ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Josh Allen dismissed any suggestion of being sore, even while explaining the reason for the pad taped to the back of the Bills quarterback’s forearm that extended to above his right throwing elbow.

“A little road rash,” Allen said after practice on Wednesday. “It just tries to soften if I get hit or a little blow, that’s all it is. Just got hit in the funny bone on that last drive.”

Allen was referring to a 23-19 loss at Houston on Thursday, an outing in which he was relentlessly harassed by a Texans defense that hit him 12 times and sacked him a career-high eight times. At one point, the quarterback writhed in pain on the turf, his left shoulder numb after being tackled from behind by linebacker Will Anderson.

“All good. Yeah, we’re ready to roll,” he said as Buffa

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