Josh Allen ties Marshawn Lynch in rushing TDs

ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 27: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills runs through left guard for a 1-yard touchdown against the Los Angeles Chargers during the second quarter of the game at Highmark Stadium on September 27, 2026 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has spent the past few years chasing running backs up the NFL's all-time rushing touchdown list. On Sunday, he caught one Bills Mafia knowspretty well.

Allen ran for two touchdowns against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 3, giving him 85 for his career and tying former Bills running back Marshawn Lynch for 17th place in NFL history.

Allen's first rushing touchdown of the game, aone-yard run in thesecondquarter, broke his tie with Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Taylor, who finished his career with 83. Allen entered the game tied with Taylor after scoring twice against the Detroit Lions in Week 2.

JOSH. ALLEN.

: FOX pic.twitter.com/kerB8XhOr9

- Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) September 27, 2026

Then came No. 85.

GUESS WHO?!

: FOX pic.twitter.com/pbasZtwopG

- Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) September 27, 2026

Allentook another one in from the one-yard linein thefourthquarter, pulling him even with Lynch, who scored 85 rushing touchdowns during a 12-year NFL career that began in Buffalo. Lynch spent parts of four seasons with the Bills after Buffalo selected him 12th overall in the 2007 NFL Draft before going on to spend the bulk of his career with the Seattle Seahawks.

And there are some pretty big names suddenly within Allen's reach.

Priest Holmes is next with 86 rushing touchdowns, followed by Eric Dickerson and Curtis Martin at 90 and Jerome Bettis and Franco Harris at 91. Allen has averaged just under 10 rushing touchdowns per season over his career, but that number has jumped tonearly 14per season over the past three years.

If Allen keeps anything close to that recent pace, Dickerson, Martin, Bettis, and Harris are all well within reach this season. And with six rushing touchdowns through the first three games, even Barry Sanders' 99doesn'tlook quite as far away as it did when the season started.

Of course, keeping up a two-rushing-touchdowns-per-game pace would be absurd. But this is Josh Allen, and we have been doing this long enough to know better than to completely rule out absurd.