Watt and starting safety Terrell Edmunds (concussion) and starting cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon (hamstring). Whatever spark the Steelers hoped rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett would provide in his first career start was negated by a defense missing top pass rusher T.J. And we’ve got to know that there’s going to be better days.” We need to absorb the position that we are in, what transpired today. Just disappointed that we didn’t coach well enough or play well enough to prevent if from happening. “There’s nothing mystical about it,” he added, noting the Bills did the same thing in beating Tennessee 41-7 in Week. “We just got smashed today,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. The loss was the biggest margin of defeat for the Steelers since a 51-0 rout against the Cleveland Browns on Sept. Very little went right for the Steelers (1-4), who have lost four straight - their longest skid since opening the 2013 season with four losses. Pulled in favor of backup Case Keenum in the fourth quarter, Allen finished 20 of 31 for 424 yards, the second most in team history, and most in a game ending in regulation.ĭavis became just the fifth NFL player since 2000 to have two touchdown catches of 60 or more yards in the same game, and first since Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase had a pair in a 34-31 win over Kansas City on Jan.
“And I feel like that mindset really separates good teams from other good teams.”ĭespite wind gusts of up to 20 mph, Allen’s 348 yards passing in the first half were tied for the second most over the opening two quarters in an NFL game since 1991. “We came into this with the killer instinct, attitude, the mindset of domination,” Miller added. “We like to go fast,” Bills pass rusher Von Miller said of the team’s identity on both sides of the ball. I tell him he’s still slow, but that was amazing.”Īllen followed what matched the franchise record for longest completion by throwing three more touchdown passes - including a 62-yarder to Davis and 15-yarder to Diggs some two minutes apart - in the first half alone in picking apart a flimsy and injury-depleted secondary.įollowing two close calls in splitting its past two outings, Buffalo (4-1) overcame its own injury-depleted offense which was missing three receivers and starting tight end Dawson Knox, to build a 31-3 lead by halftime.
I just kind of heard the crowd go crazy,” Allen said. “I kind of got hit right when I threw it, so I didn’t see him catch it. Three snaps into what became a 38-3 rout of the Steelers is all it took for Allen to prove his instinct correct.įacing third-and-10, and backed up at his 2, Allen aired a pass deep down the middle, which Davis caught in stride for a game-opening 98-yard touchdown. Perhaps, the quarterback hoped, Davis was finally over any lingering issues of an ankle injury that had limited him over the past three weeks. Josh Allen made a mental note after seeing receiver Gabe Davis have a bounce in his step a day earlier during the Buffalo Bills' final walk-through session before facing the Steelers. Allen picks apart Steelers secondary in Bills' 38-3 win
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