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Seahawks hire Shane Waldron, not Bills’ Ken Dorsey

Buffalo Bills quarterbacks coach Ken Dorsey not hired by Seattle Seahawks as Shane Waldron is.

There was a brief thought that the Bills might lose their quarterbacks coach in Ken Dorsey this offseason. The Lions reportedly had interest first, but then Anthony Lynn landed that gig as their offensive coordinator.

Then the Seahawks reportedly came calling for Dorsey, but that is now… that. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday, the Seahawks named Shane Waldron their OC.

Waldron was previously the Rams’ passing game coordinator.

Just in this offseason alone, the Sean McVay Rams coaching staff has seen five assistants leave for other jobs, including defensive coordinator Brandon Staley. He was named the Chargers head coach, essentially keeping Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll in Orchard Park next season in the process.

For the Bills, many pointed to Dorsey as potentially Daboll’s replacement if he had left or does in the future, so losing Dorsey might have been considered a blow to Sean McDermott’s coaching staff. That is, of course, speculation that Dorsey would be the next man up.

As of now, it appears the lone coach the Bills are still potentially in a position to lose is defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier. On Tuesday, Frazier had a second interview for the Texans’ vacant head coaching job. We have yet to have any update on Frazier since then/

Stay tuned to Bills Wire for all coaching search updates involving the Buffalo coaching staff.

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Bills QB Josh Allen wins second AFC Player of the Week

AFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 9 goes to Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was named the AFC’s Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 9.

In total, Allen has won the award four times in his three-year career, however, this is the first time he has against a team not named the Miami Dolphins. The other three times came against Buffalo’s AFC East foe.

The most recent time was a few months ago after their Week 2 meeting in 2020. The only other player to win the award twice so far in 2020 is Chiefs quarter Patrick Mahomes.

In Week 9’s outing, Allen was 31-for-38 passing for 415 yards. He added four total touchdowns (1 rush) in the 44-34 win.

In both of his 2020 AFC Player of the Week wins, Allen tossed for 415 yards. In part because of that, Allen made some history.

He’s the first QB in the Super Bowl era with at least 400 passing yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions and a 130 passer rating in multiple games in a single season.

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Jim Kelly impressed: ‘Josh Allen showed up big time’ vs. Seahawks

Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly on Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen in Week 9 vs. Seattle Seahawks.

Bills quarterback Josh Allen went back to MVP levels against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 9. En route to a 44-34 win, Allen surpassed 400 passing yards (415) and notched four total touchdowns.

In doing so, he impressed many observers from fans, to national pundits, to the Buffalo legend himself, Jim Kelly. The Hall of Fame quarterback joined the Bills’ radio show on WGR-550 radio on Tuesday and discussed his upcoming “virtual tailgate” for charity on Thursday. But Kelly also dished his thoughts on Bills-Seahawks.

Against the Seahawks, Kelly loved what he saw from Allen, and in particular because of what we found out after the game. Allen played with a heavy heart as his grandmother passed away the night before.

“He lit it up,” Kelly said. “He was playing for her from start to finish. It was great to see, especially against a team like Seattle. I thought it was going to be a lot closer ball game than it was, but the defense showed up and Josh Allen showed up big time which is great to see.”

“I know that’s what he did, he played for his grandmother,” Kelly added.

Since Kelly retired from the Bills, the franchise has essentially swung and missed looking for his replacement over and over again. Thank goodness it’s not three strikes and you’re out for finding a QB.

Perhaps because of that, Kelly is tempering his feelings. But he actually did come pretty close to comparing this current Bills offense to the one he played in with the club. The same one that led the team to four Super Bowls.

“I also have that confidence in…  if we’re behind, that we have No. 17 behind center… that you never have that feeling that of giving up or we’re going to give up. Almost reminds me of back when I played and having guys Andre (Reed), Thurman (Thomas), James (Lofton),” Kelly said. ” When we got down in any games, I was confident that my offensive line was going to give me time to throw and that we were going to come back and as long as everybody on your side of the football has the confidence that you can comeback, that things are going to workout, that’s half the battle.”

Kelly did admit that he’s not quite fully there yet with this Buffalo roster in terms of comparison to the past, adding that he’d like to see them hold a lead a bit better. But hey, that’s some progress western New York has waited for quite some time, right?

With their win against the Seahawks, the Bills jumped to a 7-2 overall record. That’s the first time the team has held that record since 1993 when Kelly led them to their last Super Bowl appearance, so this lofty comparison shouldn’t come as a huge shock.

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Bills LB AJ Klein hasn’t been listening to any outside noise

Buffalo Bills LB AJ Klein on his career-day in Week 9 vs. the Seattle Seahawks.

Bills safety Micah Hyde had the summarization about linebacker AJ Klein that’s been heard around the world… or at least western New York… following Buffalo’s 44-34 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Week 9.

Klein’s performance was a good game… then Hyde put the bar a lot higher, as he said Klein played “the game of his life.”

And for what it’s worth, Hyde might be right.

Klein had five tackles, one for loss, two sacks, four QB hurries, a forced fumble, fumble recovery and even a pass breakup. Klein also had two stand-up tackles in the game, one of which was on third-and-1, leading to a fourth-down attempt by Seattle which ended up going down as a Jordan Poyer interception.

What a game, especially considering the reviews of Klein were pretty harsh throughout the first half of the season from both fans and analysts alike. Heading into Week 8, Klein was graded as Pro Football Focus’ 81st best linebacker in the NFL out of 92 qualifying players.

But good news for the Bills, those low-star reviews on Klein’s hypothetical Amazon page played no part in his mindset. Following the win, Klein said via video conference that he didn’t listen to any of those critics and he just tried to play his game… which he did in gold-star fashion.

“I don’t pay attention to any of that stuff,” Klein said. “I’m glad that those sacks and those plays came up. I think that’s part of the mentality, that we went into this week knowing that we were going to have opportunities to get after Russell (Wilson). We didn’t want to let him get comfortable.”

“It’s a good feeling when you go out and preform like this,” Klein added. “I know I can play football.”

Of all those plays, certainly his forced fumble/ recovery combo was the most impressive late in the game, helping cement his team’s win. That was a effort was even something defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier had to acknowledge on Monday via video conference when discussing his team’s efforts.

“A terrific effort by AJ,” Frazier said. “Probably the most impressive sack was the one where he had the awareness to recover the ball and set our offense up with points. That was a huge play in the game,”

While a promising outing, the Bills do really need more of this from Klein. If all goes according to plan, linebacker Matt Milano, who’s battling a pectoral injury, will get back into the lineup later on this year. However, Milano’s landed on the Bills’ injured reserve list due to that injury. No one can be sure how long Milano will be out, but Klein will be starting for him in at least the next two games… so the veteran linebacker needs to build on this.

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Report card: Bills top Seahawks, 44-34

Buffalo Bills vs. Seattle Seahawks report card for Week 9.

The grades are in and the Buffalo Bills had some pretty positive marks following their 44-34 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Week 9.

Let’s get right into it… here’s how Bills Wire graded out the Bills (7-2) in their victory over the Seahawks (6-2), position-by-position:

 

National Twitter reactions to Josh Allen, Bills win over Seahawks

Twitter reactions following Buffalo Bills win over Seattle Seahawks Week 9.

The Buffalo Bills shot some life into western New York on Sunday. In their Week 9 meeting with the Seattle Seahawks, the Bills won in a shootout, 44-34.

Buffalo’s defense got the turnovers they needed while their offense, led by quarterback Josh Allen, reverted back to an elite level against the Seahawks (6-2). He had 415 passing yards alone.

But also with that win, the Bills (7-2), and especially their quarterback, turned some heads nationally as well.

Here’s some of that reaction following the Bills’ win:

NFL Network’s Good Morning Football panel

Dan Katz (Big Cat), Barstool Sports

Damon Amendolara, CBS Sports

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Warren Sharp, Sharp Football

Dan Orlovsky, ESPN

Adam Schein, CBS Sports

The Checkdown

Kevin Connors, ESPN

FOX Sports

Brian Baldinger, NFL Network

Sporting News

Jason Tartick, The Bachelorette personality

Daniel Jeremiah, NFL Network

The Score

PFT, Barstool Sports

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What an emotional Josh Allen said after milestone game

Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen following win vs. Seattle Seahawks in Week 9.

Another week, another record-setting day for quarterback Josh Allen in the Buffalo Bills’ 44-34 win in Week 9 over the Seattle Seahawks.

The Bills (7-2) had ups and downs in regard to getting the ball into the end zone in recent weeks. Yet scoring is exactly what came early and often for Buffalo in Week 9, so much so that the Bills and Allen were on the right side of some history that the Seahawks won’t like to hear about.

The Bills’ 44 points were the most-ever allowed by the Seahawks (6-2) under Super Bowl winning coach Pete Carroll, giving the former AFC East coach a chilly welcome back to Orchard Park.

Allen lit up receivers for his second 400-plus yard game of the season, attacking a Seattle squad who was last in the league in total defense. The impact was immediate as he opened the game with a touchdown on only three passing plays.

The first quarter was the best of his career, going 13-for-15 passing with 154 yards. On the day he matched a career-high of 415 yards, going 31 for 38 with a 138.49 passer rating, while tossing three touchdowns in the first half before adding another with his legs in the fourth quarter.

While fielding questions about his personal performance after the outing, the quarterback quickly credited his teammates. 

“As a whole team we took care of business today, we played really good complementary football,” said Allen via video conference. “Our special teams gave us a couple short fields, our defense gave us a couple short fields… I think they had three or four forced turnovers, and any time you’re winning the turnover battle by that much, you’re going to have success.”

Allen’s arm helped him again in finding his way into the record books, throwing scoring tosses to Isaiah McKenzie, Gabriel Davis, and John Brown along the way. While the Bills improved to 7-2 for the first time since 1993, Allen set the franchise mark for career games with a passing and running touchdown at a total of 14. In fact, his day was not only historic to the team but also to the rest of the league. 

Per NFL Research, Allen became the first-ever QB in the Super Bowl era with 400-plus passing yards, three-plus passing TDs, no interceptions & a 130-plus passer rating in multiple games in a single season. 

“Whatever it takes to win, is what we’re willing to do, what I’m willing to do… Whatever the case is, I trust in coach (Brian) Daboll and our offensive staff in developing a game plan,” Allen added. “We understand that each week is a different challenge that we got to be prepared for, and have a good week of practice and try and go out there and execute.”

With the win, Allen also set a new career-high in completion percentage at 81.6 percent, surpassing the previous mark of 79 percent in last Thanksgiving’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. In doing so, Allen accomplished all these feats with a bit of a heavy heart, too. 

It was revealed after the game that the quarterback’s grandmother, Patricia Allen, had passed away the night before the game at the age of 80. Allen looked up and pointed to the sky in tribute after running in his touchdown, and the quarterback’s performance under emotional circumstances in beating one of the league’s top teams was not lost on his head coach.

“Josh played a heck of a game. He was under pressure at times, he was able to escape, was smart with the football, and got it where he needed to get it,” head coach Sean McDermott said. “It was a big win and a great thing for him to play like he played, just a mentally tough young man.”

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‘Hell of a win’ Sean McDermott’s post-Seahawks locker room speech

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott’s locker room speech following Week 9 vs. Seattle Seahawks.

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The Buffalo Bills had a massive win against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 9.

While Bills coach Sean McDermott will say his team doesn’t listen to the outside noise… of course they hear it. Folks kept saying all season that the Bills (7-2) needed a statement win. And it happened against the Seahawks (6-2), in a 44-34 win.

Buffalo out-dueled on of the hottest offensive units in the NFL and forced turnover after turnover to get there.

“Hell of a win,” is how McDermott address his team. They know how big that one was.

The coach went on to give the game ball to former Seahawk Quinton Jefferson as well.

Check out McDermott’s full locker room breakdown here:

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Bills Wire’s Week 9 Player of the Game: QB Josh Allen

QB Josh Allen is Bills Wire Player of the Game.

What a day for our three-time Bills Wire Player of the Game, quarterback Josh Allen. The third-year QB helped lead the Bills to play their best game yet, against a Super Bowl contender in the Seattle Seahawks.

While anything and everything clicked for the Bills as a unit in Week 9, with the Bills defense making light work of the current MVP front-runner, the fact that Allen out-dueled his counterpart in Russell Wilson. It was a statement win for Allen, a statement win for the defense, and well… a statement win for the Bills to put a little respect when others speak their name.

Allen finished with one of his better stat lines, completing 31 of his 38 passes on the day, with 415 yards by air and three passing touchdowns. He also added a touchdown run as well.

While this is an excellent win that the Bills can build off of, they now gear up to play another feisty NFC West team that has also one – upped the Seahawks recently, in the Arizona Cardinals.

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