teams were in a race with the Chiefs for the no. That uncertainty left every NFL player feeling a little odd about playing the next week, but the games had to go on. Eventually, they decided to cancel the game completely, not knowing whether or not Hamlin would be okay.
The NFL, with much influence by Bills coach Sean McDermott and Bengals coach Zac Taylor, decided to postpone the game. It was revealed that Hamlin had suffered cardiac arrest, but it is still not known exactly what caused it. It was a terrifying moment and the following days were just as scary. The Bills were able to play in much better spirits than they anticipated just days ago after news that their teammate, Damar Hamlin, was in recovery, off of the ventilator, and able to speak to his teammates.Īfter the 24-year-old collapsed on the field last week during the Bills-Bengals game, the whole NFL world came to a halt.
The Patriots loss eliminated them from the playoffs and the Dolphins' win over the Jets secured them the no.
2 seed in the AFC and will therefore host the Miami Dolphins in the first round of the playoffs. The Bills played with heart in this emotional victory over the Patriots.
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