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Bengals’ stunning last-minute TD eliminated the Ravens, sent the Bills to the playoffs

What a way to end the season.

The city of Buffalo is going to send a nice holiday gift basket to the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Bills went into Sunday needing a win and some help to make the postseason — a Bengals win over the Ravens. They got it in incredibly dramatic fashion after doing their part in beating the Dolphins, 22-16.

Faced with a fourth-and-12 down by four, Andy Dalton fired a pass in to Tyler Boyd for 49 yards with just 44 seconds left in the game:

The Bills appropriately tweeted this GIF prior to the play:

The score put the Bengals up, 31-27. The Ravens got the ball with three timeouts left but weren’t able to do anything with the football. The Bengals were able to end the game with a kneel down, sending Buffalo to the playoffs.

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The Ravens were effectively eliminated from postseason contention with the loss and allowed the Bills to clinch their first playoff berth since 1999.

The Bills appropriately wrote the Bengals a letter, and are apparently sending wings!:

That’s going to be a fourth-and-12 that will be talked about in both Buffalo, Cincinnati, and Baltimore for quite some time.

Congrats, Bills!


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