The Buffalo Bills already knocked out a few milestones Monday night, but there’s still plenty left on the board as they head to New Jersey for Week 10 against the Jets.
Josh Allen and James Cook both moved into the 5,000-yard rushing club, and Cook passed Allen on Buffalo’s all-time rushing list, pushing Allen down to fifth and taking over fourth place himself. That cleared out a few items from the watch list, but not all of them. A few more records are still in play, and Greg Rousseau has a real chance to add his own name to the mix before the season is over.
Allen is sitting on the doorstep of another NFL mark. He has tied Peyton Manning’s record of 322 combined passing and rushing touchdowns through a player’s first 10 seasons, and one more would give Allen the record outright. He’s doing it in his ninth season, and he has accounted for at least one touchdown in every game this year, so this one looks very much within reach.
Rousseau, meanwhile, is chasing a personal best. His sack against Minnesota gave him eight on the season, which matches the career highs he set in 2022 and again in 2024. One more sack against the Jets would push him to nine and establish a new high-water mark with eight games still left in the regular season.
There’s also movement possible on Buffalo’s receiving touchdowns list. Dawson Knox has 28 career touchdown catches, which leaves him tied with Stevie Johnson and Gabe Davis.
One more would move him ahead of both and into a tie with Jerry Butler at 29. If Allen finds him twice in the end zone, Knox would reach 30 and pass Butler as well.
Allen has another milestone in sight too, this one on the ground. He already checked off one rushing achievement this week, and now he’s two rushing touchdowns away from 90 for his career.
That would put him alongside Hall of Fame backs Eric Dickerson and Curtis Martin. Two against the Jets would tie him with them; three would move him past both.
Rousseau could also climb another rung on Buffalo’s sack list. He enters Sunday with 40 career sacks, just three behind Mario Williams, who finished his four seasons with the Bills at 43.
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