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After a 4-0 start to the season throughout which Josh Allen looked like a possible MVP prospect, the Buffalo Bills have actually now dropped two video games in a row, with their having a hard time quarterback acknowledging, “This group cant manage to have me play inadequately.”
Playing in his second successive prime-time video game Monday night, Allen completed just 14 of 27 passes for 122 lawns versus the Kansas City Chiefs in an efficiency reminiscent of his 2018 and 2019 seasons. He threw two touchdown passes, he also recorded his 4th interception of the season and missed receivers throughout the video game, culminating in a 26-17 loss in Orchard Park, New York.
The third-year quarterback took duty for his efficiency, straight connecting his groups success– or do not have thereof– to his play.
I got to do a much better job, its basic and plain,” Allen said. “I didnt play very excellent tonight. This team cant afford to have me play inadequately.
” Early on just not being as accurate with the ball as I should have been. Making the right reads, making the right tosses, and we turned it on a little too late there.”
Through the first 4 weeks of the season, only Dallas Dak Prescott threw for more lawns than Allens 1,326, and just Seattles Russell Wilson and Green Bays Aaron Rodgers threw for more goals than Allens 12. After stopping working to eclipse 300 passing lawns in a video game during his very first 2 expert seasons, Allen did so in 3 consecutive getaways to open 2020, including a career-high 415 lawns against the Miami Dolphins in Week 2.
Nevertheless, he looked far from an MVP candidate throughout a 42-16 loss to the Tennessee Titans in Week 5; he finished 26 of 41 passes for a then-season-low 263 backyards, two touchdowns and season-high two interceptions.
Against the Chiefs, Allens 122 passing lawns marked his lowest total because Week 6 of his rookie season, excluding a Week 17 video game versus the New York Jets last season when he played just one series.
Allen and the Bills get a bounce-back game against the winless Jets in Week 7 before hosting the New England Patriots in Week 8.
Buffalo has openly mentioned its objective of winning the AFC East for the very first time considering that 1995, and in order for the Bills to do so, Allen must return to a level of play comparable to what he showed during the first 4 weeks of the season.
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I got to do a better task, its plain and simple,” Allen said. “I didnt play really excellent tonight. This group cant manage to have me play inadequately.
