Bills rout Jets 31-12, improve to 5-0 on the road this season

The Bills are hoping to earn home field advantage in the AFC playoffs and their success on the road could make that happen.

Josh Allen ran for two touchdowns and James Cook scored for the eighth straight game to power Buffalo to a 31-12 win over the Jets at MetLife Stadium. The win has them 5-0 on the road this season and they are 8-1 overall on the season.

Thanks to the Patriots’ loss in Germany, the Bills now have a comfortable lead in the AFC East and their attention will likely be focused on making sure they wind up as the top seed in the conference.

Allen is now up to 11 rushing touchdowns on the season and he’s tied with Eric Dickerson and Curtis Martin for 14th all-time with 90 career rushing scores. He also threw a touchdown to help the winning effort.

Cook’s touchdown was a 74-yard sprint for the final points of the game in the fourth quarter. That touchdown came after the Jets lost a fumble while trying a lateral after a catch by wide receiver Garrett Wilson on a pass by Cade Klubnik. The rookie saw his first action of the regular season because Geno Smith wound up getting banged up at multiple points.

Smith took a big hit late in the first half that left head coach Aaron Glenn incensed about the lack of a flag and CBS cameras showed him appear to say that the Jets would have been penalized for laying the same hit on Allen. He may have been right, but the penalty didn’t come and his team went without a touchdown for the second straight week.

Klubnik started the second half while Smith was being evaluated for a concussion. He was cleared and returned for one drive before leaving with an ankle injury. He was ruled out for good in the fourth quarter and Glenn will provide more information about his availability for Week 11’s road date with the Chargers.

That game will have significant implications on the draft order. The same is true of the Bills’ game against the Dolphins, although Buffalo will be more interested in what it means for their Super Bowl pursuit than its impact on the top of April’s selection process.