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NFL Week 18 Sunday night: Josh Allen and the Bills rally to beat Dolphins, win the AFC East

The Bills will now host the Pittsburgh Steelers next during wild-card weekend

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Josh Allen and the Bills have won the AFC East, and will now get to host a playoff game.
Josh Allen and the Bills have won the AFC East, and will now get to host a playoff game. (Rich Storry/Getty Images)

The Buffalo Bills, despite three early turnovers, have won the AFC East.

The Bills rallied back to beat the Miami Dolphins 21-14 at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday night, which both officially won them the AFC East and closed out the NFL regular season. The Bills will now get the No. 2 seed in the AFC, and get to host the Pittsburgh Steelers next weekend in their wild-card matchup.

The Dolphins got the jump first, scoring on a 25-yard touchdown run from De’Von Achne in the first quarter. The Bills responded, but only after a broken play from Josh Allen was somehow caught by Trent Sherfield.

Late in the second quarter, Allen took a shot to Sherfield but had his ball ricocheted off a helmet at the line of scrimmage. Sherfield somehow still made the catch, and just barely got his feet down to make the play and tie the game up.

The Dolphins scored once more to take a seven-point lead at half after Tyreek Hill caught a three-yard pass in the corner of the end zone.

Allen got the Bills into scoring position on their next two drives, but failed to score both times. First, right before half, they were stopped just short of the goal line as time expired. The second time, in the third quarter, he fumbled on a sack — which was his third turnover of the game.

It wasn’t until Deonte Harty single-handedly brought the Bills back in it early in the fourth. Harty ran back a Dolphins punt 96 yards for a touchdown, which tied the game right back up.

Then after a quick stop, Allen mounted an eight-play, 74-yard drive that he capped with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Dawson Knox to give the Bills their first lead of the game. That, after another stop and a long drive to kill the rest of the clock, was enough to give the Bills the seven-point win.

Josh Allen went 30-of-38 for 359 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in the win. He was also the Bills' leading rusher with 69 yards on 13 carries. Khalil Shakir had 105 receiving yards on six catches.

Tua Tagovailoa went 17-of-27 for 173 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions, including one that sealed the win for the Bills at the end of the game. Achane was the Dolphins' leading rusher with 56 yards and a touchdown on the ground, and Hill had 82 yards on seven catches.

The Dolphins will now travel to Kansas City next week, where they'll take on the Chiefs in the wild-card round.

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