The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)
Allen drives Bills to edge Lions on late field goal
DETROIT >> Tyler Bass made a tiebreaking, 45-yard field goal with two seconds left, lifting the Buffalo Bills to a 28-25 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday for their second victory in five days at Ford Field.
Josh Allen set up the game-winning kick by starting the drive with a 36yard pass to Stefon Diggs and running twice for 12 yards.
Buffalo (8-3) has won two straight to move a halfgame ahead of Miami in the AFC East.
The Bills were back in Detroit after the NFL shifted their previous home game against Cleveland to Ford Field because of a winter storm dumping several feet of snow in western New York. They had to work harder for the win on Thursday than they did against the Browns. Bass was 6-for-6 on field goals in the 31-23 win over Cleveland.
Allen threw a go-ahead, 5-yard touchdown pass to Diggs with 2:40 left, but Bass missed the extra point to make it 25-22.
The Lions converted fourth-and-1 from midfield with Amon-Ra St. Brown’s 7-yard end-around to set up Michael Badgley’s game-tying, 51-yard field goal with 23 seconds to go. Badgley missed a 29-yard field goal late in the third and Jared Goff took a sack for a safety in the same quarter. Those mistakes proved to be costly.
Allen had a passing and rushing touchdown in the first half. He finished 24of-42 passing for 253 yards to more than make up for throwing his 11th interception of the season.
Detroit (4-7) missed an opportunity to win four straight games for the first time since 2016 and lost a franchise-record sixth straight game on Thanksgiving.
Goff was 23-of-37 for 240 yards with a 1-yard touchdown pass to St. Brown that made it 14-14 late in the first half, and a 1-yard touchdown to DJ Chark that pulled the Lions within 22-19 early in third quarter.
Buffalo edge rusher Von Miller injured his right knee in the second quarter and was ruled out.
Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone, a Wyomissing grad, intercepted an Allen pass in the second half.