ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- After the Buffalo Bills spent the summer insisting they had a "calculated" plan for when first-round pick Josh Allen would become their starting quarterback, it took less than 34 minutes of regular-season game action before Allen saw the field.
When Allen replaced ineffective opening-day starter Nathan Peterman in the third quarter of the Bills' Week 1 blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens, it abruptly kicked off a rookie season that will end Sunday when Allen and the Bills (5-10) host the Miami Dolphins (7-8).