The Buffalo Bills were looking at what would have been an objectively devastating blow to their chances of making the playoffs when Cameron Dicker’s 53-yard field goal, his fifth of the night, sailed through the uprights with 5:26 left in the fourth quarter.
Facing third-and-8 from the L.A. 45-yard line, quarterback Josh Allen said it was obvious who he should target on a pass that needed to find its target.
“I told this to them in the locker room. Season, game on the line, [Stefon Diggs] is going to be our go-to target and he knows that, I think everybody in the world knows that,” said quarterback Josh Allen after the game. “And for him to just put his head down, he’s been working hard, you know, and that was the biggest play of the game in my opinion.”
With the season on the line, Allen found Diggs for an 11-yard completion that moved the sticks and led to a game-winning field goal from Tyler Bass to keep the Bills’ playoff hopes alive and well as they prepare for the final two weeks of the regular season.
“Stefon Diggs coming up on third downs, huge. Especially that last one, that little out route. We’ve worked on that in practice a few different times and it was good to get that in the game, just trusting your feet, trusting where he’s going to be,” Allen said.
Trust has been important in Buffalo over the last few weeks.
Just over a month ago, the Bills were reeling from a 24-22 loss to the Denver Broncos. With games against the Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys ahead, their 5-5 record gave them little insurance for the remainder of the season.
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