01-28-2025, 01:22 PM
(01-27-2025, 11:27 PM)J24 Wrote: The Bills defense had a huge red zone stop to set up Allen for glory. Allen failed to get his offensive line into the right protection. This loss is on him!
I have been perusing a couple of Bills forums (I have a son that goes to many of their games, including that freezing/windy 6-3 game they had against the Patriots one year) and many of the Bills' posters would agree with you.
However, some also pointed out that all game long Spagnuolo showed that same look and didn't rush the QB, but pulled back, and thus Allen thought the wise move was to move the protection left, rather than right, where the rush came from. Spagnuolo outsmarted them. They also note the pathetic line play of one of the OL on that play, as he simply blocked air, looking all confused, rather than pick up one of those rushing, who went right by him, and that could have bought Allen more time. What a bad time for that OL to completely mess up.
Nonetheless, Allen almost made a miracle play. Had Kincaid caught that, it would have gone down with one of the more amazing playoff plays.
