Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes, and the Buffalo Bills dominated the Seattle Seahawks with a 31-10 victory on Sunday, making Allen’s first interception of the season feel unimportant.
James Cook rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns for the Bills (6-2), who controlled the game from start to finish and earned their third straight win. Meanwhile, the Seahawks struggled, with two defensive linemen even fighting each other on their own sideline.
Allen completed 24 of 34 passes for 283 yards. He had a streak of 300 passes without an interception before Josh Jobe intercepted him in the second quarter. However, Seattle (4-4) couldn’t capitalize, turning the ball over on downs after Geno Smith stumbled while taking the snap on fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line.
“That was huge,” Allen said. “I hate throwing turnovers, but I made the tackle. Coach talks about all the time if something like that happens, not to put your head down.
Go make a tackle and let your defense come back on the field because you never know what’s going to happen.” Allen then led a 12-play, 93-yard drive that ended with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Dalton Kincaid, giving the Bills a 14-3 lead.
Buffalo also went 90 yards on 14 plays after the opening kickoff, with Allen connecting with Keon Coleman for a 2-yard touchdown, capping a drive that took 9:07.
The Bills became the first team since 2022 to have two touchdown drives of 90 yards or more in a half, a feat accomplished by Carolina against Detroit. Buffalo outgained Seattle 445 yards to 233 and controlled the ball for over 38 minutes.
“We feel like every play we come out there and execute at a high level, I don’t think anybody really can stop us but ourselves,” Coleman said.
Smith completed 21 of 29 passes for 212 yards and threw an interception for the Seahawks, who struggled on offense. They rushed for only 32 yards and scored their only touchdown when the game was already out of reach.
“That’s the result of a good football team that outplayed us in three phases, and then it gets out of hand when you’re doing the things we did today,” Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said. “The long and short of it is we got outplayed, we got outcoached, and we’ve got to go make it right.”
Seattle had the ball at the Buffalo 2-yard line with a chance to tie the game midway through the second quarter, but center Connor Williams sent a shotgun snap over Smith’s head, and the ball rolled past the 30.
Kenneth Walker III recovered the fumble, but the Seahawks had to settle for a 38-yard field goal by Jason Myers.
Jobe, who was promoted from the practice squad before the game, intercepted Allen’s first pass of the next drive at the Buffalo 40 and returned it to the 7-yard line. Allen’s streak of 300 passes without an interception, including playoffs, was a franchise record.
A second mistake by Williams kept Seattle from scoring when he stepped on Smith’s foot during a fourth-down play, causing the quarterback to fall.
Derick Hall was flagged for a late hit on Allen, which extended Buffalo’s next drive. Hall and his teammates were arguing with each other on the sidelines for the rest of the half. The Seahawks received three personal fouls during the game, including one by Smith.
Hall and fellow defensive lineman Jarran Reed got into a fight on the sideline and had to be pulled apart.
“He loves the game, I love the game, and in that moment, I think things got heated,” Hall said. “But you know, he’s a leader. He’s the leader of our group. And when stuff hits the fan, you have to lean on those guys. And maybe we both could do something a little bit better.”
With Buffalo leading 17-3 in the third quarter, defensive end Casey Toohill pressured Smith as he was trying to throw a screen pass. Smith attempted to lob it over Toohill, but the ball was tipped, bounced off Walker’s hands, and landed in the arms of defensive lineman Austin Johnson.
Cook scored from 2 yards out, putting Buffalo up 24-3 with 2:01 left in the third quarter. He added a 7-yard touchdown run early in the fourth, sending Seattle to its fourth loss in five games.
