Orchard Park, New York - The Buffalo Bills meant business as they handed their hated rivals the New England Patriots an early exit from the NFL Playoffs in a blowout during the first night of Super Wild Card Weekend.

The Bills beat down the Patriots 47-17 to easily grab a spot in next weekend’s divisional round, after winning the last two out of three matchups this season against New England.

The Pats were never in this one at any point, as the Bills took control on their first drive down the field and never looked back.

Buffalo went off for two touchdowns in the first quarter and doubled up again in the second to carry a very comfortable 27-3 lead into halftime.

The Patriots did manage to finally find the end zone during the closing minutes of the third quarter, but the Bills kept pouring it on by scoring nearly every time they had the ball.

The touchdowns kept coming with three more second-half scores by the Bills, and they just simply couldn’t be caught.

Buffalo led by a whopping 37 points before New England made their final score during the last minutes of regulation.

The Bills’ superstar quarterback Josh Allen (26) didn’t have to throw the ball a lot, but did tons of damage to New England’s defense and played a career highlight game at home in front of Bills Mafia.

His passing game alone single-handedly outplayed the entire Patriots offense. While it was fairly easy to do Saturday night, it doesn’t make Allen’s performance any less spectacular.

He threw for just over 300 yards, more than New England’s total offensive output.

Allen finished the night going 21-for-25 through the air for 308 yards, five touchdowns, and no interceptions, with 6 carries for 66 yards.

Buffalo’s offensive success all season long has depended on Allen’s efforts with the ball. This rout of the Patriots was a prime example of how dangerous the Bills can be when he’s on fire.

The Bills offense made history by scoring a touchdown on each of their first seven drives of the game, an NFL playoff record for team offenses during the Super Bowl era.

In fact, Buffalo never punted the ball nor kicked any field goals during the game.

Saturday’s blowout was step one on their road to the Super Bowl, but that run for the Lombardi Trophy will be pretty easy if the Bills continue to play at the high level they displayed against New England.

The Bills will have to wait for the result from the Steelers-Chiefs game on Sunday night to see who they’re matched up against in next weekend’s divisional round.