At times last year, particularly early, Josh Allen seemed dropped, not seeing the entire field, uncertain where the rush or coverage was coming out of, and relying upon his superior athleticism as opposed to intellect to win plays.
Sometimes it worked out great, with Allen looking like one of the most athletic players in the field, dashing with his feet and drilling strikes his huge arm.
At times it combusted, with Allen tossing wayward balls behind targets, not getting through his progression, and also an ineffective crime resulted.
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Allen played an incredibly porous offensive line with an inconsistent run sport along with a corps of subpar receivers that didn’t make his life easier. The Bills have done a marvelous job repairing those issues this offseason — on paper — to buffer the QB. Perhaps the biggest improvement the Bills could make may be between Allen’s ears.
After an offseason of work outs, running back LeSean McCoy thinks we are seeing a better Allen, especially mentally.
“He looks better,” McCoy told Vic Carucci of The Buffalo News. “I think he seems more confident. I believe last year he played off of talent. Sometimes, when quarterbacks are extremely talented, you overlook how smart they are. Josh is smart”
The strides Allen has made were not lost on his coaching staff, which knows the Bills don’t have any chance at the playoffs without developments from the QB spot.
“I think Josh is well informed of everything he wants to improve on and what he does well already and enhancing on those areas too,” trainer Sean McDermott told colleagues during minicamp. “So, Josh is a young man that’s driven and incredibly in tune and incredibly self-aware to his evolution, his general development as a young man and as a football player and how important that is to our business. I’ve seen that from the habits that he has mastered since he left here in January and once we got him back and what he’s done since that time.”
A Year 1 to Year 2 jump is possible, or even expected, particularly given Allen’s raw talent entering the NFL. Now that he has gotten a year of seasoning under his belt, McCoy considers the big-armed QB will turn the corner.
“Your third and second years pretty much are always (better than the first),” McCoy explained. “Maybe not with numbers, but like with confidence, knowing what to expect, knowing what to look forward to, those type of things. So, I’m all excited to see how he plays this season.”
Allen entered the NFL as epitomizing the old-guard versus analytics debate QB, the former loving his size, large arm and athletic skill, although the latter decried his inaccuracy and lack of faculty creation. In Year 1, the signal-caller showed a bit for all to claim their case as true. Year two could solidify the debate.

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