Josh Allen Is Superman: 3 Takeaways From Bills' Overtime Thrilling Win vs. Rams

SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California) — In a battle between the last two players to win MVP, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills emerged victorious over Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams in a 37-34 overtime win in a game widely billed as a Super Bowl preview.

And the win helped Allen get at least one monkey off his back.

It served as his first career overtime win.

He had gone 0-7 in overtime games prior to Monday, including the postseason, as Buffalo improved to 4-1.

As for Los Angeles, it's back to the drawing board as its underwhelming start has continued.

It's now 2-3 on the year.

Here are my takeaways from Monday's thriller.

With the team’s No.

1 receiver in DJ Moore out with a shoulder injury and Joshua Palmer (shoulder) also unavailable, Buffalo needed to rely on Khalil Shakur and Keon Coleman to fill the void.

Neither wide receiver stepped up for much of the game, though.

However, the lack of healthy receivers didn’t matter, as Josh Allen once again put the Bills on his back in the fourth quarter and overtime.

He finished with a game-high 121 rushing yards and a score, and also threw for 210 passing yards, basically serving as the offense for the Bills.

That was evident on the Bills' final drive.

Allen ran for a total of 32 yards on back-to-back plays, leading Buffalo to get into field goal range.