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Josh Allen - PLAYOFF GAME report card


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20 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

But Duke never had it. If he had it and the DB knocked it out I would be more sympathetic. That is just a bad drop. 

Duke did have it.  That view doesn't show it well.  Im sure there will be a better view of it eventually.  I remember watching the replay.  He had it most of the way just didn't complete when he came down.

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21 hours ago, Binghamton Beast said:

That lateral he made on the last drive in regulation may have been the dumbest play I’ve ever witnessed in my 47 years of watching football.


And it mattered zero.     Can anyone else cry about this play some more ? 

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B-

 

Overall he gave Houston too many chances to turn the ball over and it eventually burned us, but he also kept drives moving for most of the game and gave our defense the chance to win in the 4th (and they didn't).

 

The play that sticks out to me is 3rd and 6 with 9:40 left in the 4th. Josh has Duke open on the crossing route over the middle but waits too long to throw and Watt gets a piece of his arm. Incomplete, three and out. This came after the Watt sack to kill the TD drive and the fumble on the previous series. The QB has to bounce back in that spot and Josh didn't.      

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22 hours ago, coastalpika said:

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I could have selected nearly anyone .. but good God an F. Josh Allen at the end of the first round of the playoffs will have the second most passing yards and  by far the most rushing yards of any starting QB + the most receiving yards of any starting QB ... but let's dig deeper. I pulled the stats for the first playoff game of some of the great current QBs and many HOFers. I did not cherry pick .. I was actually surprised on the comparison.

Player

Passing Yds

TD

Int

Rushing Yds

Total Yds

Age

Peyton Manning

227

0

0

11

238

23.3

Drew Brees

319

1

1

17

336

25.4

Tom Brady

312

0

1

16

328

24.2

Jim Kelly

244

0

1

18

262

28.3

Aaron Rodgers

423

4

1

13

436

26

Josh Allen

264

0

0

92

356

23.2

Lamar Jackson

194

2

1

54

248

21.4

Ben Roethlisburger

181

1

2

30

211

22.3

Joe Montana

304

2

1

-9

295

25.2

Dan Marino

193

2

2

0

193

22.1

Patrick Mahomes

278

0

0

8

286

23.1

Cam Newton

267

1

2

54

321

24.2

Deshaun Watson

235

1

1

76

311

23.1

Mayfield, Darnold, Rosen

TBD

         

Josh was second in total yards. Investigate for yourself. Maybe I missed someone .. but seriously a little perspective would be good.

 

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22 hours ago, Maine-iac said:

Some are blaming Daboll (and it might be him), some are blaming the OL ( and certainly at times it looks like them), and some are blaming Allen but one thing is for certain people are shooting into the backfield completely unblocked altogether too aften.  When he sees a rush coming on a drop back he's ok.  He has a bit of a fumble problem with guys washing around from behind him but when people come in unblocked he just loses his mind.

 

There wasn’t a jail break when he threw to his FB into double coverage. There was no jail break when he tried that head scratcher of a lateral.

 

Josh is unpredictable currently. Unpredictably good and unpredictably bad at times. At some point he will become predictable and he’ll either be our franchise QB or he’ll be out of the league. 

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Just now, Mango said:

 

There wasn’t a jail break when he threw to his FB into double coverage. There was no jail break when he tried that head scratcher of a lateral.

 

Josh is unpredictable currently. Unpredictably good and unpredictably bad at times. At some point he will become predictable and he’ll either be our franchise QB or he’ll be out of the league. 


There was also no one open.  They showed the QB view on that play.   He could’ve ran I suppose.  Definitely shouldn’t have thrown that, but like McDermott said... he tried to do too much.  

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Just now, SCBills said:


There was also no one open.  They showed the QB view on that play.   He could’ve ran I suppose.  Definitely shouldn’t have thrown that, but like McDermott said... he tried to do too much.  

 

Brown did come open. Josh just needed to wait half a second longer. I have the screenshot if someone can explain to me how to post it. 

 

I do see why he threw it because there was a free defender but I think it was an example of where having been hit so much late in the game had rushed his internal clock a touch. 

 

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12 minutes ago, CorkScrewHill said:

I could have selected nearly anyone .. but good God an F. Josh Allen at the end of the first round of the playoffs will have the second most passing yards and  by far the most rushing yards of any starting QB + the most receiving yards of any starting QB ... but let's dig deeper. I pulled the stats for the first playoff game of some of the great current QBs and many HOFers. I did not cherry pick .. I was actually surprised on the comparison.

Player

 

Passing Yds

 

TD

 

Int

 

Rushing Yds

 

Total Yds

 

Age

 

Peyton Manning

 

227

 

0

 

0

 

11

 

238

 

23.3

 

Drew Brees

 

319

 

1

 

1

 

17

 

336

 

25.4

 

Tom Brady

 

312

 

0

 

1

 

16

 

328

 

24.2

 

Jim Kelly

 

244

 

0

 

1

 

18

 

262

 

28.3

 

Aaron Rodgers

 

423

 

4

 

1

 

13

 

436

 

26

 

Josh Allen

 

264

 

0

 

0

 

92

 

356

 

23.2

 

Lamar Jackson

 

194

 

2

 

1

 

54

 

248

 

21.4

 

Ben Roethlisburger

 

181

 

1

 

2

 

30

 

211

 

22.3

 

Joe Montana

 

304

 

2

 

1

 

-9

 

295

 

25.2

 

Dan Marino

 

193

 

2

 

2

 

0

 

193

 

22.1

 

Patrick Mahomes

 

278

 

0

 

0

 

8

 

286

 

23.1

 

Cam Newton

 

267

 

1

 

2

 

54

 

321

 

24.2

 

Deshaun Watson

 

235

 

1

 

1

 

76

 

311

 

23.1

 

Mayfield, Darnold, Rosen

 

TBD

 

         

Josh was second in total yards. Investigate for yourself. Maybe I missed someone .. but seriously a little perspective would be good.

 

Why does he not get credit for the 16 yard TD catch?

9 minutes ago, SCBills said:


There was also no one open.  They showed the QB view on that play.   He could’ve ran I suppose.  Definitely shouldn’t have thrown that, but like McDermott said... he tried to do too much.  

Shouldn't have thrown to the FB? There was no one open and if the FB doesn't jump 3 years too early, he catches that ball. He was on his way down when the ball got to him. He could've ran, but the Texans had a guy spying on him that play.

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15 minutes ago, CorkScrewHill said:

I could have selected nearly anyone .. but good God an F. Josh Allen at the end of the first round of the playoffs will have the second most passing yards and  by far the most rushing yards of any starting QB + the most receiving yards of any starting QB ... but let's dig deeper. I pulled the stats for the first playoff game of some of the great current QBs and many HOFers. I did not cherry pick .. I was actually surprised on the comparison.

Player

 

Passing Yds

 

TD

 

Int

 

Rushing Yds

 

Total Yds

 

Age

 

Peyton Manning

 

227

 

0

 

0

 

11

 

238

 

23.3

 

Drew Brees

 

319

 

1

 

1

 

17

 

336

 

25.4

 

Tom Brady

 

312

 

0

 

1

 

16

 

328

 

24.2

 

Jim Kelly

 

244

 

0

 

1

 

18

 

262

 

28.3

 

Aaron Rodgers

 

423

 

4

 

1

 

13

 

436

 

26

 

Josh Allen

 

264

 

0

 

0

 

92

 

356

 

23.2

 

Lamar Jackson

 

194

 

2

 

1

 

54

 

248

 

21.4

 

Ben Roethlisburger

 

181

 

1

 

2

 

30

 

211

 

22.3

 

Joe Montana

 

304

 

2

 

1

 

-9

 

295

 

25.2

 

Dan Marino

 

193

 

2

 

2

 

0

 

193

 

22.1

 

Patrick Mahomes

 

278

 

0

 

0

 

8

 

286

 

23.1

 

Cam Newton

 

267

 

1

 

2

 

54

 

321

 

24.2

 

Deshaun Watson

 

235

 

1

 

1

 

76

 

311

 

23.1

 

Mayfield, Darnold, Rosen

 

TBD

 

         

Josh was second in total yards. Investigate for yourself. Maybe I missed someone .. but seriously a little perspective would be good.

 

Probably most of those are losses also.  First time in the playoffs I'm not down on Allen or his play in general but we could have won.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/01/09/nfl-qbs-making-their-first-playoff-starts-have-mostly-stumbled-will-patrick-mahomes/?arc404=true

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There's NO way you can pin this loss on Allen.  Did he play a great game?  No.  But he did play a solid game and I give him a B-. 

 

He had 372 total yards and made a lot more good to excellent plays then bad plays.  He scored a TD and lost a fumble so the TD/TO's evened out.  He led the Bills on 3 long first half drives putting us up 13 - 0 at half. 

 

He had a rough patch in the 4th quarter but pulled himself together to lead us to a game tying FG.  And in his only OT possession Allen looked sharp and was leading us downfield for the winning FG until on a QB sweep THREE O-linemen couldn't get a block on ONE defender turning what should have been a 20 yard run into FG range into a nasty head shot on Allen for no gain.  And then on the very next play Ford was flagged for a ticky tack penalty that cost us 15 yards.  Of course we'll never know if given another chance Allen could have moved us into FG range because Watson converted a 3rd & 18 in marching his team 70 yards for the game winning FG.

 

The loss to Houston was a classic TEAM loss.  No one person or unit was responsible.  Every player and every unit performed brilliantly at times and poorly at other times.  And ditto for the coaching. 

 

But if I was forced to make a list of those responsible for the loss starting at the top with those most responsible down to the bottom with those least responsible Allen would be a lot closer to the bottom then he would be to the top.

 

 

 

 

 

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