Postgame
“We’ve just put our head down and worked hard,” says Josh Allen, who guided his Bills to a win in their last home game of the season, which is always what you want to do. Now they have an undefeated record at home this year and need one more win to get to the Super Bowl.
So our championship games are set:
Washington @ Philadelphia in the NFC title game
Buffalo @ Kansas City in the AFC title game.
Condolences to Ravens fans, who suffer another crushing end to a season. Will Jayden Daniels make it to a Super Bowl before Jackson? Chew on that.
We’ll be back next week with more live coverage. That’s all for now – thanks for reading, and wherever you are, good morning, good afternoon or goodnight.
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Ravens 25-27 Bills, Final
The Bills are in victory formation – the Bills run out the clock and the ball game is over!
The Buffalo Bills are heading to Kansas City to take on the Kansas City Chiefs and they defeat the favored Ravens!
Bills fans can thank Mark Andrews, who had a key fumble and then dropped a wide open two-point conversion! Absolutely stunning!
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Ravens 25-27 Bills, 1:18 4th quarter
Johnson takes a hand off and he’s on his way to space! Johnson slides, which is smart and the Ravens call their final timeout!
ONSIDE KICK! Ravens 25-27 Bills, 1:32 4th quarter
Douglas falls on it for Buffalo! The Ravens have just one timeout! Only folly can keep Buffalo out of KC now.
NO GOOD! Ravens 25-27 Bills, 1:33 4th quarter
Mark Andrews was wide open in the endzone and he just dropped it. A ball your sprightly grandmother could have caught! Really! Straight up disaster for Baltimore! Andrews is the villain! I can’t believe that!
MARK ANDREWS DROPS THE 2PT CONVERSION
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 20, 2025
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Onside kick coming up.
Unreal!
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TOUCHDOWN! Ravens 25-27 Bills, 1:33 4th quarter
Jackson has all day, really. I mean forever. Then he hits liokely for the TD! Amazing! They’re going for tow to tie it!
Ravens 19-27 Bills, 1:44 4th quarter
Jackson in the shotgun, loads of time. He flings it to Hill for three yards. Now he has Andrews for a healthy gain! to the Buffalo 25! That’s an 18-yard gain!
Ravens 19-27 Bills, 2:00 4th quarter
Jackson is on the run again! He throws a wobbly ball across his body! He hits Wallace for a big gain! It’s a 27 yard pass reception as we hit the warning! What a play! I thought that ball was going to wobble out of the sky, but it made it to its destination.
First down at the Buffalo 47!
The Ravens have one timeout, the Bills two.
Ravens 19-27 Bills, 2:34 4th quarter
Johnson is back for the Bills. But now Bateman is down after a three yard reception. Rousseau made the hit.
It’s 2nd & 7 and the snow is back. Someone is on Buffalo’s side.
Ravens 19-27 Bills, 2:47 4th quarter
Quick pass over the middle to Hill, first down. Ball on the 22.
Ravens 19-27 Bills, 3:10 4th quarter
Jackson in the shotgun, trots in reverse, scoots to his right and runs out of trouble and gets eight yards! Wow! It’s 3rd & 2.
Ravens 19-27 Bills, 3:18 4th quarter
Jackson chucks it downfield looking for Likely – incomplete.
A bill is down in their secondary. Already down Rapp from injury tonight, now Taron Johnson is shaken up. So their defensive backfield keeps taking hits. Injury timeout.
It’s 2nd & 10 from the 12.
Ravens 19-27 Bills, 3:23 4th quarter
There can only be one…great QB to face another great QB in Kansas City next week. Who will it be?
Mitchell returns it to the 31. But there’s a flag! Bad start, holding. Ravens start on their 12! A long way to go!
FIELD GOAL! Ravens 19-27 Bills, 3:29 4th quarter
Bass kicks it in from 21. Now it’s up to Jackson and company. I don’t like their odds with three turnovers in the books already. Am I right?
Ravens 19-24 Bills, 3:31 4th quarter
The Bills call timeout to talk it over, and the field goal unit comes on. Smart. With all the turnovers by Baltimore, make the Ravens score a TD and get the two.
Ravens 19-24 Bills, 3:31 4th quarter
Keeper and Allen is stuffed! It’s fourth and goal! Do they kick it to try to put this game away with a touchdown? It’s the coaching decision of the season!
I kick it.
Ravens 19-24 Bills, 4:17 4th quarter
It’s second and goal from the eight. Allen is in the shotgun – and he’s off! Allen comes down a yard short of the endzone.
Timeout Ravens, that’s their second.
It’s third and goal from the two. Is it time to push the tush?
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Ravens 19-24 Bills, 4:21 4th quarter
Cook down to the eight. The Ravens call their first timeout.
Baltimore’s defense needs to make a play here, obviously.
Ravens 19-24 Bills, 4:55 4th quarter
Cook wiggles through the Ravens defensive line and by the time he’s taken down, he’s gone for nine!
Now Allen sneaks for the first down. The clock ticks.
Ravens 19-24 Bills, 5:55 4th quarter
Under six minutes to go. Humphry is down for the Ravens and we have an injury timeout.
Baltimore took the momentum in the third quarter, but the Bills settled, got a key turnover and are in full control right now, driving and on the Ravens 20.
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Ravens 19-24 Bills, 6:12 4th quarter
Little pass to Coleman for five and then a bigger pass to Johnson towards the far sideline for nine! That keeps the chains moving.
Ravens 19-24 Bills, 7:33 4th quarter
Allen finds Hollins for a 12-yard gain and Buffalo are in the drivers seat now. Especially after an illegal hands to the face penalty that puts the ball on the Ravens 34.
Excuse the French
Mark Andrews with a fucking pathetic performance tonight, bad body language, fumble to blow the season, he’s ass
— John Frascella (Football) (@NFLFrascella) January 20, 2025
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Ravens 19-24 Bills, 8:41 4th quarter
Why are the Ravens throwing the football? I do not understand! Someone help me understand!
FUMBLE! Ravens 19-24 Bills, 8:41 4th quarter
Jackson finds Andrews for a big gain, but he fumbles! Bernard has it! Wow! I can’t believe that happened! What a huge turnover in this football game!
Ravens 19-24 Bills, 8:49 4th quarter
Hill takes a hand off and is wrapped up by Oliver! It’s 2nd & 11.
Ravens 19-24 Bills, 9:49 4th quarter
Did they stop Henry? Or was there a second effort? They stopped him. It’s 4th & 1!
Are they gonna go? They are! Direct snap to Andrews and he has it!
That was crazy in their own territory, but it worked.
Ravens 19-24 Bills, 11:02 4th quarter
From the 30: screen to Sims for three yards. Then Henry runs for six. Do the math, third & short.
FIELD GOAL! Ravens 19-24 Bills, 12:04 4th quarter
It’s up and it is good! That’s a big three points right there. It could have been a lot worse for Baltimore that’s for sure.
Now, can the Bills stop Henry? That is the question everyone wants to know.
Ravens 19-21 Bills, 12:08 4th quarter
Allen stays in the pocket and throws over the middle looking for Shakir – incomplete! Stephens had a hand on his waist but no flag! Big stop! It’ll be a 51-yard field goal attempt!
Ravens 19-21 Bills, 12:12 4th quarter
Allen in the shotgun on 2nd & 8. He throws to the far sideline looking for Cooper – incomplete. It’s 3rd & 8.
Big play here.
Ravens 19-21 Bills, 12:52 4th quarter
On 2nd & 5, Cook runs to the Baltimore 35 – it’s a seven yard gain. The Bills have some build here.
Ravens 19-21 Bills, 13:38 4th quarter
The Ravens defense did a 180 in the third quarter, limiting the Bills to minuscule gains and punts. How will the fourth quarter begin on this key 3rd & 2?
Johnson runs up the middle and has the first down!
Now Allen runs a play action and passes to Cook for a five yard gain. The clock runs…
Ravens 19-21 Bills, end of 3rd quarter
From the Bills 41, on 2nd & 11, Allen is in the shotgun. He steps back, fires and hits Shakir, who keeps moving for an extra yard. It’s going to be 3rd & 2 at the Bills 49 as the quarter ends.
All this running has kept the clock moving, this game is fast!
Huge play for Buffalo when we resume.
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Ravens 19-21 Bills, 1:28 3rd quarter
Now Buffalo gets their run game on – Cook runs to the near sideline for ten yards, up to the 40.
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The drive
Seven plays, 80 yards in 3:44. Run, run, run, run. It works.
Ravens 19-21 Bills, 1:37 3rd quarter
Jackson in the shotgun and for some reason, passes. Why?
Why are they passing when their running game just destroyed the Buffalo defense? Why do coaches make this so hard?
The two-point conversion fails, and the Bills are still on top.
Now the home team needs to re-establish its offense and give their defense some rest!
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TOUCHDOWN! Ravens 19-21 Bills, 1:37 3rd quarter
Henry marches in, and the Ravens are going for two!
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Ravens 13-21 Bills, 1:42 3rd quarter
Henry, chewing up real estate! Fifteen more yards! Ravens at the five, first and goal!
Ravens 13-21 Bills, 2:19 3rd quarter
Jackson connects with Andrews on the near sideline. There’s a flag, defensive holding. That’s declines. They’re down to the Bills 42.
Did I say 42? I meant the 20! Hill has acres to run and a 22-yard gain! Ravens slicing through the Bills defense right now.
Ravens 13-21 Bills, 3:28 3rd quarter
Henry springs loose! A trip away from the endzone! It’s a gain of 17 to the Baltimore 46!
Ravens 13-21 Bills, 4:14 3rd quarter
Henry again, he’s close to a first down. It’s going to be third and inches.
Ravens 13-21 Bills, 4:53 3rd quarter
Henry, ahead for seven yards. Here comes the boom.
Ravens 13-21 Bills, 5:21 3rd quarter
Allen hits Know but he is smothered and pushed back! Van Noy’s play forces the Bills to punt!
Martin kicks it 52 yards into the endzone. Baltimore will begin at the 20.
Baltimore defense doing exactly what they need to do, causing some discomfort, making some plays and getting off the field. It’s all there for Baltimore if they can convert this opportunity.
Ravens 13-21 Bills, 6:28 3rd quarter
On 2nd & 10, Allen hits Shakir over the middle for a five yard gain. So it’s another 3rd & 5. Can the Ravens defense get off the field?
Ravens 13-21 Bills, 7:38 3rd quarter
Samuel stumbles, cuts, springs loose and has a first down reception to keep this drive alive. The ball is at the Bills 43.
Ravens 13-21 Bills, 8:36 3rd quarter
Kickoff, touchback. Bills begin at the 30. Allen, play action and a dump to Cook, who is ahead for three yards. Then Allen finds Shakir on the near sideline, and there’s little room – a gain of just two.
So it’s a big 3rd & 5 coming up.
The drive
Nine plays, 40 yards in 4:01. They did actually run Henry once and it went well. Something to build on.
FIELD GOAL! Ravens 13-21 Bills, 9:47 3rd quarter
Tucker’s kick is true, so it’s now an eight point lead for the Bills. OK, good start for Baltimore, stopping Buffalo on their first drive and getting the scoreline to one possession. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh will take that.
Ravens 10-21 Bills, 9:53 3rd quarter
Jackson in the shotgun. He throws quickly to Bateman, short, and the wideout gerts hit hard by Milano. Ouch!
Here comes the field goal unit. Tucker from 47!
Ravens 10-21 Bills, 10:32 3rd quarter
The play goes off, but there’s a flag. it’s a delay of game! Yuck, ugly! It’s 3rd & 17.
Ravens 10-21 Bills, 10:32 3rd quarter
Finally, Henry, manhandles the Buffalo defense and has a 12 yard gain down to the 24! See! Was that so hard?
Now it’s Hill, but he’s wrapped up for a loss of two by the Bills defense.
Second and 12 – the Bills Blitz, and Jackson fires incomplete.
Key third and long now!
Ravens 10-21 Bills, 12:52 3rd quarter
Jackson dances and creates some time and hits Andrews again, this time for nine yards and a first down.
Now they’re finally on the ground – Hill has an 11-yard carry. The ball is on the Bills 39!
Ravens 10-21 Bills, 13:15 3rd quarter
First pass from Jackson, incomplete to Agholor. Why? Why not Henry?
Now a five yard pass to Andrews. It’s 3rd & 5. Why are they passing so much?
Ravens 10-21 Bills, 13:48 3rd quarter
Allen drops back to pass, he finds Kincaid who slides on the turf and drops a ball he initially had a beat on. Big 3rd & 9 here.
Allen is chased and he throws it away with Wiggins chasing. The bills punt and Sims has a 17-yard return to the Ravens 36.
Just what Baltimore needed to do coming out of the break. Can they capitalize?
Ravens 10-21 Bills, 14:19 3rd quarter
Davis returns the kickoff to the 25. Then Cook runs for a yard.
Already the clock is moving.
Stats
You want them, we have them.
Allen, 5/7 69 yards, two rushing touchdowns
Jackson, 6/10 123 yards, 31 yards rushing, a pick and a touchdown throw
Henry, eight carries for 21 yards. Not enough!
Cook, 10 carries for 35 yards
Davis, three for 26
Bateman has 48 yards and a TD
Shakir has 51 yards.
Two turnovers for Baltimore, and that smarts. Can’t do that!
Here comes the second half!
Pass Interference
It was 3rd & 5 at the Ravens 30 when this pass interference call was made. I personally think it was the Bills’ Coleman who pushed off. Everyone seemed to think the call was fine, but not me!
— Kurt Benkert (@KurtBenkert) January 20, 2025
Ravens 10-21 Bills, end of 2nd quarter
Mitchell takes the kickoff to the Ravens 33. Jackson takes a knee, and that will do it for the first half in Buffalo. Advantage Bills!
My initial thought? Not nearly enough from Henry. They should be pounding him into the Bills defense over and over and over until they’re exhausted. And when you have a first and goal at the two, you gotta get it into the endzone.
Also, the Bills offense look extremely comfortable. Allen looks like he’s on vacation. Baltimore’s defense needs to make some plays. Soon.
TOUCHDOWN! Ravens 10-21 Bills, 0:16 2nd quarter
Allen powers ahead for the touchdown! It’s his second TD run of the game!
That pass interference call, I don’t like it. If I’m a Ravens fan I am throwing my crab cakes at the TV.
Playoff @JoshAllenQB!
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 20, 2025
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Ravens 10-14 Bills, 0:19 2nd quarter
It’s now 3rd & 2 at the Baltimore four yard line. The Bills call for time.
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Ravens 10-14 Bills, 1:01 2nd quarter
Allen in the shotgun, he throws down the sideline looking for Coleman and it’s overthrown but there’s a flag! It’s on Allen for pass interference but to me it looks like Coleman pushed off. That’s gross, but it’s in the books, an 18-yard gain for Buffalo! Ball at the Ravens 12.
Ravens 10-14 Bills, 1:13 2nd quarter
Cook is mostly stuffed on a run, gets a yard. So it’s 3rd down and five at the Ravens 30. Baltimore call their last timeout.
Ravens 10-14 Bills, 1:18 2nd quarter
Little screen to Shakir for four yards and now the ball is at the Baltimore 31. Timeout Baltimore, who are trying to extend this half and get another shot at it before they hit the lockers.
It’s 2nd and six.
Email!
Brad McMillan is unhappy with the zebras.
“I know they’ve been poor all season, but the referee errors this weekend seem particularly egregious. There was a holding flag on the Bills’ Dawkins on that last Ravens drive that genuinely made wonder if the ref was actually looking when the incident happened. I never wanted VAR in the other football (soccer), and I’ve lamented it since being introduced, but calls like that make remember why it was introduced.”
The refs are definitely getting destroyed this weekend. The gloves are off.
Ravens 10-14 Bills, 2:00 2nd quarter
The Bills start off from their own 30, looking to put up more points before halftime. After a seven-yard screen to cook, Davis runs to his right and finds room! It’s a 16-yard gain for the rookie running back.
Now Davis is running again! This time it’s a nine-yard gain, and just like that, the Bills are at the Baltimore 38! Aren’t the Ravens supposed to have a good rushing defense?
Two minute warning, advantage Bills.
The drive
Nine plays, 57 yards in 5:09 and only three points. That’s what we call a missed opportunity right there and a huge win for the Buffalo defense.
FIELD GOAL! Ravens 10-14 Bills, 3:43 2nd quarter
Tucker hits the field goal from 26 yards away and that ends a drive of promise for Baltimore with a disappointing result. A big 41-yard play like that and a first and goal at the two garners three instead of seven. No good.
Ravens 7-14 Bills, 3:48 2nd quarter
Jackson rolls right, throws across his body, incomplete! So here comes the field goal unit.
Ravens 7-14 Bills, 3:52 2nd quarter
Henry is stuffed on first down, and then Jackson is sacked by Rousseau! Now it’s at the eight yard line and it’s 3rd down!
Ravens 7-14 Bills, 5:08 2nd quarter
The Ravens need a yard: they direct snap it to the tight end, Mark Andrews, and he has just enough for a fresh set of downs. Ball on the Bills 44.
Now Jackson io back to pass and he fires way down field! Bateman has space and the ball and he’s down at the two! That will loosen up Ravens fans!
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Ravens 7-14 Bills, 6:45 2nd quarter
Jackson runs for 11 and is peppered as he goes out of bounds. The refs keep their flags in their pockets. The Ravens are across midfield.
Now Henry runs ahead for seven yards, and on the next play, two. It’s 3rd & 1.
Baltimore want to talk it over as the Ravens use their first timeout.
Niall Fogarty on the first Ravens turnover. He isn’t happy.
“And that’s why Jackson simply won’t ever win as SB... even with all the talent around him, and his own....he simply isn’t a passer.... terrible terrible throw...why did he throw it?? Didn’t have to”
The key turnover
This is Lamar Jackson's fourth career playoff game where he's thrown an interception AND lost a fumble.
— John Breech (@johnbreech) January 20, 2025
The Ravens are 0-3 in the previous three games #Ravens #Bills #NFLplayoffs pic.twitter.com/6OUeZd6DOv
If you’re a Ravens fan you should be completely freaking out right now.
TOUCHDOWN! Ravens 7-14 Bills, 8:52 2nd quarter
Allen takes it himself and the Bills take their first lead of this game, capitalizing on the Ravens turnover. Just moments ago Baltimore looked poise to put more points on the board, but instead it’s the home team that puts it in the endzone.
Both these turnovers are on Jackson, so he needs to figure this out, and fast.
Ravens 7-7 Bills, 8:56 2nd quarter
It’s first and goal to go now for Buffalo who are on the move following that turnover. They hand it to Cook who runs towards the endzone. He’s wrapped up, but he’s pushing. And pushing! The pile moves until the one yard line!
What an effort!
FUMBLE! Ravens 7-7 Bills, 11:05 2nd quarter
On 2nd & 10, Jackson drops back, then runs straight ahead, but Damar Hamlin frees the ball from Jackson! The ball is on the turf, that is until Von Miller picks it up! And he’s running free, all the way to the Baltimore 24! That’s the Ravens second turnover! Wow!
Ravens 7-7 Bills, 11:20 2nd quarter
On 2nd & 14, the Bills blitz but Jackson isn’t phased – he jump throws a completion a five yard pass. But now it’s 3rd & 9!
Can they convert? Yes they can! Jackson finds Miller streaking across the middle on a crossing route for a 16 yard gain. They’re at the Bills 28!
Ravens 7-7 Bills, 12:59 2nd quarter
Hill eats up more yardage on the ground, this time it’s an 11 yard gain.
Then Jackson has time but takes it himself! He runs to his right into open pastures! When he’s tackled, it’s in Bills territory. It’s a 16 yard gain. How do you stop this?
Ravens 7-7 Bills, end of 1st quarter
Henry has a head of steam and ten yards, right up the gut, up to the Ravens 19. Now Hill is bouncing to his right to the far sideline and has another nine yards.
And that’s how the first quarter ends. Much more to come!
Ravens 7-7 Bills, 0:41 1st quarter
Now it’s 3rd and long and Allen looks deep for Knox but it’s incomplete! That means the Ravens get their defense off the field, which is big following that interception. The Bills punt it down to the Ravens nine.
Ravens 7-7 Bills, 1:19 1st quarter
Just saw a replay of that pick, and it was just as ugly as the first time. No wonder Jackson was holding his head: it’s only his fifth pick of the season!
Meanwhile, Allen hits Kincaid, the tight end, over the middle, and now Samuel has a reception on the far side of the field. Except that’s called back for holding. Big flag there, and a replay shows Dion Dawkins wasn’t holding at all.
But then there’s a flag on Baltimore, a neutral zone infraction. So it’s 2nd & 17 on the Bills 48 when the dust settles.
INTERCEPTION! Ravens 7-7 Bills, 3:52 1st quarter
Jackson flings it to a wide open Taylor Rapp. The problem is, he plays for the Bills! What happened there? That was UGLY.
So I wondered if we were going to see some defense, just a few minutes ago. And there you have it, though Jackson didn’t make it too tough!
Bills have it at their 43-yard line when we return.
As it happened, twice
First career playoff touchdown for @Ray_Davis07!!!
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 19, 2025
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TOUCHDOWN RASHOD BATEMAN.
— Ravens Nation 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 (@LIVERavenNation) January 19, 2025
EARLY STATEMENT MADE.
KEEP IT ROLLING. pic.twitter.com/3KYSDNhnnV
The drive
Eleven plays, 70 yards in 5:57. Nice and smooth. Are we going to see any defense today?
TOUCHDOWN! Ravens 7-7 Bills, 4:43 1st quarter
Rookie Ray Davis is in the endzone, and the Bills have come right back and answered!
Ravens 7-0 Bills, 5:03 1st quarter
The Bills continue to march: it’s first and goal at the five. Cook runs left for four yards. They’re a yard away.
Ravens 7-0 Bills, 6:03 1st quarter
They’re gonna go, and it’s Allen again! This time he runs right, finds space, and has enough for a fresh set of downs.
Now Cook has it and he’s dancing to his left and finding space! He even gets his hair pulled before being taken down for an eight yard gain. Bills at the Ravens 12!
Ravens 7-0 Bills, 7:44 1st quarter
Johnson bullies up the middle for eight yards, then Cook stumbles for one. It’s 3rd & short and Allen is going to keep it and he’s wrapped up! It’s 4th & 2! Will the Bills go for it?
Ravens 7-0 Bills, 8:52 1st quarter
Cook runs for two yards and it’s 3rd & 8. Allen from the 32 lets it fly! Shakir has it on the middle of the field for a rather large chunk of turf! That’s a 33-yard gain down to the Ravens 35. The Bills fans exhale!
Ravens 7-0 Bills, 10:35 1st quarter
Were the Ravens bothered by the snow? No. The cold? No. Weather talk is such nonsense. Here come the Bills now with Allen in the shotgun. He has time and overthrows an open Hoillins in his first attempt of the game.
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The drive
Eight plays, 73 yards in just 4:20. Nice and smooth. Can the Bills answer?
TOUCHDOWN! Ravens 7-0 Bills, 10:40 1st quarter
Rashod Bateman is wide open and in the middle of the endzone! That is a 16-yard TD pass and the Ravens have come right down the field and dealt a blow to the Bills defense! A bit too easy!
Ravens 0-0 Bills, 12:56 1st quarter
Jackson moves to his right, fires and finds Likely who has all kinds of room! That’s a 40 yard gain into Bills territory!
Ravens 0-0 Bills, 12:56 1st quarter
Henry runs to his left and again is stifled for a single yard. That sets up 3rd & 8. Jackson back to pass, has time and takes off! He’s running towards the far sideline and has room and a first down!
That is going to be hard to stop.
Now Henry is open and…oops…he drops a slippery ball that would have gone for a big gain. The ball is on the Ravens 29.
We’re off!
The 2025 Quarterback Bowl is live! The Ravens will start from their 27! Henry is held to a single yard in his first run.
Prediction time
I think the loss of Flowers hurts the Ravens, but it’s hard to imagine them losing today. Yet I’m drawn to the Bills and Allen. What if it’s too cold and Jackson has to wear gloves? So I’m going 31-24 Buffalo. That doesn’t feel right either. If I were a betting man, I would stay away from this.
Kickoff from Orchard Park, NY, USA coming up next!
Eagles win!
Read all about it, hot off the press:
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Jordan Phillips
The Bills defensive standout is the opposite of teammate Mack Hollins, with a more realistic pregame drip.
Jordan Phillips in his classic winter warmup gear. #Bills #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/z3TMdjic12
— AJ Feldman (@AJFeldmanTV) January 19, 2025
Zay Flowers
The Ravens standout wideout is out! He gave it a shot before the game but ultimately his knee was not up to the task. That means the Ravens won’t let it fly as much today, so it’s up to Henry and Jackson to wear down the Bills defense with their punishing ground game.
Ravens WR Zay Flowers putting in some work in Buffalo pic.twitter.com/0RZEtQMFEa
— Kevin Oestreicher (@koestreicher34) January 19, 2025
Rams 22-28 Eagles, FINAL
Stafford back to pass, he’s looking for Nacua on the far sideline but it’s incomplete! That means LA turn the ball over on downs and the ballgame is over: the Philadelphia Eagles are heading to the NFC Championship and a match-up with the Washington Commanders at home next Sunday!
Rams 22-28 Eagles, 0:35 4th quarter
A short completion, and then a false start flag on LA backs up the Rams to their 24. Then Stafford finds Nacua for a 10-yard gain.
Next play, Stafford is sacked! He can’t take a sack there. So it’s 4th and season for LA!
Rams 22-28 Eagles, 1:19 4th quarter
On 2sn and 10, Darious Slay breaks up a pass intended for Nacua, but then Stafford comes back and hits Robinson over the middle for a first down!
And there’s more – Stafford airs in to Nacua on the far sideline – complete at the Eagles 21! Wow!
Beach weather! #BALvsBUF | #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/nXnE5pkauT
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 19, 2025
That’s the Bills Wide Receiver Mack Hollins showing off his beach body in balmy Buffalo as he arrives for a light workout v the Baltimore Ravens. Can’t say I would have done it much differently.
Rams 22-28 Eagles, 2:33 4th quarter
The Eagles have to punt! The Rams have no timeouts, but will have a chance to steal this game down in Philly! LA start at their own 18.
Rams 22-28 Eagles, 2:48 4th quarter
Over in the NFC matinee, the Rams are down six as the Eagles start a drive from their own 30-yard line. LA have all three timeouts.
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Did I mention the weather?
My experience is that weather is something that the media LOVES to talk about. So do fans. And so did my dad. NFL players? My take? They don’t worry about it much at all. They just go out and play and are so focused on what they have to do that they zone past the conditions. Even dome teams. What weather impacts the game the most? I would say not snow or rain or cold, but probably wind. That said, one thing we know is that Lamar Jackson does not like gloves. In fact, if you ask him, he will tell you that he sucks in gloves. Don’t take it from me, here’s what the man himself said.
“I tried (wearing gloves) in practice. I was horrible. Leave that up to Teddy Two Gloves, Teddy Bridgewater. Shout out Teddy.”
So that’s interesting, because what if it is so cold that Jackson absolutely has to put them on? Something to think about and keep an eye on as we get closer to kickoff.
We are live!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2025 Quarterback Bowl between Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. The Bills and Ravens are also set to appear.
Yes, it’s going to be a lot of fun for us to follow in the warm, cozy environs of wherever you’re reading. For the 100+ players and coaches set to bounce around Buffalo’s frozen turf, it’ll be less cozy: 18 degrees Fahrenheit, Celsius minus eight. There could be some snow too, adding to the backdrop of what must be the most eagerly anticipated NFL game of the season.
There’s a lot on the line, and it must seem somewhat unfair that these two teams had to play last week, before gearing up for a DEFCON five war of the football worlds, while the Chiefs got last week off, shot a few TV commercials, and then played a “playoff” scrimmage against the Texans, who aren’t a real NFL team. That means the Bills or the Ravens will have played the equivalent of two championship games just to get to the Super Bowl. Moral of the story? Whatever you have to do, get that top seed.
But it’s too late for that and now we have a death match between two quarterbacks that deserve MVP honors, and two quarterbacks that are desperate to get their teams over the hump and into the Super Bowl. Buffalo, to their credit, are here despite seemingly being on the slide coming into this season. They were weakened by the offseason loss of wideout Stefon Diggs, some key departures on defense and then were pounded by these Ravens in a week four 35-10 loss. Then they got healthy and ripped off 10 of 13 games to earn the second seed, saving themselves a second trip to Baltimore. Obviously, for the Bills, it’s all on Allen, but he does have one of the best offensive lines in the league to lean on. One stat to watch - their defense, not elite by any stretch, did lead the NFL in turnovers this season. Can they keep Baltimore off balance and force some errors?
That will be challenging, for there is a reason that the Ravens are favored on the road. Their offense was overwhelming this season, with a two-pronged rushing attack of Derrick Henry and Jackson, a duo that is seemingly built for the messy track we could have today. They’re also lethal in the air, but without a healthy Zay Flowers, that part of their game could be limited. The Ravens are a franchise built on defense, and they ranked 10th in yards allowed in 2024 and have been surging in the last few weeks.
So a heck of a ballgame coming up, don’t you think? And as we prepare, while peeking over to the Rams and Eagles NFC divisional game that’s finishing up, why not drop me a line and join the show? That’s right - your name in the Guardian! It can happen: X me or email me. Otherwise, get your popcorn ready for what should be an absolutely fabulous conclusion to this NFL weekend.
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David will be here shortly, in the meantime here’s Oliver Connolly on what we learned from last week’s games:
Three AFC playoff games. Three blowouts. It’s a good job the league dropped the “Super” part from their Wildcard Weekend sales pitch.
But within those blowouts was something magical, the appetizer to what should be the tastiest main course of the season: Lamar Jackson and the Ravens against Josh Allen’s Bills in a win-or-go-home, be-crowned-or-memed, MVP-off in the divisional round this coming weekend.
Taken together, Jackson and Allen completed 36 of 47 passes, for 447 yards and four touchdowns with zero interceptions in the wildcard round. And this against two of the most fearsome defensive fronts in the NFL. No one has hunted quarterbacks this season like the Broncos, and no one brings four All-Pro caliber pass-rushers to the party like the Steelers.
It didn’t matter. By the advanced metrics, we saw two of the most efficient, impressive quarterback performances of the season. Jackson completed 12.8% more of his passes than expected against the Steelers on Saturday, according to Next Gen Stats. Not to be outdone, Allen completed 16.5% of his passes over expectation against the Broncos on Sunday.
In one sense, part of the joy in comparing Allen and Jackson is how similar they are. The way their legs change the math of the game, how they challenge defenses and orchestrate complicated offenses. They have mastered the details that excite the nerds, but at any point, they are a threat to drop a supernova highlight that overwhelms the TikTok servers.
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