Overview
- Buffalo improved to 7-3 and Tampa Bay fell to 6-4 with a second straight loss, tightening the NFC South race with Carolina at 6-5.
- Allen set multiple NFL marks, becoming the only player with more than one game of three passing and three rushing touchdowns and tying Cam Newton for the most rushing TDs by a quarterback.
- Todd Bowles defended punting on 4th-and-2 while trailing by five, saying the plan was to punt at two yards or more and trust the clock, a decision questioned after Buffalo marched 85 yards to score.
- Baker Mayfield said his third-quarter interception in Bucs territory swung momentum and accepted responsibility for not making enough plays in key moments.
- Tampa Bay’s coverage units yielded kickoff returns of 61, 44 and 41 yards that set up short fields, even as Sean Tucker’s 140 scrimmage yards powered a 202-yard rushing day against a Bills defense under fire.