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‘”The discipline was present, really with the whole team, in particular Josh [Allen],” said McDermott following Buffalo’s victory. “When he does that, when he’s willing to take what they give him and take those check downs and then use his legs as well in a decisive way, he make’s it really hard to defend.”‘

‘With this game man, it gives you the lowest lows, it gives you the highest highs, but I love feeling how I felt last week. … It makes the good feel that much better,” said Allen following Sunday’s victory in Orchard Park. “It forces us to be better. I want to be the best I can be playing this game, and being the best quarterback I can be for the Buffalo Bills. I take the bad with the good, I understand it, and I’m just trying to let it fuel me and use it to my benefit.”‘

‘Once again this week, just like last week, the Bills gave up too many yards on screen passes, especially on the very first series.’

‘I’ll start with the offense which definitely had a two tight end personality to it in the opener. The Bills had both Dawson Knox and first round pick Dalton Kincaid on the field at the same time for the majority of the offensive snaps. According to the Buffalo News the Bills used two tight ends 66% of the time. Last season the Bills had the lowest 12 personnel percentage in the NFL. Knox was on the field for 84% of the snaps and Kincaid was at 80%. They combined for just 51 yards receiving and seven catches so I’m sure the team would like to see more production from that duo.’

‘Speaking of receivers, the speed the Bills added with the signing of Deonte Harty was not on display in Week 1. Harty had three catches for a measly nine yards. The three throws were either behind or right around the line of scrimmage, and there was next-to-nothing in yards-after-catch.’

‘Bills quarterback Josh Allen has to be better. It’s as simple as that. In the team’s opening week loss at the New York Jets, Allen threw three interceptions and fumbled the ball away once. It was not a good performance. The Raiders will look to capitalize on any Allen mistake – or bad decision. He can’t let that happen and needs to take care of the football much, much better.’

‘”He got right back in the saddle, he’s worked hard,” said McDermott during his weekly appearance on the “Extra Point Show” on WGR. “It matters to Josh, we all know that. He’s very competitive, and he’s focused on this week’s game.”‘

‘Just one name is listed on the Bills’ injury report, as center Mitch Morse is listed as a full participant with a finger injury.’

‘”I think when you go back and look at those things, they’re correctable things that we can look at and say, ‘Let’s play smart and not conservative in these situations,” said Dorsey.’

‘Only center Mitch Morse, who’s has a finger injury, appeared on the official Thursday designations, but he was a full participant.’

‘Just about every football person near a microphone will tell you how turnovers correlate to success, and they’re not wrong. But once you move into the “punts are turnovers” mindset, games like the one against the Jets don’t actually hit you as hard, because a game like Cincinnati was just as bad.’

‘”Obviously, got to play smarter football,” the Bills quarterback said Wednesday following a walk-through practice in Orchard Park. “In the grand scheme of things, it’s one game, and we’re not going to let it turn into two.”‘

‘However, Allen made some awful decisions in this game, decisions you don’t expect a franchise quarterback in his sixth NFL season to make.’

‘Both throws had a certain “what the heck” sort of vibe to them that you simply do not need in a game you’re winning, and the opposing quarterback is Zach Wilson and his stupid Karate Kid headband.’

‘For much of the 2022 offseason following the Buffalo Bills’ devastating loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2021 AFC Divisional Round, the infamous “13 seconds game”, talk of Allen being on the same level, or even better than Mahomes, was being discussed on every form of media. Not that it took last night’s four-turnover performance to open people’s eyes, but I think even Bills fans are beginning to cool on the “this guy’s the best in the league” talk.’