Archives for December 2020

‘Quarterback (5.0). Right from the start, Allen was showing off all his elite skills. With Bradley Chubb nipping at his heels, he sidearmed a third-down completion to Stefon Diggs. Then he stiff-armed Malik Reed to avoid a sack and make a throwaway. Then he showed speedy processing in the pocket to throw a TD pass to Dawson Knox, his third read on the play. The great plays never stopped, highlighted by the 55-yard drop-in-the-bucket pass to Diggs and the laser-beam TD to Jake Kumerow. Denver’s blitzes didn’t work. Allen was 9 of 14 for 122 yards vs. the blitz, and added two runs for 31 yards and a TD vs. the blitz.’

‘Denver was unable to disrupt Allen and the Bills’ offense, which dominated the time of possession, 33:50 to 25:40. The Bills converted 9 of 13 on third down and compiled 534 total offensive yards, the sixth most in franchise history. The Bills had their most yards since 579 at Seattle on Dec. 23, 2000. Buffalo has posted 300 or more yards in eight consecutive games, which has only been accomplished five times in team history.’

‘But guessing at the infection and hospital capacity levels two to three weeks into the future is much more difficult. Although positive test rates recently have been falling in Erie County and Western New York, the Christmas and New Year’s holidays are still ahead and could bring another surge in positive test rates and hospital admissions.’

‘That’s a nice way of saying I was wishing he would disappear about midway through the game because he sounded like he was paid by the word. He talked a lot but never said much of interest.’