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You’re talking to an Allen hater.

Throw them open? How does a QB throw a WR open when the defense is running the route for them? You’re asking him to throw interceptions.

I don’t think we will need to win 12 games to make the playoffs. 11-6 will make it (that’s 4-2 the rest of the way). 10-7 might even make it (that’s 3-3). Not that it matters, since I don’t see how this team could make a SB run anyway.

Daboll was very good at scheming receivers open. He had his warts, but giving easy options for Josh was not one of them.

Or an offense! We have a bad defense AND a pitifully inconsistent offense. If we could have just ONE good side of the ball, that would be nice. And no i’m not impressed by beating up and dropping 40 on the bad teams.

I get what you’re saying but it’s hard to imagine this team turning it around and winning even a single playoff game.

Nonsense. There is no QB in NFL history who would have done better tonight.

I mean… the offense is kinda why the Texans scored over 20 (Shakir’s fumble in field goal range, for example).

PS, this is what I meant by traffic beaters in my original post. “Running routes for the Bills” is a perfect way to say it.

😂 PS, sounds like Jim was going off tonight.

I get it, but 12 points is simply not acceptance on offense - even against a great defense. The Titans offense scored more points against that defense than we did.

Forgot to mention one other thing; Our receiving options don’t seem to know what to do when Allen scrambles. They mostly just stay still or move only slightly. I don’t get it. They don’t come back toward the ball, or try to shake their defender. Actually Shakir did a little, but everyone else? Just … statues for the most part.

Ok that’s good to know. Thank you. I didnt see the TV broadcast yet.

The one stinky part of watching from a comfy couch (which I prefer) is that you don’t get to see the whole field. You don’t get to see what the QB is looking at. Being at the game, you can. I was there. Where is what I saw: 1) It is tough to describe in words (because people think you’re exaggerating when you’re not) how covered our receiving options were. Texans players were step for step locked in on our receiving options. There were entire series where I don’t think our receivers had an INCH of separation. 2) Allen was watching this unfold and has NO WHERE to throw to 99% of the game, and to make matters worse, he was being pressured non-stop. 28 total pressures, I believe was the final number. 3) What does superman do when he is being pressured and his receivers can’t get open in a normal (or expedited) amount of time? He scrambles to buy them more time to get open. But by doing so, he gets sacked - deep. Fans who don’t understand what is happening yell “just throw the ball away!” not realizing that this option simply makes it a punt on 4th and 7 instead of a punt on 4th and 20. It also means you don’t have any super hero plays, like his 3rd and 12 scramble. At one point in the game the Texans fans next to us said “there is nothing he can do” … they were right. 4) Brady, for most of the game, kept calling deep crossers, option routes, and traffic beaters. I was pulling my hair out because Allen didn’t have enough time as it was, and Brady had receivers running routes that take 3-5 seconds. On the last 2 drives he finally connected a few neurons and reverted to a shorter route tree and exploited what Houston wasn’t covering (the flats and quick hitters). Magically the offense starting moving the ball. 5) Last thing: I think defenses have figured out Brady’s progression scheme. They seem to be leaving coverage after Allen checks off an option in his progression. This sometimes makes an option look open but Allen is no longer looking at them so it doesn’t matter. You will see this when the ALL-22 comes out. It was very frustrating.