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- Josh Allen accounted for five touchdowns — three passing and two rushing — in the Bills' 41-31 victory, becoming just the second player in NFL history (after Kordell Stewart) with multiple games of at least three passing and two rushing touchdowns.
- James Cook III shredded Detroit's defense for 135 rushing yards and a touchdown, with 104 yards before contact — his third career game with 100+ yards before contact — including 83 such yards before halftime.
- Deone Walker, thrust into an expanded role after Ed Oliver's pregame hip scratch, delivered seven quarterback pressures (five in the first half) after recording just six pressures across 200 pass-rush snaps all of last season, plus three batted passes.
- Jared Goff completed 26 of 38 passes for 327 yards and four touchdowns while reaching 40,000 career passing yards in 153 games (sixth-fewest in NFL history), but the Lions fell to 1-1.
- Amon-Ra St. Brown paced Detroit's second-half rally with 142 receiving yards and two touchdowns on nine catches, while Jameson Williams managed just two receptions for 33 yards on four targets, continuing a slow start after a strong training camp.
- DJ Moore was ruled out in the second quarter with a shoulder injury, the lone blemish on a Bills offense that piled up 11 first-quarter first downs — their most since Week 9 of 2020.
- Dan Campbell vented frustration on live television at halftime, telling the locker room 'the little s--- is killing us,' as Detroit trailed 27-10 without starting offensive linemen Christian Mahogany and Blake Miller.
Why it matters: The Lions fall to 1-1 after allowing 30+ points in back-to-back games for the first time since 2021, with two starting offensive linemen already sidelined — raising the stakes on a defense that hasn't looked right through two weeks. Buffalo's 2-0 start behind Allen's historic five-TD night, Cook's 135 rushing yards, and Walker's surprise emergence on the defensive line makes them look like a legitimate AFC contender.
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