BigDingus

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.

The pass rush really hasn't been bad, Ben's a veteran & just knows to get the ball out quickly.

The way Allen threw that quick pass is one of his biggest weaknesses where I hope he improves this year. It's not just about getting it out quick, but about placement to where your RB or WR can immediately catch it & move up field instead of having to leave their feet, turn around, or stretch for it. Glad we came away with points, but those quick passes to the flats seem to be pretty ineffective most of the time.

Well whatdoyaknow... When your QB isn't doing well, running can help!

Don't forget, Josh didn't do so hot either. Missed several easy passes & a wide open Sanders for a TD. Oh, and the refs... thanks for that PI call to setup that comeback.

I hope it's just a bad game, because Allen looks nothing like he did last year... Oh, and blocked punt. Yay.

That did not look like the play was designed that way. Looks like there was confusion on their parts. Have no idea what they were planning with that, but it definitely wasn't supposed to be a throw 5+ yards backwards with nobody downfield.

Tyrod Taylor has also thrown for more yards in the first half than he did most games his last year in Buffalo lol

Steelers have a good pass rush, plus you have to take into account how long he hangs on before the pass. Not saying he's hanging on too long, rather it's taking a while for the receivers to get open or find holes in the coverage. After 3 seconds, I'd expect he's going to get hit more often than not.

This looks like 2019 Allen I was joking before, but I am concerned that fans being present just adds to him being too amped up.

Allen's looking rough 😕 FANS, GO HOME! IT'S YOUR FAULT YOU FOOLS

Ok, I'll let the refs slide on those holding calls. They made up for it on not flagging Hyde. I was about to be irate if that gave them a 1st & restarted their drive.

Man, that was painful. Missed a wide open TD, and 3 holding calls... I blame the fans. When they weren't there, the team did better 😂

As we know first hand, Belichick can scheme with the best of them. Even with a less talented roster, he surely will get the most out of what he has as long as his team isn't turning the ball over. I think if they can minimize mistakes & turnovers, they will definitely be competitive. He's never had a problem making a game slow & ugly, chewing the clock & dominating time of possession. He's not only good at attacking an opponent's weakness, he's great at masking those of his own team. We definitely have the more talented roster, but I'm not willing to say McDermott & Co. are the more talented coaching staff. Yet.

You know, I love this dude more & more every time I hear any news or see any videos on him. The guy is just awesome.