‘Allen can go into every game thinking of the words of wisdom from the mustard-shirt, glasses wearing character: “I am ready to face any challenge that might be foolish enough to face me” and he’ll be unstoppable. And if he ever decides to leave the Bills, he should go “wherever they value loyalty most.”‘
Archives for December 2020
First Bills, Steelers injury reports are out
‘The Bills held a walk-through practice on Wednesday, but will be back on the field on Thursday afternoon.’
Josh Allen named AFC Offensive Player of the Week
‘It is the fifth time this season where a Bills player has been named the AFC Player of the Week. Along with Allen’s three Offensive Player of the Week honors, defensive end Jerry Hughes was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week back in Week 7, while linebacker A.J. Klein was also named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week just last week against the Los Angeles Chargers.’
Josh Allen has perfect ‘Office’ response after praise from Rainn Wilson
‘Following Allen’s 375-yard, four touchdown performance in a 34-24 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night, which garnered him AFC Player of the Week honors, “The Office” star tweeted out that Allen was his “second favorite quarterback.”’
Simms: Didn’t think Bills were Super Bowl contenders, but ‘that’s all changed’
‘”I think that was the best game he’s played in his whole career. … There was a little of everything in that game with Josh Allen. There was great individual feats where he makes plays where him, [Patrick] Mahomes, [Aaron] Rodgers, Deshaun Watson, Russell Wilson, they’re the only ones that can make those plays in football. That’s it. Then there was great moments of being surgical, making the right decisions, reading the defense the right way. It had it all from that aspect. Then of course, Buffalo is in the thick of things in the AFC and the importance of that game. All of it was amazing.”‘
‘Is that a serious question?’ NFL Network analyst says Allen better than Roethlisberger
‘“What you saw Josh Allen do the other night, that was MVP caliber play that he had and Ben doesn’t have that in him anymore and what Josh Allen can do in the pocket now, running but also creating plays outside the pocket by buying time and throwing there’s only a few quarterbacks who have the ability to have all those three phases that he does,” said Ross.’
Bills QB Josh Allen named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for third time this season, a franchise first
‘The Bills quarterback threw for 375 yards and four touchdowns, notching an impressive 80% completion rate. He has thrown for 26 touchdowns this season, rushing for another six and scoring one receiving touchdown on a trick play against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 10. His 33 total touchdowns this season puts him one shy of Hall of Famer Jim Kelly’s single-season franchise record.’
Bills-49ers highest rated Monday Night Football game in Buffalo since at least 2006
‘The game scored a combined Nielsen rating of 44.9 on ESPN and 7ABC in the Buffalo-area, which topped the previous high rating of 42.2 for a 2015 match-up between the Bills and Patriots.’
Bills QB Josh Allen: “I’ve got a lot of respect for the organization over there in Pittsburgh”
‘“The defense that they’ve got, obviously the pass-rush, the two guys T.J. Watt and Cam Heyward. Obviously they lost [Bud] Dupree which is a really good player too and you never like to see anyone go down and he was a very tough competitor that we played last year. In the back end they’ve got some smart guys, Minkah’s [Fitzpatrick] able to fly around,” Allen said.’
Josh Allen named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for 3rd time this season
‘According to the Bills, Allen was “the first player in team history to attempt 40 or more passes and complete at least 80 percent of them.”’
Bills S Jordan Poyer has high praise for Steelers offense ahead of Sunday night matchup
‘“Extremely talented offensive group, extremely talented football team when you look at the team as a whole offensively, defensively and special teams. Ben playing well, 17 year vet has seen all the looks,” Bills safety Jordan Poyer said.’
Bills’ “Color Rush” uniforms for game against Steelers revealed
‘The Color Rush uniforms, presented by The BFLO Store, were revealed in a short video on Twitter Wednesday morning.’
Josh Allen says ‘there’s still plenty of work to do’ after AFC honor
‘”A lot of it has to do with being in the same system for three years,” Allen said. “Understanding the concepts that we are running, utilizing the help that we’ve brought into our quarterback room and trying to understand defense a lot better.”‘
Josh Allen named AFC Offensive Player of the Week
‘Allen also took the honor in week 2 against Miami and Week 9 against the Seattle Seahawks.’
Bills gear harder to come by, Josh Allen jerseys flying off the shelves
‘”There’s been such a major demand in Bills product in the marketplace and because there’s production issues due to the virus and factories just can’t have as many people in there producing product, it’s just a lot harder to get goods in right now,” said Jason Klein, manager at the Bills Store.’