NFL LIVE: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys after Bengals defeat Bills

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AFC and NFC Divisional play-offs
Bengals 27-10 Bills
Bengals set up AFC Championship re-match with Chiefs
Cowboys 12-19 49ers
49ers will face Eagles in NFC Championship game
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Bengals drive aheadpublished at 22:48 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 27-10 Buffalo Bills
It's a play that sums up the line of scrimmage dominance for the Bengals. Samaje Perine powers straight up the middle of the field, pushed by his offensive line for 12 yards and a first down.
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'The coach didn't come to play'published at 22:47 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 27-10 Buffalo Bills
Greg Brady
NFL pundit on BBC Radio 5 Live
“We’ve all had our bad days at work. Sean McDermott has had a bad day at the office today. I don’t understand some of the Buffalo Bills coaching, never mind the motivation that has been lacking for this group. The coach didn’t come to play today”
Turnover on downspublished at 22:44 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 27-10 Buffalo Bills
On fourth-and-two Sean McDermott decides to leave the offence on the field despite a field goal making it a two score game.
Josh Allen buys time in the pocket and throws to the endzone but it is knocked away by Eli Apple and the Bengals will get the ball back.
Buffalo in the redzonepublished at 22:41 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 27-10 Buffalo Bills
Mike Hilton has been all over Josh Allen on this drive and he hits the quarterback again, however Allen is able to get rid of the ball to Dawson Knox and its a first down from the Bengals 20.
On first down Allen checks it down to Devin Singletary and he is whacked by none other than Hilton.
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Turnover reversedpublished at 22:40 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 27-10 Buffalo Bills
Two pieces of good news if you are a Bills fan. The turnover is reversed as Allen had control of the football and the officials decide it is an incomplete pass.
Josh Allen is also back on the field.
Turnover - Allen fumblespublished at 22:38 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 27-10 Buffalo Bills
Josh Allen is hit by Mike Hilton as he attempts to throw. It looks like his arm is coming forward for an incomplete pass but it has been ruled a fumble on the field.
If it is held up, this could be a game clincher.
Josh Allen is also in the blue medical tent following the hit. This is not what the Bills needed right now trying to make an unlikely comeback.
Buffalo looking for points quicklypublished at 22:36 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 27-10 Buffalo Bills
Buffalo need to score and they need to do it quickly and often. The drive starts perfectly as Josh Allen finds Dawson Knox on first down for 32 yards.
He follows that up with an 11 yard completion to Cole Beasley for another first down.
Field goal - Bengalspublished at 22:31 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 27-10 Buffalo Bills
Three plays from inside the five yard line go almost nowhere for the Bengals as Burrow is bottled up on first down. On second down, despite Jaquon Johnson falling over, Burrow misses Hayden Hurst and a third down run goes nowhere.
Evan McPherson is sent out and his chip-shot 20-yard field goal is good.
'Nothing has gone right for the Bills'published at 22:29 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 24-10 Buffalo Bills
Greg Brady
NFL pundit on BBC Radio 5 Live
“Nothing really has gone right for the Bills in this game from the get go.
“It’s jarring for the fans. They are 13-1 at this stadium in play-off games.
“Nomally, you go to Buffalo in the play-offs, you’re not coming out with a victory but the Bengals haven’t listened to any of that.”
Ouch!published at 22:26 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 24-10
Scary moment for the Buffalo Bills defence as star cornerback Tre'Davious White collides with safety Jordan Poyer with helmet-to-helmet contact.
Both men are attended to by the team physios.
The result of the play is a pass interference penalty on White and it will be first down for the Bengals inside the 10.
Bills need a big defensive playpublished at 22:24 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 24-10 Buffalo Bills
Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo on commentary: “The only way for the Bills to get back into this game is for someone on the defence to make a play.”
End of the third quarterpublished at 22:18 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 24-10 Buffalo Bills
Just 15 minutes left and 14 points the difference AND with Cincinnati having the ball as they look to punch their ticket back to Kansas City next week.
They've been on top all game long and don't look like giving this up now.
Drop!published at 22:17 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 24-10 Buffalo Bills
Josh Allen goes for it all with a bomb down the sideline to Gabe Davis, but he can't maintain possession, or his Big Game Gabe moniker as the ball gets 7knocked out of his grasp.
Davis never truly got hold of the ball, with Cam Taylor-Britt playing it brilliantly with his arm in the there knocking the ball away.
Buffalo have to punt.
'A tall task'published at 22:16 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 24-10 Buffalo Bills
Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo on commentary: “The Bills don’t get behind by 14 points at home very often. This is a tall task”
Huge hole for Buffalopublished at 22:15 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 24-10 Buffalo Bills
It's looking grim now, and not just the weather, as it was another Bengals drive where Joe Burrow seemed to have a cheat sheet available and new the answers before the Bills defence even asked the questions.
By contrast, Buffalo have found it hard to move the ball all night.
'Agonising for Bills fans'published at 22:12 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 24-10 Buffalo Bills
Greg Brady
NFL pundit on BBC Radio 5 Live
“This is agonising if you are a Bills fan. They’ve been eating up this clock in the third quarter. If you can’t stop Cincinnati I don’t know how you’re going down the other end of the field and scoring 14 points. It is long odds for the Bills”
Touchdown - Bengalspublished at 22:12 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 24-10 Buffalo Bills
That's a bit of a surprise touchdown, as Joe Mixon was ruled short as he tried to punch it in again, but Cincinnati challenge that ruling and the TV replays show, just about, that he did indeed get into the end zone.
There was a huge mass of bodies on the line there and you couldn't quite see the ball cross the line, but there was enough evidence to overturn it.
Cincy on the brinkpublished at 22:06 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 17-10 Buffalo Bills
A pass interference penalty give Cincy the ball right on the gal line, before Mixon is just inches short of punching it in.
Seems just a matter of time here...
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Great play! Hurdling Hurstpublished at 22:02 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023
Cincinnati Bengals 17-10 Buffalo Bills
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Nobody's covering Hayden Hurst again... This time he gets the ball, turns, and then shows tremendous athleticism by hurdling his man to make the first down marker.