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The six-day stretch from Monday night to Sunday afternoon was one filled with criticism for Bills quarterback Josh Allen, and rightfully so. The All-Pro signal-caller had one of the worst games of his career against the Aaron Rodger-less New York Jets, throwing three interceptions and losing a fumble in the 22-16 loss.

In a game where the Jets would only have a shot if the Bills played sloppy football, Allen figuratively slugged back a Pabst Blue Ribbon and let out a belch thinking the game was perfectly in hand and scoffing at the possibility of losing to Zach Wilson. That carelessness gave the Bills an 0-1 start.

In light of the careless performance, what followed was your usual overreaction. Every media member showing the graphic of Josh Allen leading the league in turnovers since 2018, while also casually failing to mention that he also has the second-most total touchdowns in that span. What we saw last Monday was the chaotic absolute worst version of Allen. That made for a positive outlook for the Bills, though. Their quarterback played as bad as he possibly could, and they lost in overtime on a special teams touchdown.

Plus, it seems like when Allen plays his worst football, he follows it up with his best football. Last season in that acid trip of a game against the Vikings, Allen threw a bone-headed interception in the red zone that lost the game. In the next five games, Allen threw 10 touchdowns to just one interception and the Bills went 5-0 in that span. Plus, it’s not as if Allen isn’t aware that his “Screw it, we ball” approach sometimes comes back to bite both he and his team. His post-game presser on Monday showed his self-awareness and ownership of his bad play. I’ll quote Five Finger Death Punch to really paint the picture of Josh Allen- “There’s a demon inside, I feel like Jekyll and Hyde.”

Allen seems very aware that there is a positive way to play his hero-ball style of football, and he tries to keep that dark side suppressed and locked away. Sometimes, though, it does overtake him. His passing charts from the first two weeks tell the entire story. In Week 1, we got Mr. Hyde. In Week 2, we saw Dr. Jekyll.


Last week, he had a passer rating of 62.7 and four turnovers. This week? 31-of-37, three touchdowns, no interceptions, and a passer rating of 124.5. We still got a healthy dose of “Random S-Word” Josh Allen. Instead of chucking and praying into a mosh pit of defensive backs, though, he threw a beautiful sidearm pa$s to Khalil Shakir that resulted in a touchdown. And rather than running into the fanny of an offensive lineman, he ran around like a wounded whitetail before throwing across his body to Gabe Davis for another touchdown.

This is just who Josh Allen is. He is always going to play like he just beer bonged three Red Bulls and chased it with a Five Hour Energy. Will he make decisions that leave Bills fans and Allen truthers punching air and biting their knuckles? Yes. But when you have a guy who is going to make 5-10 plays per game that swing the momentum in your favor, you live with that. For every disaster from Monday night, there are a dozen performances like the one we saw Sunday against the Raiders. And that’s what Josh Allen is. He’s Billy The Kid. Win or lose, he is going out in a blaze of glory, and he’s the six-shooter the Bills will live and die by.

Low key, their defensive line and offensive line showed out vs Raiders .. There were different times throughout that game that Buffalo just looked flat out more physical and dominated both lines... Josh just gotta understand Buffalo doesn't NEED him to be that prolific gunslinger they once needed every week. Lean on what you got. But that trust goes both ways and they showed yesterday that Josh can trust them.. At least for now

Last week, Josh had a bad game. Last year, the playcallers but Allen in positions that were unfavorable OFTEN. He doesn't play bad often tho... he just has some really bad games here and there. He won't have an interception every game for 3 games, but he might have 1 3 interception game over 3 games that makes it seem like he averages a pick per game but in reality, he had 1 bad game and 2 excellent games. (ratio used is just an example for simplicity)

Josh is hot and cold but his cold streaks not as common as people make it seem.

yall just figured this out?