Big Turk

they seem to have lost their Mojo a little...they'll get it back.

They can't have it both ways...they need to let him play or they are going to suffer the consequences.

3 of those were sneaks. More often he ran around and then waited until it was too late to run or threw a super low completion chance pass instead of taking off

They have basically neutered their offense by trying to limit Allen's rushing to the degree which they have. It's one thing if you try and tone it down a little...quite another where it seems like Allen is almost scared to try and run now and would rather run around back there and heave up a pass with like a 5% completion chance instead of taking off. No designed QB runs like QB Power or QB Sweeps, barely willing to take off running until it's the last resort and by that time it's too late. It's almost like they have sucked the life out of Allen and the offense by doing this to him. They need to let him play...there needs to be a happy medium, this is way too far in the other direction of not running or scrambling anymore. Yesterday was the most carries he had in a game this year with 7, and 3 of them were sneaks. Last year he already had 4 games with more than 7 carries at this time after 7 games and 3 of those were double digits. They are cutting off their nose to spite their face and making themselves easier to defend.

It's nearly impossible to block 3 people on one pass play without intending to do so. Also Murray seemingly just stopped and the defender ran into him.

100% agree...they have willingly made themselves much easier to defend on offense. I get they don't want Allen running "as much" but that doesn't mean cut it out completely. Now he seems so scared to take off he's passing up chunks of yards for low percentage passes that have almost no chance of being completed, or simply throwing it away. Or worse, waiting until it's too late to run then throwing it away when if he would had taken off sooner he had a lot of room to run. At this point they are cutting off their nose to spite their face on offense.

He'll be fine, just a little rough patch he is going to have to pull himself out of.

So they lose 3 games all by one score, all coming down to the final minutes of the 4th quarter, and they need something to "save" their season? Talk about panicking. Get control of yourself man. They don't need to do anything other than re-focus themselves, accept their mistakes and then focus on correcting them. What they need to do is stop neutering Allen and let him run more. Allen seems so hesitant to use his legs, he is passing up chunks of yards for low percentage throws. Add to this no designed QB runs anymore and the offense has cut off it's nose to spite it's face. That is a huge part of the offense and a big concern in preparation for the opposing D...and now you've basically willingly took all that off the table for them and made yourself that much easier to defend. Get back to allowing Allen to run in some situations...there needs to be a happy medium, he is way too far in the other direction now where he is unwilling to run.

Yeah, that's my takeaway...he is so reluctant to use his legs now he would rather run around for a while and then attempt a pass with like a 5% completion chance and a super high difficulty rate than take off running. They have gone too far in the other direction now and have effectively neutered not only him but also their offense. Teams don't have to worry about it as much now and they don't have to prepare for any of the designed runs the Bills were so good at either anymore. So Murray gets called for the same thing but this dude takes out 3 defenders and gets nothing? This is what drives me crazy...officials aren't even consistent within the SAME GAME, let alone week to week or among different officiating crews. It is so maddening to see this crap week in and week out, and I am not even talking about only Bills games. Refs seem determined to effect every late game outcome in the NFL over the last 4 weeks with their constant flags.

They also kinda handed the Patriots a win this week by picking up an absolutely egregious illegal man downfield flag that gave them a 38 yard gain on their first play of the final drive. The man was 5 yards downfield! Like how far downfield does he need to be for you to let the flag stand? It was so bad they could use that in their offseason training videos for officials on what constitutes and illegal man downfield penalty.

You sure you weren't in the circus tent with Joe Dirt last night when it was getting fumigated?

C'mon man. This is ridiculous. It doesn't work like that in the NFL, and teams have standard protocols they use to help deal with Thursday games.

I know the Eagles won but they don't look great except on the DLine...holy hell they have a wrecking crew there.

Bills were giving Jones far too many easy completions with nobody around the receiver, and they threw a lot of short stuff as well.

Allen has also only ran 29 times total this season...last year at this point he had 53 rushes. They are trying to neuter him far too much in the run game, IMO, and it's hurting them offensively. Teams had to prepare for those designed QB runs. Now they don't...when was the last QB Power or QB Sweep we saw? Allen had the most rushing attempts this year yesterday, with 7, and 3 of them were sneaks, not even true runs. Last year at this time he had 4 games with more than 7 rushes in a game, 3 of them double digit attempts. They need to turn him loose, at least a little bit, and make the defense fear him again in that way. I don't think they fear that aspect of the offense anymore because they haven't seen it at all this year.

Mahomes is also running more than ever and using his legs to pick up big chunks. Allen needs to get back to doing the same and the offense needs to encourage him to do so. They have gone too far in the other direction of trying to "play it safe" with him. There needs to be somewhere in the middle and this assuredly isn't it.

The identity on offense was to let Allen do whatever he felt was best on a play and also use him in the designed run game. They have literally cut their nose off to spite their face on offense by neutering him in the way they have. Yes he is taking "less hits", but the offense is also much easier to defend now than when Allen was consistently a running threat and teams had to spend significant time preparing for those designed runs. Do teams even bother anymore? I don't know if we have seen one yet other than maybe a draw here or there and a few QB sneaks on short yardage. Where is the QB Power? The QB Sweep? Get the D at least preparing for that again even if you aren't going to use it every game. Allen seems so hesitant to run now, it's like he would rather try and throw up a pass with a 5% chance of being completed than take off running. That was a HUGE part of his game and teams are no longer really forced to defend that much anymore. They want to "fix" the offense? Then bring back the Allen runs. I'm sorry, this is who your QB is. THAT'S your identity on offense. You have an unstoppable force back there that can make you wrong no matter what you try and do on defense. Mahomes is running more than he ever has and it seems to be working. Allen is running less than he ever has and it isn't...at least not in the first half.

Unlikely.

He was never going to play in Atlanta because his coach, Jerry Glanville, quite literally hated him, so he looked for any and every reason not to...if he stayed in Atlanta his career may have faded into oblivion.

Bernard did put up stats in 3 games that took Edmunds 46 games to do.

Honestly so much better its mind boggling. And I watched every game Kelly played here. I don't even think Kelly himself would argue that.

At his best, Hurts is a 70% Allen who can't run over and thru players the same way or hurdle them.

This. 1st ballot HOF QB. End of discussion. /Thread

And I am sure they will just step right in and not miss a beat right?

I thought they already said ACL was fine You realize the Pats have among the worst OLine and the worst running game in the NFL this year right? It's not like normal where they still can run the ball. They are 31st in both running and passing this year and Stephenson hasn't even hit 60 yards in a game and is averaging under 3 YPC. For 125 yards. Good luck.