Josh Allen is lining up for another shot at NFL history, and the Raiders may have handed him the perfect runway.
Buffalo heads into its matchup with Las Vegas with Allen sitting on the edge of three more milestones, all tied to his legs. The Bills quarterback has already stacked up a season full of landmark moments, including becoming the fourth quarterback in NFL history to reach 100 career wins, including the playoffs, alongside Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson and Tom Brady.
Now the next chapter could come against a Raiders defense that has struggled badly to stop the run.
According to the Buffalo Bills’ PR X account, Allen can hit three different rushing benchmarks in this game. If he runs for 40 yards, he would join Lamar Jackson, Michael Vick, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson as the only quarterbacks with at least 5,000 rushing yards. Allen is averaging 47.8 rushing yards per game, so that mark is very much in play.
A touchdown on the ground would put him in a rare lane of his own. It would make him the second quarterback in NFL history to score a rushing touchdown in six straight games in a season.
The only other one to do it was Justin Fields in 2022 with the Chicago Bears. And if Buffalo gets deep enough inside the 5-yard line, the Bills’ “tush push” to the left side figures to be waiting.
There’s also a bigger number on the table. If Allen scores twice on the ground, he would become the first quarterback in NFL history to reach 10 rushing touchdowns in his first six games played in a season.
The matchup only adds to the sense that this could be a big day for Buffalo on the ground. The Raiders are allowing 140.6 rushing yards per game, which ranks fourth-worst in the league. They’ve also given up 120-plus rushing yards in four straight games, per Pro Football Reference.
Allen gave a reminder of what he can do as a runner last week, piling up 121 rushing yards against the Rams. That came against a better defense than the one Buffalo sees this week, and with James Cook in the mix plus options like Ray Davis and Ty Johnson, the Bills’ rushing attack looks set up to stress Las Vegas all afternoon.
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