The true pride of Texas, the Texans, showed off their awesome “bold bull” red uniforms with a sleek helmet design against the Bills. Not only did they look good, but they also felt good, and continued to show why they’re the best defense in the league.
The Texans' swarming defense, with pass rushers Daniel Hunter and especially Will Anderson Jr., took over the game, sacking Josh Allen eight times.
You could see right tackle Spencer Brown struggling all game with an apparent shoulder injury. Then, instead of changing him out, the Bills decided to leave him in bad situations that he wasn’t physically able to win.
As soon as they put the backup in, there was slightly, and I mean slightly, better blocking for Allen towards the end of the game.
But there’s a clear and present Josh Allen problem in Western New York.
Josh Allen continues to regress at an amazing rate
The frustration this team seems to have is that they completely rely on Josh to do everything.
A lot like one of my personal favorites and a future Hall of Famer, Cam Newton.
Now, this isn’t to compare apples to oranges, but there are a lot of similarities between the two.
They’ve both had only good running backs for real weapons besides a tight end, and I wouldn’t really say Dalton Kincaid is comparable to Greg Olsen, nor Stefon Diggs to Steve Smith.
But when you watch Josh and Cam, their play styles mimic each other. This also really goes with what Colin Cowherd said on his show about Allen. If Cam or CMC didn’t put up huge numbers, the Carolina Panthers wouldn't win games. This almost looks the same way. Allen and head coach Sean McDermott have to manufacture miracle-looking plays to stay ahead, and when the going gets tough, Josh can’t do it all alone.
The deactivation of Keon Coleman has had an impact on the field as well. This being late for a team meeting and getting punished, I understand that maybe he should have gotten a drive taken away from him.
But Sean McDermott has to take responsibility for handling this situation so poorly because they drafted this guy in the first round. They’ve invested valuable resources in this guy.
You could see on the sideline, Keon helping other teammates think about how to attack the Bills' secondary and truly looking like a team player in all of this.
Why a head coach would do this to their team is beyond me, not saying that they should get a pass, but two games being a healthy scratch feels a bit far for a punishment.
But hey, if you’re winning games, who cares, right?
There comes a point where something has to change about this team. Not entirely sure what, but something has to change. This team won’t, and can’t, win the Super Bowl.
Because of that pesky Josh Allen problem.