Bills 47, Jaguars 10
Josh Allen threw four touchdown passes in the first half and the Buffalo Bills scored on each of their first five drives in a 47-10 win over Trevor Lawrence and Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday night.
Allen went 22 of 28 for 247 yards in the first 30 minutes alone, with completions to nine receivers. He only attempted two passes after halftime, finishing 23 of 30 for 263 yards before Mitchell Trubisky relieved him.
He completed touchdown passes to Dalton Kincaid, Keon Coleman, Khalil Shakir and Ty Johnson. James Cook opened the scoring with a 6-yard run.
Buffalo’s defense, meanwhile, limited the Jaguars to 70 yards, five first downs and a field goal in five first-half possessions. The game was essentially over when Allen completed a 16-yard TD pass to Johnson 19 seconds before halftime.
Safety Damar Hamlin contributed to the rout with his first career interception.
Hamlin’s interception came some 21 months after he went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated on the field in a game at Cincinnati, which was also played on a Monday night.
The four-time defending AFC East champions are off to their first 3-0 start since 2020 and third since coach Sean McDermott took over in 2017. They have topped 30 points in each game.
The Jaguars are in free fall. They last opened 0-3 in 2021 under coach Urban Meyer, who was fired before the end of the season.
Lawrence finished 21 of 38 for 178 yards with a touchdown and interception. He’s lost eight straight starts dating to last season, and hasn’t won since he had 364 yards passing in a 24-21 victory at Houston on Nov. 26.
Commanders 38, Bengals 33
Rookie Jayden Daniels threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score, and the Washington Commanders upset Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals 38-33.
Daniels finished 21 of 23 for 254 yards, with the No. 2 overall draft pick setting an NFL rookie record for completion percentage at 91.3%. The Commanders (2-1) scored on every possession except for kneel-downs at the end of each half and have not punted or turned the ball over in their last two games.
Neither Washington nor Cincinnati punted or turned it over, the first time that’s happened in the Super Bowl era.
Burrow threw for 324 yards and three scores, but the Bengals (0-3) simply couldn’t keep up. Cincinnati is off to its worst start since dropping its first 11 games on the way to a 2-14 finish in 2019.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels throws a big time 27-yard touchdown to wide receiver Terry McLaurin to go up by 11 over the Bengals late in the 4th quarter. This is the play that ultimately gave the Commanders the win.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow throws a strike to wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase for a 31-yard touchdown midway through the 4th to get within a score of the Commanders.
Buffalo Bills running back Ty Johnson’s 16-yard touchdown catch is Buffalo’s FIFTH first half score against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Five different players scored a touchdown in the first half.
