ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — If the Buffalo Payments are making some type of loud assertion by opening their season with consecutive routs, quarterback Josh Allen isn’t about to lift his voice.
As he did following a 31-10 win over the defending Tremendous Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams, Allen dismissed questions concerning the message the Payments despatched by throttling the Tennessee Titans 41-7 in Buffalo’s residence opener on Monday evening.
“Once we execute how we all know we’re alleged to execute, success sometimes results in success,” Allen mentioned. “We’re simply making an attempt to be the very best model of ourselves.”
It made no distinction to Allen whether or not the Payments earned some vindication in opposition to an opponent that had defeated them in every of the previous two seasons.
“It doesn’t matter who it’s in opposition to. Like, that’s an excellent workforce that we performed,” he mentioned. “For us to go try this was nice.”
Allen threw 4 landing passes, together with three to Stefon Diggs, and the Payments’ protection did the remaining, containing Derrick Henry and the Titans. Buffalo compelled 4 turnovers, together with linebacker Matt Milano returning the second of Ryan Tannehill’s two interceptions 43 yards for a landing.
Buffalo by no means trailed and blew the sport open by outscoring the Titans 24-0 within the third quarter. The surge started within the last minute of the second quarter when Buffalo went forward 17-7 on Allen’s 4-yard landing move to Diggs.
Allen topped 300 yards passing for the fifteenth time of his profession, finishing 26 of 38 makes an attempt for 317 yards, and sat out the whole fourth quarter. Diggs had 12 catches for 148 yards. He has exceeded 100 yards in every of his first two video games, a feat completed beforehand for the Payments solely by Corridor of Famer Andre Reed.
“It was so much left on the bone, actually,” Diggs mentioned with a shrug. “We had a number of factors. I feel we had one punt and I feel it got here again to us. However simply doing all your job, and at this level we’re doing OK I assume.”
The Titans, coming off a 21-20 season-opening loss to the New York Giants, opened 0-2 for the primary time since 2012.
The 2-time defending AFC South champions face quite a few questions on a protection that gave up 313 yards passing every week after permitting 238 yards dashing. Meantime, their offense mustered 187 yards, managed 12 first downs and had two of 11 drives end in Payments territory.
“We bought our (butts) kicked, plain and easy,” coach Mike Vrabel mentioned after essentially the most lopsided loss in his four-plus seasons teaching the Titans. “They outplayed us they usually outcoached us, and that’s the definition of it. We’re going to return to work and take a look at to determine how one can win a soccer recreation.”
Whereas Tannehill was benched after throwing his second interception, the Titans’ Henry-led working recreation continued to be grounded.
The 2-time dashing champion was restricted to 25 yards on 13 carries whereas scoring on a 2-yard plunge.
“I satisfaction myself on making performs and being a playmaker for this workforce. And I didn’t try this tonight,” Henry mentioned. “They had been the higher workforce tonight in all three phases, the entire recreation. We simply weren’t adequate. In any respect.”
Accidents affected each groups, essentially the most severe involving Payments cornerback Dane Jackson, who harm his neck in a troubling collision with a teammate and was taken to a hospital for analysis. The Payments mentioned Jackson had full motion in his limbs.
Coach Sean McDermott mentioned Jackson was nonetheless awaiting check outcomes. Your complete Payments workforce gathered round Jackson as he was loaded into an ambulance on the sphere.
“You go from being a coach to only a human. That’s an actual second,” McDermott mentioned. “Simply praying for him. It’s an unlucky scenario.”
Tannehill completed 11 of 20 for 117 yards and was benched following Milano’s interception with 3:49 left within the third quarter. Rookie Malik Willis took over, and if Tannehill continues to wrestle, Tennessee followers will need to see extra of the younger backup.
Vrabel careworn he benched lots of his starters to guard them from getting harm.
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