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In a nail-biting clash against the Arizona Cardinals, Josh Allen, quarterback of the Buffalo Bills, proved his mettle once again even after a nasty fall on his left hand while attempting to fetch a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
The Bills won the match 34-28, and Allen, whose hand was wrapped in layers of sticky medical tape, said he was "fine" and was waiting for another evaluation of his injury. "Again, we'll find out -- I'm not quite sure. I'm not a doctor.
But just kind of landed on it, I guess," was Allen's post-game explanation captured by Alaina Getzenberg of ESPN. The match did not start well for Allen, who turned the ball over on the very opening drive. Still, he was able to bounce back from this mistake nearly immediately and led an impressive resurgence from a 17-3 defeat.
At the end of the match, Allen managed to connect on 18 of the 23 passes, 232 yards, and two touchdowns in the air, with an astonishing two more on the floor. When it came to his rushing attempts, Allen was acutely aware of the consequences: "The first rushing touchdown, I kind of lowered the shoulder, knowing that was a corner.
Second time, I knew it was Budda (Baker), and Budda's a good player, and he'll lay the boom on you, so I decided to go up and over, but probably can't make a living doing that, but here we are."
Allen's Record-Breaking Leap
Allen performed in such a manner that the devoted Browns fans will never experience again.
Allen now, together with Hall of Famer Steve Young, has the most professional games with 2-passing and 2-rushing touchdowns in history. What’s more, this match was the tenth time he had two or more rushing touchdowns in a game, equalling the record set by Cam Newton, who stays shy of Jalen Hurts.
Dion Dawkins, the Bills' left tackle, stated that he would compare Allen’s leap to that of a Jet flyover at the start of a game when he said, "I thought it was the flyover. I just said, shoot, what goes up, must come down.
And I hope you come down in the end zone. And he did. You know, that big quarterback, it's hard to stop that, especially when you're flying." While Buffalo gears up to face the Dolphins on Thursday night for a short week, most of the focus will be on the status of Allen, who injured his non-throwing hand.
Apart from this, the performance on Sunday reiterated his toughness and demonstrated his importance in the team’s offense, which has been incorporating new players and a shifting defense. The expectation is that Allen soars again with no jinx, unlike the ordeal that just passed.
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