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Originally Posted by RunKC
Patrick Mahomes is elite. So is Josh Allen…maybe.
I’m still shocked that a defense composed of rookie day 3 starting corners, a backup safety, no Willie Gay, no Trent McDuffie and a struggling pass rush held that offense to 17 points until the last few mins and 24 overall.
Josh Allen struggled. Like he struggled pretty badly until the end of the 3rd. We had that man in hell for a good 2 quarters.
But the point remains. Patrick and the offense had every opportunity to drive down and win. Hell even get a FG on that drive and your last drive becomes a “get 35 or so yards to set up a game winning FG” but instead they needed a TD.
They went 3 and out. Just can’t do that. I guess that’s the adjustment to the new offense
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And think of how much the offense could've helped the defense out.
The drive before the Bills long score at the end of the half was held back by a taunting penalty and then snuffed out entirely by a sack. Don't commit that penalty or don't get sacked on 2nd down and Buffalo probably doesn't bother using timeouts and doesn't get the ball back with any time at all. Could the defense have done better? Sure - but that gets back to the 'hey, the DL sucks and those guys are good'. They made a play. Shit happens.
And like you said, 3 and out with a 3 point lead and 7 minutes left....you've just gotta be better there on offense. It still took Buffalo 12 plays to get down the field there, including a 3rd and 4th down conversion. We were trying to force them to do what teams do to us - execute a dozen times to drive the field. They did.
With a chance to do the same the drive before it, we didn't.
And that was the difference in the ball game.