James Prepare's 3 first-half goals have Costs spinning #.\n\nAlaina Getzenberg, ESPNSep 12, 2024, 09:44 PM ETCloseAlaina Getzenberg is actually a personnel author that deals with the Buffalo Costs and the NFL. She signed up with ESPN in 2021. Alaina was earlier a beat reporter for the Charlotte nc Onlooker and also has actually also worked for CBS Athletics and also the Dallas Morning Headlines. She is a grad of the College of California, Berkeley. You may observe her using Twitter @agetzenberg. MIAMI-- The Buffalo Bills transformed protective back Ja'Marcus Ingram's first career interception into a very early lead over the Miami Dolphins on \"Thursday Night Football.\" The first-quarter touchdown came on a 17-yard successfully pass from quarterback Josh Allen to running back James Chef on fourth-and-3 after the Expenses took a timeout prior to the play.The Bills made use of pre-snap movement to put wide receiver Curtis Samuel in the backfield behind Allen, while Prepare moved coming from the quarterback's delegated to his right. Prepare at that point went to the left edge, caught the elapsed wide open and diminished the sideline to the end zone.F\u0336o\u0336u\u0336r\u0336t\u0336h\u0336 \u0336d\u0336o\u0336w\u0336n\u0336. GOAL! #BUFvsMIA: @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com\/Sc70eORpJG\u2014 Buffalo grass Expenses (@BuffaloBills) September thirteen, 2024 The play capped a six-play, 37-yard push that came after Ingram delivered the Dolphins' initial push of the video game to a very early side. Ingram is actually playing in the crew's dollar package, along with Camera Lewis starting at nickel section for the harmed Taron Johnson (lower arm). With the toss, Allen reached 226 job touchdown passes, passing Dan Marino and also Peyton Manning (225) for the second most in a gamer's initial 7 periods. The Bills scored a touchdown on their opening drive in simply three video games last season (and went 2-1 in those activities). Cook remained to surge in the 2nd quarter, initial racking up on a 1-yard handoff from Allen to expand Buffalo grass's lead to 17-7 along with 6:25 left behind in the second quarter.The quite following time the Bills acquired the round, Chef scored once again to place Buffalo grass up 24-7 with 3:36 left behind in the very first half. This time around, Prepare received the handoff, climbed the center and then was off, running down the appropriate side project. Past Expenses security Jordan Poyer sought to tackle Cook as he diminished the area, however nobody else came close. Prepare after that flipped into the end region and tossed the round deep into the stands.Cookin' up his THIRD TD of the evening #BUFvsMIA on Start VideoAlso streaming on

NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/hPFdtSTyK8u2014 NFL (@NFL) September 13, 2024 The 49-yard touchdown was the longest surge by a Bills gamer given that Devin Singletary had a 51-yard rating versus the Denver Broncos in 2020. In the initial fifty percent, Cook had five holds for 60 yards and also the first-quarter goal catch for 17 yards.The Costs racked up points on 4 of the their five travels in the first one-half. Cook racked up all three goals-- 2 hurrying as well as one acquiring, after not racking up in the season-opening succeed against Arizona. His 2 rushing goals equivalent his total from each of the 2022 as well as 2023 seasons. Chef is the 3rd Costs gamer over the last 30 years to score 3 goals in a first half, each one of whom did this against the Dolphins (Lee Evans in Full Week thirteen in 2005, Isaiah McKenzie in Full Week 17 in 2020).