– by Adesina O. Koiki
A Lot of Sports Talk editor-in-chief
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY — In their latest trip to Metropolis, the Buffalo Bills, for a change, did not need Josh Allen to be Superman. His Clark Kent-like pedestrian start to Sunday’s game was supplemented by the rest of the Bills’ version of the Justice League, particularly James Cook, to continue their perfect start to the new season.
Cook ran for two first-half touchdowns, including a 44-yard romp at the midway point of the second quarter as the Bills cruised to a 30-3 victory over the New York Jets inside MetLife Stadium on Sunday afternoon. After last week’s heroics that saw the Bills score 16 points in the final four minutes to steal a victory over the Baltimore Ravens at home, Buffalo was much more staunch defensively than last Sunday night’s contest, particularly against the run, to take control early.
Cook ran for 116 yards on 19 carries while Allen, who threw for 394 yards and accounted for four total touchdowns a week ago, threw for just 132 yards and completed just three of his first 10 passes before finding his range late in the second quarter and into the third.
Buffalo’s first drive was a microcosm of how the game went, as the Bills were stopped in Jets territory on a third down but were given a reprieve when, on that third down play (with 19 yards to go to gain a first down), Michael Clemons committed a roughing the passer penalty on Allen to give Buffalo new life. Three Cook runs ensued, gains of eight and six before a one-yard plunge into the endzone gave the Bills a 7-0 lead, an advantage that it wouldn’t relinquish.
The Bills scored on six of their first seven drives of the first half, a carryover from when they scored on their final four drives last week against Baltimore.
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