‘“I never said anything about it, just because I don’t want to jinx it,” Ferguson said. “It was certainly on my mind, but not in terms of setting a record. It was just on my mind more thinking about the fact that our offense was performing at such a high level, and that kind of reflects on the team as a whole.”’
Archives for December 29, 2021
Position grades: Pats continued trend of reluctance to blitz Josh Allen
‘For the season, defenses are more fearful of blitzing Allen than last season. He’s being rushed with five or more men on 22% of dropbacks this year. Last year it was 32.7%.’
Jim Kubiak: How Bills quarterback Josh Allen put together his best game as a pro
‘The Bills scored points on seven of eight offensive drives and converted 3 of 4 on fourth down with a more physical approach driving the Bills’ offense wherever it wanted to go, regardless of circumstance, not punting the football at all.’
Bills coaching staff could get raided this year as Daboll, Frazier may get interviews
‘Teams can now interview a candidate for its head coach position in the final two weeks of the regular season, under these rules: They do so with consent from the candidate’s current employer, provided their head coach who started the season is no longer in that role, or if their head coach has been told he won’t be retained once the season ends.’
Buffalo Bills ‘can beat anyone in the AFC, and all their opponents know it’ (Post-Week 16 power rankings)
‘The Bills can breathe a sigh of relief (or puff their chests out, if they prefer). It’s a lot easier to shrug away the loss to the Patriots as the result of fluky conditions now that they’ve won the rematch, especially in the fashion they did it. It hasn’t been smooth sailing all year, but this team can beat anyone in the AFC, and all their opponents know it.’
Gabriel Davis eligible to test out of COVID-19 protocol by Sunday
‘The NFL has modified it’s COVID-19 protocols to reflect updated guidelines from the CDC, which now call for just a five-day quarantine window after testing positive instead of 10 days.’
Subtle adjustments, creativity help Brian Daboll evolve Buffalo’s offense for the stretch run
‘”I think he just continues to find ways to explore different types of plays,” said Josh Allen. “He’s constantly watching film from college, other NFL games and even sometimes high school games. He’s got a knack for it of just finding good play calls. He’ll switch things up where teams maybe lose focus on one guy and then bring him in or focus too much on the other guy. He continues just to watch a lot of film and he’s very open minded for different plays from everybody on the team. It doesn’t matter what position you play, he’s willing to take a look at it.”‘