Why Bills' end-of-half mistake could cost Buffalo vs. Broncos with 3-point swing

Billy Heyen

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The Buffalo Bills decided they'd try to do something.

They were at their own 30 with just 16 seconds until halftime and no timeouts.

They were already down 17-10, but might as well try it, right? It's the playoffs.

But then Josh Allen fumbled, the Broncos recovered with two seconds left, and Wil Lutz drilled a field goal at the buzzer.

The Broncos took an inexplicable 20-10 lead to the intermission.

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Why Bills made terrible mistake

There was only one way this could work out poorly, and that was a turnover like this.

The odds of it were super low. Allen does a good job protecting the ball.

Buffalo figured if 20 or 25 yards came on a play, they themselves could try a field goal, or a Hail Mary.

Instead, it backfired in a major way.

The Broncos had just scored on a sweet throw to Lil'Jordan Humphrey. That was bad enough.

Then this made it worse.

If Buffalo loses by three points or less, this will loom as the worst moment of their season.