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Bills eliminate Dolphins; set to host Colts
Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills placed an emphatic stamp on their breakout season with a 56-26 rout of Miami on Sunday in a game the Dolphins could have clinched a playoff berth with a win.
The Canadian Press Josh Norman and Matt Milano , The Canadian Press
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills were intent on not easing into the playoffs, while ending the Miami Dolphins chances.
In a season-ending game in which the Dolphins had far more riding on the outcome, the Bills put an empathic stamp on their breakthrough year with a 56-26 rout on Sunday. In clinching the AFC’s second seed, Buffalo will host its first playoff game in 24 years by facing the the Frank Reich-coached Indianapolis Colts next Saturday at 1 :05 p.m. EST.
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DAVIE, Fla. Even Patrick Mahomes can t avoid Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard s sticky hands. Locked in man-to-man coverage in the slot on the NFL s most explosive wide receiver, Tyreek Hill, Howard erased Mahomes plans of another Kansas City Chiefs touchdown in Week 14 as he leaped for a one-handed interception in the end zone.
It marked the fifth consecutive game Howard s elite thievery has been on center display. For a defender who doesn t do much on-field talking, Howard s play is screaming loudly: throw my way at your own peril. That catch he made was phenomenal, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. We have seen him do it before. If you underthrow it an inch, he can go up and do what he did. He s playing as well as any corner in the NFL right now.
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