Jaguars Stifle Bills

Josh Allen, no…not that Josh Allen.

The key to stopping Josh Allen? Turns out, it’s having a guy named Josh Allen.

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ defender — who shares the same name as the Buffalo Bills’ star quarterback — had a monstrous game in the Jaguars’ shocking 9-6 upset TIAA Bank Field.

In one of the biggest upsets of this NFL season, the Jaguars clawed their way to a 9-6 upset of the Bills.

The story of the game was that Jaguars defensive end Josh Allen was great, and Bills quarterback Josh Allen was terrible. The Jaguars’ Allen sacked the Bills’ Allen, intercepted the Bills’ Allen and recovered a fumble by the Bills’ Allen.

All season long the Jaguars have had a terrible pass defense, and Allen has been an MVP candidate. But that wasn’t the case today. The Jaguars’ defense completely shut Allen down.

This was Jacksonville’s second win of the season. They started 0-5 and are now 2-6, with victories in two of their past three games. It’s head coach Urban Meyer’s biggest win since his Ohio State days.

Trevor Lawrence had a wide-open Marvin Jones deep with just over three minutes for what could have been a game-clinching touchdown, but Lawrence overthrew his receiver.

The Bills got the ball back and drove into Jacksonville territory quickly with time winding down. But Buffalo’s Allen couldn’t connect with Gabriel Davis on a key third down, which could have put the Bills in business. On the ensuing third-down play, Allen was sacked near midfield.

It appeared as if Allen had lost the ball, but no fumble was called. It didn’t matter, as the Jaguars stopped the Bills on fourth down.

Allen completed 31 of 47 passes for 264 yards and two interceptions.

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence was far from great, but he managed to avoid making any big mistakes against a good Bills defense, and that was just enough for the Jaguars to win a low-scoring game.

The Jaguars aren’t going anywhere this season, but after improving to 2-6, Urban Meyer can make the case that he has his team moving in the right direction. The 5-3 Bills may still be Super Bowl contenders, but they also may look back at the end of this season and regret what this loss did to their playoff seeding.