Just when it appeared Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills would celebrate his 12th fourth-quarter game-winning drive, Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals had other ideas.
DeAndre Hopkins caught a 43-yard-pass in between three Bills defenders with two seconds left to give the Arizona Cardinals a miraculous 32-30 victory over the Bills on Sunday.
Murray scrambled to his left an eluded a Bills tackler before turning and throwing to a leaping Hopkins, who finished with seven receptions for 127 yards.
The Bills seemed to have victory in hand after Allen found a diving Stefon Diggs in the corner of the end zone with 34 seconds remaining for a 21-yard touchdown that capped a 12-play drive that went 38 yards.
GAME RECAP LINKS:
- Bills lose in heartbreaker to Cardinals on touchdown in final seconds (BuffaloNews.com)
- Final score, recap, highlights: Arizona Cardinals 32, Buffalo Bills 30 (D&C.com)
- Bills fall short to Cardinals 32-30 in wild finish (WKBW.com)
- Kyler Murray, Cardinals best Josh Allen, Bills after both throw insane TDs in final minute: Instant observations (Syracuse.com)
GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
SOCIAL:
Final. #BUFvsAZ | #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/0beJZbshqX
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) November 16, 2020
Josh Allen to Stefon Diggs for the TD.
With 10 receptions today, Diggs established a personal-best for catches in the first 10 games of a season, surpassing 71 receptions in 2018. He also becomes the first Bill since Eric Moulds in 2005 with 9+ receptions in consecutive games.
— Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) November 16, 2020
With his first passing touchdown against the Cardinals, Josh Allen became the 3rd QB in NFL history with 20+ pass TD and 5+ rush TD in consecutive seasons, joining Dak Prescott (2016-18) & Deshaun Watson (2018-19)#BillsMafia
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) November 15, 2020
We're LIVE for Bills Tonight after our game against the Arizona Cardinals.
Stay tuned to hear from QB Josh Allen, HC Sean McDermott and more. https://t.co/HZnt1PxqM2
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) November 16, 2020
Brutally long flight home and you gotta sit on that through your bye. Yikes. #Bills
— Mike Harrington (@ByMHarrington) November 16, 2020
Kyler Murray's Hail Mary to DeAndre Hopkins was the first go-ahead Hail Mary in the 4th quarter since 2015, when Aaron Rodgers hit Richard Rodgers to beat the Lions. pic.twitter.com/gaSuuV4ZXa
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 16, 2020
Lotta people in WNY wishing they had a power failure about now so they didn’t have to see that.
— Mike Harrington (@ByMHarrington) November 16, 2020
GAME PREVIEW:
The Bills are coming off of a win against Seattle and have a chance to pick up two-straight wins against NFC West opponents. On the other side, Arizona faced a tough loss to the Dolphins last week and are trying avoid dropping two straight games to AFC East opponents.
The NFC West currently owns the most wins in the NFC and the second most in the NFL with 20 combined wins. The AFC East has 15 combined wins, which is the second lowest win total in the AFC. According to tankathon.com the Cardinals have the ninth-toughest schedule remaining, while the Bills have the 11th.
Buffalo is currently 2-0 against NFC West teams this season with the Cardinals and 49ers remaining on the schedule. Arizona is 1-1 against AFC East teams with Buffalo and the Patriots remaining. Bills head coach Sean McDermott knows his team must dial up a great game plan as they get ready to take on the NFL’s best offense in terms of total yards per game.
“I think we have to come back with a chip on our shoulder this week and put a good week of practice in,” McDermott said. “Have great clarity around how we’re going to go about game-planning and the game plan and the expectation level. We still have a lot of football yet to be played, and we’re going to face a good Arizona team out at their spot. We’re going to have to travel across the country here, so we have to get back to work.”
GAME WEEK LINKS:
- Top 5 storylines fans need to follow for Bills at Cardinals | Week 10 (BuffaloBills.com)
- NFL Week 10 odds, betting lines: Bills only slight road underdog vs. Cardinals (BillsWire.com)
- Bills prepare for the ‘most mobile’ QB they’ve faced with Kyler Murray (RochesterFirst.com)
- Sean McDermott says Bills will ‘get creative’ defending Kyler Murray (BillsWire.com)
- 7 things to watch for in Bills at Cardinals | Week 10 (BuffaloBills.com)
- Crumbling their cookies: How the Buffalo Bills should attack the Arizona Cardinals (BuffaloRumblings.com)
- Injury Report | Micah Hyde, Cody Ford listed as questionable for Bills at Cardinals (BuffaloBills.com)
GAME WEEK MEDIA:
#LeadingTheCharge: Week 10 (#BUFvsAZ) game release: https://t.co/4zrNjUIDb7
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? @WGR550 pic.twitter.com/sqNwPzIrm5— Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) November 10, 2020
Desert threads. ?#BUFvsAZ | #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/U6QgFMQQXy
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) November 11, 2020
Josh Allen vs. Kyler Murray ?@RealMikeRob and @DeAngeloHall23 are here to preview this exciting Week 10 matchup ?
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— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) November 11, 2020
Kyle leads sports coverage and hosts the Concrete Jungle podcast. Have a lead or question? Send it to [email protected].