INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Buffalo Bills have fallen short in enough playoff games in recent years to know the season is long and the opener won’t mean much come January.
They still felt justified in their championship aspirations after going into the Super Bowl winners’ home stadium and completely wrecking the Los Angeles Rams’ banner-raising party on the NFL’s opening night for the 2022 season.
“We’re going to make the plane do backflips on the way home tonight,” linebacker Von Miller said. “We’re going to celebrate this win, because you have to, but then we’re going to go back to the lab.”
Josh Allen passed for 297 yards while accounting for four touchdowns, Miller had two of Buffalo’s seven sacks, and the Bills stamped themselves as a clear contender for the Rams’ crown with a 31-10 victory Thursday night.