Dunne asked the question all of us wanted to ask around 22 minute mark: what happened to Josh? I gave McKenzie credit, he answered like what I consider other Bills players seeing Josh right now: struggling.
Here is my 2 cents.
Here is my 2 cents.
- Everyone goes through struggles in a season. Mahomes had his last couple of years too. If you don't, then you will be MVP.
- The brings to the next point. Purely guessing, I think Josh might think he had it figured out this past off season. First time he didn't work with Palmer on mechanics. Instead he worked on mental aspect, like where his eye should be (his own words). All the MVP and Superbowl talk. It HAD to get into his head somewhat, especially with early season success.
- Defenses are adapting too. The Josh Allen book is out there. Other than his scrambling ability which is close to indefensible, I see people are more aware of his strength and try to defend his favorite passing patterns, especially within our division.
- Let's see the counter move from Josh Allen and the coaching staff. Allen said himself, "figure out or being figured out."
- I'm 100% buy-into McDermott's "multiple" comment on offense. All the veteran coaches are saying the same thing: the Bills are too Allen centric. You gotta make some layups by other guys instead of drilling for 3s all the time by one guy. I believe the Hines acquisition is part of it. But it will take time.
- There might be some rift as AP's Wawrow hinted within Bills coaching staff. I have to guess the universally claimed "aggressive" Dorsey wanting to play into Allen's strength vs "running the ball" McDermott. I have to think some kind of middle ground WILL be achieved. Some equivalent plays of running the ball might need to have bigger portion of the offense other than RPO.
- The Bills are a quality organization run by quality people. Allen, fifth year in the league, is too smart not to find a way to limit his mistakes. We don't have a Andy Reed who can find ways to minimize Mahomes mistakes even within a game. But I do expect gradual improvement to take hold.
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