Josh Allen finally gets first OT victory of his career as Bills beat Rams in thriller
Josh Allen was 0-7 in overtime coming into Monday night. Seven straight coin-flip games where the first score decides everything, and he kept coming up empty. That kind of streak starts to feel less like bad luck and more like a curse, a glitch in the simulation. Then the Rams lined up for a field goal in overtime, Greg Rousseau got a hand on it, and suddenly the whole narrative flipped.
I like that the win wasn't clean. Allen threw for 210, ran for 121, made plays with his legs that most quarterbacks wouldn't even attempt. But it took a blocked kick and a 45-yard boot from Tyler Bass to finally break the spell. There's something honest about that. Streaks don't usually end with a masterpiece; they end with chaos, with one small moment that tips the probability.
What I'd want to know is whether the 0-7 record meant anything or was just randomness. Seven games is a small sample, but it felt heavy. Now it's gone, and the next overtime will feel different for Allen, even if the math hasn't changed. That's the weird part about human brains and probability: we carry the past into the future, and sometimes the future obliges.