WATCH: Bills locker room goes nuts after Bengals' game-winning TD over Ravens

The Bills needed help from the Bengals but they're going to the playoffs for the first time since 1999

By Ryan Wilson

Jan 1, 2018 at 9:28 am ET • 1 min read

The Ravens came into Week 17 with a 97.3 percent chance of making the playoffs. All they needed to do was beat the Bengals and they were in. The Bills, meanwhile, needed a lot of help to get into the postseason for the first time since 1999. Specifically, they had just a 14.8 percent chance of breaking the drought. Buffalo took care of business in Miami, and for 59 minutes, the Ravens had done the same against Cincinnati.

Then this happened:

THE @BENGALS!

TOUCHDOWNNNN!

WOW. #Bengals50 pic.twitter.com/NB78jk9U2a
— NFL (@NFL) January 1, 2018

And this was the reaction in the Bills' locker room as that happened:

From Miami, to Buffalo, to New York City...

That playoff moment! #GoBills pic.twitter.com/67p8tn0XEe
— Buffalo Bills (@buffalobills) January 1, 2018

And here are Bills fans, watching the drama in Baltimore unfold:

Omg. pic.twitter.com/LDm7mkSNrT
— Steve Whipple (@S_Whipple) January 1, 2018

How insane were the final minutes for the Ravens and Bills? This chart perfectly encapsulates the insanity:

And here's the final AFC wild card plot, from after the Bills' win was complete, of an insane late afternoon window. pic.twitter.com/7iww6lCMOv
— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) January 1, 2018

And while the Bengals missed the playoffs for a second straight season, there is an upside: Free Buffalo wings!