Full coverage: Buffalo Bills 43, WFT, 21: Allen 'our MVP', Sanders gives ball to young fan

The MVP chants began raining from the stands in the second quarter, after Josh Allen threw his third touchdown of the game.

But the quarterback’s most impressive possessions were yet to come.

Safety Micah Hyde already knows what the big critique will be when the Buffalo Bills defense looks at the film. Hyde intercepted quarterback Taylor Heinicke in the Bills’ 43-21 win over the Washington Football Team. Teammate Jordan Poyer also intercepted Heinicke. But Hyde was lamenting that neither ran it back all the way.

“I tried, man, I tried. I got my foot chipped, I went down. I saw the end zone. I was hoping it was gonna happen, but hey, gotta save some for next week,” Hyde said. “Between mine and Po’s (Poyer’s), we’re gonna hear some stuff. But we got some takeaways. Next time, we gotta finish them.”

Emmanuel Sanders scored his first two touchdowns of the season in the Bills' 43-21 rout of Washington on Sunday. His pair of celebrations in the end zone could not have been more different.

Fired up after catching his first touchdown from Josh Allen to put the Bills on the board in the first quarter, Sanders launched the football into the stands, which will earn him a $7,210 fine from the league under the sportsmanship rules of its collective bargaining agreement.

The Buffalo Bills took advantage of mismatches in the middle of the field and chewed up the zone coverages of the Washington Football Team defense in their blowout victory Sunday.

Josh Allen completed 20 of 25 passes for 225 yards and a touchdown on throws between the numbers of the field.

Grading the Buffalo Bills in their 43-21 win over the Washington Football Team on Sunday at Highmark Stadium …

Running game: B-

Here is a quarter-by-quarter look at the Buffalo Bills' 43-21 win against the Washington Football Team on Sunday.

First quarter

Here’s the big-picture analysis of the Bills’ 43-21 demolition of the Washington Football Team:

What happened to the vaunted Washington front four?

Among the most enjoyable parts of Brian Daboll’s return to Western New York as the Bills’ offensive coordinator before the 2018 season was the chance for he and his children to spend more time with his grandparents.

They had raised him in their West Seneca home after Daboll was born in Canada and still lived there. They had supported him when he scrapped his original plan to use his economics degree for a job on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs or Bear Stearns to become a coach. Even though they didn’t have much money, they had tried the best they could to send cash to help him pay rent and put gas in his car when he began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at William & Mary.

The Buffalo Bills pushed their record above .500 with a 43-21 thumping of the Washington Football Team on Sunday at Highmark Stadium. Josh Allen, Emmanuel Sanders, Zack Moss and Micah Hyde were among the Bills with exceptional performances.

Unlike last week's demolition of Miami, the victory over Washington sparked a more confident reaction from Bills fans, including Wolf Blitzer, the CNN reporter who grew up in Western New York.

Dion Dawkins dedicated the Buffalo Bills’ performance Sunday to Brian Daboll after a 43-21 victory over the Washington Football Team.

A few minutes later, quarterback Josh Allen provided some more clarity on just why the team was so inspired to put on a good showing for its offensive coordinator.

Week 3: Bills 43, Washington 21

At Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park

Although there's no way to know for sure, it seems that Erie County's vaccination mandate had little impact on attendance at Sunday's Buffalo Bills game.

Erie County public health sanitarians refused entry to only four fans on secondary checks for proof of vaccination, Health Department spokeswoman Kara Kane said.

With his 28-yard first-quarter touchdown reception from Josh Allen, Bills veteran wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders has caught scores from 11 different NFL quarterbacks. 

The feat, while still eight shy of Irving Fryar's all-time record, is a testament to Sanders' longevity in the league – and also the Denver Broncos' quarterback carousel from 2015-2019, which accounted for six of his passers.