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‘Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills were able to come from behind in the fourth quarter against Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, earning a 39-34 win on Sunday in a snow globe setting at Highmark Stadium.’

‘”The toughness of the football team was on display, full display. Taking it down to the wire. It’s a heck of a team, a well coached team. We have a lot of respect for them. Obviously, an elite quarterback, and we knew it was going to be tough. I thought the coaching staff did a phenomenal job of adjusting throughout the game and then coming up with some big plays, obviously at the end of the game with with Christian Benford, Jordan Phillips, with the tip pass on the A.J. [Epanesa] interception. And then Josh’s play overall, certainly the last play of the game, or close to the last play of the game… just phenomenal play on his Part. Super proud of him. Certainly still a lot to learn and things that we’ve got to do better. So we’ll get back to work on it this week.”‘

‘”It comes down to guys executing and making plays and sometimes you have to play bigger for other people and you saw that on those back-to-back plays with Benford,” said Allen. “All we had to do was score one more point than them. It didn’t matter how we did and it didn’t matter how good or bad it looked. We just got to continue to find ways to win football games.”‘

‘A big story of this game was the Bills going for it and fourth down in critical situations, including at the Bengals 3-yard line, up four points, with a chance to go up 7 points with only 3:09 remaining. Instead, McDermott left the offense on the field and the result was a touchdown to take an 11-point lead. Earlier in the game, the Bills took a penalty on an extra point and moved it to the 1-yard line and went for two points instead of kicking. They converted. That proved to be critical, as well, and it was after going for a 4th and 4 from the Bengals 11-yard line. That also resulted in a touchdown.’

‘The Bills quarterback was doing vintage Josh Allen things during Sunday’s comeback win over the Cincinnati Bengals. For the second time this season, Allen put the Bills on his back and rallied the team to victory after trailing by 10 or more points in the fourth quarter. Don’t worry, I didn’t forget about the two HUGE plays from the defense but they have to take a back seat behind the reigning NFL MVP.’

‘Whether it’s on the ground or through the air, the Bills should have plenty of opportunities to move the ball against a Bengals defense that ranks last in the league in total yards given up per game and yards passing per game, and next-to-last in rushing yards allowed per game. Cincinnati has also given up 45 passing plays of at least 20 yards, and 12 rushing plays that have covered at least that much, both second most in the NFL. The Bills need to capitalize on those big play chances and move the ball.’

‘Savage joins the Bills after being waived by the Washington Commanders on Thursday.’

‘As first reported by multiple NFL insiders on Thursday, Slay has informed the Bills he will not report to the team, and is “unsure if he wants to continue playing.” Because of this, the Bills placed Slay on the Reserve/Did Not Report list on Friday.’

‘””Obviously it’s unfortunate the way that thing went down. I’m a big Ja’Marcus Ingram fan, and forever will be here. So I’m pulling for him,” McDermott said on Friday during his weekly appearance on the “Extra Point Show.’

‘Cincinnati has won the last eight games Burrow has started going back to last season. He will lead the 4-8 Bengals to Highmark Stadium on Sunday, a place where he has a playoff victory over the Bills to his credit.’

‘According to multiple reports on Thursday, Slay has informed the Bills he will not report to the team, and is “unsure if he wants to continue playing.”‘

‘The Texans made the move after putting former Buffalo Bill Tim Settle on injured reserve. Ingram will now look to get ready to face the Kansas City Chiefs for a second time this year.’

‘Left tackle Dion Dawkins, who missed last Sunday’s win over the Pittsburgh Steelers with a concussion, and right tackle Spencer Brown, who was also absent from the game with a shoulder injury, were both listed as limited on the team’s official post-practice injury report.’

‘The Steelers replaced Slay by signing cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. to their 53-man roster from the practice squad. Slay was a healthy scratch this past week in Pittsburgh’s 26-7 loss to the Bills.’

‘Re-signing Jones Jr., may be an indication that the team is preparing to be without him when they host the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at Highmark Stadium, providing more depth and possibly needing to elevate someone to the active roster for the game.’