INDIANAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Josh Allen expects more out of Buffalo\u2019s offense than he saw Sunday at Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
He couldn\u2019t have asked for anything more from the Bills\u2019 defense.<\/p>\n
Taron Johnson picked off Joe Flacco\u2019s first pass<\/a> and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown, and Allen and James Cook each ran for scores as the Bills beat the Colts 30-20 for their fifth consecutive win.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got to have a faster start. We didn\u2019t play our best today, but we\u2019ll take the win,\u201d Allen said. \u201dFour forced turnovers \u2014 we\u2019ve got to hold onto the ball a little bit better. We\u2019ll take them how we can get them, and we\u2019ll turn the page tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n The AFC East-leading Bills have topped 30 points in four straight games and improved to 8-2 for the first time since 1993. They earned their first win at Indianapolis since 1998 with Allen\u2019s receiving corps depleted by injuries.<\/p>\n The defense delivered for the Bills this time, logging four sacks, picking off Flacco three times and recovering a fumble by Flacco to put Allen in position to cash in.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought the defense, the takeaways was a big-time difference in the game,\u201d coach Sean McDermott said. \u201cI think they\u2019re just a very competitive group, they take a lot of pride in not letting each other down.\u201d<\/p>\n Allen finished 23 of 37 for 280 yards with two interceptions while running eight times for 50 yards and his 57th career rushing TD to tie the late O.J. Simpson for No. 2 in Bills history. Cook had 19 carries 19 for 80 yards. Mack Hollins caught six passes for 86 yards.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Buffalo\u2019s defense forced the 39-year-old Flacco into multiple mistakes and negated Jonathan Taylor in the second half after he rushed for more than 100 yards before halftime. Taylor wound up with 21 carries for 114 yards while rookie receiver Adonai Mitchell had his best game of the season \u2014 six receptions, 71 yards.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t enough to prevent the Colts (4-6) from losing their third straight or preventing Flacco from getting booed as he went 26 of 35 for 272 yards, two touchdowns and the three picks. He has six turnovers in his two starts since replacing the benched Anthony Richardson<\/a>. Flacco is 1-3 as Indy\u2019s starter this season, failing to recapture the form he had last year when he led the Browns to the playoffs.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first one was just an awful decision,\u201d Flacco said. \u201cThe toughest thing about not playing well is just your mentality and having to deal with the fact that you\u2019re not playing well and the best way to do that is to go back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n Just seven plays after Johnson\u2019s pick-6,<\/a> Flacco was intercepted again near midfield and the Bills quickly converted that takeaway into a field goal and a 10-0 lead.<\/p>\n The Colts responded with Taylor\u2019s 59-yard run<\/a>, which set up the first of two field goals by Matt Gay. After Indy\u2019s defense stopped the Bills on fourth down, Flacco capitalized with a 2-yard TD pass to Tyler Goodson.<\/p>\n Allen\u2019s interception on the Bills\u2019 ensuing series set up the field goal that gave Indy a 13-10 lead, but Allen quickly regained control with his 13-yard TD run<\/a>. Tyler Bass made field goals for Buffalo at the end of the first half and early in the fourth quarter, and Cook sealed the win with a 2-yard TD run early in the fourth.<\/p>\n \u201cI threw two interceptions, can\u2019t do that. We can be cleaner, that\u2019s on me. We\u2019ve got to play better on offense,\u201d Allen said. \u201cThe defense played awesome. We gritted it out and that was a team win right there.\u201d<\/p>\n Showing some punch<\/p>\n When the Bills needed a fourth-down conversion in the fourth quarter, Allen took matters into his own hands with a 5-yard run. But as Allen plowed forward for the first down, Colts defensive lineman Dayo Odeyingbo threw three punches in the scrum<\/a>.<\/p>\n No penalty was called, but Odeyingbo could hear from the league office this week.<\/p>\n Injury report<\/p>\n The Bills opened the game without two injured receivers, rookie Keon Coleman and the recently acquired Amari Cooper. They also lost TE Dalton Kincaid (knee) during the game. RT Spencer Brown left briefly with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n Indy also deactivated its top receiver, Michael Pittman Jr. (back), and wound up playing three rookie offensive linemen after LT Bernhard Raimann left in the first half with a knee injury.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n Bills: Host Kansas City in one of the season\u2019s marquee matchups next Sunday.<\/p>\n Colts: Visit the New York Jets next Sunday.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n