Josh Allen Sacked Eight Times As Late Interception Dooms Bills In Loss To Texans

Little went correct for Josh Allen successful a frustrating crippled Thursday nighttime against nan Houston Texans.

And still he came adjacent to consenting nan Buffalo Bills to a triumph earlier an interception successful nan last infinitesimal sealed their destiny successful a 23-19 loss.

Allen took consecutive sacks connected nan Bills’ last possession, starring to a fourth-and-27, but Buffalo (7-4) gained 44 yards connected a short walk from Allen to Josh Palmer, who tossed a lateral to Khalil Shakir.

After a false-start punishment created a fourth-and-6 for Buffalo (7-4), Calen Bullock picked disconnected Allen’s walk astatine nan Houston 9 pinch 24 seconds left.

“We had a chance to triumph it location astatine nan end,” Allen said. “We did a bully occupation of staying successful it and our defense bailed america retired a mates of times. We’ve sewage to find a way, and we didn’t.”

It was reliable for Allen to get thing going connected a nighttime he was sacked a career-high 8 times and deed 4 different times. Allen threw for 253 yards pinch 2 interceptions and nary touchdowns aft accounting for six touchdowns successful a triumph complete Tampa Bay past week.

“When they deed our backmost 12 times, I don’t for illustration that,” Bills coach Sean McDermott said. “I don’t for illustration that stat astatine all. It’s conscionable not a patient measurement to play and it’s not a bully measurement to support our backmost patient for nan remainder of nan season. We’ve sewage to play better.”

Allen was slow to get up aft a sack successful nan first half. He said he was OK and that his near enarthrosis “went a small numb” aft he landed connected it awkwardly. He was asked astir being deed truthful galore times connected Thursday.

“It’s not fun,” he said. “I ran into a mates myself. I’ve sewage to beryllium amended astatine throwing nan shot away. Too galore times, I was going backwards.”

Allen mislaid 70 yards connected nan 8 sacks. Will Anderson Jr. had 2 and a half sacks to lead nan Texans. His 2nd 1 came erstwhile he almost took Allen down adjacent nan statement of scrimmage, but he wriggled distant and Anderson sewage up and chased him crossed nan section to driblet him for an 18-yard nonaccomplishment to unit a punt early successful nan third.

The Bills played for a 2nd consecutive crippled without receiver Keon Coleman aft he was again a patient scratch aft he was precocious to a squad gathering earlier their past game. He was antecedently benched for nan first bid of a nonaccomplishment to New England successful Week 5 aft besides being precocious for a meeting.

“Nothing new. We’re conscionable taking it 1 time astatine a time,” McDermott said. “I thought he had a amended week, but we’re taking it 1 time astatine a time. It wasn’t that it wasn’t thought about, but we went pinch nan guys that springiness america nan champion chance.”

Shakir led nan Bills pinch 8 receptions for 110 yards and James Cook had 116 yards rushing and a touchdown.

Allen was disappointed that nan Bills couldn’t make plays down nan stretch.

“Ultimately, we’ve sewage to execute, and we didn’t do a bully occupation of that tonight,” he said. “Whatever business and immoderate circumstance, we’ve sewage to find a way, and we didn’t.”