Ouch!published at 22:01 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023

22:01 GMT 22 January 2023

Cincinnati Bengals 17-10 Buffalo Bills

Wow, we almost had exactly the same injury to Joe Burrow as Patrick Mahomes last night, and in the exact same way as a Bills defender falls into the ankle of the Bengals QB, but unlike Mahomes he doesn't go fully over it and although Burrow stays down for a bit, it looks like he got away with that one.

Tee Higgins hauls in a sublime one-handed catch running out to the right sideline but takes it with the minimum fuss when it was such a high difficulty tariff. Everything they do looks easy right now.

Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo on commentary: “The Bengals’ offensive line is imposing their will on the Bills. They are dominating.”

Greg Brady
NFL pundit on BBC Radio 5 Live

"The Bengals have been a little bit effortless with the ball. For the Bills, every first down seems like a grind. There’s nothing clean about even their successful plays. They are eating up a lot of clock too"

Field goal - Billspublished at 21:53 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023

21:53 GMT 22 January 2023

Cincinnati Bengals 17-10 Buffalo Bills

It's just a field goal again for Buffalo from a trip to the red zone, where they'd previously been dead certs for a touchdown. Tyler Bass splits the uprights from 25 yards and it's now just a one-score game.

Only time will tell if a field goal from that seven-minute drive will be enough.

Ouch!published at 21:50 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2023

21:50 GMT 22 January 2023

Cincinnati Bengals 17-7 Buffalo Bills

Stefon Diggs leaves the field goes into the blue tent for treatment - they've left the tent down and the treatment table is covered in snow, so that won't be a pleasant experience at all.

Jason Bell on Sky Sports: "It’s all about Josh Allen now, he’s taken over. As it gets colder, it gets harder to tackle and he is a big object. He can make any play happen because of his stature."

You best not try to arm tackle Josh Allen, as he'll just bust right through that and keep going, as he just has done then to close in on a first down.

He then goes and moves the sticks himself with a designed run this time.

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Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo on commentary: If you told me Josh Allen hadn’t turned the ball over in the first half, I’d have said it would be the Bills leading by 10.

Hello! There's a run game in Buffalo as Devin Singletary runs for a first down. when he gets a head of steam he's their best option on the ground, and even just a sniff of them being able to pound the rock should open things up for Allen.

We're back out in the snow of Buffalo - Josh Allen and his boys need to have had a word with themselves during the break as they seemed to be sleepwalking towards defeat in the first half.

They need to up the intensity and cut out the mistakes, just for starters.

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The Bengals have been dominant, but Buffalo are still well in this, down by 10 points but they get the ball first in the second half.

Joe Burrow has been immense, Josh Allen has shown flashes but Buffalo in general just look a bit off the pace and have made too many mistakes.

It's also looked far too easy for Burrow to move the ball against this Bills defence, so Cincy have done half the job and will fancy completing it to earn an AFC Championship rematch back in Kansas City next week.

Burrow steps up from midfield and has more than enough juice in the throw to get in right to the back of the end zone but there's no Bengals receiver there and it goes out of the back door.

Brilliant run by Joe Burrow, who is know more for being shifty in and around the pocket but showed some genuine gas then to burst 24 yards and all of a sudden the Bengals have a host at a Hail Mary!

Every Bills fan wanted Sean McDermott to go for it on fourth-and-10 after a penalty, but the coach plays safe and sends in the punt team.

Even, as Tony Romo says, they could've kept the offence in and see if Cincy jumped offside or at least take a look at the overage.

40 seconds left in this one with Burrow getting the ball on his own 10.

Huge third-down conversion from Josh Allen to Dawson Knox on the left sideline, before 'Big Game Gabe' Davis shows up with a nice catch to get the Bills into opposition territory with just a minute left of the half.