The Athletic got in the holiday spirit and decided to hand the Buffalo Bills and rest of the NFL a gift in light of the season.
For the Bills, some improved play for their already improved quarterback in Josh Allen was the present. The specifics said improvement from Allen’s accuracy.
Here’s how The Athletic breaks it down:
Josh Allen is dynamic and fun to watch, but the Bills need their quarterback to be more consistently accurate throwing the ball. There are times in the game when he fails to make an easy throw, like we saw on Saturday against the Patriots. Had he connected in the back of the end zone to tight end Dawson Knox, the Bills might have pulled off the upset. The Bills are back, and they’ll be a threat in the playoffs, but in order to go far in the postseason, they need Allen to become more accurate.
The easy place to start is the numbers. As a rookie, Allen sat at a completion percent of 52.8. That’s up to 58.8 percent. It’s an improvement, but a slightly better one would make all the difference.
Where Allen’s accuracy has lacked is down the field. Over the offseason, one can expect Allen to work on this area over and over. Those few more completions down the field a game would bring Allen’s completion percent up near 60 percent, as well as increase the Bills’ point totals over the course of a season.
But as far as a year goes, Allen’s undoubtedly improved in 2019. If there is one silver lining, Allen’s deep ball has look at least slightly better in the second half of the team’s season.
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