‘Allen looked like he’d been crying when he finally emerged from the visitors’ locker room to address what went wrong. He sat red-faced behind a microphone, having committed three turnovers in the second half, and with a hoarse voice attempted to explain how the highest-scoring offense in the NFL failed to find the end zone, how shoddy protection from the offensive line, an inability to run the ball and a deluge of penalties, including five personal fouls, resulted in a presumptive Super Bowl contender falling to a one-win team starting a rookie quarterback.’
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Observations: Bills’ offense suddenly finds itself in crisis mode
‘Still, that doesn’t absolve the five starters who played against the Jaguars. None of them – left tackle Dion Dawkins, left guard Ike Boettger, center Mitch Morse, right guard Cody Ford and right tackle Daryl Williams – played remotely well enough against an inferior Jacksonville defense that came into the game allowing 386 yards and 29.0 points per game, both in the bottom quarter of the NFL.’
Jacksonville cornerback on Bills’ sideline: ‘It’s like they don’t care. They don’t deserve this’
‘“So that’s one thing I kept preaching at everybody else. ‘Look on the sidelines, watching them walking around, it’s like they don’t care. They don’t deserve this. Let’s show them why.’ ”’
Plays that shaped the game: Bills’ one-dimensional offense implodes
‘Devin Singletary and Zack Moss combined for just 22 yards on nine carries, a 2.4-yard average.’
Quarter by quarter: Sputtering offense, Allen turnovers, penalties undo Bills in Jacksonville
‘A final attempt: The Bills got the ball back with one final chance. They started on their own 20 with less than three minutes to go. They went 32 yards, the bulk of that from a Sanders catch, before they were unable to convert on fourth-and-16, turning it over on downs and giving Jacksonville its first win at home of the season.’
Bills Q&A: This was the worst regular-season loss by a good Bills team ever
‘McDermott never has had a loss like this with the Bills. In fact, one of the credits on his resume before Sunday was that the Bills never had lost to a team they clearly should have beaten since he took over in 2017.’
Report card: Undisciplined penalties, unwatchable offense lead to ugly grades in Bills’ loss
‘Let’s not sugarcoat things: This was easily the worst loss of Sean McDermott’s career as the Bills’ coach in the regular season. The team wasn’t ready to play – and that falls directly at the feet of the head coach.’
Josh Allen looked like a rookie, Bills were abysmal in shocking loss to Jaguars
‘Instead, we watched that debacle, a game that could prove to be devastating later in the season when it comes time to decide homefield advantage in the playoffs.’
Maiorana: We’ve seen bad Bills losses but dreadful upset to Jags might be worst ever
‘Here’s where I’m coming from. Yes, there have been countless one-sided defeats; there have been heartbreaking failures including some on the biggest stages; and there have been endless strings of losses during the worst Bills seasons in history. But unless my mind is failing me – which is entirely possible – I can’t ever recall one quite like this.’
Bills report card: Josh Allen said he played like (expletive). So did the entire offense
‘On offense, Daboll should just burn the tape. Nothing worked. He had very few answers for anything Jacksonville was doing on defense, especially with the pressure packages. He has to get Allen back on track, and he quickly needs to figure out why Diggs and Sanders are not getting the ball. On defense, there’s not much to complain about. Leslie Frazier’s group was rock solid with the exception of forcing only one turnover and taking some dumb penalties of their own.’
Pollock: Suddenly, Bills are among the AFC also-rans
‘The reality is, Buffalo’s five wins have come against teams – Miami twice, Houston, Washington and Kansas City – that are a combined 10-26 through Week 9 while their other losses have been to Pittsburgh and Tennessee which, together, were 10-5 heading into last night.’
Notebook: Jacksonville’s Josh Allen was game’s MVP
‘Jacksonville sacked Allen four times. Two were recorded by defensive lineman Taven Bryan, his first of the season. Another was credited to Josh’s namesake, the Jags’ Josh Allen, giving him a team-leading 5.5 on the season. That play marked the first time a quarterback was sacked by a player of the same name in the NFL since Buffalo QB Todd Collins was dumped by Patriots linebacker Todd Collins in 1996. And, finally, end Dawuane Smoot dragged the Bills’ Allen down on Buffalo’s final possession, giving him 3.5 on the year.’
Bills should bench Cody Ford again after ugly loss to Jaguars (5 observations)
‘Ford was beaten regularly in pass protection and the Bills offense turned in one of its worst performances of the season as Josh Allen was under pressure throughout the game. He was hit 8 times and sacked 4 times. The Jaguars defensive line entered the game generating the fourth-lowest total pressures on opposing quarterbacks this season (56). But that didn’t matter on the day against a Bills offensive line that was totally overpowered in pass protection, and Ford was arguably the biggest problem.’
Bills sputter in loss to lowly Jaguars, OL disastrous (Encouraged/worried)
‘The rest of the offensive line wasn’t much better than Ford. Dion Dawkins, Daryl Williams and Ike Boettger all had plays where they were beaten by Jaguars defenders. All game long, Josh Allen had pressure in his face. The end result of their play? Eight QB hits and four sacks allowed.’
Bills’ Josh Allen: ‘I played like s***’; QB details frustration after loss to lousy Jaguars
‘Bills coach Sean McDermott said Allen’s turnovers jumped off the stat sheet, but thought he made some good throws mixed in there. He said Allen and the offense must be smarter with the football and the coaching staff has to figure out what’s going wrong on offense.’