Safety Kei Bills leaves the Ravens struggling with an injury
The The Buffalo Bills are hoping to advance to the AFC title game against the Kansas City Chiefs, and they took a 21-10 lead into the locker room at halftime over the visiting Baltimore Ravens in their divisional playoff game. However, the Bills had an ominous injury to safety Taylor Rapp drove off the field in the second quarter with a hip injury.
Rapp intercepted Lamar Jackson’s pass earlier in the first half, but suffered a friendly fire injury when he later collided with teammate Damar Hamlin. Rapp was taken to a blue medical tent before being given a gurney ride for further examination. The CBS broadcast reported that Rapp was “obviously in pain” after the collision with his teammate.
Rapp was replaced in the game by backup Cole Bishop. Buffalo’s safety is questionable to return to the game, but when he came out of the medical tent, he could barely walk.
Bills come back after Ravens score opening touchdown
The Ravens took the opening kickoff and quarterback Lamar Jackson directed an 8-play, 73-yard drive that ended with Baltimore taking an early lead. Jackson threw a 16-yard TD pass to wide receiver Rashod Bateman.
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Experienced Bills bounced right and tied the score with an 11-play, 70-yard drive of their own. Ray Davis capped the drive with a 1-yard field goal.
The Bills added a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter. Quarterback Josh Allen punted the ball into the end zone from 1 yard out to cap a 4-play, 24-yard drive, then scored another 4-yard touchdown after the Ravens cut the lead on Justin Tucker’s 26-yard field goal.
Allen completed 5 of 7 passes in the first half for 69 yards, while Jackson completed 6 of 10 passes for 123 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
Steve Silverman has covered the NFL for more than 35 years, and his writing has appeared in ESPN Magazine, Bleacher Report, CBS Sports, Pro Football Weekly and Forbes.com. He has written 10 books, including “Who’s Better, Who’s the Best in the NFL.”
2025-01-20 01:22:00
