Bills quarterback Josh Allen is known for his dual-threat ability to make something out of nothing.
But in most of those cases, it was either hit-or-miss depending on what Allen decided to do. If he ran the ball, things usually worked out. If he threw it, look out.
After evaluating things from last season, Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar pegged Allen as the NFL’s worst QB at “the broken play.” While perhaps seeming like a personal attack, there’s a stat to support his take:
In his second NFL season, the Bills’ franchise quarterback varied wildly at times between big plays and instances in which nobody was quite sure what he was doing. Things tended to get reductive when the original play broke down and Allen had to improvise — on those kinds of plays, Allen posted a ghastly 21.5 quarterback rating (spiking the ball over and over would have given him a 39.6 rating), completing just six of 25 passes for 124 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions.
Just goes to show you how important your offensive line is. But, there’s no such thing as a perfect O-line. While much of the focus is on Allen’s accuracy with the deep ball, “the broken play” is clearly an area Allen needs to improve upon. But while saying that, one way Allen could potentially improve at this is by just “spiking the ball.” Or toss an incompetition.
Going 6-for-25 on such plays is a bit of a let down. Tossing zero interceptions would’ve made it a bit easier to swallow, though. While the addition of Stefon Diggs could help here too, just throwing the ball away and playing to live another down wouldn’t be the worst thing.
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