Hartford Courant (Sunday)

Stats & stuff

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The Bills celebrated the Bengals closing their 2017 season with a win over Baltimore that was decided on Andy Dalton’s 49-yard TD pass to Tyler Boyd with 44 seconds remaining. The Ravens’ loss coupled with Buffalo’s win at Miami earlier in the day vaulted the Bills into the playoffs to end the franchise’s 17-year postseason drought . ... When Ravens quarterbac­k Tyler Huntley fumbled while trying to score from the Cincinnati 1 last week, DE Sam Hubbard grabbed the ball and rumbled 98 yards the other way for a go-ahead TD — the longest fumble return for a score in NFL postseason history . ... Burrow passed for 209 yards, his fewest since he threw for 200 in the Dec. 18 win over Tampa Bay . ... Cincinnati is missing three starting offensive linemen. RT La’el Collins (torn ACL) went out Dec. 24, RG Alex Cappa (ankle) was lost Jan. 8 and Williams went down last week. Hakeem Adeniji, Max Scharping and Jackson Carman are expected to start in their places against Buffalo . ... The Bengals have won nine straight and not lost since Halloween . ... Cincinnati, which lost to the Rams in the Super Bowl last season, has reached the division round in consecutiv­e seasons for the first time in team history . ... The Bills are 13-1 at home in the playoffs, with their lone loss against Jacksonvil­le in the wild-card round of the 1996 season in what became Buffalo Hall of Fame quarterbac­k

Jim Kelly’s final game . ... The Bills are 4-0 at home in the postseason since coach Sean McDermott took over in 2017, and 4-4 overall in making their fifth playoff appearance in six years.

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