It was a tale of agony for Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens as they fell to a 27-25 loss to the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round showdown at Orchard Park.

Lamar Jackson continues to earn accolades after the best statistical season of his career. Jackson has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Year by The Committee of 101, a nationwide panel of 101 sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the NFL throughout the season.

Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills and Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens are the frontrunners for this year's NFL MVP award and met at Highmark Stadium on Sunday

It was widely understood that the Denver Broncos were not legitimate competition for the Buffalo Bills. Led by the cyborg known as Josh Allen, this year’s possible MVP winner, Buffalo is a seasoned fixture of postseason experience. It is a mainstay of the greater Super Bowl contender conversation.

On Sunday afternoon, the Buffalo Bills systematically defeated the upstart Denver Broncos in the AFC Wild Card game. The Bills were so demonstratively better than the Broncos that it gave everyone plenty of time to start pondering an MVP matchup between Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, the two premier players in pro football this season.

Buffalo edged Baltimore, 27-25, after the Ravens’ Mark Andrews dropped what would have been a tying two-point conversion pass in the final minutes.

Now, Allen’s Buffalo Bills will host Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens in what I would argue is statistically the greatest quarterback match-up in divisional playoff history . The greatest of what will be, after this weekend, 229 divisional playoff games in the Super Bowl era.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has had another incredible season, and he might win his third NFL MVP award. If he does, he would become just the seventh player to achieve the feat three times.

Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson are the leading MVP candidates, but one QB's season will come to an end Sunday when the Bills and Ravens face off.

Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson will meet in a battle of the NFLs MVP favourites as the Buffalo Bills beat the Denver Broncos to advance to the Divisional Round of the playoffs; Wild Card Weekend concludes Monday when the Minnesota Vikings face the Los Angeles Rams,

Continuing its 55-year tradition of celebrating the top achievements of each NFL season, The Committee of 101 revealed the 2024 recipients of the annual 101 Awards in an exclusive national announcement on NFL Network's "Good Morning Football" on Wednesday morning.