Buffalo Rumblings
Sunday night’s football game was a roller coaster of emotions for fans of both teams as the Buffalo Bills bumbled around the field for the majority of 50 minutes of play. There were a few bright moments to open the game — an opening-drive touchdown, Ed Oliver looking like a man on a mission — but mostly they looked like a team that thought it was still preseason.
The Baltimore Ravens, on the other hand, appeared to be in postseason form. Derrick Henry didn’t have to bully his way through defenders; he was blowing past them. Lamar Jackson couldn’t have caught the Bills defense any more asleep ( looking at you Joey Bosa) if he had crept into their hotel rooms. The Ravens’ defense looked like they were in Buffalo’s huddle with Josh Allen and knew every play call.
But, the game isn’t over until the clock hits 0:00, and the Bills used those few moments where they seemed to remember this was a game that counted to keep the score relatively close. And I use that term very loosely, because 15 points is not close. Down two scores with four minutes left to play is not a winnable ball game. Right? Well, by know we all know how that worked out. Not one member of Bills Mafia has much of a voice left, but just in case you do, here are a few more things to Shout! About.
Let’s start with Josh Allen, we know he is now the Bills all-time rushing touchdown leader, having surpassed Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas last night, but there’s more to Allen’s Week 1 chapter than that.
Allen joins Cam Newton as the only quarterbacks to lead their franchise in rushing touchdowns.
With two rushing (okay, one was jumping but there’s no category for that), touchdowns on Sunday night, Allen is now just nine scores away from Newton’s all-time rushing TDs by a quarterback (75).
Allen is now 4-2 versus Lamar Jackson when both were the starting quarterback of a game. He’s 2-2 in the regular season and 2-0 in the playoffs. Allen is one of only two quarterbacks to have three-plus wins against Jackson (yes, the other one is Patrick Mahomes).
Sunday was the fifth time, the most in the NFL, that Allen recorded 300-plus passing yards and two-plus rushing touchdowns in the same game.
Of his 394 passing yards, 251 of them came in the fourth quarter. That is the most passing yards in any single quarter Allen has ever recorded.
Ed Oliver was a one-man wrecking crew Sunday night. He finished the game with a career-high six solo tackles, three tackles for a loss, and a sack. Oliver added a forced fumble in the fourth quarter, punching the ball out of Derrick Henry’s hands in what would become the turning point of the game and leading to a Bills touchdown a minute and eight seconds later.
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