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.

Divisional round weekend is arguably the best weekend of the NFL season. The wild-card blowouts are in the books, and now we get to figure out which teams are playing their best ball at the right time.

Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson have had their careers linked from the beginning, and after Allen’s Buffalo Bills beat Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens in Sunday night’s divisional playoff game, Jackson wanted to make sure Allen got his flowers.