Josh Allen recorded a season-high three speeding touchdowns — and three passing TDs, for good measure — within the Buffalo Payments’ 44-32 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 11, giving him 75 for his profession.
Solely 3 times in NFL historical past, together with the postseason, has a quarterback had three passing and three speeding touchdowns in a sport. Allen has accomplished it twice (final 12 months in a Week 14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams), and Otto Graham did it as soon as in 1954.
Now in his eighth season, Allen is tied with Cam Newton for essentially the most speeding touchdowns by a quarterback in NFL historical past. Yet another, and the report is his alone.
Nonetheless, Allen’s Week 12 opponent, the Houston Texans, is certainly one of three groups to not permit a speeding rating to an opposing quarterback this season (the Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts are the others). Allen is -120 to attain a landing Thursday night time.
So, will he break the report in Week 12? Or will now we have to attend? We requested our betting analysts for his or her predictions.
Will he break the report towards the Texans?
Matt Bowen: Sure. Allen’s speeding utilization within the low purple zone is up, as he has 5 goal-to-go carries over his previous three video games. Search for that to proceed Thursday, with Allen being deployed on designed run ideas in scoring place versus the Texans.
Eric Karabell: Sure, he’ll rating. Positive, the Texans play sturdy protection. Allen cannot be defended on the objective line.
Pamela Maldonado: Sure. When Houston locks down the go close to the objective line, Allen is normally a run-it-in-himself type of man.
Seth Walder: Sure. Allen is all the time a menace to attain, however he may have to depend on his scrambling capability greater than normal towards the elite Texans go rush that might get after him in a rush. Plus, it is already high-leverage season for the Payments — who nonetheless have a shot on the No. 1 seed if they will go on a run — in order that they want each lever accessible to get a win, together with counting on Allen’s legs.
Buffalo’s remaining schedule after Thursday’s sport: @PIT, CIN, @NE, @CLE, PHI, NYJ
