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Bills’ Devin Singletary pulls back curtain on final seconds vs. Ravens

While it might not have seemed it, #Bills RB Devin Singletary was integral for his team in the final seconds vs the #Ravens:

Buffalo Bills RB Devin Singletary got off to a shaky start during Week 5’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, which included a fumble.

Yet he would bounce back to be a significant contributor on offense, including one pivotal play in a contest where the Bills would also comeback to win.

“That’s always tough when you have a mistake like that, but my guys were behind me,” Singletary via the Buffalo News. “We kept rallying. We knew that wasn’t us in the first half, and all we were preaching is to come out and be us in the second half and we were able to do that and get the win. All you can do is keep going and take it play-by-play. Execution fuels the team, and that brings energy, and we were able to get that going.”

Head coach Sean McDermott allowed QB Josh Allen to lead the offense in clock and game management on what would prove to be the teams game-winning drive.

While in the huddle Allen reminded Singletary to get down before the goal line, Baltimore could let him score a touchdown to give themselves a shot at a kickoff return and another offensive possession. The Bills RB did just that, allowing Allen to take two kneel-downs and Tyler Bass a game-winning field goal in the final seconds.

McDermott was impressed by the overall play of the running back in the victory.

“Very impressed. Not surprised. He does a great job resetting and sticking with it,” McDermott said to the media. “Really good football player, great intangibles and we’re happy to have him.”

“I can’t rave enough about what he is, who he is, and what he does for this team,” Allen said to the media after the game. “I urge everybody that’s watching football, if you’re a young kid, if you’re in college, whatever, you turn on Devin Singletary tape and you watch him, how he sprints to the ball, whether he’s got it or not. He’s downfield picking guys up, he’s doing everything right in practice. He’s running 50-60 yards, getting in the end zone and coming right back and running another play. The dude, all he knows is work and that’s why his name is ‘Motor’ and he lives up to the name. I can go on and on about what’s type of person he is. I freaking love the kid.”

Bills center Mitch Morse also heaped praise on Singletary and his work ethic as well.

“He’s a professional,” Morse said to the press. “Really takes pride in his work, pride in what he does for this offense and we love him for it. He’s been doing it at a high level for a very long time. It seems like when we need those big moments, he’s one of those guys that steps in.”

After the game, Singletary noted how the team practices final-play situations.

“We kept preaching to each other, ‘Let’s be us, take it play and play, and let’s try to execute,” the RB added. “When we were able to execute, you can see the energy in the game. To come out on the winning side, it feels great, and it shows that we are continuing to grow.”

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Bills’ Josh Allen on comeback vs. Ravens: ‘Those are games you love winning’

#Bills’ Josh Allen on comeback vs. #Ravens: ‘Those are games you love winning’

The Buffalo Bills finished the day on Sunday with a 23-20 lead that gave them a victory over the Baltimore Ravens.

While the final score might suggest the game was close, it wasn’t for very long.

In fact, Buffalo was down early in the game as Baltimore leapt to a 20-3 lead before QB Josh Allen and the Bills offense scored 17 points to take that lead and win the game in the final seconds on a Tyler Bass field goal.

Those points would go unanswered thanks to another shutdown effort by the Bills defense that included an interception by Jordan Poyer in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.

No moment was too big, the Bills (3-1) kept their poise and played their way back into the contest.

“It’s situational football. It’s what coach McDermott preaches to us,” Allen said while speaking with the media after the game. “Defense leads to offense and offense puts us in positions to win games, a couple of huge kicks by Tyler Bass. Those are games that you love winning. It’s just a hard-fought battle both ways. Winning on the last play of the game is always fun and just proud of our guys for how they played.”

Despite their defense giving up 20 points early and the offense committing an interception and a fumble, those turnovers did not deter the team.

“I’ll tell you what, it would be very difficult if we didn’t have the guys in the locker room that we did,” Allen added. “Guys that just love each other, want to play for each other, aren’t going to stress in frantic situations.”

The QB executed effectively in managing the final 1:50 minutes of the game, which put the Bills in field goal range. It was an awareness by the QB of the time left on the clock that led to his instructing RB Devin Singletary in the huddle to make sure to go down and not score a TD on that last play by his offensive unit. Scoring a TD would have left time on the clock for the Ravens to return a kickoff and possibly have an offensive possession.

“He’s such a competitor to get us even into that situation to begin with,” McDermott said of Allen prior to leaving the stadium. “He loves to compete. And then what I saw today, in particular, Albert, was just he was so calm. He knew exactly what he wanted to do with the ball, and then he knew exactly what the situation was as we got closer to the goal line.”

Allen’s playmaking is not lost on his teammates either.

“We don’t take that for granted,” center Mitch Morse shared. “The offense goes the way he goes. That’s a lot of pressure to have on one pair of shoulders, and he carries it with grace. He always executes when we need him the most.”

The all-around win also demonstrated ways the Bills have improved across all three phases of football this season.

“It’s a combination of the defense doing their job, the offense, and even special teams,” TE Dawson Knox pointed out. “You want to treat each play like it has a life of its own, not harping on the past, not looking too far ahead. You want to dominate one play at a time and start to crawl back. The defense pitched a shutout in the second half. When they do that, it’s fun to be out there on offense.”

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Former Bills WR Sammy Watkins signs with Ravens

WR Sammy Watkins signs with Baltimore Ravens.

Former Bills wide receiver Sammy Watkins is on the move again. Buffalo’s first-round pick from 2014 is now a member of the Baltimore Ravens.

According to Ravens Wire, Watkins has signed a one-year deal worth up to $6 million on Saturday.

Baltimore had been in the market for awhile to find a new playmaker for quarterback Lamar Jackson. They landed on Watkins after failed attempts at signing players like JuJu Smith-Schuster and T.Y. Hilton.

Watkins hasn’t played with the Bills since 2016. He was among the first players who was traded by Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott during his first offseason as coach.

Despite that, Watkins did say on social media recently during his time as a free agent that he would be open to returning to Buffalo. After Emmanuel Sanders signed, that became very unlikely, though.

Originally the Bills traded Watkins to the Los Angeles Rams, and he eventually signed with the Kansas City Chiefs previously as a free agent. Over the last three years with the Chiefs, Watkins caught 129 passes for 1,613 yards and eight touchdowns.

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WATCH: GMFB says Bills Mafia gave ‘unbelievable effort’ vs. Ravens

NFL Network’s Good Morning Football on Buffalo Bills Mafia during Baltimore Ravens meeting.

The Bills Mafia was praised earlier this week by NFL Network’s Good Morning Football. Analyst Kyle Brandt, who produced a Bills pump up video prior to the team’s Divisional win vs. the Ravens, was thoroughly impressed.

Pointing to what some Baltimore players even said about how loud the crowd was, Brandt added to the praise of Buffalo fans.

“(Bills fans) were actually affecting this game. (The Ravens) had major issues,” Brandt said. “I really thought that home-field advantage really played a distinct part in this win, I mean it.”

Check out the full breakdown below:

"Buffalo only had 10% of their fans at @BillsStadium, but sounded like it was max capacity. #BillsMafia made a MAJOR impact on this game."

🗣 @KyleBrandt pic.twitter.com/Q1jsPeUEc7

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 18, 2021

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WATCH: FS1’s Nick Wright covered in ketchup & mustard post-Bills bet

Fox Sports’ Nick Wright does Buffalo Bills ketchup and mustard bath.

For those paying attention, this one needs little introduction.

FS1 analyst Nick Wright has been in a heated battle with Bills fans over social media for numerous reasons. Mostly because he does not Bill-eve much in Buffalo.

Unfortunately for him, he let his mouth do a little too much talking a few weeks back.

While appearing on The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Wright made a bet with the host. He said he’d do the classic Bills Mafia ketchup and mustard covering if he lost the bet, which involved the Bills advancing to the AFC Championship Game.

Well, here we are and the Bills are still playing.

Finally on Wednesday, Wright honored his bet and it happened. Ketchup and mustard all over him.

At least he’s a man of his word.

Check out the losing of the bet here:

"I'm a man of my word. I'm a man of integrity. I've never not paid a bet in my life… All right, @BuffaloBills Mafia."@GetNickWright pays off bet with @ColinCowherd: pic.twitter.com/W5JCh2lVVE

— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) January 20, 2021

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Bills explain passing the ball so much vs. Ravens, early plans vs. Chiefs

Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll on passing ball and game plan vs. Baltimore Ravens, look ahead to Chiefs.

The case can be made that the Bills offense starts and ends with quarterback Josh Allen each and every game. Perhaps that’s true, but no game displayed this more than their AFC Divisional round meeting against the Ravens.

In their 17-3 win, the Bills came out and called 20-straight passing plays. The only rush among all of those was a scramble from Allen on a passing play that broke down.

On Monday, Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll said via video conference that decision came down to two factors. First, Allen’s abilities. Second, the Ravens defense.

“We weren’t afraid to throw the ball. We did it… I don’t know how many times in a row… and that’s because we have a lot of confidence in him. The whole football team does,” Daboll said. “(Allen) played the way he needed to play to help us win the game.”

“You watch Baltimore play Tennessee and Derrick Henry and what they did, so you’re not going to try and bang your head against a wall,” Daboll added.

Good points all around by Daboll, but one could argue that giving Devin Singletary some kind of workload on a handful of plays might’ve helped build momentum for him and keep the Ravens defense a bit more honest when Allen drops back. Hindsight is 20/20 though, and the Bills still won, after all.

In that same mindset, it sounds like Buffalo shouldn’t get used to seeing such a game plan. Ahead of facing the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game, Daboll already said that the running game will be “important part for us” this week.

“Kansas City is good at both [run and pass defense] and we’re going to have to be good at both of them,” Daboll said.

But using the run won’t just be the only thing the Bills will have to do… they’ll have to improve upon doing it as well. The Bills and Chiefs first faced off in Week 6 and the running game played a huge part.

Kansas City had 245 rushing yards to Buffalo’s 84. The Bills’ running back duo of Singletary and Zack Moss averaged 2.8 yards per carry in that 26-17 loss.

In potentially attempting to do both of those things on Sunday, Singletary has already expressed his confidence in Buffalo having a better run-game production vs. KC.

“That was kind of early on. I feel we grew a lot since then, came together a lot. We just a better offense since then,” Singletary said following the Ravens win.

Allen himself acknowledged it probably won’t be all on him moving forward, either.

“It’s going to take everyone moving forward,” Allen said via video conference postgame. “Guys have to step up and make plays for us.”

Then again, maybe it’s just a smokescreen we’re seeing from Daboll…? We’ll find out on Sunday.

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Bills explain passing the ball so much vs. Ravens, early plans vs. Chiefs

Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll on passing ball and game plan vs. Baltimore Ravens, look ahead to Chiefs.

In their 17-3 win, the Bills came out and called 20-straight passing plays. The only rush among all of those was a scramble from Allen on a passing play that broke down.

On Monday, Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll said via video conference that decision to call plays in such a manner came down to two factors. First, Allen’s abilities. Second, the Ravens defense.