‘Despite the win, the Bills had a very sloppy game, with three turnovers and seven penalties. But some late game heroics from Josh Allen and Khalil Shakir put the Bills in position to seal the win with a late field goal.’
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Carucci Take 2: It wasn’t pretty, but keeping playoff hopes alive all that matters for Bills
‘Pretty? Hardly. The Bills had three turnovers to zero by the Chargers. That stat, alone, should have been enough to cause them to lose. But at this stage, all that matters is getting the W because that keeps the playoff heart beating. The win helped lift the 9-6 Bills from ninth to sixth in the AFC, putting them in position for a wild-card berth at the least.’
2 Bills fined by the NFL following Week 15 victory vs. Cowboys
‘Buffalo Bills linebacker Tyrel Dodson and safety Taylor Rapp have been fined by the NFL for unnecessary roughness penalties that happened during last Sunday’s Week 15 home victory against the Dallas Cowboys.’
Bills survive with last-minute win over the Chargers
‘The Bills have let bad teams hang around all season long. It cost them against the Patriots. It cost them against the Jets in the season opener. It might cost them a playoff berth. However, on Saturday night, the Bills survived with a 24-22 win against the Chargers to earn their third straight victory, keeping their season pointed toward the postseason.’
Thad Brown: Bills Griswold their way to happy Christmas
‘This win was more of a headache than it probably should have been or needed to be. Though, maybe we should have seen this coming.’
Bills 24, Chargers 22 | Final score, game highlights + stats to know
‘With just under 30 seconds remaining, Tyler Bass hit a 29-yard field goal to give the Bills the win they needed to stay in the hunt for a spot in the playoffs. Ed Oliver put the exclamation point on the victory, sacking Easton Stick for the second time of the night to put pressure on the Chargers offense as the clock ticked down.’
Top 3 things we learned from Bills at Chargers | Week 16
‘There will be very few statistics you can point to in this one and say the Bills had a clear advantage. They turned the ball over three times, the Chargers zero times. Allen was held to under 240 passing yards for the third straight game. The Chargers averaged more yards per rush than the Bills. In many ways, this is the type of game Buffalo wound up on the losing end of earlier this season. Not tonight.’
‘We have to finish on our own terms’ | Bills focused on playoff push after close win in L.A.
‘”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.”‘