Bills-Rams delivered every ounce of Super Bowl LXI preview talk as overtime thriller deserves a rematch

All week, the talk surrounding "Monday Night Football" between the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Rams was the potential that this would be a preview for Super Bowl LXI.

If this does indeed come to fruition, football fans will be mighty happy because this game was cinema in Inglewood on Monday night.

A back-and-forth battle that saw 35 total fourth-quarter points, an overtime period filled with clutch plays, and more led the Bills to beat the Rams , 37-34, to improve to 4-1.

The Rams fell to 2-3, a record nobody predicted through their first five games, but they are still a top NFC contender.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE In a game filled with offensive fireworks from both Josh Allen and Matthew Stafford, it was Rams defensive captain Nate Landman who came through with the most important play of the game in overtime.

Allen and the Bills got right into Rams territory on the opening drive thanks to Khalil Shakir’s 57-yard catch-and-run on second-and-long.

On the very next play, James Cook, who had two touchdowns but a fumble earlier in the game, wasn’t cautious with the football when he got the handoff from Allen.

Landman punched at the ball, knocked it clean out of Cook’s arms, and his teammate landed on it.

Instead of the Bills getting the potential game-winning score, Stafford and the Rams had a chance to go downfield and win it all thanks to Landman’s efforts.

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DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! Stafford did just that, using his star receiver Puka Nacua, who exploded for 17 catches on 25 targets for 138 yards and a touchdown, to get into field goal range for kicker Harrison Mevis to try a 48-yard field goal for the win.

But just when it seemed one team would finally come away with the win and get the final word, the other team stepped up.

The Rams have dealt with special teams woes in recent seasons, and Mevis, who had missed a 50-yarder earlier in the game, had his game-winning field goal blocked.

The game remained tied, and the Bills’ offense breathed a sigh of relief knowing they could rectify Cook’s mistake.