Foxborough, Mass. — Josh Allen, Dawson Knox and Sean McDermott were in agreement after Sunday’s deflating divisional loss to the New England Patriots — not one of them knew what’s been going on in the first half for the sputtering Buffalo Bills offense the past three games.
“I wish I could tell you. I really do,” McDermott said. “We talk about being more detailed, getting into a rhythm early, playing complementary football, and all three phases working together.”
“Well, I wish I knew the exact answer because we’d have it fixed by now,” Allen said. “We’re going to watch this film and find a way to get there, whatever it is.”
Knox said he didn’t think the Patriots, Jaguars or Giants did anything differently at the start of games to force the Bills offense into their doldrums.
“There’s not anything specific that I can see that they’ve done specifically,” he said.
The Bills don’t have any answers for why their offense keeps starting so slow. They’ve been held to 10 combined points in the last three first halves the past three weeks. Buffalo’s offense found their mojo in the second half at Gillette Stadium but it was too little, too late. The Bills defense wilted on the final drive, allowing Patriots quarterback Mac Jones to lead his first game-winning drive since his rookie season in 2021.
Allen admitted that throwing an interception on his first attempt of the game didn’t help the Bills end their first-half problems. The Patriots took over and cashed in for a touchdown to go up 10 early in the game.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick said the interception happened on a play the Bills converted against New England last season and that Jabrill Peppers did a nice job going up and high-pointing the ball.
Belichick went deeper into the recent success the Bills offense has had against New England and how that focused his preparation for the first game against Allen this season.
“We worked a lot on Allen throwing the ball down the field…
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