Patrick Mahomes gives three-word response to Josh Allen ‘miracle’ play as Bills join Chiefs in playoffs

Josh Allen led Buffalo Bills into the playoffs with a 35-10 victory over San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night, crowning the win with a slice on NFL history that caught Patrick Mahomes’ eye.

In the third quarter of a snowy game at Highmark Stadium, Allen threw a short left pass to Amari Cooper, who was about to get tackled with three 49ers players surrounding him.

But the wide receiver then lateraled the ball to his quarterback and Allen continued the run to his left and hit the pylon for a seven-yard touchdown.

‘That was lit!’ Chiefs quarterback Mahomes wrote on X, with a crying-with-laughter emoji followed by two fire symbols.

Allen became only the fourth player in NFL history to have a passing and receiving touchdown on the same play as he gave his team a 28-3 advantage with the play.

Cooper was credited for a -2-yard pass, but with the lateral, Allen was credited for 7 receiving yards and the touchdown.

Allen’s heroics immediately won some praise from his rival quarterback, Patrick Mahomes

The last time it happened was against Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs in January 2018 when Marcus Mariota pulled it off in a wild card game for the Tennessee Titans, who beat Kansas City 22-21.

Mahomes was drafted by the Chiefs in 2017 but spent his rookie year as a backup to Alex Smith, who was playing for Kansas City that night as Mahomes watched from the sidelines.

The victory for the Bills on Sunday night saw them wrap up their place at the summit of the AFC East and join the Chiefs in the playoffs.

As for the 49ers, last year’s runners-up in the Super Bowl have it all to do to make the postseason.

The Bills loss leaves them last in the NFC West on 5-7. They are only two wins back from the leaders of that division, the Seattle Seahawks, so hope is not over yet.

But the knee injury to Christian McCaffrey on Sunday night, which appears to have ended his season, makes things a lot more difficult.

The 49ers host Chicago Bears back in San Francisco this Sunday while the Bills also head to California to face the LA Rams.