Why Buffalo Bills Will Win the AFC Divisional Round
The Cincinnati secondary is going to have problems.
Buffalo’s issues are self-inflicted. It’s this simple – don’t turn the ball over more than once, go to the AFC Championship. But Josh Allen and the offense will likely give it up multiple times, so they have to make up for it by bombing away.
The Bengal offense got hit hard by Anthony Brown and Tyler Huntley over the last two weeks, and that Ravens offense didn’t exactly have a slew of Hall of Fame receivers flying down the field.
The pass defense hasn’t been totally destroyed – Tom Brady is the lone 300-yard passer against the Bengals, and he had to throw it 44 times to get there – but Allen should be able to keep things moving.
Buffalo’s defense is terrific on third downs. Cincinnati’s isn’t.
That, and the D usually makes up for the O’s mistakes with takeaways and key plays.
The bizarre – and miraculous – loss to the Vikings came on a slew of crazy plays and moments, but that was the only time the Bills lost when coming up with multiple takeaways. It lost the close Week 3 battle with Miami when it didn’t generate a turnover, and being -1 against the Jets mattered.
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