If the Buffalo Bills are true championship contenders, they didn't come close to resembling one on Sunday. They practically took the weekend off.
In what should've been an absolute laugher against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Bills' high-octane offense was stunningly inept in a 9-6 loss on Sunday at TIAA Bank Field. According to ESPN Stats & Info, this was the league's fourth-largest road upset loss since 1966 -- Buffalo closed as a 15.5-point favorite.
"It looked like this was a team that was just in Jacksonville to hang out. From the word 'go,' they were very lethargic, every facet of the game" Tyler Dunne of GoLongTD.com told The DA Show on Monday. "I think that's an indictment of coaches. That's on [head coach] Sean McDermott, that's on the coaching staff, not getting the team ready to play a clearly inferior opponent.
"Every team is afforded a clunker, I don't think it's time to panic yet. But they should be a little bit worried, because Josh Allen didn't look good in the first half against Miami and then he turned it on... I get it, they kind of ran it back, but sometimes continuity isn't always a good thing. They were just kind of OK last year, and if you regress from 'OK,' you get a game like that -- a 9-6 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars."
Bills quarterback Josh Allen, who entered Sunday afternoon as a top-three MVP candidate, looked lost against Jacksonville's bottom-ranked defense. The fourth-year starter threw for just 264 yards, committed three second-half turnovers, and posted his lowest passer rating (62.7) since Week 14 of 2019. Following the game, Allen simply told reporters that he "played like s---."
Allen's poor performance was remarkably unique. NFL history was made late in the second quarter, when Jaguars defensive end Josh Allen -- yes, he has the exact same name -- sacked Buffalo's Allen, marking the first time a player has sacked a quarterback with the same name since the stat became official in 1982. On top of that, Jacksonville's Allen also recorded an interception and a fumble recovery against, well, Allen.
Buffalo (5-3) will visit the rival New York Jets (2-6) in a Week 10 matchup on Sunday, Nov. 14. According to FiveThirtyEight's projections, the Bills currently have a 90-percent chance to reach the playoffs and a 78-percent chance to win the AFC East.
The entire NFL conversation between Dunne and DA can be accessed in the audio player above.
You can follow The DA Show on Twitter @DAonCBS and @CBSSportsRadio, and Tom Hanslin @TomHanslin.