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Read the article, it'll actually make you feel a lot better. It's not technique or accuracy issues. His struggles are all coming from decision making timing and issues. It shows that he's got some educating to do on reading NFL defenses, and when he figures that out.. loook the F out! Oh and don't forget, but we may have a top 5 run game and the number 1 defense...

LOL who the hell went to the airport?? You guys are nuts!

GREAT VIDEO...To summarize, the majority of the "Josh" issues against Pittsburg, were the result of SLOWLY and POORLY identifying reads... that led to some rushed throws with poor mechanics. I think the conclusion to what's going on with Josh and the offense is threefold... 1. Early season rust reading the defenses by Josh. 2. O-line protection rust. 3. Playing against quality defenses. This is season 4 for Josh... so dissecting a defense is his 2021 goal/challenge. It will be interesting to see how far he gets. LUCKILY, we may have a top run game and top defense to make this a total wash at the end of the day!

Calibrating the OP, sorry to hurt your butt in the process.

Clown post.

I wonder if Allen is further evolving his mechanics to get even better.

It's unsettling for sure. The good thing is the run game has picked up which may change the offensive identity moving forward. But damn, not the story that I wanted with regards to Josh.

I think it says more about scheduling, likeliness of a super bowl contender losing week-1 at home more than anything.

I guess the headline just got me.

Such bold writing by the Ringer to publish this after a loss.. No balls to come out with this 'hot' take before week 1 eh?

Need to start requiring age and education (or lack of) level to create posts. This is either a 12 year old or someone that's not even sober at kickoff

I believe that McDermott will set Daboll straight quickly.. Just like he's had to do in the past with Frazier.

Okay let's make both sides happy... Show proof of vaccination or chug a bottle of Ivermectin at the gate! Either way, problem solved!

Why is that a bad move?

Total whiff. Masks did work, people are now refusing vaccines, more variants mutate, Covid comes back, so we need masks again. It's obnoxious hearing idiots think that they're clever when they're clearly the source of the problem.

I look at this flip as more telling towards the confidence shift in our D-line.

Poor game plan that over-used the qb draw play. This wasn't fooling anyone on the Steelers all day.. but they kept trying it for some dumb reason. Can't expect Allen to play running back, the whole point of his running is to utilize it in selective circumstances.

Yes it does, in hindsight it's an obvious example of consistent performance against Top D-Line opponents. The point is, this team didn't have the answer to this type of opponent last year, and still doesn't because it's the same cast of players. It's going to take a lot of work by the coaching staff and players to figure this out. Thankfully, the McDermott track record of being able to improve year over year, week over week, gives me confidence that they'll solve this in time for playoffs.

What is "Monday morning quarterback on steroids"

I think what we saw is consistent with what happened all playoffs last season.. Top D-lines that can stuff the run easily and generate pressure with their front four alone, is a problem for the Bills, not just Josh. They NEED to figure out the counter to these types of opponents. Now if Allen had this game against a mediocre D-line/opponent.. then you'd see more alarms sounding from Allen's play.

What I always go back to is the steady and consistent improvement from McDermott going back to his first day on the job. It would be betting against everything that we have already watched, to think that the Bills suddenly plateau.

I 100% agree and feel that next year is the year that we see an unstoppable force in Buffalo. We've got so much talent on the squad right now.. but it's young talent that needs to improve throughout this season.

There was so much hype surrounding this Bills squad going into week-1, and for good reason. But let's not forget that this is the same roster that lost in the AFC game, just ONE game ago. So expecting a massive improvement week-1.. is just not realistic. Last year when the Bills beat the Steelers, they were playing their best football of the season, and firing on all cylinders. Yesterday, they were rusty, sloppy, and not at their best.. and still realistically should have won that game. So take comfort in the fact that McDermott has steadily made improvements from day-1 that he arrived at OBD. This team will continue to improve, and come playoffs, be at their new ceiling of play, which hopefully is good enough to win a Super Bowl.

Agreed, they'll be in the wild-card hunt, I can see that falling either way.

So Ben had to sacrifice his body and put his season at risk to put up 16 points in a week 1 game... The Steeler's season or any bid at the playoffs is unofficially over because he's not lasting close to 17 games.