ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 17: A general view of the Buffalo Bills taking the field as fireworks explode prior to the game at Highmark Stadium on September 17, 2026 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images) | Getty Images It didn’t take long for the Bills to start making history in their new home. The Buffalo Bills christened the new Highmark Stadium with a 41-31 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday night, moving to 2-0 in the process. Josh Allen accounted for five touchdowns, James Cook ran for 139 yards, and Buffalo scored touchdowns on five of its first six possessions. But the scoreboard wasn’t the only place the Bills were putting up numbers Thursday night. From Allen reaching all the way back to 1929 for company to Cook moving up the franchise record book, there is plenty to Shout! about after Week 2. _____________________________________________________________________________Josh Allen became the first player in NFL history with at least five passing touchdowns and three rushing touchdowns through the first two games of a season. And somehow, that’s not the strangest Allen stat to come out of Thursday night. Allen became just the second player in NFL history to account for at least nine total touchdowns, including four rushing touchdowns, over a span of five days. The other was Ernie Nevers, who did it in November 1929 when he ran for nine touchdowns and scored all 59 of the Chicago Cardinals’ points in two wins. Yes, 1929. Josh Allen is the second player in NFL history to account for 9+ total TDs & 4+ rushing TDs over a span of 5 days.Allen joins Ernie Nevers from November 24-28, 1929, when he ran for 9 TDs & scored all 59 of the Cardinals’ points in 2 wins (19-0 & 40-6), per @OptaSTATS. pic.twitter.com/W2Mh4YkOXq— Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) September 18, 2026Allen’s second rushing touchdown Thursday also gave him 82 for his career, tying Hall of Fame running back Jim Taylor for 18th on the NFL’s all-time rushing-touchdown list. _____________________________________________________________________________James Cook entered Thursday night needing 130 rushing yards to pass Joe Cribbs for fifth place on the Bills’ all-time rushing list. He got 139. Cook passed Cribbs’ 4,445 career rushing yards and now sits alone in fifth place in franchise history. Next up are Josh Allen and Fred Jackson — although one of those two is going to keep moving the target. _____________________________________________________________________________Then there’s Dalton Kincaid. Apparently, he wasn’t satisfied after Week 1 After putting up a career-high 130 receiving yards in Week 1, Kincaid added seven catches for 95 yards and a touchdown Thursday night. That gives him 225 receiving yards through two games. That’s the fifth-most receiving yards by a tight end through the first two games of a season in the Super Bowl era, trailing only Ben Coate
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