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Bills QB Josh Allen named AFC Offensive Player of the Week | Week 15 2024

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Bills quarterback Josh Allen is the AFC Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Bills to a 48-42 win over the NFC leading Detroit Lions on Sunday afternoon.

This is Allen's third Offensive Player of the Week award this season and now has 14 overall in his career.

Allen and the Bills ended the Lions 11 game winning streak while throwing for 362 yards and 2 touchdowns in addition to rushing for 68 yards and 2 more touchdowns.

"The mindset we had this week was win every play," Allen said. "Whatever the play was, find a way to execute it at the highest level. We were just focused on the next one and guys made really good plays in there."

He also became the first player in NFL history to record multiple pass touchdowns, multiple rush touchdowns, 350+ passing yards & 60+ rushing yards in the same game (including playoffs).

The signal caller added more to the history books when became the first player in NFL history with at least two touchdown passes and two rushing touchdowns in consecutive games and the first player all-time with three such games in a season.

Allen also tied Patrick Mahomes (74 wins) for the second-most regular-season wins by a quarterback in his first seven seasons in NFL history.

With two rushing touchdowns, raised his career rushing touchdown total to 64 and now trails Thurman Thomas (65) by one rushing touchdown for the most in team history.

The Bills had a two-score lead at the end of the first half and opened the second half with a touchdown drive to put them up by three scores.

"We felt like that was one of the ways to beat these guys is you've got to score points, that's what our mindset was," Allen said. "If we had to score 21 to win, we would've tried to score 21. But we're going out there each and every drive… Our guys did a good job of winning the play today."

Down the stretch of the game when the Lions crept within 10 points, Allen made key plays with his arms and legs to continue to keep the clock moving.

"He's as special as they come," offensive coordinator Joe Brady said. "With Josh Allen playing quarterback, he does things that the game doesn't see… Calling plays for a guy like Josh… he's locked in. He gets the game. He's prepared… He understands that the only thing he cares about is finding ways to win football games. I think our team kind of embodies that as well because of him."

The Buffalo Bills will wear their red Color Rush jerseys, white pants, red socks, and white helmets this week as they face the New England Patriots at Highmark Stadium.

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