Archives for November 2021

‘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.’

‘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 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.’

‘Obviously, this scenario does not happen often. The last time it was even a possibility came in 1997 and the Bills were one of the teams involved. In Week 7 of that season, Bills quarterback Todd Collins had to deal with a New England Patriots defense that featured a linebacker with the same name.’

‘It sounds odd, but Buffalo’s line play may come down to their rookie tackle Spencer Brown. If Brown can stay healthy once he returns from his back injury, it will allow Buffalo to kick Williams back inside to guard and give Buffalo one position to worry about until Jon Feliciano returns.’

‘Teams of players who appear on the Manning Cast are now 0-6 the following week. Allen succumbed to the curse just as Russell Wilson, Travis Kelce, Rob Gronkowski, Matthew Stafford and Tom Brady had before him.’