BigDingus

Again, Allen is never ready to release the ball after dropping back, regardless of pressure... and again, throwing off his back foot. I'm sorry, but it does have me concerned

Ouch...

How are you not worried? Ever since the Ravens game in the playoffs, he's looked pedestrian at best. I love the guy, but he looks completely lost.

Aside from the dumb recent penalties, I think when you see the film breakdown or rewatch the game that the O-line has done their job pretty well. Allen is doing what he did in 2018-2019 where he almost never is ready to release the ball after his drop back. He's not seeing the field or making decisions quick enough, and then starts feeling pressure before it gets there & ends up actually moving INTO the pressure quicker.

Last year's Allen would've hit Diggs on that pass... And waaaay too many throws being chunked off his backfoot. This is just upsetting.

And this is why EXECUTION matters, and why the play calling has been reserved. Allen isn't showing the ability to make the plays he made last year. 3 straight runs would've been preferable to thinking he was magically going to put it together with 40 seconds left before half.

Play calling reflects on-field execution. I don't see how people don't understand this. Daboll didn't go from genius to idiot overnight. When your QB is playing shaky & just turned it over on yet another awful drive, you don't start slinging it again & risk giving Miami an easy chance to score before halftime.... especially not when your defense has stopped them thus far. The win is more important than filling the stat sheet.

Even the play calling has resorted back to 2018-2019. They're not comfortable in Allen being able to piece it together at the moment.

He'd have to grow 5 feet to even have a chance at that pass considering how poorly thrown it was...

Back to a 55% passer, and throwing balls too low, high or behind people... It's really depressing. He looks like he did his first 2 seasons 😕

Lol true, but I've honestly been impressed with how he's played despite being under constant pressure. He's read the field pretty well, made good adjustments, he doesn't get happy feet easily, and if it weren't for key drops, would've had a TD or at least a 1st & goal. Hoping Josh settles down this next drive. He looks like he's just eyeing his first receiver & taking off out of the pocket.

It's crazy to think he has been a part of so many SB wins... It's actually gross... like a huge error in the system. Add to the fact Brady has 7, and it's clear Satan was involved. I'm not old, but I'm old enough to remember countless pundits claiming the end of the FA era would result in no more dynasties. Teams like the 49ers, Steelers, Cowboys, etc would never rack up 3 or 4 SB wins in a decade again. Yeah, about that... 🤮🤮🤮🤮 Sell your soul to Lucifer, and apparently you can go to 10 Super Bowls, win 7 and STILL be playing. JUST GIVE THE BILLS ONE DAMMIT!

https://sports.yahoo.com/bills-wr-cole-beasley-offers-135809473.html?a20_comeback_from_auth=1 Well... I guess some fans will at least benefit from Beasley's um... ideals? Edit: Sorry if posted. I did a bunch of searches & didn't find anything. Just hope this weird saga comes to an end soon.

Part of the reason the board looks so bad after a loss is in part due to this very thing. Many regular posters avoid the place, leaving room for all the rage-filled, game-day-only, sky-is-falling posters to emerge & rise to the top. I will respond in a few specific threads, but I rarely will start a topic. But yes, I avoid TV, sports radio, sports news outlets online, and discussion forums/boards after Bills losses. They just add insult to injury.

Rewatching the game, can someone please just show Josh how to hold a ball if he's going to take off running? He's already fumble-prone when he's just scrambling to avoid a sack, but holding the ball away from your body with just one hand is asking for a strip. Anyway... I'm pretty sure he was just amped up too much. A lot of the supposed pressure was really him creating it for himself. His pocket presence wasn't great, and he stepped into defenders instead of away from them quite often. Also, Next-Gen stats basically has proven the most successful QB's get the ball out of their hands in under 3 seconds. If Josh holds onto the ball past 3 seconds, it's likely the pressure gets to him regardless of anything else. O-line needs to help him, but he needs to help them as well.

The simple solution is for Buffalo to just double or triple in size... More people = more tax revenue = easier stadium funding = more money for the Bills. Just force all your family, friends & loved ones to relocate en masse to Buffalo, at gunpoint if you have to. And if that doesn't double the city's size, we just start taking in refugees from every war-torn country. Easy peasy!

Leading receiver on the Ravens was Sammy Watkins. Game winning TD was Zay Jones. And hidden among the former Bills stars is the greatest Bill of them all... Nathan Peterman holding that clipboard somewhere!

I won't be surprised to see a good chunk of people picking Miami next week tbh

Thank you for owning up & taking responsibility like a man. Eat one bowl of decades-expired Flutie Flakes & watch 3 x Music City "Miracle" replays as penance.

Back to blaming the OC every time the offense (and QB) play poorly... 💩 Predictable.

I made a post about this before the season (either on here or reddit, don't remember) where I basically thought this exact same thing. It seems Josh gets as amped up as the fans, and the more pressure leading into a game, the more erratic his play is. I kept half joking in the GameDay thread about sending the fans home, but at this point it just seems he plays better without all the added hype. Then again, he knows all the people are still there, noise or not. And opposing fans are going to be extra loud, especially during away games. So I guess we'll just have to hope he can find ways to calm down and tune out the noise.

He has more than enough weapons... a lot more than most QB's in this league. Even if he had another one, it wouldn't matter if he plays like he did today. Far too inaccurate, and even a lot of the caught passes were thrown to bad spots which didn't allow the receiver any room to move or run after the catch.

Well you could tell every big game the past couple years (New England, Baltimore, Tennessee, KC, etc.) he gets as amped up as the fans do & plays differently. This being the home opener, 70k fans back in the seats, Super Bowl expectations & people calling him a possible MVP front-runner...and against a conference rival, yeah, he played like 2018-2019 Josh Allen again. He wasn't the only guy who played poorly, so we're not saying it's all his fault, but this team's success lives & dies by Allen. If he plays like this going forward, we'll be lucky to get a WC slot.

Hats off to the defense though. They held the Steelers down the majority of the game, and allowed only 17 points with only 1 TD (3 FGs). If not for a blocked punt returned for a TD, we'd be in OT right now.

The offense really needs to work on timing in practice. When prepping against teams with good pass rushes, when the clock hits 3 seconds, they should just call the ball dead & go again. Allen appears either unaware of the pressure or just doesn't process it fast enough.