HOUSTON \u2014 With 2:27 remaining and the Buffalo Bills staring at a 4th-and-27 from their own 34-yard line, trailing 23-20 on national television, Josh Allen did what Josh Allen does: he made the impossible look routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a play that will live forever in Thursday Night Football lore, Allen took the shotgun snap, rolled right under heavy pressure, and fired a dart across the middle to wide receiver Joshua Palmer at the Houston 41. As three Texans defenders converged, Palmer immediately lateraled the ball to a streaking Khalil Shakir, who turned upfield for an additional 15 yards before being dragged down at the Texans\u2019 33. First down. Pandemonium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hook-and-lateral, executed to perfection, gave Buffalo new life and sent social media into a frenzy. One problem: the Bills still needed a touchdown, and Houston\u2019s defense \u2014 arguably the NFL\u2019s stingiest unit through 11 weeks \u2014 wasn\u2019t in a giving mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n