Two Bills Drive

‘In the closing minutes of the first half, the Buffalo offense needed to get something going with a touchdown drive. Allen and company were able to do just that, as the Bills quarterback rushed to the right for a seven-yard touchdown to cut the deficit to 17-10 before halftime.’

‘”We weren’t very good at all. Some of it was that they were getting into third-and-manageable situations and that goes back to winning first and second down. I thought Bobby and the defensive staff did a great job at half time addressing it and making some adjustments and I think we came out better in the second half. We played a little bit more our style of defense and were a little bit more aggressive and just playing and having some fun out there as opposed to waiting and reacting to what they were doing.”‘

‘”Don’t blink, we’ve been here before,” said Allen on Sunday following the win in Orchard Park. “We knew we were getting the ball at halftime. We get the ball, find a way to score points before and after the half. And coach [Sean] McDermott preaches that all of the time, that’s good situational football by all of our guys.”‘

‘After a very careless lost fumble, where Josh Allen had all day to throw and then didn’t protect the ball, he totally took over the game, accounting for four touchdowns.’

‘As head coach Sean McDermott might say, there are lots of things that need to be corrected. But a 1-0 start is a whole lot better than an 0-1 start to the season. Especially given this is a short week with a big early season matchup coming against the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night.’

‘Sure, there were a couple flags thrown that either shouldn’t have or maybe considered ticky-tak, but the bottom line is the Bills committed too many penalties as a team, and especially too many in critical situations, including wiping a touchdown off the board. They were called for a total of nine penalties for 65 yards.’