Jordan Poyer and Siran Neal helped the Buffalo Bills win a lot of games against the Miami Dolphins.

They did it again. Except this time Poyer and Neal were playing for the other team.

A Bills sweep. A raucous Orchard Park celebration. Buffalo players shouting "Big Dubs" - a phrase Poyer popularized - into cameras. The scene was familiar for the former Bills, but their jerseys were different.

The now-Dolphins (2-6) defensive backs committed critical drive-extending fourth-quarter penalties that resulted in a Bills (7-2) go-ahead touchdown and game-winning field goal Sunday.

Tyler Bass' redeeming franchise record 61-yard boot for a 30-27 Bills victory was made possible by an unnecessary roughness call against Poyer with 46 seconds remaining.

Poyer thought the hit was legal.

"I'm just playing football," the Dolphins starting strong safety said. "I thought it was a clean play, felt like I put my helmet right into his chest. It's tough."

The game was tied at 27-27 and Buffalo faced third-and-9 from its 31-yard line. Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen heaved a ball for Keon Coleman against cornerback Cam Smith. Poyer launched and the side of his helmet banged into Coleman's facemask as the ball was jarred loose.

Without the penalty, the Bills would've been forced to punt. Miami's offense was also having success, with its most recent drives ending with a touchdown, touchdown and field goal. The Dolphins could've received the ball with two timeouts and a crack at their own game-winning drive.

Instead, Poyer's penalty gave Buffalo an extra 15 yards and a first down. The Bills only gained 11 yards on the next six offensive plays but it was enough for Bass to connect on the career-long 61-yarder.

"What can you do? I don't know," Poyer said. "I had a great post-break, and he went up for the ball. I literally didn't stop my feet. I felt like I hit him where I was supposed to hit him. The refs didn't think so. It is what it is."

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel praised Poyer but admitted there's not much wiggle room on illegal hits.

"You have to play aggressive in this game for success. I have no doubt that the intentionality was appropriate," McDaniel said. "(Poyer) is a gigantic player for our team and has been phenomenal, really helping us take another step in how we prepare, how we play, how we communicate, all that. But he knows himself that you take it out of your hands and put it in the officials hands the second you don't hit the strike zone. If you didn't, that's going to get called every time because that's against the rules."

Coleman held his right wrist as he walked to the sideline and was wearing a brace after the game.

Neal's infraction came the possession before Poyer's flag. The backup cornerback grabbed onto wide receiver Khalil Shakir for defensive holding on a third-and-6 from the Dolphins' 7-yard line. Allen pass to Coleman fell incomplete in the end zone on the play.

It gave the Bills a fresh set of goal-to-go downs. Buffalo capitalized two plays later as Josh Allen freestyled to flick a 2-yard touchdown pass for a 27-20 lead that changed the trajectory down the stretch. Miami marched for a touchdown to tie the game at 27-27 instead of taking a four-point lead had the Bills settled for a field goal. Buffalo would've needed a touchdown on the final possession instead of Bass' field goal.

Neal was infused into the defense because Miami played without safety Jevon Holland and cornerback Kader Kohou. A special teams stalwart, Neal played 13 defensive snaps Sunday, matching his season total through Miami's first seven games.

The Dolphins signed Poyer and Neal to one-year contracts after they were released by the Bills in March.

Poyer spent seven seasons in Buffalo, and was a first-team All-Pro in 2021 and Pro Bowl selection in 2022. He is fifth in Bills history with 683 tackles. Neal was drafted by the Bills in 2018 and a core special teamer and spot cornerback who played 97 games with the franchise.

This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Ex-Bills Jordan Poyer, Siran Neal commit big penalties in Dolphins loss