Week four in the NFL season saw Josh Allen lead the Buffalo Bills to a 4-0 start, and a couple of former Cowboys set career benchmarks for themselves.
The Bills are one of six teams to be undefeated through week four of the NFL season. Led by Allen the Bills defeated the Las Vegas Raiders 30-23 on Sunday at the new Allegiant Stadium. In a matchup of former Mountain West quarterbacks, Allen out dueled his counterpart, Derek Carr, throwing for two touchdowns and securing one score on the ground. Allen was 24-for-34 threw the air for 288 yards. It was Allen's 20th career game with a rushing touchdown, and 13th time since 2018 that he has ran for a score and thrown for one as well. In Allen's 32 career starts his four highest passing totals have come in his first four games this season.
Andrew Wingard and the Jacksonville Jaguars matched up against the Cincinnati Bengals and Logan Wilson on Sunday afternoon. Wingard made his third start in a row and notched a career high ten total tackles in the contest. Wilson was inactive for the contest as the Bengals got their first win of the season in a 33-25 fashion.
The Chicago Bears found themselves on the losing side of the ball for the first time this season, but Tashaun Gipson had his best game of the young season. Making his fourth start of 2020, Gipson recorded a season high nine tackles and was once again on the field for 100 percent of the Bears defensive plays.
Mike Purcell joined Tashaun Gipson in making his fourth start of the 2020 season as the Denver Broncos faced up against the New York Jets in primetime on Thursday Night Football. The Broncos picked up their first win of the season defeating the Jets 37-28, and Purcell had an impact on the defensive line with five total tackles, one for a loss.
Marcus Epps and the Philadelphia Eagles also got in the win column for the first time this season. Epps set a couple of career highs in the 25-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers. The second year safety made eight total tackles and played in 44 defensive snaps for the Eagles on the road.
The Atlanta Falcons and the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football this week. Coming off a week in which he scored his first TD of the season, Hill rushed four times for ten yards, and caught two passes out of the backfield for 13 yards. The Falcons fell to 0-4, losing 16-30 last night.
Roullier continued to be a staple on the offensive line for the Washington Football Team, making his fourth start of the season and playing in 100 percent of the teams offensive snaps. Roullier and the offensive line aided the run game to two scores but fell 17-31 to the Baltimore Ravens.
Carl Granderson recorded one tackle as the New Orleans Saints sealed a 35-29 win over the Detroit Lions to improve to 2-2 on the season.
Jacob Hollister did not record any stats as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Miami Dolphins, 31-23 en route to a 4-0 start.
Cassh Maluia did not record any stats as the New England Patriots fell 10-26 vs. the Kansas City Chiefs in a game that was moved to Monday night.
Mark Nzeocha was placed on the short-term IR last week and did not compete against Epps and the Eagles.
Rico Gafford and Eddie Yarbrough were both on the inactive list for their respective teams in week four.
Stay tuned to GoWyo.com for what to watch for as we head toward week five in the NFL.
