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By Bryan Colbert Jr.
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Josh Allen was two yards shy of 5,000 when he took a knee to send the Buffalo Bills into halftime Monday night.
The kneel cost him a yard, but in the third quarter, a five-yard scramble against the Minnesota Vikings took him past a mark only four quarterbacks in NFL history had reached.
Allen finished Buffalo’s 23-6 win with 15 yards on six carries, bringing his regular-season career total to 5,006.
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The other quarterbacks with at least 5,000 rushing yards are Lamar Jackson, Michael Vick, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson.
Allen reached the milestone in his ninth season with the Bills.
Buffalo had two players chasing the same number in Minneapolis. Running back James Cook III also crossed 5,000 career rushing yards on the drive that put Allen over the mark.
According to the Bills, they became the first quarterback and running back in NFL history to reach 5,000 as teammates in the same season. They did it before Buffalo had to give the ball back.
Allen did most of his work through the air, completing 21 of 31 passes for 234 yards with one touchdown and one interception. With 44 seconds left before halftime, he found Cameron Latu for the tight end’s first NFL touchdown.
By the fourth quarter, Buffalo had a 13-6 lead and a chance to put the game away on the ground.
Cook carried nine times on a 15-play drive that took 8:32 off the clock. His last carry went five yards for the touchdown that gave Buffalo a two-score lead.
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Cook finished with 107 yards on 31 attempts as the Bills improved to 7-1.
Wilson is next on the quarterback rushing list at 5,568 yards, 562 ahead of Allen. There’s one part of that list where the order already favors Buffalo’s quarterback.
Allen has run for 88 touchdowns since entering the league in 2018, more than any quarterback in NFL history, including the four still ahead of him in yards.
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