Josh Allen Details Season Ending Loss, About The 2022-23 Buffalo Bills

Josh Allen, the Bills' starting quarterback, addressed the media at One Bills Drive on the team's locker room clean-out day less than a day after the team's season-ending defeat to the Bengals in the AFC Divisional Round.Allen took some time to consider the highs and lows of his fifth NFL campaign, one that was emotional for the Bills but ultimately fell short of the group's most important objective."There were a lot of positives that we witnessed during the year, despite the difficulties this club had been handed," Allen said. "I don't want to completely denigrate all that we did this year." "Our staff continues to make me proud of how There were many positives that we observed during the year, despite the difficulties our squad faced, Allen said. "I don't want to completely trash all that we achieved this year," he said. "I'm still pleased of how our guys handled some of those incredibly difficult situations," the coach said. On Monday, other squad members also commented, characterising the divisional loss from the previous day as "numb." The emotional toll of the season caught up with them, according to WR Isaiah McKenzie, TE Dawson Knox, and OL Rodger Saffold, even if they did not use it as an excuse for the playoff loss. Allen agreed with his colleagues' appraisal of their viewpoint when he was questioned.I can support that assertion. For my part, I'm unsure. But again, against extremely talented teams, you have to play your best, and yesterday, we didn't, Allen added.Allen spoke in further depth for the first time since suffering an elbow injury in Week 9 how it affected him in the second half of the season.He stated of the injury: "There was certainly a period straight after for a few weeks where it was quite troublesome.

But once more, it didn't really have an impact on me. "I just sort of felt like maybe I was trying to throw it a little differently mechanically, had to modify a couple things, and went away from how I'm used to throwing the ball," the athlete said. The quarterback never missed a game, but in four of the Bills' following six games after the injury, he completed fewer than two touchdown passes. Allen's performance improved throughout the final four games before the AFC Divisional Round, through the Wild Card round, and into the postseason. He passed for 12 touchdowns, ran for another, and averaged 270.5 passing yards.The last time I felt like I was returning to my preferred mechanical style was maybe two weeks ago.Again, as a rotational thrower, it is extremely elbow-centric, and perhaps it became too linear as a result of my inability to exert enough force and my tendency to flick the ball out there.Allen said, "But again, just adjusting." The offseason won't require surgery, according to Allen, but rest and recuperation will eventually help his elbow recover fully."We don't believe a surgery is required right now," Rest and recuperation would undoubtedly be extremely beneficial for it, he said.