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2019 Buffalo Bills Season Recap A lot of good things happened in 2019 for the Buffalo Bills. Their young core grew. They won 10 games. They made the playoffs. They won two prime time games. Bills Mafia earned more respect as a fan base, slowly but surely limiting the table-breaking mantra. Let’s have a full look at the season A-Z; the highs, the lows, the what-ifs and more. Team MVP: Tre White. The cornerback out of LSU bailed the Bills out time and time again. His big moment came during Week 7 against Miami (after a team bye week by the way), with Buffalo down, at home, 14-10 and things looking dire. White intercepted Ryan Fitzpatrick at the 2 and the Bills drove down 98 yards for the go-ahead score. He also forced a fumble two series later (recovered by Jerry Hughes) and the Bills scored again. Buffalo ended-up winning 31-21 after being down and things looking like a possible season-changing loss to an AFC East rival. Rarely do cornerbacks change games like this. White did, possibly saved the season, and in the end, was probably the best CB in the NFL. The encore? Two INT’s in prime time against Pittsburgh, helping to clinch a Buffalo playoff berth on December 15 TEAM MVP: Tre White during Sunday Night Football. Biggest positive: The young core group took another or first step up. From Dion Dawkins to Dawson Knox to Josh Allen to Devin Singletary to Tre White to Matt Milano to Tremaine Edmunds to Ed Oliver, Buffalo’s young guys took yet another step in the right direction. The Bills have a lot of money to spend in the off-season thanks to cap space but must be careful because many of these players will need to be paid soon to keep this thing together. Honorable mention biggest positive: Buffalo made the playoffs for the second time in three seasons. Simple as that. Biggest negative: Josh Allen and Brian Daboll, the unknown tandem. Bills Mafia is all-in on Josh Allen for the most part, as is this author. But while Allen shows a ton of potential, pre-snap improvement, leadership, heart and 4th quarter ability in the clutch, he is terribly inconsistent, either throws picks or fumbles and really took a step back in the playoffs (more on that game in a moment). On the big stage, he looks lost. Meanwhile, offensive coordinator Brian Daboll is crafty and witty and clearly can put together great offensive packages. But he changes that philosophy many times during games and goes continued on pg 6
conservative and it is frustrating to watch. Is that totally on Daboll, who has freedom to run his group, or is Sean McDermott in his ear with the defensive mindset to try and control the game more? Maybe both. It seems like when Daboll calls the right plays, Allen misfires or when Allen is rolling the team goes conservative. Side note: wide receivers, feel free to catch the ball more. Biggest negative honorable mention: The national narrative was that the Bills didn’t play any good teams. Despite the fact that they went 6-2 on the road which is good
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