James Prepare's three first-half touchdowns have Bills rolling #.\n\nAlaina Getzenberg, ESPNSep 12, 2024, 09:44 PM ETCloseAlaina Getzenberg is actually a workers author that covers the Buffalo Costs and also the NFL. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was earlier a beat press reporter for the Charlotte Onlooker and also has actually additionally worked with CBS Sports as well as the Dallas Morning Headlines. She is a graduate of the College of The Golden State, Berkeley. You may observe her via Twitter @agetzenberg. MIAMI-- The Buffalo grass Expenses switched protective back Ja'Marcus Ingram's 1st career interception right into a very early lead over the Miami Dolphins on \"Thursday Night Regulation Football.\" The first-quarter touchdown started a 17-yard elapsed from quarterback Josh Allen to running back James Cook on fourth-and-3 after the Bills took a timeout before the play.The Expenses made use of pre-snap activity to put wide receiver Curtis Samuel in the backfield behind Allen, while Cook moved coming from the quarterback's delegated his right. Cook then went to the remaining edge, captured the elapsed broad available and ran down 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 Bills (@BuffaloBills) September 13, 2024 The play topped a six-play, 37-yard drive that happened after Ingram took the Dolphins' 1st drive of the game to a very early side. Ingram is playing in the staff's dime bundle, with Webcam Lewis starting at nickel section for the damaged Taron Johnson (lower arm). Along with the toss, Allen arrived at 226 career touchdown passes, passing Dan Marino as well as Peyton Manning (225) for the second very most in a gamer's very first seven seasons. The Expenses racked up a goal on their position travel in merely three games final season (and also went 2-1 in those activities). Cook remained to surge in the second fourth, very first racking up on a 1-yard handoff coming from Allen to stretch Buffalo grass's result in 17-7 with 6:25 left in the second quarter.The extremely next opportunity the Bills received the sphere, Cook racked up once more to put Buffalo upward 24-7 with 3:36 left in the very first one-half. This moment, Cook obtained the handoff, rose the mid and then was off, running down the correct sideline. Former Bills protection Jordan Poyer attempted to handle Cook as he diminished the area, but nobody else came close. Prepare at that point flipped right into completion region as well as tossed the sphere deep in to the stands.Cookin' up his THIRD TD of the night #BUFvsMIA on Prime VideoAlso streaming on

NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/hPFdtSTyK8u2014 NFL (@NFL) September thirteen, 2024 The 49-yard goal was the longest thrill by a Costs gamer given that Devin Singletary possessed a 51-yard rating versus the Denver Broncos in 2020. In the initial fifty percent, Cook had five brings for 60 backyards and also the first-quarter goal catch for 17 yards.The Bills racked up scores on four of the their 5 rides in the first half. Cook scored all 3 goals-- pair of rushing and one obtaining, after certainly not scoring in the season-opening win against Arizona. His 2 rushing goals equal his total apiece of the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Cook is the 3rd Bills player previously three decades to record 3 touchdowns in a very first half, every one of whom did this against the Dolphins (Lee Evans in Week 13 in 2005, Isaiah McKenzie in Full Week 17 in 2020).