Sunday night’s matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills promised to be a spectacle, with the last two NFL MVPs lining up under center on opposite sides. It delivered. In fact, it more than delivered, nearly resulting in overtime as Josh Allen and Co. stormed back from down 15 points in the fourth quarter to edge Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry’s squad, 41-40.
Matt Prater, who just joined the Bills three days earlier as an emergency replacement for the injured Tyler Bass, kicked the game-winning 32-yard field goal for Buffalo. That was after a tizzy of fourth-quarter action between the AFC heavyweights, including a forced fumble of Henry and a laser of a throw from Allen to Keon Coleman to help set up the walk-off kick.
Henry and Lamar Jackson repeatedly sliced through the Bills’ defense earlier in the game, with Henry gashing them up the middle and Jackson doing so to the outside. Henry ripped off an especially impressive touchdown run featuring a trademark stiff-arm and another one-cut run later on that resulted in a 49-yard gain. At the break, he was already up to 123 yards and a score, ultimately finishing with 169 yards and a pair of touchdowns on the ground.
Stay tuned for takeaways from Sunday’s fireworks, which have the Bills at a hard-earned 1-0 to start the 2025 season.