ORCHARD PARK: The Buffalo Bills’ chances of winning a title this season have been seriously questioned in certain national media circles during the previous few months.
Josh Allen’s tendency to turn the ball over was said to stem from his inability or unwillingness to control some of his rash decisions, according to a common theory. This would therefore cause the Bills’ already small window of opportunity to close much more.
The talking heads have been kicking themselves for a while now, because Allen has been feeding that narrative with a four-turnover meltdown that directly resulted in a 22-16 overtime loss to the Jets.
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The other day, ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky made an appearance on Kay Adams’ show, Up And Adams, and he gave Allen the literal hammering.
“I cherish Josh.” I also think the individual is amazing,” Orlovsky remarked. One of those games comes on Monday night. You sit there and watch that, and if I were his coach, I would tell him straight up, ‘We have to grow up.'” We must mature, dude. This isn’t a conversation we can have every day.
After rewatching the game, I can characterize him as being totally out of control in seven different clips. That is not possible. You’re forcing the ball down the field into double coverage once more, your eyes and feet are everywhere, and you’re sprinting before you should be. I’m not being a jerk about this. He’s a successful grownup who makes a ton of money and is an excellent gamer. We need to mature.
While Orlovsky spent most of his NFL career as a backup quarterback for five different teams, he was undoubtedly not much of a quarterback. Nevertheless, he has since established himself as a recognized analyst, and while most of what he said was corny, it was correct.
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