James Cook rushed for 132 yards with two touchdowns, Matt Prater booted three field goals and the Buffalo Bills won their fourth meeting with the New York Jets, 30-10, on Sunday afternoon in East Rutherford, N.J.
The Bills (2-0) dominated, holding a 403-154 edge in total yardage and 25-11 margin in first downs over the Jets (0-2).
Buffalo’s bruising ground game, most of it between the tackles, managed 224 yards on 43 attempts. Josh Allen completed 14 of 25 passes for 148 yards and rushed for 59 yards. Mitch Trubisky completed a 32-yard pass in a brief relief stint when Allen was given a bloody nose in the second quarter.
The AFC East’s only undefeated squad, Buffalo improved to a league-best 25-6 against division opposition since the 2020 season.
Jets starting quarterback Justin Fields was 3 of 11 for 27 yards before leaving in the fourth quarter for a concussion evaluation. Tyrod Taylor was 7 of 11 for 56 yards and a TD in relief.
On their first series, the Bills used Allen’s feet (40-yard run), a fourth-down conversion and a roughing the passer penalty to score the first points. Cook capped the 12-play, 81-yard drive with a 1-yard run at 7:29 for his sixth straight outing with a rushing TD.
During a Fields scramble on the next play from scrimmage, defensive end Joey Bosa punched out the ball, and A.J. Epenesa recovered just outside the red zone. Prater’s 28-yard field goal at 5:04 made it 10-0 in a first quarter in which the Jets gained just 20 yards.
Early in the second, Prater connected from deep, drilling a 52-yard kick for a 13-0 lead. He extended his NFL record for 50-plus-yard field goals to 82.
Cook provided the most scintillating moment of the game, juking twice and jumping in a gallop through the line and dashing 44 yards down the right side to score at 8:50 of the second quarter.
Nick Folk’s 51-yard kick broke the ice for the Jets for the 20-3 halftime score.
In the third quarter, Prater nailed a 33-yarder before former Jets wide receiver Elijah Moore scored around the right side on a handoff, then emphatically fired the ball into the stands.
Jeremy Ruckert notched his first career TD on a 5-yard pass from Taylor late in the fourth to complete the scoring.
–Field Level Media
