Josh Allen did not light up the scoreboard on Monday night, and he did not need to. Allen completed 21 of 31 passes for 234 yards and a touchdown, crossed 5,000 rushing yards for his career and steered the Buffalo Bills to a 23-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium, Buffalo’s fourth straight victory and a 7-1 record that stands as the best mark in the AFC.

His night started with a mistake. Byron Murphy intercepted Allen in the end zone in the first quarter, ending a promising drive empty. Allen answered the way he usually does, late in the first half, when he completed all six of his passes on an 80-yard drive and found rookie tight end Keleki Latu for a 25-yard touchdown with 44 seconds left before halftime. It was Latu’s first NFL touchdown, on his first target of the season, and it gave Buffalo a 10-6 lead it never gave back. Allen was sharper after the break, going 8 of 11 for 103 yards in the second half, and he twice converted quarterback sneaks on the late drive that sealed the game.

The milestone arrived on the ground. Allen became just the fifth quarterback in NFL history to rush for 5,000 career yards, and he and running back James Cook crossed that mark in the same game, something no quarterback and running back tandem had ever done together.

“It’s just a mindset of going out there and not being result-driven, going out there and being process-driven and understanding what they’re trying to do,” Allen said. “At the end of the day, having fun playing the game of football.”

Allen was just as happy to talk about Cook, who finished with 107 yards on 31 carries. “That’s James Cook,” Allen said. “It was awesome to to sit down there or sit back and kind of watch him run, especially late in that drive and making guys miss and finding his way into the end zone.” He added, “The more times we can get James Cook the ball, the better we’re going to be as an offense.”

Buffalo’s defense did the rest, holding Minnesota to 178 yards and no touchdowns and intercepting Carson Wentz twice. Wentz, starting in place of the injured Kyler Murray, finished 8 of 25 for 81 yards. Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson was hurt on a first-quarter incompletion but returned to the game later in the first half. Minnesota fell to 6-2.

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