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  • Jaguars players happened to fall on Josh Allen's head and neck during the game.
  • The quarterback was banged up several times against the Jaguars.
  • He will need to stay healthy as he Bills continue their Super Bowl dreams.

During the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Bills QB Josh Allen visited the blue medical tent after a third-down run late in the first quarter. Offensive coordinator Joe Brady dialed up a run for Buffalo’s quarterback, but by the end of that play, two Jacksonville players, Travon Walker and Josh Hines-Allen, landed on Allen’s head and neck.

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“Yeah, it was more of a precautionary thing,” Allen said about his injury during his post-game presser. “I just got rolled up on, and they want to take a quick look, but we’re all good.”

His left ear appeared to be bleeding after the injury. But an independent neurologist checked Allen for a concussion and cleared him. But that’s barely where the injury concerns ended.

The quarterback happened to slam his right hand into the helmet of right guard O’Cyrus Torrence after releasing the ball. And he then was dealt with his third injury of the game when his left leg got bent awkwardly on his 2-yard TD run. He stayed on the ground after the last hit from Hines-Allen.

He visited the medical tent twice during the game.

Even coach Sean McDermott was concerned and told the media, “We’ve got to get him as healthy as we can for next week.”

But battling these issues, Allen recorded his first career game-winning drive to cap off a 28-of-35 pass for 273 yards with one passing touchdown and two rushing touchdowns.

This stellar effort propelled the Bills to a 27-24 victory, marking their first road playoff triumph in over three decades. And wide receiver Khalil Shakir was his weapon. He caught all of his 12 targets for 82 yards.

It was the first time the team won a playoff game after trailing in the final two minutes. It followed the script of their comeback victories from their regular season.

Before this win, the Bills had a 0-5 record on the road in the playoffs under coach Sean McDermott. This losing streak started with a 10-3 loss at Jacksonville in the 2017 wild-card round. After this defeat, Buffalo lost eight consecutive postseason games on the road since winning at Miami in the 1992 AFC Championship Game. It had been the NFL’s second-longest active road playoff losing streak.

After this win, the Bills’ QB1 was charged as Buffalo faces another road matchup in the AFC Divisional game.

Josh Allen issues powerful message after win over Jacksonville

The quarterback has mostly been healthy this season, apart from the foot injury in the Bills’ Week 16 matchup against the Cleveland Browns. Though he didn’t have to miss any time, he was listed as day-to-day heading into a matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles.

And even now, the team might be careful with the player. After all, this is an important stretch that could finally lead them to a Super Bowl appearance.

After this thrilling victory over the Jaguars in Jacksonville, Buffalo will battle it out in another away match against the Denver Broncos or the New England Patriots next week. Ahead of this big-ticket game, Josh Allen believes he and his Bills are ready to push their limits in search of their first Lombardi Trophy.

“Just trusting everybody on the field,” Allen said. “Great win, great team win. All we’ve got to do is play our game, find a way to win a football game. We’re on to the next.”

With Josh Allen continuing to perform at a high level, the Bills Mafia would want Buffalo to build a road-winning streak after a decades-long of disappointment in the postseason away from Orchard Park. What do you think?

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