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5 Stats You Want to Know From the Bills’ Dominant 47-10 Win Over the Jaguars
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5 Stats You Want to Know From the Bills’ Dominant 47-10 Win Over the Jaguars

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The Buffalo Bills defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 47-10 at Highmark Stadium in their Week 3 Monday night football matchup. The win moves Buffalo to 3-0 on the year, one of just three AFC teams unscathed in the young campaign; here are five incredible stats from the win.

Damar Hamlin

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Normally an interception wouldn’t make this list, but one indelible memory from Monday’s win will be Damar Hamlin’s first career interception. Not only has he fully recovered from his cardiac arrest in the 2022 season to earn a spot as the Bills’ starter, but he’s also been playing well, and his first career pick was a nice jewel in that crown. That he did it on Monday night football — It was a Monday night game where he suffered a cardiac arrest, that was just the icing on the cake.

Spencer Brown

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Right tackle Spencer Brown has not allowed a pressure on Josh Allen on any of his 35 pass-blocking snaps. To add to that, Brown is the only offensive lineman in the entire league with at least 25 pass-blocking snaps and zero pressures allowed, according to Next Gen Stats. Let’s dig a little deeper: Brown ranks 19th among all offensive linemen with an 81 grade, according to Pro Football Focus. Want more? He currently ranks eighth in the NFL in pass block win rate, according to ESPN.

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Khalil Shakir

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I know this is going to be a weekly story, but the numbers are just plain insane. Ten different players caught a pass in the 47-10 victory; what makes it even more impressive is that Allen had “only” 23 completions. That means that one out of every 2.3 completions went to a different target. If you think that’s impressive, consider that six different Bills players scored touchdowns. James Cook and Ray Davis ran for scores while Khalil Shakir, Dalton Kincaid, Keon Coleman and Ty Johnson all caught touchdowns from Allen.

Christian Benford

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The Bills have a pair of legitimate No. 1 corners in Rasul Douglas and Christian Benford. For this one, we’ll focus on Benford. The former sixth-round pick has allowed 26 yards on 13 targets this season. Of those 13 targets, he has allowed five receptions for 5.2 yards per catch. That 5.2 yards per reception is second-best in the NFL. His 26 yards allowed is also second-best among corners to play 50% of their team’s snaps. His 38.5% of receptions allowed drops all the way to fourth-best in the league.

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Lamar Jackson

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I enjoy the back and forth about who is the better quarterback, Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson? Jackson will most likely end up with more career rushing yards, but that is the only statistic he will beat Allen on, and last night was proof of that. The Wyoming product had four touchdown passes in the first half and could have thrown more if Sean McDermott had wanted him to, but that’s not the fun part about this statistic. Allen’s four touchdown passes in two quarters is more than Lamar Jackson (three) has had all season. Both are great players and two of the most fun to watch in the league, but one is better, despite the oddball votes from those on the MVP ballot.

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