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The Indianapolis Colts will visit Buffalo Bills on the wild card weekend as a 7-point underd. The Colts are the No. 7 seed in the AFC playoffs and the Bills are No. 2. Here is what you should know about the Colts opponent:
The Bills dethroned the New England Patriots
The Bills ended the 13-3 regular season, their first AFC East title since 1995 and the first team to win the different division of the New England Patriots since the Miami Dolphins in 2008. This is the title of the first Bills division since 1995. And it must have been good for Buffalo to sweep the series against New England.
With Josh Allen, Bills has a superlative passing game
Quarterback Josh Allen is considered one of the league’s four MVP contenders (Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers and Derrick Henry are the others). He ended the regular season with 396 of 672 passes, passing 4,544 yards, 37 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Buffalo had the number 2 pass attack in the league.
Stefon Diggs and Cole Beasley are the targets
Allen sees Stefon Diggs and Cole Beasley as his primary targets. Diggs led the league with 127 receptions in 1,535 yards. He also had 8 TDs. Beasley had 82 receptions for 967 yards and 4 TDs. Beasley suffered a knee injury at week 16 and is uncertain for this week.
Bills are hard to stop
This whole passage leads to a ton of points. Despite a busy and mundane attack, Buffalo has scored at least 24 points in all of his last 9 games, and has reached 30 points in 6 of those games.
Buffalo is on a winning streak
The Bills have won their last 6 games and 9 of their last 10. And that would have been 10 in a row had it not been for crazy “Hail Murray” when Kyler Murray from Arizona found a triple-coverage DeAndre Hopkins in the end zone like O time expired on November 15th. Allen had hit Diggs for a spectacular touchdown, moments before.
Since their defeat to Arizona, the Bills are …
>> No. 1 point of difference in the NFL at over-89.
>> No. 3 in the passer rank at 114.5, only Green Bay and Tampa Bay are better.
>> No. 6 in yards per run at 4.8.
>> No. 3 in the opponent’s pass rating at 76.4.
>> No. 6 in running yards allowed per game.
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Defensive corks
Linebacker Tremaine Edmunds (119 tackles) and cornerback Tre’Davious White (3 INTs) won waves in the Pro Bowl. Security guard Jordan Poyer leads Buffalo with 124 tackles. AJ Klein and Mario Addison lead the accounts with 5 bags, and former Colts Jerry Hughes with 4.5.
Watch the game back with Andre Roberts
Andre Roberts is a professional player, averaging 30 yards in the kickoffs and 9.9 yards in the punts.
Do the accounts have any weaknesses?
Buffalo has a rush defense in the bottom third, allowing for 4.7 yards per transport and 26 rush TDs. Opponents score 65% of their possessions in the red zone.
Bills fans are particularly eager for a playoff victory
Buffalo’s last playoff victory came in 1995 in the wild card round. The Bills lost the following week and lost wild-card games in 1996, ’98, ’99, 2017 and ’19. The Texans beat them in a wild card game last season.