By Mike Bonts, Florida Sports Wire
Rain before kickoff did not stop the Bufalo Bills (3-0) as they dominated all three phases of the game, defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars (0-3) 47-10 on Monday night.
Bills QB Josh Allen orchestrated the offense, passing for 263 yards and finding four different receivers for touchdowns, as well as leading the charge in the running game, rushing for 44 yards.
James Cook captured a touchdown on the ground in addition to 39 yards rushing and 4 catches for 48 yards. Kahlil Shakir led all Bills receivers catching all six of his targets for 72 yards and a touchdown.
Dorian Williams amassed 10 total tackles and Damar Hamlin caught the lone interception of the game.
The Jaguars started the second half firing on all cylinders with QB Trevor Lawrence throwing his first touchdown of the game to Brenton Strange, shrinking the Bills lead to 24-points.
The Bills offense responded with a Tyler Bass 27-yard field goal to bring the lead to 27 points.
After the defense forced two stops of the Jaguars offense, Bass knocked down a 47-yard field goal, expanding the lead back to 30-points.
Rookie Ray Davis nailed the final blow into the Jaguars, finding the end zone and bringing the score to 47-10 in favor of the Bills.
The Bills’ offense started the game off hot with Allen completing five of his first six passes, including a 19-yard catch on the first play from scrimmage to Cook.
On an early fourth down and three from the Jacksonville 44-yard line, Allen found Shakir for a long completion of 12 yards before Cook ultimately punched it in for the first score of the game from the six-yard line.
The defense matched the offense’s energy, forcing an early three-and-out of Lawrence and the Jaguars offense with Rasul Douglas forcing incompletions in the direction of receivers Brian Thomas and Gabe Davis.
Allen continued to air out the ball on the next drive, finding Dalton Kincaid on a 28-yard completion up the right sideline that brought them back into the red zone on back-to back possessions.
They were aggressive on another fourth down in the red zone, converting on a fourth-down-and-one from an Allen run. Allen then threaded the needle to Kincaid in the back of the end zone, scoring a touchdown on back-to-back drives to start the game.
The Bills continued their dominant evening when Hamlin intercepted Lawrence on a pass late in the second quarter.
With the ball at the Jaguars’ 41-yard line, the Bills found pay dirt again. Allen found Shakir, who bounced around and ran into the end zone for a 27-yard touchdown, increasing their lead to 27-3.
Ja’Marcus Ingram put an end to any hope the Jaguars had of cashing in on their following drive, sacking Lawrence on third down and forcing a punt, giving the offense the ball for one final possession before the first half ended.
Aided by two offsides and an unnecessary roughness penalty, Allen fired a pass into Ty Johnson who ran behind the defense into the end zone, increasing the lead to 34-3.