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3 — Offense finds a groove in the second half
All three of Buffalo’s touchdown drives came in the second half of Sunday’s game as the Bills once again managed to make the correct adjustments at half time.
“It was a pretty big zone game, whether it was zone pressure or not, they were really forcing us to take everything underneath and hoping that we messed up,” Allen said. “Just trusting the guys underneath to catch and run, and made some big plays on the play-action pass game just checking it down.”
In the third and fourth quarters, the Bills averaged 6.7 yards per play after averaging 4.2 yards per play in the first half. Buffalo scored on all four of their possessions after halftime.
“At the end of the day, we just look each other in the face and just tell ’em, hey, one foot in front of the other,” WR Khalil Shakir said. “You gotta keep going, regardless of the start, regardless of how the game is going. Whatever the play is that’s called, okay we got to do our best to execute it.”
Allen was efficient on all four second half drives, taking what the defense gave him and staying ahead of the chains. On passes of under 10 air yards, Allen completed 9 of 13 attempts for 104 yards and accounted for all three of his touchdowns.
“I’d like to be better, obviously, in the first half, and I’d like to be better in the two-minute drive – didn’t feel like, again, like you said, didn’t feel like (we) had a fastball. Again, just gutted it out,” Allen said.
