The Buffalo Bills spent most of the night pushing Pittsburgh around, walking out with a 26–7 win that never really felt in doubt. Buffalo looked locked in from the start, but after a late hit by Patrick Queen on Josh Allen that somehow didn’t draw a flag, you could feel something shift. The Bills’ head coach Sean McDermott said as much afterward.

“It definitely caused a stir in the sideline. That was nose to nose, nobody backing down, we weren’t backing down. We came to play. So you hit our quarterback like that, you’re gonna spark our team a little bit,” the head coach said.

Tempers flared right after the play, and the Bills were stunned when the officials kept the flag in their pocket. According to reporter Sal Capaccio, that moment lit the fuse. Players told him the tone changed right

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