Two Bills Drive

‘The good news appeared then. Allen didn’t go to the blue medical tent. Instead, he sat on the bench, put on his baseball cap and just had a conversation.’

‘Coleman, who had 556 yards and four touchdowns as a rookie, now has a history of discipline from the team. Buffalo benched him as a healthy scratch again in Week 12 against the Houston Texans for “Thursday Night Football,” making it the fourth time that the team has benched the wide receiver in less than two years.’

‘He’s been out for weeks now with a pectoral injury. Even before his absence, Hamlin wasn’t playing a ton. Cole Bishop had usurped Hamlin’s role on the field.’

‘Buffalo made the final minutes interesting, with Allen driving the Bills into the Texans’ 20-yard line. It was a miraculous 4th & 27 call — a Josh Palmer to Khalil Shakir hook-and-ladder — that set the Bills up, Though, Houston got one final stop, Allen threw his second interception of the game on fourth down as the Texans defense showed why it’s the league’s best.’

‘The Bills’ roller-coaster ride continues. They lost at the Dolphins after beating the Chiefs. They lost to the Texans after beating the Buccaneers. The latest defeat is putting a chance at a sixth consecutive AFC East title in serious jeopardy and also making Buffalo’s job harder just to earn a wild-card berth.’

‘It was about 9 p.m. along the Erie Canal when Josh Allen was taken to the turf in Houston, hard, by superstar pass rusher Will Anderson. That’s when Allen started writhing in pain.’

‘Here’s a look at how the Texans have found success against Allen since 2018.’

‘The Bills faced fourth-and-27 on Thursday night, down four to the Houston Texans, game on the line. And they called for some trickery. Josh Allen lofted a pass about halfway to the marker to Joshua Palmer, crossing the field right to left. Crossing just in front of Palmer, left to right, was Khalil Shakir. Palmer flipped the ball to Shakir, a backward lateral, a bit of a hook-and-ladder, and Shakir was off.’

‘Hairston suffered the injury in the third quarter and was in clear pain on the field after it. He is being tended to by trainers as of this writing.’

‘In the third quarter, linebacker Terrel Bernard was in the midst of making a tackle when fellow linebacker Matt Milano came over and joined him. Bernard was grabbing his arm after the play and taken directly to the locker room. It looked like Milano’s helmet banged into Bernard’s arm, which is likely what caused the injury.’

‘However, Davis showed his explosiveness on Thursday night against the Houston Texans late in the second quarter when he took a kick return 97 yards to the house.’

‘Allen finished the first half with just 88 passing yards and one interception, and he isn’t even producing on the ground with just four yards on three carries.’