Bills' Allen, 0-7 in OT games entering MNF, finally gets over hump in wild win — SkimNews
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- Josh Allen led the Buffalo Bills to a 37-34 overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football, snapping a career-long 0-7 streak in OT games that included three season-ending playoff losses (he had averaged 292 passing yards, 75 rushing yards and a couple of touchdowns per game in those losses).
- Greg Rousseau blocked the Rams' would-be winning field goal in overtime, giving the Bills a reprieve after Allen admitted he was "crossing his fingers" hoping a defender would make a play to extend the game.
- Across the fourth quarter and overtime, Allen went 5-for-5 passing for 121 yards and ran six times for 91 yards and a touchdown, finishing with 121 rushing yards — the second-best single-game rushing total of his career.
- Coach Joe Brady called four consecutive rushes in overtime — two by James Cook and two by Allen, who gained 19 and 13 yards on his back-to-back carries to set up Tyler Bass's game-winning 45-yard field goal.
- The Bills committed 13 penalties, allowed 40 completions, turned the ball over twice (including once in OT), and played without receivers DJ Moore and Joshua Palmer — yet still survived on Allen's legs and Brady's run-heavy OT script.
Why it matters: Allen was 0-7 in OT entering Monday, including three season-ending playoff losses, so breaking that streak in a 13-penalty, two-turnover game without receivers DJ Moore and Joshua Palmer carries real weight. It proves the Bills can win ugly on Allen's legs when nothing else works, but Brady's own admission — that leaning on 121 rushing yards isn't sustainable — signals Buffalo's margin for error hasn't actually changed.
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