Josh Allen Earns Surprising Grade After Lackluster Performance
The Buffalo Bills suffered a narrow defeat to the New England Patriots, losing 23-20 in a tense “Sunday Night Football” matchup, where quarterback Josh Allen didn’t quite perform to his usual standards.
Allen passed for 253 yards and connected on two touchdown throws, although he also threw one interception.
Josh Allen Gets a Low Grade For His Performance
The 29-year-old quarterback appeared far from his usual Superman-like form, and Brent Sobleski of Bleacher Report assigned him a ‘C-‘ for his performance.
“Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills experienced a reality check against the Patriots. Allen and Co. are not going to run roughshod over the AFC,” Sobleski wrote Monday. “Instead, the group needs to be better prepared and execute against tougher competition.”
The pressure on Allen is at an all-time high, as he stands out as one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL. Whenever he has a less-than-stellar performance, it catches the attention of everyone in the league, and that’s exactly what happened on Sunday.
The Bills may not have delivered their best against New England, but there is a silver lining: Allen typically experiences very few, if any, bad games throughout the season. It’s possible that he got his one rough outing out of the way early on.
Allen expressed his disappointment with both his own performance and that of the team on Sunday, describing their efforts as rather sloppy.
The Bills Were Sloppy on Sunday
“We just played sloppy,” Allen said Sunday. “Not going to win a football game turning the ball over three times in our red zone. Gave them one in their red zone. That’s just bad football, and we just did not play good tonight.”
As reported by ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg, the Bills were penalized eight times in the first half, marking the second-highest number of penalties for the team since 2017, and head coach Sean McDermott wasn’t happy about it.
“We didn’t play our game tonight, and that’s frustrating,” McDermott said. “And this is a pivotal learning opportunity for us right here. So, there were some other moments where I
Give New England Credit For Beating Buffalo
The Bills deserve plenty of blame, but at the same time, the Patriots played very well.
Many fans typically view New England as a team that struggles to win four games and shouldn’t stand a chance in high-stakes matchups. However, new head coach Mike Vrabel has established a fresh culture.
While the Patriots may not boast the same level of talent as some of the top teams in the NFL, the impressive performance of their young quarterback, Drake Maye, could set them on the path to becoming one of the league’s best in the coming years.
The Bills will look to get back on track this week when they take on the two-win Atlanta Falcons team on “Monday Night Football”.
Dale Moss Reveals Unseen Details on Kat Izzo & Sean McLaughlin’s ‘Really Intense’ Clash
Spilling the tea...
Bachelor Nation fans know Dale Moss from Season 16 of “The Bachelorette” and Season 10 of “Bachelor in Paradise,” where he left the beach with Kat Izzo.
The two formed a strong relationship while on the show, but also faced some drama as Sean McLaughlin accused Kat about messaging a secret boyfriend during the season finale.
Now on the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast, Dale is opening up and revealing unseen details about that clash.
In explaining why Dale stood by Kat’s side and handled the situation the way he did, he shared, “For me, whatever situation happened it’s something that we could have the conversations and figure it out after the fact. I don’t think it was handled the right way. I would’ve never handled it in that setting, and yeah there were definitely moments where I really had to bite my tongue because I wanted to pop off. But it didn’t serve anything and it was less about me and it was more about Kat in that situation.”
Dale continued, revealing that the clash was a lot more intense in person than what was shown on the show.
He said “You know, regardless of what happened, I was going to be fine right? Like if there’s hurt and everything, that’s okay. But there was never a time where I was gonna try to throw her under the bus and pile on. But it was really, really intense in real time. I go for a walk and the entire group of everybody is walking with me. Sean comes over, Andrew, Jeremy, everybody and they were like, ‘We’re trying to look out for you. We just want you to be happy.’”
Dale went on, saying, “In all those settings, to,o I was like, ‘Look I don’t care what’s going on right now. All I care about is how Kat’s feeling and whatever else comes out, we can figure it out. But this whole situation, I'm just kind of done with it. So, you can say whatever you want, it’s not gonna change how I’m going to act. I’m grown, I’m fine. But I wanna make sure she’s okay and we can work everything else out and figure it out after the fact.’ So, I don’t know. I’m always going to go to the source, and it did create where we had to have some conversations after the fact but that’s all stuff that we can work out. We had gone through the whole ‘Paradise’ experience together, so we were gonna finish it together.”
Kat also chimed in, sharing her experience and revealing, “It was a lot longer in real time. Like, [Sean] was going for a while and that’s when I started to have a panic attack because I just felt so powerless in that moment. And it was less about what he was saying, it was more about the environment and where that brought me back to. I was just in no capacity to even speak to anyone and all I cared about was Dale.”
Hear the rest of Dale and Kat’s conversation in the full episode of “Bachelor Happy Hour” below!
