Josh Allen threw 4 landing passes within the first half and the Buffalo Bills scored on every of their first 5 drives in a 47-10 victory over a struggling Trevor Lawrence and the struggling Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday evening.
Allen was 22-of-28 for 247 yards within the first half-hour alone, with completions to 9 receivers. He tried simply two passes after halftime, ending 23-of-30 for 263 yards earlier than Mitchell Trubisky changed him.
And he distributed the wealth, finishing landing passes to Dalton Kincaid, Keon Coleman, Khalil Shakir and Ty Johnson. James Cook opened the scoring with a 6-yard run.
Buffalo’s protection, in the meantime, restricted the Jaguars to 70 yards, 5 first downs and a area purpose in 5 first-half possessions. The recreation was primarily over when Allen accomplished a 16-yard TD move to Johnson 19 seconds earlier than halftime.
Safety Damar Hamlin contributed to the route with his first profession interception. He simply intercepted Lawrence’s errant move supposed for rookie Brian Thomas Jr. Five performs later, Allen accomplished a 27-yard landing move to Shakir, who caught the ball on the 22 and broke two tackles as he ran down the proper sideline for the rating.
Damar Hamlin and his teammates have fun his first profession interception. (Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images)
The four-time defending AFC East champions are off to a 3-0 begin for his or her first recreation since 2020 and their third since coach Sean McDermott took over in 2017. They have topped 30 factors in every recreation.
The Jaguars are in free fall. They final opened 0-3 in 2021 beneath coach Urban Meyer, who was fired earlier than the top of the season.
