I think the Bills struggles are from a myriad of problems, one of which was Dorsey. We’ve got people saying that the Bills offense is the easiest to prep for because they don’t do anything, and i agree. If you look at the creativity from play calling in the last 3 years or so to now, it’s nonexistent. However, I do believe Josh is playing bad ball recently. I don’t wanna hear shit about his numbers— numbers also say the Bills are one of the most efficient offensive teams in the league, which is laughable. Feel free to given an explanation in the comments. Go Bills!
Looking at Monday in a vacuum. 1st INT all on Gabe. Second INT 50% on Josh, 20% on Ken for the play, 30% n Harty for running a shit route. 2nd fumble 100% Josh. So at minimum 9 point swing and I put about 25% on Josh.
I think I’m harder on Josh than most people. There’s been a lot of criticism of Dorsey lately, most of it valid, but it’s still on Josh to read the defense, make necessary adjustments/audibles, and when the play is live make the correct read and make a good throw (or run it). He hasn’t done any of those things consistently this year.
A lot of the interceptions he’s thrown have just been stupid decisions where he had other options available to him which is the most frustrating part to me, it’s like once every 10 plays he reverts to 2018 and just throws a piss missile into the heaviest coverage he can see so he can look cool.
The strangest part to me is he’s never been doing this stuff since mid way last season,
His interception numbers in 2019 and 2020 were low.
I agree with this, BUT, isn’t it Dorsey’s job to see that Allen is struggling with maybe a more complex adjustment/audible scheme and adjust play calling accordingly? I think it really does take the right OC/QB combo to make it work. And to your point, some of it on Josh, but they’re not going to fire their franchise QB.
Cop out answer, but everyone deserves blame.
One thing I haven’t really seen discussed regarding Josh’s role: at least a couple of times this season prior to his dismissal, Dorsey referenced needing to call plays that his QB is comfortable with. My recollection is that the context stemmed for questions surrounding running plays from shotgun. The insinuation was that Josh is more comfortable in shotgun than under center, despite the fact that early in the season they were absolutely deadly in play action.
I think one of Brady’s biggest challenges is in convincing Allen to do the things he’s not as comfortable with with more regularity in order to make his life as a QB easier. I’m not sure that Dorsey was ever able to do that consistently.
Nobody in here really knows and we likely won’t know for some time. There is clearly a problem in the locker room with too many guys making fundamental mistakes and there seems to be an overall lack of leadership. I’m sure some of that falls on the coaches and some of it falls on Allen, but it’s impossible to assign percentage of blame without actually being present.
Josh is playing like a deer in the headlights. So it’s a combination of bad game calling and Josh not executing plays.