Mvp Allen Given Torrid Time As Texans Beat Bills

NFL 2025 season: Week 12

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The Houston Texans' defence gave Josh Allen a torrid clip arsenic they claimed a 23-19 triumph complete nan Buffalo Bills.

The Texans sacked past season's Most Valuable Player 8 times - nan astir nan Bills backmost has endured successful a azygous crippled - and claimed 2 interceptions.

Both were by Houston information Calen Bullock, who besides forced a fumble, pinch his 2nd interception astatine nan decease ensuring nan hosts held connected for triumph aft starring 20-16 astatine half-time.

Former Super Bowl favourites Buffalo person a grounds of 7 wins and 4 defeats, aft losing 4 of their past 7 games, while Houston are now 6-5.

Although their starting backmost CJ Stroud missed a 4th crippled pursuing a concussion, back-up Davis Mills led nan Texans to a 3rd consecutive win, giving them a winning grounds for nan first clip this season.

Bills moving backmost James Cook had a game-high 116 rushing yards, opening nan scoring pinch a 45-yard touchdown.

The 2 sides exchanged section goals earlier Mills recovered Christian Kirk for a two-yard touchdown, and Bullock intercepted Allen pinch nan Texans' Ka'imi Fairbairn kicking different section extremity from nan resulting possession.

Ray Davis returned nan kick-off for a 97-yard touchdown to thief nan Bills into a 16-13 lead, but nan Texans deed consecutive backmost pinch Mills making an eight-yard touchdown walk to Jayden Higgins 5 seconds earlier nan extremity of nan first half.

Bullock knocked nan shot retired of Khalil Shakir's grasp and nan Texans recovered it, pinch Fairbairn kicking a 3rd section extremity astatine nan extremity of nan 3rd quarter.

And though nan Bills trim nan shortage pinch a section extremity and sewage successful position to people a game-winning touchdown pinch 24 seconds left, Allen was picked disconnected by Bullock for his ninth interception of nan play and 5th successful 3 games.

Houston vanished pinch 12 backmost hits and Allen will look an in-form Pittsburgh Steelers defence adjacent week.

"I don't for illustration that stat astatine all," said Buffalo's caput coach Sean McDermott. "It's not a bully measurement to support our backmost patient for nan remainder of nan season. We've sewage to play better."