Josh Allen

Buffalo Bills receiver John Brown was called up from the practice squad on Saturday and already delivered a huge touchdown on Sunday against the New England ...

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What a magical moment that was for Hamlin, Allen and the Bills. NFL fans had reactions.

I love you, Josh. [January 8, 2023] It also had Hamlin, who was watching from his hospital bed in Cincinnati, [in awe](https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/damar-hamlin-reaction-tweet-nyheim-hines-kickoff-return-touchdown-bills-video).

Buffalo Bills TE Dawson Knox touchdown against New England Patriots in Week 18.

Quarterback Josh Allen stood in the pocket in the red zone and waited for someone to get open. The tight end ended up being the one who did exactly that, as Allen found Knox in the middle of the end zone to cap a 13 play, 75-yard drive. [game’s opening kickoff](https://billswire.usatoday.com/2023/01/08/buffalo-bills-nyheim-hines-opening-kickoff-patriots-damar-hamlin/), the Bills took a 14-7 lead over the Patriots thanks to Dawson Knox.

The Bills did something tremendously challenging — they beat a hungry Patriots team despite Buffalo facing tremendous adversity and emotional trauma.

[ National Football League](/stories/nfl/nfl-odds-week-18-wacky-wins-and-bad-beats) TCU](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/odds-cfp-title-game-early-lines) The Bills made a few costly errors in the game that kept New England around. [Dawson Knox](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/dawson-knox-player) did a tribute to Hamlin during a touchdown celebration. Hines gave [his touchdown ball to Denny Killington](https://twitter.com/NFLonCBS/status/1612184077108654080), who administered CPR on Hamlin. Diggs did what he does so well: he served as a first mate while Allen captained the game. Because on the opening kickoff of [the first Bills game](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/week-18-new-england-patriots-vs-buffalo-bills-jan-08-2023-game-boxscore-9960) in the wake of Hamlin's cardiac arrest, Hines took the ball to the house for a touchdown. Allen then threw a pop fly that Brown ran under and fielded for a touchdown. Yes, Allen threw an interception in the red zone, his fifth of the year. "Sitting there [during] the national anthem, I know some guys had some tears rolling down and just a lot of just the feeling of uncertainty of what it will feel like to go back out there. The Bills managed the extreme emotions surrounding Hamlin and took care of business. "I can't remember a play that touched me like that," quarterback Josh Allen said after the game.

The Patriots (8-9) have now suffered two losing seasons in the last three years and haven't won a playoff game since Feb. 2019. Quarterback Mac Jones played ...

"As a captain of that unit, (I) feel like we cost the team the game." While the Bills fumbled possession back, all the Pats could manage was a 24-yard field goal for their first lead at 7:06 left in the quarter. A lot of ups and downs, learned a lot about each other, learned a lot about football. The team's two longest-tenured captains and players, Matthew Slater and Devin McCourty, are contemplating retirement. But there, Jones lofted a curious jump-ball pass for Nelson Agholor along the left sideline that Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White snatched instead at his own 2-yard line. Buffalo’s Nyheim Hines scored a 97-yard kick return touchdown on the opening play of a storybook 35-23 Bills win that doubled as a nightmarish end to a miserable Patriots season. Undeterred, the Bills answered with their own winding drive, a 13-play, 75-yarder sustained by Allen’s brilliance. Hines scored a second kick return touchdown in the third quarter, and Bills quarterback Josh Allen went 19-of-31 for 254 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. Jones settled in on his next series with three play-action completions, an unusually high number for an offense that entered having called the second-fewest play-action passes in the league. Allen converted twice on third down with strikes to Stefon Diggs (7 catches, 104 yards, TD) and Gabriel Davis, then rolled right and rifled a 4-yard touchdown to tight end Dawson Knox. “The guys in the room, we fought through a lot this year. Quarterback Mac Jones played one of his better games, finishing 26-of-40 for 243 yards and three touchdowns, though three second-half interceptions, including two fired in desperation, undercut the Pats’ comeback efforts.