What looked like a routine Thursday night blowout nearly turned into the first big upset of the NFL season. The Dolphins came in as heavy underdogs but pushed Buffalo to the edge before costly mistakes doomed them.
Josh Allen threw three touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter, and Buffalo escaped with a 31-21 win to move to 3-0. Miami tied the game twice and had the ball deep in Bills territory late, but a brutal roughing-the-punter penalty and a late Tua Tagovailoa interception sealed their fate.
The Dolphins showed fight, but the difference between good teams and bad ones is avoiding the back-breaking errors when it matters. Buffalo proved again it knows how to close.
Don’t sleep on this weekend’s slate, even with Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, and Penn State off. Several matchups could shape the early playoff picture:
Plenty of playoff implications are already on the line this weekend.
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