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Ravens Headed to Buffalo for Divisional Playoffs

QB Lamar Jackson
QB Lamar Jackson

Get the cold weather gear ready because the Ravens are traveling north to Buffalo to take on the Bills in the divisional round of the playoffs.

The No. 2-seeded Bills routed the No. 7-seeded Broncos, 31-7, Sunday afternoon, setting up a heavyweight matchup with the Ravens at Highmark Stadium.

The top billing will be Lamar Jackson versus Josh Allen, two quarterbacks who have both had fantastic seasons and been endlessly measured up to each other by media and fans debating who should win MVP.

The game will feature two of the league's top rushing attacks, driven by a combination of dual-threat quarterbacks and top-tier running backs. The Bills ran for 210 yards in their win over the Broncos.

The two teams met at M&T Bank Stadium in Week 4 with the Ravens running wild in a 35-10 victory. Derrick Henry took the Ravens' first offensive play 87 yards for a touchdown and he and the Ravens never looked back.

Henry finished that game with a season-high 199 rushing yards, and Baltimore's ground game has only gotten better since. The Ravens racked up 299 rushing yards in their wild-card win over the Steelers.

The Bills offense has been much more formidable since that regular-season meeting, too. Allen was held without a touchdown in the regular-season matchup and running back James Cook was limited to just 39 rushing yards.

The Ravens also played the Bills in Buffalo in the 2020 divisional round of the playoffs. After being tied at 3 at halftime, the Bills pulled away with a 101-yard interception return for a touchdown at the end of the third quarter. On the Ravens' ensuing drive, Jackson was hit after a high snap and excited the game with a concussion, ending any shot at a comeback.

Now Jackson and the Ravens will have another chance to knock off the Bills on the road in the playoffs and get to a second-straight AFC Championship game.

The top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs will host the No. 4-seeded Houston Texans in the AFC's other divisional playoff game.

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