The Buffalo Bills erased a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to grab a scintillating 41-40 victory over the Baltimore Ravens in a heavyweight slugfest on the opening Sunday of the NFL season.
Matt Prater, a 41-year-old veteran signed this week, booted the game-winning field goal as time expired to complete the epic comeback.
Buffalo’s reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Josh Allen threw for two touchdowns, ran for two more and the Bills scored 16 points in the final four minutes.
The comeback stunned 2023 MVP Lamar Jackson and the Ravens — who had looked poised to avenge a heartbreaking loss to the Bills in last year’s playoffs.
“There’s just no quit in this team,” Allen said, heaping praise on Prater, who was signed as insurance with Tyler Bass nursing an injury and flown in from Arizona