There was blood and sweat, but no tears as the Bills surged to a 30-10 victory over the New York Jets to start the season with a 2-0 record.
The blood came late in the first quarter, when quarterback Josh Allen's helmet came down hard on his nose on a run for no gain. Allen quickly jogged off the field, leaving those in the stands and on their couches in shock as the reigning MVP checked himself out of the game without going down on the field to initiate an injury timeout.
"I don't know what hit me, if it was a knee, if it was a hand, but my helmet just kind of came down on the bridge of my nose and just started leaking," Allen said after the game.
Fortunately for Allen and the Bills, the injury was a relatively minor one as Allen came back into the game two plays later – with a plugged