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For me it's less about Allen's final rushing stat line, and more about what giving him the green light to run does to his overall effectiveness as a player. Running through an open rush lane instead of forcing the ball downfield is a big positive step. I have always felt that Allen is a much better QB when he has that freedom to run wild and hey even crash face first into a LB from time to time. His attitude and demeanor on the field look entirely different when given that freedom. Whatever causes that effect you can't deny it's there.

What I liked about Joe Brady from the start is that as soon as he was given the OC job, he wasted no time jumping head first into the position, as if he had been the OC all along. His opening press conference was impressive and exuded confidence. We saw him throughout the week looking very active and hands-on at practices. A small thing but something the players surely noticed and responded to. Throughout the week at OBD and up in the booth today he looked in total command at all times. As for his play calling, I love that he committed to what we do well and took some dead on arrival concepts out of the play book. No more forcing the ball to Davis downfield. No short yardage shotgun handoffs. On 4th and short he called an easy bootleg that we've converted for 1sts dozens of times, instead of various "coverage beaters" that have no cohesion. He committed to the run from start to finish even when the run offense was stymied at times. He used plays to set things up for later - our failed end around early on led to a fake end around pulling the defense out of position on Ty Johnson's TD. He made it a point to get everyone other than Davis involved as pass catchers which kept us in rhythm and the Jets defense off balance. Really just a stunning play calling performance for Brady from start to finish. And the offensive players all looked a lot more upbeat and a lot more engaged on the field. We didn't let bad plays or stalled drives snowball into a rut that lasts for 30 minutes of game time. Getting some new energy in the room may have been exactly what this offense needed.

It's crazy how challenging we've found it to get our RBs involved in the offense over the past few years. The fact that a guy like Ty Johnson could come in off the PS and immediately produce like that, it shows you how easy it should be to have a run game when defenses are going all out to stop your passing offense. We've made it look so difficult for so long.

He did very well filling the run, but got lost in coverage a few times. Smart QBs are going to target him repeatedly.

I mean, I guess. Shakir is fine which means he's better than Davis by default. By no means is he a true WR2 though, let's not overexaggerate. Our passing offense has a huge hole at the #2 spot behind Diggs. Tonight that was by far the biggest reason that some of our early drives stalled out. Brady and Allen maximized it as best they could, but it's still a pretty glaring vulnerability for our team right now. If anything Cook and the run game have become our go to when Allen to Diggs isn't working. As long as we can use our RBs in the run and pass game as well as we did today, the #2 pass catcher role can be papered over with some combination of Kincaid and Shakir. I just worry about games where our passing offense has to be the engine of the team. Do we have enough there to win those kinds of games?

I think on re-watch Josh Allen will look even better than he appeared during the live broadcast. He overcame numerous pass protection errors, drops, and a totally invisible performance from his WR2, while leading his offense to an explosive day against an elite defense. The Bills passing offense has a major personnel issue. Everybody can see that. Without Allen our passing offense would look like the Jets, that's a fact.

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Thank you Josh Allen!! I love how fearless that throw was. We need that version of himm.

Garbage call

Amazing play call!! Not some bizarre set of "coverage beaters." On 4th and short keep it simple.

Your offense scored ZERO points in the entire 2nd half against the Dolphins. Stay in your lane.

Every time this offense gains momentum and scores a TD, the defense lets up a long ass TD drive.

We are gifting the Jets this long drive. It's inexcusable. Guys need to start seeing the bench.

Holding them to a FG here is a big win. Jets put it all out there this drive because they had no choice.

Rasul Douglas is winning 1v1 against Garrett Wilson

Oh it's definitely ugly but nothing wrong with running the ball until they force you to stop. Let Allen use his legs and still throw an occasional dart over the middle. We are definitely hiding the pass catchers but that's better than trying to force players to be something they aren't.

Yep Brady is WAY better than Dorsey. Numerous errors from our pass catchers tonight and we still look the best that we've looked against the Jets in years. Now just take shot plays out of the playbook and we might really have something here.

They aren't open. Diggs has lost a step and Davis never had one. We need to stop with shot plays. It's a waste of a down and more likely to be intercepted than completed for a big play.

Again, please stop with the PA shot. It literally NEVER works with this personnel.

Rasul!!! Such an awesome trade right before the deadline.

A pair of what, brain tumors? That would be the only explanation for going for it on 4th and 7 against the Jets.

No, shot plays. Diggs and Davis both running verticals off of play action. It hasn't worked once this year.

What is that, 4 drops today? In 20 minutes of game time?

Boom. Keep running the ball. No more shot plays.