Predictably, Allen did not want to soar credit for the return.
“It took everyone there. I’m just proud of our team for being in it,” Allen said. “No one on the sidelines flashed. I mean, down 15 points, whatever we had five, six minutes left. To have it, fans leave the stadium, you got to play this game for 60 minutes.
Although Lamar Jackson and Henry stole the show in the first three plus quarters, the last 12 minutes of Allen were.
He finished 33-of-46 (71.1%) in 394 meters, two contact surfaces and zero shuttles for 112.0 points. He added 14 rush to 30 meters and two points on the ground. Allen became the fourth prevailing MVP with four plus offensive eg in week 1 during the season and came to Thurman Thomas (1992), Brett Favre (1996) and Tom Brady (2011).
Allen’s teammates, especially the new ones, could not believe what they watched.
“I’m like a dream now. It was amazing,” said Joey Bosa after his first game as a bill. “I don’t know if I’ve ever been so happy after victory. It is obvious, this is just the first game of the year and we gave up many points and I could be better in many ways. But we got the winnings and we gave ourselves a break.
“And I guess when you have Josh Allen, you just have to give him a chance and everything is possible.”
It’s only a week 1. There are 257 more of these battles. Wave up.