Bills' Josh Allen leaves game for 2 plays with a bloody nose after being hit in the face vs. Jets

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Josh Allen felt a sudden pain in his nose, looked down and realized he was in some trouble.

And, well, making a bloody mess.

“Obviously gushing blood,” the Buffalo Bills quarterback said Sunday after a 30-10 victory over the New York Jets. “I just wanted to try to get off the field and stop it.”

Allen left the game for two plays in the first quarter with a bloody nose when he was hit in the face while running on second-and-7 from the Bills 23 and being stopped for no gain. Micheal Clemons appeared to get a hand under the quarterback’s facemask.

Allen, with blood flowing from his nose, ran to the sideline and was examined by trainers in front of the Gatorade table — and not inside the injury tent — for a few minutes.

“I pulled (the football) when I probably should’ve handed it off,” Allen said. “I tried to throw it and I saw them push, so I decided to tuck it. I don’t know what hit me — it was a knee, it was a hand, it was somebody — and the helmet just kind of came down on the bridge of my nose and just started leaking.”

Mitchell Trubisky came in and immediately completed a 32-yard pass to Joshua Palmer for a first down. Trubisky then handed off to Ty Johnson as Allen's nose continued to get treatment.

“Mitch came in there, kind of like a little shift change in hockey or something,” coach Sean McDermott said. “Josh runs off the field and Mitch goes out on, I think it was a third-down play, and throws a seed in there, throws a dime, and that’s hard to do with no warmups. So credit Mitch for being ready.”

Allen, with his nose packed with gauze, then jogged back onto the field on the next play to start the second quarter. The drive ended with a 52-yard field goal by Matt Prater that gave the Bills a 13-0 lead.

“We can breathe, so it’s good,” Allen said with a grin after the game, his nose swollen and sporting a black and blue mark.

The 29-year-old Allen had a tough time trying to recall his nose bleeding so much after an injury in a game.

“No, I mean, last time it was like high school in basketball,” Allen said. “Basketball hit in the nose or something. Yeah, it was a weird one. It’s still kind of going on, but we’ll be all right.”

Allen sure seemed to be. He wasn't slowed by the bloody nose, leading the Bills (2-0) to a win against the Jets (0-2) with an efficient, if not eye-popping, performance.

With the game well in hand and the Bills leading 30-3 with 8:23 left, the defending NFL MVP came out and Trubisky finished. Allen was 14 of 25 for 148 yards and ran for 59 yards on six carries.

“I take a lot of pride in it, being able to withstand some of those things,” Allen said of his durability. “And never want to make a living out of it. But yeah, I mean, I take it with a lot of pride.”

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