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Buffalo Bills: 5 questions about the offense for 2020

By Brandon Croce

HOUSTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 04: Josh Allen #17 hands the ball off to Devin Singletary #26 of the Buffalo Bills against the Houston Texans during the first quarter of the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at NRG Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 04: Josh Allen #17 hands the ball off to Devin Singletary #26 of the Buffalo Bills against the Houston Texans during the first quarter of the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at NRG Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 08: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills communicates at the line of scrimmage during the first half against the Baltimore Ravens in the game at New Era Field on December 08, 2019 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images)
ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 08: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills communicates at the line of scrimmage during the first half against the Baltimore Ravens in the game at New Era Field on December 08, 2019 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images) /

Can Josh Allen continue protecting the football?

One of the biggest positives over the course of the 2019 season was how Josh Allen improved in his decision making and protecting the football. This past season Allen finished with nine interceptions, which certainly wasn’t bad and he finished with eighth fewest in this category among 22 quarterbacks who had 450 or more passing attempts last year.

However, as the season went on this was an area that he showed significant improvement as he only had two interceptions over the final 11 games, compared to the seven he had in the first five.

There are certainly other stats that Josh Allen can improve, like completion percentage, but there are ways to work around that. It is very hard for an offense to be productive, and to be part of a winning team, if the quarterback is consistently making mistakes and turning it over. It ruins drives and puts defense in bad positions, usually having to defend short fields.

The hope is that Josh Allen will continue to play in 2020 like he did over the second half of last year and protect the football.

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