Josh Allen keeps giving the Bills a chance to do something memorable, and Monday night against the Rams comes with a few more milestones sitting right there for the taking.
Buffalo heads to Los Angeles for Monday Night Football looking to rebound from its Week 4 loss to the New England Patriots, and Allen remains the piece that can swing the whole night. The Bills’ list of must-dos is obvious enough, but in games like this, he’s the one who changes the temperature. He’s the engine.
That matters even more because Allen has already carved out some wild afternoons against the Rams. The most recent meeting in LA came two years ago, when Buffalo lost 44-42 despite Allen piling up 6 total touchdowns. That one stung, and now he gets a shot at the rematch.
This matchup also comes with history attached. According to the Buffalo Bills’ PR X account, Allen has three separate chances to put his name in the record book against Los Angeles.
First, a win would push him into a class with Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, and Tom Brady. Allen would become one of only four quarterbacks in NFL history to reach 100 career wins in his first nine seasons, including the postseason.
There’s more. If he produces 4 or more total touchdowns, he would own the longest streak against a single opponent in NFL history with that stat line. He’s already built the foundation for that run against the Rams: 5 total touchdowns in the Bills’ 35-32 win in 2020, 4 total scores in the 31-10 win in 2022, and then the 6-touchdown explosion in 2024 that still ended in defeat.
And if Allen finds the end zone on the ground, he’d also become the first quarterback in history to record a rushing touchdown in his team’s first five games of a season.
That’s the Allen experience in a nutshell. He keeps landing in these spots where the numbers start stacking up around him.
This time, though, the stat line matters less than the result. For Allen and the Bills, the goal is simple: leave LA with a win.
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