And on a frigid, windy night in Buffalo, it was Taron Johnson who lived out his dream and helped Josh Allen take another step closer to truly beginning his Jim Kelly legacy.

It was Taron Johnson who intercepted Lamar Jackson for a 101-yard pick-six that sent the Bills to their first AFC Championship in 27 years with a 17-3 victory over the Ravens.

It was Taron Johnson who made 6,700 Bills Mafia fans, some of them bare chested, sound more like 67,000 fans.

It was Taron Johnson, a third-year cornerback out of Weber State whose young career had been compromised by injuries, who made the biggest play of his life in the biggest game of his life.

“They always tell us, ‘Look at the vision of the quarterback, he’s gonna take you where the ball is, especially in zone,’ ” Johnson said.

He wound up futilely chasing Taron Johnson.

“I caught the ball and I kind of looked down, but then I looked up, and I just seen a bunch of green grass to the right side,” Johnson said.

“After I caught it, I definitely thought for a second maybe I should kneel it,” Johnson said.

“I saw Lamar coming, I slowed down a little bit to let Tre [White] get in front of me, just to help me out,” Johnson said.

Then here came Lamar Jackson.

And in the blink of an eye, there went Lamar Jackson.

Then here came Taron Johnson.

Lamar Jackson, third-and-goal at the 9, threw a dart for Andrews in the end zone and next thing he knew, he was futilely chasing Johnson on his dramatic 101-yard pick-six.

It was Jackson’s first red-zone interception after throwing 49 career TDs.

Thanks in large part to Taron Johnson, he can be Jim Kelly