Bengals Joe Mixon TRUCKS Jordan Poyer of the Buffalo Bills in playoff game 1/22/23 #shorts #fancam

Joe Mixon absolutely Trucks Jordan Poyer of the Buffalo Bills during Cincinnati Bengals recent Playoff Game at HighMark Stadium in Buffalo!

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The Cincinnati Bengals are headed to their second straight AFC Championship after going into Highmark Stadium and downing the Bills on a wintery evening in Buffalo. Joe Burrow threw two first quarter touchdowns to set the tone in the 27-10.

Hamlin returns to Highmark
It was a rematch of the game that was never completed back in Week 17 after Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest in Cincinnati. Hamlin was in attendance in Orchard Park, but his presence wasn’t enough to boost the Bills over the Bengals who dominated Buffalo in every facet of the game.

The snow started to fall a few hours before kickoff in Western New York, which was supposed to benefit the Bills who were tabbed to have the better offensive line and the more effective run game.

The Bengals came out and set the tone from the opening drive. Joe Burrow and Joe Mixon marched Cincy down the field as their QB1 went 4/4 on the first possession and finished it off with a 28 yard strike to Ja’Maar Chase to put the Bengals up 7-0.

CIncy runs all over Buffalo
Cincinnati’s defense shut down Josh Allen and the Bills all night, starting on the first drive when the Bills went three and out to begin the game. Zac Taylor’s team doubled the lead before Buffalo could run their fourth play of the game and the Bills were never able to mount a comeback.

Allen went 25/42 with 265 yards with a rushing touchdown on a QB sneak midway through the second quarter following an eight minute drive to cut Cincy’s lead in half, but that would be as close as they would get to the Bengals.

Bengals @ Chiefs next Sunday in Arrowhead

A late field goal at the end of the first half extended the Bengals lead to 17-7, and then Cincinnati grinded out a 12 play TD drive on their first possession of the third quarter. Mixon continued to take chunks out of the Bills defense and got his pay dirt on a TD run from inside the one yard line to extend the lead to 24-10 just before the start of the final fifteen minutes.

Mixon had 105 of the Bengals 172 yards on the ground, as the run game made the difference to the surprise of many, including the Buffalo defense.

The defense would take over from there, forcing the Bills into a three and out, a turn over on downs and an interception iced the game and sent the Bengals to their second straight AFC Championship to take on the Kansas CIty Chiefs.