As the Bills clinched the AFC’s No. 2 seed in blowout fashion, a 40-14 thumping of the down-and-out Jets, everything was coming up 17.
The Bills completed a total of 17 passes. Josh Allen, their franchise player, ended the game with 17 yards rushing. The Bills scored their first touchdown, you guessed it, on the 17th play of the afternoon — scored by none other than No. 17 himself.
Heck, even the weather stayed on theme. When the game began, the announced wind was blowing at 17 mph.
And as the Bills concluded their No. 17 day with a touchdown pass in true Josh Allen style — a cross-body howitzer after he extended the play rolling to his right — the collective thoughts in Highmark Stadium were verbalized all as one.
With the…