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Anatomy of a Play: How Josh Allen fooled the Patriots for an easy touchdown

The last time we saw Bills quarterback Josh Allen before the 2020 season, the then-second-year man from Wyoming was barfing all over himself in a wild-card loss to the Texans. The development from then to now is absolutely startling. Allen started the 2020 season ripping man coverage to bits, then had a couple weeks where he struggled against zone coverage and late coverage switches, and then he figured that out and became a legitimate MVP candidate.

Against the Patriots in a 38-9 Week 16 win, Allen was absolutely incendiary, completing 27 of 36 passes for 327 yards, four touchdowns, and no interceptions, adding 35 rushing yards on four attempts for good measure.