The Bills are trying to stay unbeaten on the road against the Jets on Sunday and they have moved into halftime with a lead.
Josh Allen scored from a yard out in the first quarter for the only touchdown of the first half and Jets kicker Jason Sanders’s second field goal of the game sent the two teams into the locker room with Buffalo up 10-6.
Allen is 6-of-13 for 71 yards and he’s had a couple of passes batted down by Jets first-round pick David Bailey. James Cook has picked up 56 yards on 13 carries, but the Bills have converted only one of their six third-down tries thus far on Sunday.
Jets quarterback Geno Smith went to the medical tent just before Sanders’s second field goal after taking a big hit from Bills linebacker Terrel Bernard, but he emerged before the half and looks like he’s set to remain in the game. He’s 9-of-16 for 113 yards, but the Jets have been even less successful on third down — 0-for-5 — and that helps explain why they’ve fallen short of the end zone.
The Jets will be getting the ball to start the second half, though, and they’ll have a chance to take a lead if they can finish a drive.