JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Josh Allen took a pounding and doled out punishment \u2014 looking every bit like the reigning MVP.<\/p>\n
He carried Buffalo to its first road playoff win in more than three decades, 27-24 over Jacksonville in the AFC\u2019s wild-card opener Sunday. Tough and tenacious, Allen did what he does best.<\/p>\n
With linebacker Devin Lloyd bearing down on him, Allen found Brandin Cooks for 36 yards just before the two-minute warning<\/a> and then capped the go-ahead drive with a 1-yard touchdown run<\/a> in which Jacksonville let him score. <\/p>\n On the fourth-down play before his score, Allen gained 10 yards on a sneak, refusing to go down while being pushed and pulled to the goal line.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen your quarterback\u2019s that type of warrior, that type of competitor, it just goes through the whole team,\u201d Bills coach Sean McDermott said.<\/p>\n Buffalo (13-5) will play at top-seeded Denver on Saturday, a chance to build a road winning streak after a decades-long skid.<\/p>\n \u201cNow we have a chance to do it again,\u201d said Allen, who came up short on final drives in playoff games the past two years. <\/p>\n \u201cFeels good. Feels good. At the same time, it just means we get another game.\u201d<\/p>\n Focused on getting rid of the ball quickly and negating Jacksonville\u2019s pass rush, Allen completed 28 of 35 passes for 273 yards and a touchdown<\/a>. He ran for two scores, was sacked just once and played turnover-free football. Khalil Shakir caught 12 passes for 82 yards for the Bills.<\/p>\n \u201cSuch a competitor,\u201d Jaguars coach Liam Coen. \u201cHe was spitting it out pretty good, obviously. … He definitely carried them.\u201d<\/p>\n It was somewhat necessary considering NFL rushing leader James Cook was mostly bottled up, finishing with 46 yards on 15 carries.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to play for each other, we\u2019re gonna fight to the very last second, and you saw that here today,\u201d Allen said.<\/p>\n