What's in a name? Social media reacts to Jaguars' Josh Allen sacking, intercepting Bills' Josh Allen
The Jacksonville Jaguars defense is keeping it surprisingly close against the high-voltage Buffalo Bills.
Josh Allen has played a big part in that.
That's the Jaguars' Josh Allen, not to be confused with the Bills' Josh Allen.
The MVP contender has been kept in check all day, and a couple of second-half interceptions have allowed the Jags to hang around. His second pick of the day led to a Matthew Wright go-ahead field goal to make it 9-6.
On the receiving end of Josh Allen's interception: Josh Allen.
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Josh Allen has now picked off Josh Allen.
What a day for Josh Allen. pic.twitter.com/h4V9nxPv8K
(via @NFL)— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) November 7, 2021
The linebacker Allen also picked up a sack of the quarterback Allen earlier in the game.
HISTORY!
🚨 Josh Allen sacked Josh Allen 🚨
(via @NFL)pic.twitter.com/ehMuzocBAT— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 7, 2021
And then to top it off, he added a fumble recovery with under 6 minutes to go.
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Twitter reacts to Josh Allen vs. Josh Allen
Twitter had plenty of fun playing the name game in Jaguars vs. Bills.
Josh Allen, who earlier today sacked Josh Allen, just picked off Josh Allen. pic.twitter.com/i1aPkJGaY7
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) November 7, 2021
Josh Allen just sacked Josh Allen.
It's the first time a player has sacked a QB with the same name since the @NFL started counting sacks in 1982.— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) November 7, 2021
Josh Allen is winning the Josh Allen battle
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) November 7, 2021
Head explodes https://t.co/6HWQjEtY4I
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 7, 2021
JOSH ALLEN NOW HAS A SACK, INTERCEPTION AND A FUMBLE RECOVERY ON JOSH ALLEN!!!! BENDER STARTS NOW https://t.co/iULmWxUo4n
— Mike Ryan (Ruiz) ⭐️⭐️ (@MichaelRyanRuiz) November 7, 2021
Just to recap, today in Jacksonville:
-Josh Allen sacked Josh Allen.
-Josh Allen intercepted Josh Allen.
-Josh Allen recovered a Josh Allen fumble.
Josh Allen > Josh Allen..today pic.twitter.com/GQWOc0geRI— trey wingo (@wingoz) November 7, 2021
Bills Josh Allen gotta go by his initials now, he's J.P. Allen. https://t.co/kb5sCBS6YO
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) November 7, 2021
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Josh Allen logs sack, interception off Josh Allen in Jaguars vs. Bills
