Bills’ Josh Allen: ‘We’ve got to find ways to get off to a faster start’

The Bills‘ home game on Sunday Night Football came down to the final seconds but got the win against the Giants 14-9 thanks to their defense got the win.

Quarterback Josh Allen went for 169 yards with two touchdowns and one interception passing.

For the second week in a row, the Buffalo offense struggled to execute throughout much of the game before scoring what would be the winning points later in the contest.

And the dropoff in production from his unit hasn’t gone unnoticed by the QB.

“Just really wasn’t getting into a rhythm, pass and run game included,” Allen said to the media about the performance. “We’ve got to find ways to get off to a faster start and I don’t think we’ve done that in the last few games. At the end of the day, it’s a win, it’s an ugly one, we’ll take it. There’s a lot of things that we’ve got to learn from and get better at.”

The Bills faced a Giants defense that had been statistically poor this season but who limited Allen and company until two fourth-quarter scores in support of their offense which was led by Allen’s predecessor under center, former teammate Tyrod Taylor.

With starter Daniel Jones missing the game with an injury, the Bills defense came through when it counted, limiting the G-men to only three field goals and making a game-winning play on the Giants’ final possession at the goal line as time ran out.

Buffalo struggled to score points as well.

The run game was sparsely being used in offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey’s playcalling last week, and there was more of the same until he made an adjustment that yielded 71 yards for RB1 James Cook on 14 carries. He and Allen also attacked a hole in coverage courtesy of the defense WR1 Stefon Diggs commanded, which produced a touchdown by receiver Deonte Harty.

The adjustments led to a more balanced offense after the team’s offense was shut out for three quarters against a weaker defense.

They were also facing the architect of their offense who helped develop Allen into the player he is today, former Bills OC and Giants HC Brian Daboll, which may have given their defense some insight and edge- Nonetheless, it’s a bad look for Dorsey, though the ran was utilized more in the second half.

“We ran the ball really well in the second half and I think it opened up some things,” Allen added. “But until I watched the film I wouldn’t have a clear-cut answer for you uh just getting into a better rhythm in that second half and being Smarter with the football um but again we got to find a way to establish that early in the game and feed off of that.”

Story originally appeared on Bills Wire