I made the point somewhere that Buffalos defense played their scheme to perfection for the first 2 and a half quarters - While the Texans were playing right into that scheme trap by asking Watson to stand in the pocket and escape when it became necessary - more often than not he wasn't able to escape.
And they were able to accomplish that rushing only 4 , allowing them to drop 7 into that zone coverage and few openings to throw into. At the same time , they were able to keep those inside runs from being very productive.
On the first drive the buffalo offense did exactly what the Texans should be doing early on - make the defense defend the entire width of the field by getting their QB on the fringes of the defense. If Josh Allen and the rest of that offense don't come unglued with 3 negative plays in a row taking them out of FG range , they win that game.
In the mid 3rd Quarter when OB finally pulled the plug on the standing in the pocket idea out of sheer necessity and started moving Watson around (Or maybe Watson took it upon himself , who knows) - Buffalo's defense just couldn't defend the entire field and Watson (the Texans offense) took over the game.
Against a better offense - its probably too little too late. Yeah , Buffalo's defense is better than the Texans ….
I just don't understand why we have to go thru the same BS every week - Lets see if standing in the pocket works and why we have to wait so damn long to make changes when its not productive.
I don't know why OB doesn't start the game doing what we know works , with Watson threatening the edges …. and he can turtle up later.