The Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Baltimore Ravens were getting ready to declare some wild card spots coming into their final week of regular season. The Bills were 8-7 facing the Miami Dolphins, the Chargers were 8-7 facing the Oakland Raiders, the Chiefs were 9-6 facing the Denver Broncos, and the Ravens were 8-7 facing the Cincinnati Bengals. Due to head-to-head tie breakers, if Buffalo wins and Baltimore doesn't, the Bills advance and vice versa. If the Bills do win, however, even if the Chargers win, Los Angeles wouldn't take their spot even if they won that Peterman game -- because the Ravens would be ahead of THEM. The Chiefs are almost guaranteed in provided they win against Denver, and SPOILER ALERT, they do.
What seemed like an easy victory for the Ravens to go to the playoffs and once again ruin the Bills playoff drought turned into something unexpected. Cincinnati went OFF that game, tieing the game after every Raven score. At the end, it was 23-27, Ravens. Andy Dalton has the ball at the Ravens midfield, approximately. He lobs a ball to Tyler Boyd, TE, and that's it, TOUCHDOWN with less than a minute left. The Bills had already won their game against Miami, so the Ravens losing meant they could stop their streak and go into the playoffs, even as sixth seed.
To thank the Cincinnati Bengals, especially Andy Dalton and Tyler Boyd, Bills fan raise over 400,000 dollars for their charities! Now that's how you invoke nice people willing to donate -- just let their NFL team go to the playoffs!
