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‘That’s Buffalo baby’ | How the Bills bounced back in a big win over the Detroit Lions

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The Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions proved to be the game that everyone was waiting for as both teams combined for the highest scoring game of the NFL season, scoring 90 points combined.

Buffalo, who came off a loss against the Los Angeles Rams that was previously the highest scoring game of the season was on the opposite side this time, defeating the Lions, 48-42 in a game that came down to an onside kick recovered by CB Taron Johnson.

“A tough win,” head coach Sean McDermott said. “We figured it was going to be like that here, and it’s a really good football team.”

Throughout the week, the Bills emphasized urgency and that urgency was met as they raced out to an early 14-0 lead over the Lions.

“The mindset that we had this week was win every play, whatever the play was, find a way to execute at the highest level,” QB Josh Allen said. “We were just focused on the next one. Guys made some really good plays tonight.”

Even though the Bills returned several key pieces on the offensive side of the football in WR Keon Coleman and TE Dalton Kincaid, the defense was without starters S Taylor Rapp, S Damar Hamlin and CB Rasul Douglas. They had players step up in their place who routinely made plays against a Lions offense that was matching the Bills offense shot for shot late in the game.

“We had three secondary guys out, and then we lost some guys during the game, and the guys stepped up again,” McDermott said. “I thought they came out ready to play.”

Rookie S Cole Bishop was one player that was identified by McDermott that stepped up when his number was called along with veteran S Kareem Jackson.

“A rookie who had a rocky first game,” McDermott said. “The thing I love about Cole is he has upped his urgency in terms of his preparation week after week. He was making an impact on special teams, and then his number gets called. And I thought he looked like he knew his job. And there were some plays there. I’m sure that you know, he’s going to learn from… And then Kareem coming in… Here’s a guy that hasn’t really played in our system very much, if that and he was ready to go.”

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