Bills vs. Ravens Week 1 snap counts: Death, taxes, and Josh Allen doing something historic

It’s Victory Monday, and boy, does it feel good to be back! In a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback, the Buffalo Bills defeated the Baltimore Ravens, 41-40, on Sunday Night Football in the final home opener at the current Highmark Stadium, improving their record to 1-0 to start the season.

It was a battle of NFL MVPs as quarterbacks Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson battled back and forth from the first whistle. It was Allen who came out on top, thanks to a historic fourth-quarter performance, totaling 251 passing yards, 18 rushing yards and three total touchdowns (two rushing and one passing). He became the first quarterback to throw for 250-plus yards in the fourth quarter of a win.

The history making doesn’t stop there, either. Allen totaled two rushing touchdowns on the night, with the first one being his 66th career rushing touchdown, which passed Bills Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas for the most rushing touchdowns in Bills’ franchise history.

Both teams entered the Sunday Night Football matchup with key players missing due to injury. Baltimore was without both tight end Isaiah Likely and fullback Patrick Ricard, a significant blow to its offensive game plan. Bills’ cornerback Tre’Davious White and his groin injury headlined the Week 1 injury report, resulting in a spot start for rookie sixth-round cornerback Dorian Strong. Wide receiver Curtis Samuel was a healthy scratch as Buffalo opted to roll with five wide receivers in Week 1.

See the full injury report here.

Bills offensive snap counts (85 snaps)

D.Dawkins T – 85 snaps (100%)
D.Edwards G – 85 snaps (100%)
O.Torrence G – 85 snaps (100%)
S.Brown T – 85 snaps (100%)
J.Allen QB – 85 snaps (100%)
C.McGovern G – 85 snaps (100%)
K.Coleman WR – 75 snaps (88%)
K.Shakir WR – 60 snaps (71%)
J.Palmer WR – 53 snaps (62%)
J.Cook RB – 48 snaps (56%)
D.Knox TE – 48 snaps (56%)
D.Kincaid TE – 43 snaps (51%)
Ty.Johnson RB – 28 snaps (33%)
T.Shavers WR – 17 snaps (20%)
J.Hawes TE – 16 snaps (19%)
R.Gilliam FB – 12 snaps (14%)
E.Moore WR – 12 snaps (14%) R.Davis RB – 10 snaps (12%)
A.Anderson T – 3 snaps (4%)

It’s always a beautiful sight to see all five starting linemen log 100% of the snaps. It’s even better to see second-year wideout Keon Coleman (88%) lead all pass catchers in snaps as he looks to take the league by storm after having missed multiple games his rookie season. Coleman led the team in targets (11), receptions (8) and yards (112), a good indicator that the sophomore is in for a monster role in this offense.

Fellow wideouts Khalil Shakir (71%) and Josh Palmer (62%) logged 15 and 22 fewer snaps, respectively, than Coleman, but still posted meaningful stat lines and garnered nine targets each. Twenty-six-year-old fan favorite Tyrell Shavers (20%) logged just 17 snaps while Elijah Moore (14%) logged 12. Moore hauled in a screen pass and added an eight-yard rush,...