Josh Allen disgusted by Bills' 'piss-poor' performance in upset loss to Patriots
How do you lose an NFL game as an 8-point favorite? At home at Highmark Stadium? On "white out" night? Before a national TV audience on Sunday Night Football?
In the not-so-subtle words of Buffalo Bills' quarterback Josh Allen, you simply play "piss-poor offense."
It took the Bills' sloppiest game recent memory - three turnovers and 11 penalties - and a 52-yard field goal by the New England Patriots with :15 remaining, but Buffalo is undefeated no more. They lost a stunner to the Pats, 23-20.
The Bills committed three turnovers for a margin of minus-2, their first time being negative in that department in an NFL-record 27 consecutive games.
"We played sloppy," Allen said after the game. "You're not going to win if you turn the ball over three times, including once in our Red Zone and once in theirs. That's just bad football. It's piss-poor offense."
The Bills lost both the turnover margin and the final score in a game for the first time since Nov. 13, 2023.
Allen was credited for two of the mistakes. He collided with tight end Dawson Knox on mistimed ball-handling error for a fumble in the first quarter. That snapped a streak of not losing a fumble that extended to almost 700 snaps. The next fumble - by receiver Keon Coleman after a short catch inside Buffalo's 10-yard line - came just five plays later. Allen then threw late and over the middle of the field and Pats' cornerback Marcus Jones picked it off at New England's 10 to spoil a prime scoring opportunity.
How Brian Callahan saw ‘everything’ in Titans in first win
After a chaotic win over the Cardinals, Titans head coach Brian Callahan reacts to getting his first win as a head coach.
As the Tennessee Titans got their first win of the season in the 22-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, it was also the first victory for head coach Brian Callahan. While there had been speculation already around the job security of the Titans' head coach, those early talks were put on hold after the win as Callahan spoke on what he saw from the team.
It was a relentless game as both were in a clash right to the very end, with Tennessee capitalizing on a chaotic play that saw quarterback Cam Ward throw a pass that was deflected and picked off with under five minutes left in the game. However, the defender would lose possession after, resulting in a fight for the ball that ended with Tyler Lockett falling on it for a touchdown.
That was one example from Callahan of many that showed the team fighting until the very end to get the victory over Arizona, with him even saying that he saw “everything” the coaching staff needed to see from Tennessee, according to the team's website.
“Obviously, just really exciting to get a win,” Callahan said. “To show that kind of fight in a game where we had to claw our way back into it. It was everything that we needed to see from our football team, and we’d been waiting to see for a couple of weeks now, the ability to make the plays when it mattered to help us win the game.”
“Those guys fought like crazy,” Callahan continued. “It was a superb effort all the way around. It was awesome to see just the resilience of the team, the fight that they showed. . . . I’m really proud of the team.”
Titans' Cam Ward on getting his first win in the NFL
After Ward called out the Titans after the ugly loss to the Houston Texans in the week prior, holding himself accountable for lackluster play, it seemed to have lit a fire under the team, leading to the contest against the Cardinals. For the No. 1 overall pick out of the University of Miami, he celebrates his first victory while also keeping his focus stabilized.
“It felt good,” Ward said. “A win, especially for my first one, in a game like that, it was a big-time win. The biggest thing is we have to continue to build off it.”
Tennessee next faces the Las Vegas Raiders next Sunday.
