Josh Allen stands 11 stories tall on the side of Buffalo’s Statler building in Niagra Square. And during the Bills’ 47-10 win over Jacksonville, he stood tall in the eyes of 6-foot-9 LeBron James.
Allen engineered touchdowns on each of Buffalo’s five first-half possessions and finished 23 of 30 for 263 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions, a 142.3 passer rating. But that’s not what impressed James, who many consider the NBA’s Tom Brady.
“I really like watching Josh Allen play football,” James tweeted on Buffalo’s third drive as Allen was leaving Jacksonville scratching its head.
James tweeted after Allen threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Keon Coleman, giving Buffalo a 20-3 first-half advantage.
Allen leads the NFL with a 133.7 passer rating entering a Week 4 showdown at Baltimore on Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC). He also has 229 combined passing and rushing touchdowns (174 passing, 55 rushing), three short of eclipsing Patrick Mahomes (231) for the most by a player in his first seven seasons in NFL history.