Sean McDermott Gets Strong Request to Save Josh Allen as Punishment Looms for Bills QB

Call him Air Allen, call him Superman. Over the years, the Buffalo Bills have realized that if they need him, Josh Allen will come through. Their Week 1 win over the Baltimore Ravens was enough proof. However, that begs one question: are the Bills relying too much on their star QB? Hall of Fame QB Steve Young agrees, urging HC Sean McDermott to do something about it. 

“Everyone has to continue to iterate their game and really take the positives. He was trying to be Superman. It wasn’t really advice that I would give to his game. I was like, ‘Please, Bills. Please, Bills offense, please, give him some help so he doesn’t have to be Superman all the time”, Young said on the Dan Patrick Show. “When you have to be Superman all the time… things go haywire again. You have to be able to calm your mind and deliver from the pocket, not have to be Superman every play… Everyone needs help. And it’s not necessarily about them.

“Everyone’s like, ‘Oh, the commodity in the NFL is coaching,’ ‘Yeah, just get a coach.’ Like that’s, the offensive coordinators, the play callers, the best in the game are like the Josh Allens… There’s a few and you’ve gotta search them out and find ’em. When they meet another talent, that’s why people go to the Super Bowl. Just do not think that the talent to be a great offensive coordinator, especially in an innovative game we have today, there’s all kinds of different stuffs you can do, those guys are the differentiators. So, the advice I would give to quarterbacks, every one of ’em: Find somebody like that!”

Sean McDermott needs to hear this. Probably OC Joe Brady, too.

Since the HC fired former Bills OC Ken Dorsey in 2023, Brady and the Bills have a 25-7 record with a 30-point-per-game average. In the 17 home games at Highmark Stadium, Brady is 16-1. The only defeat came to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, 27-24, in a Divisional Round playoff game at the end of the 2023 season. Last season, Allen became the MVP. And already, the Bills are rolling in 2025.

On paper, they are 3-0 with 102 points (4th in the league) and zero turnovers for Allen (leading the NFL). There’s no doubt Brady has done a phenomenal job with the team. He may as well possibly be a head coach somewhere next season after interviewing a handful of teams already over the offseason. So, the discussions of him being one of the best OCs around this season are anything but hollow. But then comes the issue that’s glaring at them: they rely too much on Josh Allen.

In the Week 1 win, Allen took the responsibility on his shoulders after stumbling from a good start. With just about four minutes remaining in the game, he delivered 250+ passing yards, 1 TD pass to Keon Coleman, and 2 rushing TDs. He became the first player in the NFL’s history to have that stat line in any single quarter of a game ending in the improbable comeback victory. But the rest of the game? The Ravens dominated, and the Bills’ O-line, as well as the defense, failed.

If they face a strong defense, Josh Allen’s solo efforts won’t be enough. He has done the heavy lifting so far, but the rest of the team needs to step up.

Another case in point: the Dolphins game. The wide receiver room basically vanished for long stretches. Not outright terrible, just… invisible. That’s not what you want when you’ve got an MVP-caliber QB firing lasers. Instead, it was Dalton Kincaid (5 for 66 and a score) and James Cook (19 carries, 108 yards, a TD) doing the heavy lifting.

Meanwhile, Keon Coleman managed just 3 for 20, and Elijah Moore chipped in 2 for 30. Serviceable numbers, but hardly the playmaking Allen needs when the game tightens up. And in the third quarter, when Miami’s defense finally clamped down, Buffalo’s receivers couldn’t shake free, leaving Allen scrambling, literally, to keep the offense afloat.

After the game, McDermott was no short of praise when it came to his reigning MVP. “Incredibly so, I couldn’t be more proud, happy, of the way he’s really learned the game and become a really good decision maker,” McDermott said. “He understands the game that takes place within the game. Not everybody can get themselves to that level. I think Josh Allen continues to show why he is who he is. In my 25 years or more in this league, very rarely do you get a chance to witness what we in Buffalo have had a chance to witness, and it’s pretty special.”

Allen, too, was not complaining about the team’s rushing. Instead, he chose to believe in their capability to learn. “This (the Dolphins) is a team that was prepared, ready to go. Their line, their front five, they’re as good as anybody in the league, so we knew we were going to have our hands full,” the QB said after their Week 3 win. “Thought we did a good job of running it, thought we passed it pretty well. Got to sustain a few drives, we’ll be alright.”

The 29-year-old has thrown for 755 yards, 5 touchdowns, and no interceptions already in just three games. He has completed 69 of 99 passes in pure dominance. But Allen cannot carry the team every time. McDermott was clearly worried when Allen took a hit to the nose in Week 2 against the Jets. Without him, the offense just doesn’t look the same. If he is ever off his game or sidelined, coach Sean McDermott needs the rest of the offense to step up. And that nightmare for the Bills might very possibly be right around the corner.

Josh Allen faces a possible punishment from the NFL

Josh Allen produced yet another masterclass this week. But there was something else he did that might prove to be a little too costly for his pocket. Or, in the worst-case scenario, for the Bills. A video from the game shows Allen with a “handgun” gesture towards the ground after getting up from a tackle. The referees did not flag Allen then and there, believing he was signalling a first down.

But, after review, if the league thinks it crossed the line, he could be looking at a fine just in time for Week 4’s showdown with the Saints. The NFL is already tightening its belts on sportsmanlike behavior and accountability this season, and a handgun gesture is already a fineable offense. And interestingly, this wouldn’t be Allen’s first fine this season for gesturing either. In their win over the Bengals, the QB pointed at a defender on his TD run. He was flagged at the point and was fined $10,927 for unsportsmanlike conduct by the NFL, as reported by NFL Network reporter Tom Pelissero.

In their Week 2 win, CeeDee Lamb’s ‘violent hand gesture’ and George Pickens each got hit with a $14,491 fine. Even Travis Kelce joined the club, coughing up the same amount for an “obscene gesture.” They’re keeping a strong eye on sideline theatrics. Josh Allen might be the next victim. Some say Allen was just pointing to signal a first down, a common move. But the NFL might not see it that way. And that would be McDermott’s nightmare in a successful run so far.