It was the fourth quarter of the Bills’ wild-card playoff game against the Dolphins, and the stakes couldn’t have been much higher. Miami had cut the Bills’ lead to 34–31, there were seven minutes left, and Josh Allen and his offense were facing third-and-1 at their own 19-yard line.
Offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey called a levels concept, giving Allen options underneath to take easy money and move the sticks. The problem, after the snap, was that the Miami defense was playing low, leaving extra defenders closer to the line to blanket Stefon Diggs, Dawson Knox and Devin Singletary, while compromising the deeper parts of the field (with no safety help) to try to influence Allen to make a tougher throw.
Allen, indeed, let one rip.
