Josh Allen threw a go-ahead, 5-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs late in the first half and Buffalo beat the Cleveland Browns 31-23 after the NFL moved the Bills’ home game to Detroit due to several feet of snow blanketing western New York.
I feel for any Bills or Vikings fans who went through the emotional turmoil of Sunday’s game at Buffalo. But given the ebb and flow of the game’s final hour, I wonder if the action was more torture or enjoyment. Tyreek Hill has been a monster most of the year, though he didn't have his biggest game Sunday. Allen dealt with an elbow injury all week, but it didn’t seem to bother him on game day. He's sitting on just two touchdowns for the year, and he hasn't topped 72 yards in any game.
wftv.comBills running backs had a 15.4% target share in 2021 and 13.5% in 2020. The Bills spent much of the offseason trying to get a player with juice to incentive Allen to throw to running backs. Typically the whole “running backs lining up in the slot” is an offseason trope that doesn’t become a reality. T.J. Hockenson ran a route on 78% of the Lions’ dropbacksHe had a 17.9% target share and is stepping into a team where the top tight end had a 13.4% target share. Terry McLaurin’s target share with Carson Wentz this season: 15.9%McLaurin's target share with Taylor Heinicke this season is a far more inspiring and justifiable 25.0%.
wftv.comWe’ve logged seven fantasy football weeks into the books, and all sorts of messiness and surprises at the running back position. Because of the team's offensive shape, you can consider starting both of them through the bye weeks. Denver gets a fifth Island Game in Week 8, to the delight of no one. Indianapolis ColtsThe running game has fallen apart, between Jonathan Taylor's injury and Matt Ryan's collapse. Los Angeles ChargersAustin Ekeler enjoys the bell cow life, leading all running backs in targets, catches, yards and receiving touchdowns.
wftv.comThe guys kick off the podcast by discussing the very fun Bills/Chiefs game and Scott breaks down how Buffalo is using RB Devin Singletary and how it’s different than how any other team does it. After wondering how much longer Kliff Kingsbury will keep his job, the guys talk about Ja’Marr Chase’s long-awaited “squeaky wheel game” and what it means for his fantasy value going forward. Or have the Colts finally figured out the best way to use him? When talking about Tom Brady, Scott brings up the idea of a “QB dead zone” this year. If you didn’t invest in a QB early in your draft, there’s a good chance you hate the QBs on your fantasy team.
wftv.comStill, Stefon Diggs was the WR2 and Allen was the QB3 this week (while hurdling hopeless defenders). Marques Valdes-Scantling had a touchdown catch called back by penalty, but at least JuJu Smith-Schuster finally had a big fantasy game with Kansas City. Baltimore Ravens @ New York GiantsDaniel Jones threw his first touchdown since Week 2 but also leads the NFL with four game-winning drives this season. The Rams entered Sunday getting the fewest yards per play in the NFL on offense and sporting the second-lowest pressure rate on defense. And to think, a new Call of Duty will be released this week, when Arizona is scheduled to play Thursday night.
wftv.comWeek 5 wasn't a great fantasy sleeper week for us, unless you're an easy grader and give us credit for Devin Duvernay. Perhaps you’ll add a player to your fantasy bench as depth, but won't deploy him this week. That would never fly in Week 1, but it might be useful in a skeleton-crew Week 6 situation. If you’re not starting Singletary this week, you’re blessed with a loaded running back room — we all envy you. Etienne out snapped Robinson two weeks ago, and last week he outplayed Robinson by a significant market (114 total yards versus 39 total yards).
wftv.comAllen 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. Allen finished 21 of 25 for 308 yards in a game Buffalo scored on each of its seven possessions that didn't end with a kneeldown. Though the winds were relatively calm Saturday, the Bills were hot in frigid conditions, with a game-time temperature of 7 degrees. The Bills rolled into the postseason by winning their final four games to clinch their second consecutive division title. Jones was also intercepted on New England's opening drive of the second half, when his pass intended for Hunter Henry was deflected by linebacker Matt Milano and picked off by Levi Wallace.
wftv.comIf the Raiders win, Buffalo would face the division-rival Patriots. Buffalo also sacked Jets rookie Zach Wilson nine times, the most by Buffalo since getting 10 in a 23-0 win over Washington on Oct. 20, 2011. In a game the Bills never trailed, Singletary broke things open by scoring on a consecutive drives 4:28 apart. It was Singletary’s second consecutive two-touchdown outing, which gives him six in his past four games. Bills: Host wild-card playoff game next weekend.
wftv.comDevin Singletary scored two touchdowns rushing in the second half to make up for Josh Allen’s sloppiness and the AFC East-leading Buffalo Bills rallied to clinch their third consecutive playoff berth with a 29-15 win over the Atlanta Falcons.
The Kansas City Chiefs won their first NFL title since 1970 when they beat San Francisco in last year's Super Bowl. What we get Sunday is a matchup of dynamic offenses and overlooked defenses, the top two teams in the conference. Kansas City (15-2) has the confidence of a reigning champion and a charisma few NFL teams can match. That could provide an edge over Bills rookie Tyler Bass — except that Bass has been very reliable all season. Buffalo punter Corey Bojorquez and Kansas City rookie Johnny Townsend were two of the most dependable in the AFC.
FILE - Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) talks with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) following a 24-17 Ravens win in an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., in this Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, file photo. It happened in the 2018 season opener, when the then-raw rookie Bills quarterback was shoved into the Ravens' sideline. Much like Jackson, Allen prefers putting the past behind him and focusing on the next challenge. “We’ve had our backs against the wall since the Pittsburgh game,” Harbaugh said. The Bills limited the Ravens to only 118 yards rushing in last year’s meeting, a 24-17 Ravens win.
The Bills are one game ahead of the Miami Dolphins with four games left for both teams. San Francisco (5-7) lost in its first game at its adopted home in Arizona. “As long as it correlates to team success, it means we’re doing the right thing, making the right decisions and we’re winning football games," Allen said. But San Francisco got the ball back one play later on a fumble by Allen and the 49ers took advantage. The town is about a 3-hour drive from San Francisco, and Allen went to games as a kid with his family.
