FOXBORO, Mass. – Josh Allen jogged through the tunnel at Gillette Stadium, turned a corner toward the locker room and found Harrison Phillips.
“I don’t know who the fuck they thought I was!” Allen hollered.
He’d just completed 30 of 47 passing attempts for 314 yards and three touchdowns against Bill Belichick’s top-ranked passing defense. He added 64 rushing yards. His team won 33-21 and took a big step toward a second straight AFC East title. Just 20 days after losing a 14-10 heartbreaker at home to the same Patriots, Allen and the Bills were cavalier while strolling to the visiting locker room in Foxboro.
“That shit was embarrassing!” safety Jordan Poyer said.
“It would suck to be in Boston tonight!” added defensive end Jerry Hughes.
And by the time the Patriots made their way into the auditorium for postgame interviews, they all knew the Bills had earned every word of their postgame chest-beating. Allen and the Bills’ offense didn’t punt once on Sunday. They became the first team not to punt against a Bill Belichick-coached team in his 474 games, including the postseason.