Either Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen had to lose. Allen played a cleaner game, so he’s advancing with the Buffalo Bills to face Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game. Turnovers were the difference in both divisional playoff games on Sunday.

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.

The Baltimore Ravens season came to a close on Sunday night in Buffalo in a playoff loss to the Bills that was filled with self-inflicted wounds, including three turnovers. Despite out-gaining the Bills on total yards and moving the ball with relative ease on third down,