4 Buffalo Bills to heavily blame in heartbreaking loss vs. Houston Texans
In a heartbreaking loss to the Houston Texans, several Buffalo Bills players could be pointed to as key contributors to the defeat. Here are four who might bear significant blame:
- Quarterback: If the quarterback struggled with accuracy, made poor decisions, or turned the ball over, they could be a primary factor in the loss. Critical mistakes at pivotal moments can be costly.
- Defensive Back: If a cornerback or safety was beaten for key touchdowns or failed to make critical tackles, that could lead to the team giving up crucial points.
- Offensive Line: The offensive line plays a crucial role in both the run and pass game. If they struggled to protect the quarterback or failed to open lanes for running backs, it could significantly impact the offense’s effectiveness.
- Wide Receiver: If a wide receiver dropped key passes or failed to get separation, it could limit the offense’s ability to score and keep drives alive.
Blame in football is often shared, but these positions can have a significant impact on the outcome of a game.
WR Curtis Samuel
Notice a theme happening here? Sticking with the wide receivers, it is the same sad story for Curtis Samuel. Through five games, Samuel’s contract he signed with the Bills keeps looking like a horrible investment. There is an argument to be made that the Bills don’t know how to utilize Samuel correctly and when they do target him, the play gets shut down real quickly.
Samuel was targeted four times but only had one reception for no gain. He would then have one rushing attempt that would end with -1 yards. Bills fans are waiting for the day that Samuel has his breakout game. However, they should be looking forward to him just getting the ball in his hands more than once.
S Cole Bishop
The rookie safety got to see some playing time in this game with Taylor Rapp being ruled out with a concussion. The Bills drafted Bishop to help start a new regime of their secondary with Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer out of Buffalo. Bishop has had a little bit of a rough start to his career.
He suffered an injury in training camp and had not seen much playing time early on in the season. As a second round pick, he is expected to provide some sort of immediate impact. In this game against the Texans, he had an impact but for the worse.
Late in the first quarter, it took the Texans one play to put up their second touchdown of the game. Quarterback C.J. Stroud connected with wide receiver Nico Collins on a 67-yard touchdown throw to put the Texans up 14-3. On that pass, Collins gets past Rasul Douglas but Bishop should have provided coverage over the top and he didn’t. Instead, Collins beat the double coverage and put the Texans up on the board again.
That play alone was a deciding factor in this game. If that touchdown never happened, the Bills may have come out of this game winners.
QB Josh Allen
There is no way that Josh Allen’s doesn’t end up on this kind of list this week. Completing 9 passes out of 30 attempts is rookie numbers. Allen looked like a bad rookie against this Texans defense. His performance was horrific and he played a major role in this loss for the Bills.
Allen finished the game completing 30% of his throws for 131 yards and one touchdown. The only good news about his play was that he didn’t turn the ball over. When the Bills lose, Allen usually isn’t the problem. However, Allen should take a lot of the blame for this loss.
