Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen had one of the best games of his four-year NFL career when the Bills crushed the Patriots 47–17 in the AFC wild-card game last Saturday.
Allen, who threw for 308 yards on 21-of-25 passes and five touchdowns, became the third player in NFL history to record five-plus passing touchdowns, zero interceptions and fewer than five incompletions in a single playoff game. The two other players to accomplish this milestone were Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks Peyton Manning (2003) and Kurt Warner (2009).
With Allen’s dominant performance, the Bills and head coach Sean McDermott have continued to build on the franchise’s resume of overtaking the Patriots as the long-standing fixture of the AFC East. After the game, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick walked in the Bills locker room and congratulated Allen on the win and the performance.
