While the defense allowed 361 total yards — over 50 yards more than their season average — they put together consecutive stops, a fumble at the goal line that resulted in a touchback and a punt. Poyer caused the fumble, his second forced fumble of the season.
“I wouldn’t want to say it’s a swing, it was a good play in the game. Whether you want to say it was a swing or not, the game was just going back and forth really all day,” Poyer said. “Ultimately, they made one more play than us.”
The list of plays that Hyde and Poyer have made for the Bills is extensive, but their impact transcends the product they put together on the field. Earlier in the season, as the Bills prepared for their regular season game against the Chiefs, Allen referenced Hyde and Poyer as leaders on the team worthy of being relied upon when games weren’t going Buffalo’s way.
“You rely on the leaders on this team, you rely on Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer, you rely on Mitch Morse and Stefon Diggs and guys that have been in these situations before,” Allen said.
Through the elation of defeating Miami in Week 18 to clinch the division, through the crushing defeat of watching Patrick Mahomes take the final kneel to run out the clock, Hyde and Poyer clearly have sustained something special.
“We’re forever indebted to each other and we’re brothers on and off the field,” Hyde said.
“He’s my brother, man. My teammate, my right-hand man,” said Poyer.
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