Top 3 things we learned from Bills vs. Steelers NFL Playoffs

In the fourth quarter, with the Bills up 24-17 and needing one last drive to seal the game, the offense went on a 7-play, 70-yard drive culminating in a wild catch and run from Shakir.

Shakir appeared to have been spun down by a Steelers defender but somehow kept his balance and weaved through defenders for six points. Highmark Stadium erupted, sensing a Wild Card win was in hand up 31-17 with four minutes to play.

"Just a shallow cross, my job is to get across the field and show eyes if they do blitz and Josh put it right on me — and, I don't know, the dude hit me and I was able to just stay up and make a play from there. Everyone else finished the play as well, everyone else finished blocks and I was able to get in the end zone."

McDermott drew a comparison to Rams rookie receiver Puka Nacua who fell to the Rams in the fifth round of the draft — and how neither Shakir or Nacua are seen as premier athletes but instead are smart, tough players who still find ways to produce.

Shakir, Buffalo's fifth round draft pick last season, has at least 30 yards receiving in his first three playoff games as a Bill.

"It was the young receiver the Rams have, and how he's (Nacua) not a great tester, or this or that, he's a great football player," McDermott said. "If you measure Khalil by playing the game of football, I think he's a pretty, pretty special player and personal, for that matter."