The Buffalo Bills will look to build on their thrilling, come-from-behind victory against the New England Patriots, as they travel to Cleveland to take on Shedeur Sanders and the Browns. Buffalo can officially clinch a playoff spot this week with a win and an Indianapolis Colts or Houston Texans loss.
Josh Allen is making a late charge to defend his title as NFL MVP, as he's registered back-to-back games with three passing touchdowns and zero interceptions for the first time in his entire career. This season marks his third straight with 25 passing touchdowns and 12 rushing touchdowns. No other player in NFL history has accomplished this once.
As for the other quarterback in this matchup, the rookie Sanders, he took a step back last week in the blowout loss to the Chicago Bears, throwing for 177 yards, zero touchdowns and three interceptions. He's been given the opportunity to finish out the season as Cleveland's starter, and has three games to convince the Browns brass that he's the man moving forward.
This matchup could be decided by the ground game. The Bills offense ranks top two in rushing yards, yards per rush and rushing touchdowns, but the Bills defense ranks bottom three in all three of those same categories. Follow along in the live blog below, as we break down this matchup as it happens.
The Bills offense went to work following the Browns INT, and Josh Allen led Buffalo 61 yards down the field on nine plays. This time, it was Ty Johnson that found the end zone from 2 yards out.
However, the Badgley XP was NO GOOD. Buffalo leads 13-7
It looked like the Browns were putting together another impressive drive, but that was ended by a Jordan Poyer INT.
Shedeur Sanders thew a pass to Quinshon Judkins, who couldn't reel it in. The ball popped up high in the air, and was intercepted by the Bills. Sanders threw it behind Judkins, too high and too hard.
The Bills' first drive was very clearly the "James Cook drive." He rushed 3 times for 67 yards, including this 44-yard touchdown.
We had concerns about the Browns' run defense entering this matchup, and they have struggled early.
Talk about making a statement. Shedeur Sanders just led the Browns offense 69 yards on seven plays, and hit fellow rookie Harold Fannin Jr. for a 13-yard TD!
This Browns offense moved the ball with ease against Buffalo, racking up five first downs while facing just one third down.
Josh Allen has 299 career total TDs in 8 NFL seasons (220 passing, 77 rushing, 2 receiving)
It marks the most through eight and nine seasons in NFL history. Today, he could become the quickest in NFL history (126th game) to score 300 total touchdowns. The current record is Aaron Rodgers at 134 games.
