Taylor wouldn’t return, and Nathan Peterman scrambled and picked up a first down before being intercepted by Jalen Ramsey to end the game and send Jacksonville to Pittsburgh next weekend. The entire game could be accurately summed up by that sequence.

With a first-and-goal from the 1-yard line in the second quarter, the Bills elected to throw a fade to Kelvin Benjamin instead of handing the ball to their best player, a surprisingly healthy and effective LeSean McCoy. Benjamin was called for offensive pass interference and the Bills ended up having to settle for the field goal they would have originally had if not for the fact that Jacksonville gifted them a first down by jumping offsides on the first field goal attempt.

The Jags took advantage of their trip into the Buffalo red zone in the third quarter, with Blake Bortles, who was awful most of the afternoon, connecting with tight end Ben Koyack for the only touchdown of the game.

There was a whole lot of local flavor in that score. Koyack is a 2011 Oil City graduate who went on to a standout career at Notre Dame before being drafted by the Jags in 2015.

Buffalo Bills center Eric Wood (70), offensive guard Vladimir Ducasse (62) and fullback Patrick DiMarco (42) come off the field after losing to the Jacksonville Jaguars 10-3 in an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

In 2010, Koyack and the Oilers knocked off the Warren Dragons 41-21 in the District 10 Class 3A quarterfinals. Ironically, Koyack scored more touchdowns on Sunday then he did in that game.

His touchdown on Sunday was the only one that mattered to Bills fans, however, who will have to wait at least another year to try for a playoff win.

And to that point, they need to evaluate where they are as a franchise.

They have a bright young coach in Sean McDermott and some talented young players on the defensive side of the ball.

The questions that have to be answered are mostly on the offensive end, and they start at quarterback.

You can do worse than Taylor, but he’s in no way a franchise quarterback. He’s a placeholder. He’s a guy that will win some games but can’t be asked to win you games this time of year.

And Nathan Peterman is not the answer.

I don’t mean to make this sound so simple, because if finding a franchise quarterback were that easy, every team would have one.

There are about 12 to 15 guys on the planet that can play the position at a high level and about five that can play it at a Hall of Fame level.

That being said, the Bills are in a perfect position, because they can still win enough with Taylor to compete.

The Eagles didn’t NEED to trade up to get Carson Wentz, but they did and you see the result.

Again, it’s not that easy, but the Bills should be aggressive in trying to make a move of that nature.

The AFC is ripe for a new team to emerge as an annual contender. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Ben Roethlisberger have dominated the conference for the last 17 years, but Manning is now gone and Brady and Roethlisberger are nearing the end, despite directing easily the two best teams in the conference again this year.

Could the Bills take the next step and become THAT type of team – one that is competing for championships every year like they were in the early 90s?

Only time will tell.