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My pleasure thank you That is a great question. I very much paid attention to separation and opportunity. For example.. there was a play in the red zone where Josh hit his drop and not a single WR had separation ... he really didn't have a choice but to bail out to the right to buy time for one of his wrs to get open somehow. I did not grade that as "unforced" However.. there were several plays .. shallow crossing routes in particular .. where at least one WR had separation and was open.. but Josh chose to throw deeper to a WR that did not have separation. He was not "forced" to make that decision. Accordingly I graded that as an "unforced" error. Hopefully that makes sense.

You look at Andy Reid and the consistency they have there... makes you wonder

Great point about McGovern.. i hadn't thought of that angle For this game more often than not he locked onto his primary read and rarely went through his progressions. He's obviously demonstrated that he is capable of going through his progressions in the past.. so hopefully it was just a momentary lapse of reason. we will see

To be honest.. I'm not sure what the NFL criteria for "pressure" is. I doubt they are that nuanced.. i would guess if the qb has a rusher in his face then that is what they count. josh usually has a few games like this every year. in the past he usually comes back more focused the next week. lets hope he can do that again the error is he had an easy completion to try and move the chains but he instead chose to go for the play with greater degree of difficulty.. and I don't believe Kincaid dropped it. He was just out of bounds. Also in my opinion that challenge would have gone against the Bills. To me he did not have control when he went out of bounds.

Quarterbacks are responsible for adjusting to and beating the unblocked extra blitzer or "free man". It is the QB job to identify and attack the "void" left by the blitzer.. whether that's throwing in the area voided by the blitzer, calling in an RB or TE to chip .. or taking off to run. If the QB does not do any of these things to counter the blitz by default the error is on the QB for lack of awareness. If you read my analysis .. I do say there there were several plays where he hit his drop and nobody was open or had separation.. and he therefore bailed to buy time. For those plays I did not give him an Unforced Error Grade. On the other hand.. there were multiple easy button throws he could have executed within the pocket on time .. but he chose to bail out of the pocket to try and make the big play. When he incorrectly chooses to bail out of the pocket and gets" pressured" that is his fault and to me those are "perceived pressures" I would also respectfully say if you haven't watched the All 22 and are just watching the broadcast view .. it can be very difficult to see all of these factors clearly.

not sure what you're referring to. I am an NFL + Premium subscriber and the All 22 was available around noon

Not making it crystal clear to Josh that we didn't need to throw deep on the last series was a big unforced error for Brady and McD

All 22 from NFL+. Mainly sideline view do i can se WRs

I watched every passing down snap on NFL + Premium All 22 to evaluate pass blocking performance as well as Josh Allen unforced errors committed (PASS BLOCKING ONLY EVALUATED.. did not evaluate running plays). UNFORCED ERROR = Allen has time to throw, wr is open and he misses throw.. or.. Allen makes poor unforced decision OLINEMAN BEATEN = O lineman clearly loses his one on one matchup... or.. clearly misreads stunt/combo block ____ OLINEMAN BEATEN STATS DAWKINS - 1 EDWARDS - 1 MCGOVERN - 0 ANDERSON - 0 TORRENCE - 0 BROWN - 2 -DAWKINS - Had a little trouble with the bull rush ( injury affecting him? ) but generally held up well ( except for last play of game unfortunately) - EDWARDS - Generally solid.. was only cleanly beaten once to my eye. - MCGOVERN - Very good game. Stout in pass protect. did not give up a pressure. - TORRENCE - Only one bad rep from what I saw. - BROWN - had a questionable false start earlier in the game (bad call IMO). He and Edwards were both beaten on same rep late game. Sig Plays q1: UE1 - Josh has time... overthrows wide open Mack Hollins (could Hollins have tracked it better.. sure... could Allen have made a much better throw.. yes) q1 -UE2 Josh has enough time.. misses deep out to Coleman on sideline Q2 - UE 3 - Josh scrambles.. has easy button throw to open #15 .. ignores that and tries to throw cross body back over middle to Hollins. Incomplete Q2 - UE 4 - Allen has easy button throw to open Samuel on shallow crosser but ignores that and throws deep to Kincaid who catches but is OOB Q2 - UE 5 - Has clean pocket .. underthrows to wide open Kincaid who has beat the defense and would have likely scored td with accurate throw Q4 - UE6 - Josh locks onto primary target on left side and does not see the free blitzer on his right until too late. If he sees it he can hit Johnson in the flat to fill the void.. instead he doesn't .. and is hit and throws it away Q4 - O Line is beaten - Edwards beaten to inside/ Brown beaten to inside Josh scrambles to avoid takes nasty hit and leaves game Q4 - UE 7 -Last series.. has time to throw.. has open Shavers on shallow crosser.. ignores that and forces deep sideline back shoulder to Coleman ( OPI) Q4 - UE 8 - Passes up open Kincaid on crosser and overthrows Hollins deep left Q4 - O Line beaten - Josh has open Samuel in middle of field but Dawkins guy bull rushes and hits Josh just as he is throwing OL SUMMARY : The O Line was not the issue this game. For the most part.. Josh had fairly clean pockets. Most of the pressure he was under was self inflicted. QB UNFORCED ERRORS: Josh had 8 unforced errors this game. In all the games I have graded this is one of the worst grades for #17. The line performed quite well ..most the perceived "pressure" was due to either.. 1.) not seeing the free man coming on a blitz and throwing to the void 2.) no separation from WR when he hit his drop so he bailed right/ or... 3.) He had open easy button throws that he passed up to try to go for homerun play. The most disturbing thing I saw was that more often than not Josh was locked onto his primary target and rarely went through his progressions. As previously stated there were also too many plays were WRs did not get separation. That said there several easy button throws where guys were open that Josh chose to ignore.. and the results were evident. Based on my history of doing this kind of analysis when a qb has 5 or more unforced errors the chances of his team winning decrease materially. In this case.. Josh' 8 unforced errors were a material factor in the Bills not winning this game.

it doesnt appear to be a strength issue. He is quite powerful in run blocking and i don't believe i've seen him bull rushed. He's not very good with his hands and has trouble moving laterally. I think its a technique issue.. and maybe an awareness issue.

that playcall was so out of the ordinary and in my judgement did not count as a standard pass blocking play to be graded. no one on the OL was graded on that play accordingly

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yeah.. i recall that now. KVO went ballistic on him after that.

Josh rarely climbs the pocket and hangs in to deliver a throw while taking a hit. He is capable of doing it ( think Jacksonville game throw to Robert Foster). Its certainly not a toughness issue... but it would be nice if he occasionally climbed the pocket ( when its there) instead of bailing.