Bills Mafia road fans surprised, confused Josh Allen on Keon Coleman TD

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  Nick SussOct 19, 2026, 09:00 AM ET

LAS VEGAS -- Josh Allen truly didn't know.

Midway through the third quarter of the Buffalo Bills' 33-30 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, Allen added another highlight to his "there's only one quarterback on Earth who can pull this off" reel by juking and sidestepping defenders and leaping into contact to shovel flick a ball 12 yards through the air into the wide-open arms of receiver Keon Coleman for a touchdown.

After the game, Allen admitted the pass wasn't a no-look flick. He says he knew Coleman was open and waiting. But after getting hit and spun around as he threw, Allen couldn't see whether the pass was completed. And with so many Bills fans speckling the crowd at the Raiders' Allegiant Stadium, Allen couldn't hear whether he'd thrown a touchdown.

"Once it comes out, you kind of get hit and tumble around," Allen explained. "It's so hard in these away games which feel like home games. Once you hear the crowd go crazy, you're like, 'I don't know if it's a touchdown, and I don't know if it's an interception.'"

Allen wasn't the only Bills player who noticed the friendlier-than-normal road atmosphere. Running back James Cook III, who accounted for 153 scrimmage yards in the win, contends that Bills fans were a little louder than Raiders fans.

"This is what Buffalo fans do," Cook said. "Like I said, they always show up and show out. Coming from Buffalo or wherever they came from, just to show that they support us and care about us. It shows a lot of gratitude to those fans. I want to say thank you and we appreciate you guys."

Allen, who threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns, became one of the few rare athletes who has generated an "MVP" chant as a visiting player. Fans far outside of western New York are noticing his exploits, and so too are his teammates. Left tackle Dion Dawkins says he tries to numb himself from the excitement and awe that Allen's circus-act plays inspire, but in this case, Dawkins couldn't help but approach Allen the way a giddy fan would afterward.

"I went over to Josh and I said, 'I've been around you a while, bro, and I don't ever want to be like, 'Oh my God, Josh Allen you're the best! But you are him. You are Himothy,'" Dawkins said. "We're seeing it in real time."