With a winter wonderland around him, Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass booted a 25-yard field goal as time expired to give the Bills a 32-29 victory over the Miami Dolphins.
With the win, Buffalo improves to 11-3 and clinches a playoff berth. Meanwhile, Miami falls to 8-6 and is in the thick of the AFC wild-card race.
Offensive spotlight: Tyreek Hill has been the star receiver all season for the Dolphins, but Saturday night, Jaylen Waddle filled that role. The second-year speedster from Alabama caught three of his six targets for 114 yards and a touchdown, with a 135.4 passer rating when targeted.
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Defensive spotlight: As one can imagine, it’s not easy covering the speed that the Dolphins have at wide receiver. Bills star corner Tre’Davious White did a terrific job regardless. The sixth-year corner only allowed three catches on eight targets and forced two incompletions as well.
Rookie spotlight: Miami’s Kader Kohou continues to look like one of the biggest steals of the 2022 NFL Draft. The undrafted cornerback from Texas A&M-Commerce had an 80.3 grade on first review against the Bills. He only allowed 0.52 yards per coverage snap against the Bills, including a coverage stop and a forced incompletion as well.
Offensive line spotlight: The Dolphins offensive line did an excellent job of protecting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Miami’s front-five only gave up four pressures on 33 pass-blocking snaps. Offensive tackle Terron Armstead, guard Robert Jones and center Connor Williams had a clean sheet on the night with no pressures allowed.
Box Score
Passing
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Tua Tagovailoa | 18.06 | 17 / 30 | 234 | 7.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Josh Allen | 39.86 | 25 / 40 | 304 | 7.6 | 4 | 0 |
Rushing
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Raheem Mostert | 19.6 | 17 | 136 | 8 | 0 | 67 |
| Tua Tagovailoa | 18.06 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Salvon Ahmed | 10.3 | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 1 | 11 |
| Alec Ingold | 1.9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Josh Allen | 39.86 | 10 | 77 | 7.7 | 0 | 44 |
| James Cook | 11.9 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 16 |
| Stefon Diggs | 10.7 | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | -3 |
| Devin Singletary | 10 | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 0 | 8 |
Receiving
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPR | TD |
| Jaylen Waddle | 23.4 | 7 | 3 | 114 | 38 | 1 |
| Tyreek Hill | 21.9 | 13 | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 1 |
| Raheem Mostert | 19.6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Cedrick Wilson Jr. | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| Alec Ingold | 1.9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Gesicki | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Durham Smythe | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 |
| Trent Sherfield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braylon Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPR | TD |
| Dawson Knox | 21.8 | 8 | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 1 |
| James Cook | 11.9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Stefon Diggs | 10.7 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 12 | 0 |
| Devin Singletary | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 |
| Gabe Davis | 9.6 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 14 | 0 |
| Quintin Morris | 8.4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| Nyheim Hines | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Isaiah McKenzie | 4.4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 0 |
| Cole Beasley | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
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