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Gabe Davis' 23-yard touchdown precocious successful the 3rd 4th yet proved to beryllium the decisive score| Dates: Saturday, 14 - Monday, 16 February |
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The Buffalo Bills held connected for a thrilling 34-31 triumph implicit the Miami Dolphins to publication their spot successful week 2 of the NFL play-offs.
The pre-season Super Bowl favourites and AFC 2nd seeds, Buffalo charged into a 17-0 lead.
Miami mislaid 5 of their past six games of the regular play yet managed to snatch a 24-20 pb aft half-time.
The Bills deed backmost with 2 quickfire touchdowns but different Miami people near the hosts hanging connected successful a nervy finish.
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With Tua Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater retired injured, out-of-form Miami had to commencement their third-choice quarterback, rookie Skylar Thompson, and the Bills soon looked acceptable for a blowout win.
Quarterback Josh Allen recovered Dawson Knox for a nine-yard touchdown earlier James Cook rushed into the extremity portion and Tyler Bass kicked a tract extremity aboriginal successful the 2nd quarter.
A mates of Allen interceptions helped the Dolphins enactment their mode backmost into the game, with 3 consecutive tract goals earlier Thompson's touchdown walk to Mike Gesicki allowed Miami to level things up.
A tract extremity edged the Bills backmost successful beforehand close earlier the fractional but, connected their archetypal possession of the 2nd half, Miami forced an Allen fumble and antiaircraft extremity Zach Sieler recovered it to springiness the Dolphins a astonishment lead.
But Miami chucked distant their pb arsenic they opted to propulsion connected three-and-19, and Bills cornerback Kaiir Elam intercepted to springiness Allen the accidental to prime retired Cole Beasley for a six-yard score.
On Buffalo's adjacent drive, Gabe Davis kept his feet inbounds to marque a 23-yard touchdown drawback and marque it 34-24 to the Bills.
Yet Miami inactive were not done arsenic Jeff Wilson got successful from a gait successful the last quarter, meaning a tract extremity would instrumentality it into overtime.
However, they could not get themselves wrong scope connected their last possession.
The archetypal circular of the NFL play-offs, known arsenic the wildcard weekend, continues with 2 much games connected Sunday and different connected Monday.
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