While we're at it, how about this fourth and one play at the end...
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Allen fakes the handoff and bootlegs to his left. At the moment he begins his turn, Collins is on the end, in a bear hug from the left tackle. Hightower is in the middle, staring down the play. Jackson is covering Diggs, but he sees the run and is about to react.
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Collins starts pursuing while being grabbed. Hightower heads down the line to gain, hoping to close off the running lane. Jackson is starting forward and will beat Diggs' block attempt. If you look at it right here, it's hard to see how Allen gets the first down.
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Collins was released by the LT. Hightower in pursuit. Jackson has beaten Diggs and is closing in. There's no way looking at this, that Allen has a chance to get five yards. It's also hard to imagine Diggs NOT blocking Jackson in the back, given that he's, you know, actually trying to either hold him or push him in the back at this point in the play.
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Allen has gotten around Collins, who is still closing. Hightower is still trying to cut off any cutback, but he's just too slow. Jackson has the play sized up nicely after Diggs has given up trying to block him. Allen still has four yards to go with two, maybe three Patriots closing in on him.
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Allen slips inside. Collins is just unable to grab him. Jackson tries to hit Allen instead of wrap him up. He clearly got deked here. Hightower just is taking forever to get there, but still has a chance of hitting Allen short of the line to gain.
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Nope. Allen slips past Collins and Jackson (who takes out Collins). Hightower still isn't there. Allen is just too fast for him. Everyone else is useless. Despite holding the football like a loaf of bread, nobody is able to dislodge it. First down. Bills win.
Great run by Allen. Just looking at the images from the start of the play, it's really hard to see how he ended up getting the first down. But he did. He's really good. And the Pats' defense was pretty slow, with some shoddy tackling thrown in for good measure.