Josh and INTs

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

6 hours ago, Big Turk said:

 

He is an exceptional deep ball receiver.

 

Exceptional? Never had over 836 yards or 7 TD in any season ever, I guess we just have differen't meaning of the word. He had 1 exceptional playoff game since that game he has been average at best imo.

Edited September 22 by BuffaloBillsGospel2014

[PoundingDog]

We know Josh is a reliable self driven athlete. I say reliable to mean he sets a realistic goal and has an actual plan and follows thru. QB mechanics improvement dominated his early years. Recently he has shifted more to the mental part of the game for improvement. Last couple of years, he has set ball security (2024) and pre-snap read (2025) as his top priorities. At least to me, I see noticeable improvement of his game. MVP is an acknowledgement from NFL community. 

 

Cover 1 had a couple episodes detailing Allen's change in diagnosing plays. He follows thru a play's read sequence 1, 2, 3... whichever is open in the progression, he throws the ball. He no longer skips some open reads for a bigger (usually more exciting and maybe more risky) option later on. We'll see how the pre-snap improvement will play out this year. Supposedly if he does make improvement in that area, he can change his read sequences at the LOS on top of changing plays entirely. Those improvement has direct impact to his low INTs: he does not force the ball on an option any more; he selects the easier options which means less intercept-able throws. In the past on third down, Allen always threw the ball pass the 1st down marker (and we loved that because in the drought we hated QBs threw short of the marker). Now he trusts his decisions and throw some safer passes that the receivers have a good chance of making it pass the 1st down marker.