Josh Allen became the cornerstone of a Super Bowl contender not only because he has a rocket arm. Whenever he finds a seam in the open field, the Bills’ superstar takes full advantage. Even if his running lane is tiny by most players’ standards — Allen makes his own space.
We saw the perfect example of Allen, the quarterback, and Allen, the freight train, against the Rams in the NFL opener on Thursday night. After already rekindling some playoff magic with a favorite target earlier in the night, Allen needed to make something happen on a second-half third and long.
With the Rams hot on the Bills’ trail, it became clear pretty quickly that no one, especially if they tried to tackle him one-on-one, was going to stop Allen. Just ask poor Nick Scott, the first victim of a powerful Allen stiff arm in the 2022 season:
JOSH ALLEN SAID GET OFF ME! #BillsMafia #Kickoff2022 on NBC and @peacockTV. pic.twitter.com/Fp6n69jnho
— Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) September 9, 2022
Holy cow. Let’s see another angle of that, shall we?
🚨 Josh Allen stiff arm alert! 🚨
📺: @SNFonNBC pic.twitter.com/Pk5wFFPtNC
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) September 9, 2022
I’m speechless. Look at the way Allen’s holding the ball so casually. He’s not concerned at all about Scott making a play or stopping his progress. Believe me: That is a quarterback positively locked in on the first-down marker and a lot more.
NFL fans loved Allen's ruthlessness on his disrespectful stiff arm against the Rams
That stiff-arm by Josh Allen was something my pops would proud of. @walterpayton #BUFvsLAR
— Jarrett Payton (@paytonsun) September 9, 2022
Josh Allen looking like Derrick Henry with the stiff arm. 😯 #NFL pic.twitter.com/VIajmTunxf
— Woodward Sports Network (@woodwardsports) September 9, 2022
JOSH ALLEN STIFF ARM
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) September 9, 2022
That was a savage stiff arm by Josh Allen
— Gilbert Manzano (@GManzano24) September 9, 2022
every josh allen stiff arm is a blessing
— Nora Princiotti (@NoraPrinciotti) September 9, 2022
Josh Allen after delivering this stiff-arm….. pic.twitter.com/FICvDxNFeH
— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) September 9, 2022
Josh Allen when he did the stiff arm pic.twitter.com/Bet5jIiy1P
— Randy Cruz (@randyjcruz) September 9, 2022
A Bills fan somewhere just created a Josh Allen stiff arm account pic.twitter.com/37BJmK4Dyd
— Safid Deen 💯💯💯💯 (@Safid_Deen) September 9, 2022
I can’t stop watching the Josh Allen stiff arm.
— Adam Schein (@AdamSchein) September 9, 2022
For me, that drive will go down as the time we learned Josh Allen has a Derrick Henry stiff arm in the arsenal.
On top of everything else.#Bills— Thad Brown (@thadbrown7) September 9, 2022
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) September 9, 2022
Josh Allen could stiff arm a planet
— Frank Caliendo (@FrankCaliendo) September 9, 2022
First audible WHEEEW of the season on that Josh Allen stiff arm
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) September 9, 2022
