JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen took a pounding and doled out some punishment, looking every bit like the reigning NFL MVP.
He carried the oft-frustrated franchise to its first postseason road victory in more than three decades, with the AFC’s sixth-seeded Bills winning 27-24 over the third-seeded Jacksonville Jaguars in a wild-card playoff matchup Sunday at EverBank Stadium.
Tough and tenacious, Allen did what he does best. With linebacker Devin Lloyd bearing down on him, Allen found Brandin Cooks for 36 yards just before the 2-minute warning, then capped the go-ahead drive with a 1-yard touchdown run in which Jacksonville let him score to get the ball back.
On the fourth-down play before his score, Allen gained 10 yards on a sneak, refusing to go down while being pushed and pulled to the goal line.
“When your quarterback’s that type of warrior, that type of competitor, it just goes through the whole team,” Buffalo ninth-year head coach Sean McDermott said.