Brandon Beane on Josh Allen: We have to look at why red zone turnovers happened

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Bills General Manager Brandon Beane said recently that the only thing he’d criticize quarterback Josh Allen about is the amount of hits he takes on the field, but that’s not the only area where he sees room for improvement in 2023.

During an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Beane discussed Allen’s season and said he thought it was a strong one in general for the quarterback. One exception involved interceptions in the end zone, however.

Allen threw five of them during the season, which was the most in the league and the most he’s thrown in a single season. Beane said he wants the team to dig into “what things we can help with” to make sure that does not remain a problem next season.

“Josh had a really good year overall. Probably had some where he was careless with the ball. That happens, though,” Beane said. “We know who Josh is and he always believes there’s a play to be made and a lot of time he makes them. We always try to remind ourselves that you can’t get onto him because look at home many times he does make a play. This year more than others he did have some red zone turnovers, we have to look at why that happened.”

Beane said he believes Allen has “a good plan” for the offseason and that he will return “even more determined” to be more effective near the end zone.

30 responses to “Brandon Beane on Josh Allen: We have to look at why red zone turnovers happened

  1. With a new Offensive Coordinator this season, it’s not a coincidence. Allen has to do better next season, but so does the OC.

  2. >>Beane said he believes Allen has “a good plan” for the offseason

    Rule 1 – only throw the ball to guys wearing the same color jersey as yours

    Rule 2 – don’t forget rule 1

    Josh tried to do too much.

  3. By the sound of all these negative comments, you would never know that Josh’s jersey is the #1 selling jersey in the country. Plus I rather have a guy trying to make a play than one who sits in the pocket waiting to get mauled.

  4. The Bills need to focus on building the O-line, and also establishing a real running game (that doesn’t rely on Allen).

    He’s more in the “gambler” mode of QB, like Kelly was, or Favre. He makes so many big plays that it diminishes the impact of mistakes – but it would be great to see him get back to the form he had last season.

  5. Or Brandon, you could get an OL in place to offer some better protection and acquire/draft a punishing RB to make defenses stop/respect the run.
    Right now, it’s pass/pass/pass. Defenses know there is little/no run threat and the turnstile OL can’t hold their blocks for more than a millisecond.
    JA does too much because he has to.

  6. Shouldn’t they have already looked into this? Like doesn’t every turnover get analyzed in film right after the games?

  7. Plus he doesn’t seem very bright — in the realm of Terry Bradshaw (“couldn’t spell cat if you spotted him the c & a”) not too bright. Not his fault really.

  8. Take a look at the TD pass to Knox during the first round of the playoffs. There was zero separation and no window to throw in. Bills receivers rarely get open in the confined red zone territory which causes Allen to extend the play are buzz a defenders helmet.

    Haters take a walk.

  9. Aggressive young gunslinger, compact field in red zone, tighter throwing lanes. Not hard to see the reasons

  10. This is at least the second statement by Brandon Beane since they lost to the Bengals where he’s criticized Josh Allen.
    Beane apparently has no problem pointing out the ‘failings’ of other people but he doesn’t own up to his own failure to solidify the Bills roster. Buffalo’s offensive line is still mediocre, don’t have a 2nd receiver that consistently tests defences, their run game is still Josh Allen and a bunch of smallish backs, and their defensive line is a bunch of underachieving first round picks.
    But sure, those red zone touchdowns, that’s what’s limiting the Bills’ success…

  11. Call me crazy, but Beane drafting 0 OL-men in the 1st-round in his 5-years at the helm, only 1 in the 2nd-round, who sucks and is already gone, and 1 in the 3rd-round who’s not even average, may not be the best actions to back up your words. Instead of pouring two-thirds of our day 1 and 2 picks into the Front-7, primarily the DL, yet never seeing it improve, maybe draft a few OL-men. Again, call me nuts. Watch, we’ll draft another DE or DT in round 1, because you know, the massive success we’ve had with the ones he’s drafted. SMH

  12. The Bills biggest problem this past season is that their offense IS Josh Allen. Allen is not only having to work overtime getting the ball to subpar receivers, except for Diggs, but Allen is also the Bills leading rusher most games, and he shouldn’t be, that’s why you have running backs. It is a miracle that Josh hasn’t been seriously hurt with as much of the game that he puts on his shoulders. The Bills are in need of at least one more great receiver, an upgraded offensive line and a running back that is a real threat to keep opposing teams honest. The Bills have a good coach and a great QB, time to give them some help.

  13. It’s definitely something that needs to be looked at. Prior to this season, Allen had like one turnover in the redzone his entire career. Then this season happened where he led the league. Would seem there should be a discernable reason for that drastic change…

  14. No offense to JAllen but luck only goes so far. There’s only so many times you can throw across the grain in the RZ before defenses figure out it’s no longer uncommon. Go back and look at the Bills games an you will see how common that was last year. I’m not taking anything away from Allen. He’s a generational level QB. But that doesn’t mean the RX turnovers aren’t attributable back to him.

  15. xavier1908 says:
    February 5, 2023 at 6:32 pm
    The Bills biggest problem this past season is that their offense IS Josh Allen. Allen is not only having to work overtime getting the ball to subpar receivers, except for Diggs, but Allen is also the Bills leading rusher most games, and he shouldn’t be, that’s why you have running backs. It is a miracle that Josh hasn’t been seriously hurt with as much of the game that he puts on his shoulders. The Bills are in need of at least one more great receiver, an upgraded offensive line and a running back that is a real threat to keep opposing teams honest. The Bills have a good coach and a great QB, time to give them some help.
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    Seriously???? I can name (at least) 15 teams that would legitimately be jealous of the Bills WRs. Or their OL which gave up the 8th fewest sacks and responsible for a top 10 (9th actually) rushing team. Their RBs combined for x2 as much rushing yards as Allen. It’s so not a question of talent at the RB position more than baking in specific running plays for Allen. No offense but it would take exactly 1 game to confirm that fact. The vast majority of plays that Allen rushes are designed plays not broken plays where he’s forced to run. I’m not suggesting there isn’t room for the Bills to improve. Clearly since they fell short. But that also should include Allen himself instead of making up fictitious excuses about having subpar talent.

  16. It’s not fictitious. The WRs clearly weren’t up to the promotions they received. Gabe Davis wasn’t the stud #2 the KC game made him out to be. McKenzie wasn’t the stud faster, younger slot guy to replace Beasley that they were hoping he’d be. Nobody else was able to step up. It was Diggs and a bunch of guys. They’re not devoid of talent…they finished as a top 5 offense, but after a hot start, they had no answer to the opposition’s adjustments and there was no consistency at WR after Diggs. It’s possible they’d be just fine if they got a stud #2 and everybody slides down a spot on the depth chart, but they definitely need help there.

    And the OL sack stat is more thanks to Allen’s ability to evade the rush than the line’s ability, though to be fair, they are a better pass blocking team than run blocking team. But they could certainly stand to upgrade the line.

  17. Again, nobody is suggesting upgrading WR and the OL shouldn’t be on the table. That said, it’s bit disingenuous to claim their WRs are JAGs. The last 2 years Beasley was with the Bills he averaged 82 receptions, 7-900 yards and 1-4 TDs. Davis had 46 receptions, 836 yards and 7 TDs. McKenzie had 42 receptions 423 yards and 4 TDs. There is literally no argument to be made the two of them weren’t able to replace the production from Beasley. Davis practically managed to do that all by himself (some would argue he accomplished just that). McKenzie still managed to produce in a similar manner to both ESanders and JBrown. So again, I don’t really buy the argument that it’s a talent issue. There is no data to suggest that’s even remotely true. In the interest of fairness of we are to insist Davis is a JAG we should probably reciprocate that moniker to Beasley since their performances were very similar.

    You can argue their OL benefited from Allen as well. But the reality is only elite teams created problems for Allen. Two thirds (arguably more) of the league would never even force Allen to move out the pocket. The Bills were top 10 in both rushing and passing so to claim the OL were better at pass blocking team seems like hair splitting to me. Are we certain the rushing performance wasn’t more a preference to pass over running?

    I agree the Bills would absolutely benefit from a bonafide #1 WR sliding into the #2 spot (like most teams in the NFL) but that still has little to do with Allen throwing ducks in the red zone.

  18. Profootball Focus has Josh Allen as their number one rated QB this season…nuff said

  19. sportscoconuts says:
    February 7, 2023 at 3:24 pm
    Profootball Focus has Josh Allen as their number one rated QB this season…nuff said
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    And yet here we are looking at an article about red zone turnovers by Josh Allen.

  20. The Bills rushing numbers were thanks to Allen. You don’t really get credit for run blocking for your QB scrambling, designed runs or not. The Bills should be great at rushing as good as their passing numbers are and the attention teams have to give to defending the pass.

  21. You have two RBs that combined for x2 as much yardage as Allen. Explain to me again how that’s directly attributed to Allen and not the OL???????

  22. The Bills should be great at rushing as good as their passing numbers are and the attention teams have to give to defending the pass.

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    The Bills finished 9th in BOTH rushing and receiving yards last year.

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