Three hundred and thirty eight days ago, the Bills lost in dramatic fashion in Arizona just ahead of their Week 11 bye. They came out after the bye and won their next eight games. (incl. two postseason games) This season, the Bills have proven that they can put away teams when firing on all cylinders. The loss will cause the team the be laser-focused on the mistakes made Monday night and make sure they get correct down the stretch – just like last season.
"I think it's very similar feelings, the way we lost both games," Josh Allen explained. "Typically, you don't carry anything over from year-to-year, but we do have that type of experience going back to last year. Coming out of the bye week really hungry, really ready, and we got to go and do that again."
Even though Allen couldn't pick up one yard on fourth down, his teammates and coach McDermott would give him the ball in that situation 10 times out of 10. They have full confidence in the 25-year-old quarterback, and he finished the game 35 of 47 for 353 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. The team finished the game with a 40 percent red zone touchdown efficiency which is one of the lowest of the season. Allen discussed his thoughts on the offensive struggles after the game.
"We're just not executing how we should," Allen said. "Shooting ourselves in the foot a couple of times with penalties. I gotta be better for us in the red zone so it's no secret, 2-of-5 against a team like this, it's not gonna win you a football game. If we go 3-of-5 we win that game."
Moving forward, the Bills will have a bye this week followed by two home and two away games before Thanksgiving. While the team didn't win the game, Buffalo showed it could move the ball, outgaining the Titans with 417 total net yards compared to 362. The Bills will take the good and the bad and grow from it and McDermott believes this experience will help in the long term.
"I'm always going to believe in my players and our football team, and my coaches," McDermott said. "We'll learn from this and try to move forward and get better because of this. That's what you do. It's a season of ups and downs, so it's the team that stays together the longest that's going to give itself the best chance at the end."
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