On Sunday night in Orchard Park, Bills QB Josh Allen set an NFL record with his 10th game with a passing and rushing TD this season en route to a 31-10 Buffalo win over the Dallas Cowboys.
But it was Bills running back James Cook who would ultimately account for 221 total yards from scrimmage of Buffalo’s 266 total yards of offense.
“I felt like the kid that didn’t do anything in the class project and got an A,” Allen said to the press after the game.
The QB went for 94 yards and a touchdown on only seven completed passes on fifteen attempts, with 24 yards and another score on the ground. Ty Johnson contributed 54 yards and Latavius Murray a touchdown as well.
“I wouldn’t say that was our game plan going into it,” he continued. “We trusted the five guys up front. I thought our tight ends blocked really well, too. So six, seven guys up front. The backs made us right. I think we had 270 yards rushing, something like that. It’s unbelievable.”
What’s more, it featured two significant improvements from recent years in that it didn’t rely too heavily on Allen to do everything, and it featured an established run game as part of the Bills’ offense.
“We’re getting better as the season goes on,” Allen added. “I think that’s kind of what we’re built for, games like this. Finding ways. Our defense went out there against a fantastic offense and did their thing. It was a complete team win today.”
“You need to be able to play that way down the stretch because of weather or they’re taking away your fastball,” McDermott said “I just believe in that. Just philosophically, holistically, you’ve got to show that you can do that: Be a two-dimensional offense or, in this case, a one-dimensional offense via the run. It just helps the whole football team. It keeps their explosive offense on the sideline. And it’s just a mindset, too.”
The Bills helped their cause in pursuit of a playoff berth, keeping their hopes alive with three games left ahead of them in the regular season.
“We’ve just got to keep finding ways to win,” Allen pointed out. “Some days it’s going to be like that. Some days it’s going to be the opposite. We’re going to have to throw the ball. So we understand that. We know that. But at the end of the day, especially in the spot that we’re at right now, just win.”
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