‘Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen’s second rushing touchdown Sunday was a leaping effort into the end zone over Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker that put the team up by two scores in the fourth quarter, but the landing appeared to leave Allen with a left hand injury.’
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NFL has first legal 12-men-on-field play in league history in Week 1, and this is how it happened
‘The Bills were able to use this rule when the ball fell off the kicking tee twice. Bills punter Sam Martin had to hold the ball for Tyler Bass as he kicked the ball out of the end zone — resulting in a touchback. NFL on CBS analyst Ross Tucker was more than excited to explain this rule during the Bills’ win over the Arizona Cardinals.’
Bills’ Josh Allen Seemed to Sell Refs on Horrible Roughing-the-Passer Call Before TD
‘Late in the first half of the Buffalo Bills’ matchup with the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Allen convinced an official to call roughing the passer on what appeared to be a clean sack by Zaven Collins.’
Josh Allen injury: Bills quarterback injures non-throwing hand in Week 1 victory over the Cardinals
‘Allen dove into the endzone after hurdling an Arizona defender. He landed awkwardly and was examined by medical staff on the sideline. The good news is that the injury is to his non-throwing hand, but it still will be something to monitor going forward to see if it hinders his ability to receive the ball from the center.’
3 things we learned from Bills win over Cardinals in Week 1
‘The tightly contested battle featured some positives and negatives for the defending AFC East champs. Early on, the Cardinals had all the momentum and opened up a 17-3 lead in the second quarter. It looked grim.’
Josh Allen shines for Buffalo Bills in week 1 victory
‘From a raw stats perspective, Allen finished the game going 18/23 for 232 yards and 2 touchdowns through the air, while also adding 9 carries for 39 yards and 2 touchdowns on the ground. And in doing so, routinely displayed the athleticism and controlled chaos style he’s become known for.’
Watch: Josh Allen goes airborne over Cardinals’ Budda Baker for fourth Week 1 touchdown
‘The Bills’ star already had one rushing touchdown and two scores through the air, but his fourth total score of the day was vintage Josh Allen.’
Josh Allen becomes second quarterback in NFL history to put together historic stat-line
‘Allen ran for two scores and threw two more to lift Buffalo over the Cardinals, and in the process tied Steve Young for the most games with two passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns with four.’
Josh Allen’s first touchdown pass of the year goes to new fan-favorite receiver
‘Hollins spent last season in Atlanta with the Falcons where he only caught 18 passes and didn’t score a touchdown. In his first game with the Bills, he’s already on the scoreboard and has the Bills back in the game.’
Bills, Cardinals trade ridiculous roughing the passer penalties
‘The Week 1 matchup between the Arizona Cardinals and Buffalo Bills featured not one, but two awful roughing the passer penalties that marred the action.’
Bills QB Josh Allen continues to make NFL history in Week 1 win over Cardinals
‘Allen ran for two touchdowns. The first came at the end of the first half to trim the lead to 17-10, and the other in which he leaped over Cardinals safety Budda Baker to extend the Bills’ lead to double digits. No. 17 also threw for two scores – one to Mack Hollins and one to Khalil Shakir.’
Bills defeat Cardinals in nail-biter to open 2024 season
‘In the closing minutes of the first half, the Buffalo offense needed to get something going with a touchdown drive. Allen and company were able to do just that, as the Bills quarterback rushed to the right for a seven-yard touchdown to cut the deficit to 17-10 before halftime.’
McDermott: Coaches, players did great job ‘remaining poised’
‘”We weren’t very good at all. Some of it was that they were getting into third-and-manageable situations and that goes back to winning first and second down. I thought Bobby and the defensive staff did a great job at half time addressing it and making some adjustments and I think we came out better in the second half. We played a little bit more our style of defense and were a little bit more aggressive and just playing and having some fun out there as opposed to waiting and reacting to what they were doing.”‘
Allen: ‘Don’t blink, we’ve been here before’
‘”Don’t blink, we’ve been here before,” said Allen on Sunday following the win in Orchard Park. “We knew we were getting the ball at halftime. We get the ball, find a way to score points before and after the half. And coach [Sean] McDermott preaches that all of the time, that’s good situational football by all of our guys.”‘
Opinion: Josh Allen comes to rescue for Bills in season opener
‘After a very careless lost fumble, where Josh Allen had all day to throw and then didn’t protect the ball, he totally took over the game, accounting for four touchdowns.’