NFL fans hail ‘best game of all time’ as Bills beat Rams in overtime thriller between Super Bowl favorites

Football fans lauded the ‘best game of all time’ after an overtime thriller between the two Super Bowl favorites ended in the Buffalo Bills squeezing past the LA Rams.

A blocked field goal attempt from Harrison Mevis gave Buffalo the ball back deep into OT, and Bills kicker Tyler Bass did what his rival couldn’t to seal a 37-34 win for the road team.

While recency bias may have played a part in the superlatives being thrown around on social media, fans certainly were treated to a match-up for the ages at SoFi.

On X, one fan wrote: ‘WE’RE WATCHING THE BEST NFL GAME OF ALL TIME!!!!’, with another quickly replying: ‘Correct. This is the best NFL game ever. Ever!’

Others lavished praise on the game without going quite that far, as one wrote: ‘This is the best of the season so far!’

Both teams traded blows all night in Los Angeles, with the game finishing close to midnight eastern time, and neither able to break away from the other throughout each of the four quarters and overtime.

The game had already been billed as a potential Super Bowl dress rehearsal, and the action on the field did nothing to dampen expectations over what could be a blockbuster showdown in the same stadium come February.

More to follow.