Buffalo Bills' Josh Allen, Gabe Davis On OT Miscommunication: 'Not On The Same Page'
The Buffalo Bills had plenty of chances to win Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles, but ultimately grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory in a 37-34 overtime loss at Lincoln Financial Field.
Of those opportunities, the most gut-wrenching one came in overtime itself. On 3rd and 7 in the red zone, Gabe Davis was wide open in the end zone for the would-be-game-winning touchdown, but Josh Allen's throw was off the mark. The Bills would then kick a field goal on the very next play to temporarily take the lead, but were unable to stop the Eagles from marching down the field for a touchdown and ultimately the win.
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After the game, that play was unsurprisingly a major talking point. When asked about it, Davis simply said that he and Allen weren't in sync like they should've been.
“I mean, no,” Davis told reporters, per the Buffalo News. “It was an option route at the end, and we weren’t on the same page. It’s that simple.
“We could have won the game. We’re confident, we had the game, it was right there. But again, toward the end, just me and him had a miscommunication, and it was a touchdown.”
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Gabe Davis (13) celebrates touchdown with quarterback Josh Allen (17) during the fourth quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field.
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What makes the play all the more heartbreaking is the fact that the Bills had an outstanding performance overall. Buffalo gained 505 total yards, over 100 more than Philadelphia, and had the ball for more than 40 minutes. Allen had a phenomenal day with over 400 total yards and four touchdowns, while Davis was great as well with six catches for 105 yards and a score.
In the end, though, a few key mistakes mean that those performances were all for not.
“I think the effort was there, execution was there,” Allen told reporters. “Just got to make a couple more plays and others – a couple we wish we had back.”
At 6-6 and staring down the gauntlet of one of the league's toughest remaining scheduled, the Bills can't afford to have performances like this go by the wayside due to a couple of errors.
“There are no moral victories,” coach Sean McDermott told reporters.
