Josh Allen threw for two touchdowns and the Buffalo Bills cruised to a 24-10 victory over the New England Patriots to move a win clear at the top of the AFC East.
Allen completed 22 of 33 passes for 223 yards in Foxborough to lead the Bills (9-3) to their third straight win. James Cook rushed for a game-high 64 yards on 14 carries, and Stefon Diggs had seven catches for 92 yards and a touchdown.
Mac Jones finished with 195 yards and a touchdown on 22-of-36 passing for New England (6-6), who lost their second straight game and remain bottom of the division behind Miami (8-3) and the New York Jets (7-4).
Rhamondre Stevenson totalled 78 yards from scrimmage (54 rushing, 24 receiving), while cornerback Marcus Jones was the team's leading receiver with two catches for 51 yards and a TD.
Buffalo outgained the hosts 355-242 in total yards, and after allowing a touchdown in the first quarter, surrendered only Nick Folk's 39-yard field goal with 1:53 left to play.
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The Patriots tallied just 31 yards in the third quarter, and Buffalo made them pay at the start of the fourth.
Buffalo's Devin Singletary ran for a 1-yard touchdown to cap a 15-play, 94-yard drive that consumed 8:55, putting the game out of reach at 24-7 earlyin the fourth quarter.
In the second quarter, after Josh Uche's strip-sack of Allen, Matthew Judon recovered the loose ball to set New England up at their own 42. The Patriots moved into field-goal range with a chance to pull within 17-10 before the break, but Folk's attempt from 48 yards clanged off the crossbar.
New England mixed up their offensive personnel to respond to Tyler Bass' 48-yardfield goal that opened the scoring, as Mac Jones threw a screen to Marcus Jones, who dashed 48 yards to the end zone.
It took the Bills just 4:50 to reclaim the lead, though, as Allen hit Diggsfor an 8-yard TD on the first play of the second quarter to put Buffalo up 10-7.
Allen extended the lead with five and a half minutes left until halftime, eluding pressure, scrambling to his right and tiptoeing along the sideline before finding Gabe Davis for an 8-yard score.
