Essentially, it made no difference whether it was sunny, raining or snowing. This first sample does not take conditions into account. These metrics were then filtered into three categories of games: Warm (60+ degrees), Intermediate (40-59 degrees) and Cold (less than 40 degrees). Included are completion percentage (how often Allen successfully completed a pass to a receiver regardless of total yardage), QBR (a metric by ESPN that measures a QB’s contribution to winning) and whether the Bills won or lost the game. Alongside average yards, we tracked three additional metrics to attempt to add some texture and context to the “success” of each game. That’s 41 games, including both regular season and playoffs.
For this analysis, I went back through Josh Allen’s entire career from 2018-2020. THE NUMBERS: Using average yardage isn’t a reliable enough metric to define a single game’s “success”. Epenesa (ankle) was hurt during the game.īills: Return to Ford Field to play the Lions on Thanksgiving.The question is this: Outside of the countless variables that factor into a single game performance, is there any element of predictability to the kind of game Josh Allen might have based strictly on the weather? He threw six of his NFL-high 10 interceptions over the previous three games and fumbled a snap in the end zone during last week’s collapse against Minnesota.īills running backs Singletary and James Cook each ran for 86 yards, taking pressure off Allen to make plays through the air.īuffalo kicker Tyler Bass made all six of his field goal attempts, tying his career high that matched Steve Christie’s team record set in 1996.īrowns: Starting C Ethan Pocic (knee) went out early in game and was replaced by Hjalte Froholdt.īills: DE A.J. At that point, Buffalo was without a first down and was getting outgained 181 yards to 12 while trailing 10-3.Īllen was 18 of 27 for 197 yards with a touchdown and no turnovers. The Bills got a needed break when Brissett fumbled a snap midway through the second quarter at midfield. The journeyman quarterback refuses to be discouraged by the team’s slide. He threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Amari Cooper on the opening drive, a 7-yard touchdown scoring pass to Cooper with 4:11 left that pulled the Browns within 12 points and a 2-yard touchdown pass to Donovan Peoples Jones in the final minute. The Browns, who have lost six of seven games, missed many opportunities to get back on track with quarterback Deshaun Watson nearing the end of his 11-game NFL suspension.īrissett finished 28 of 41 for 324 yards - two shy of his career high - and a season-high three touchdowns. They also stopped Jacoby Brissett’s sneak on fourth-and-1 from the Buffalo 27 and blocked a field goal in the third quarter while building a 22-10 lead. The Bills scored a second-half touchdown for the first time in four games on Devin Singletary’s 5-yard run.
“We got into a good rhythm,” McDermott said. The star quarterback threw some errant passes early before regaining his touch on an 11-play, 78-yard drive that took just 1 minute, 40 seconds and ended with Allen’s first pass to Diggs. “We easily could’ve folded and allowed it to be an excuse for us,” Allen said. “It was a cool atmosphere,” Bills safety Jordan Poyer said.īuffalo, which will return to Detroit to play the Lions on Thanksgiving, started sluggish after a week disrupted by a winter storm. Plenty of supporters from both fan bases attended, chanting “Let’s Go Buffalo!” and barking like dogs. We just have to finish football games, and it’s really frustrating.”īuffalo lost its raucous home-field advantage, but the team did its best to bring some of the sights and sound familiar at Highmark Stadium, such as a blaring train horn and calls for Bills Mafia to get loud at key moments. “I know these guys are putting in the effort. “We’re in search of a win and which way we can get it,” coach Kevin Stefanski said. Cleveland (3-7) rallied within eight points, setting up an onside kick in the final seconds that Bills receiver Gabe Davis failed to grab and running back Taiwan Jones knocked out of bounds.
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