Bills - 31, Seahawks - 10
JOSH ALLEN: Got off to a quick start. First drive, go down there and get points, something we've talked about repetitively over the course of the last couple of weeks. Felt good to go out there and get it done.
First play, Dawson, making a big play for us and really starting us off the right way.
Q. Would you think that might have been, start to finish -- the penalties were not great -- but start to finish, it might have been your best game of the year, I mean overall.
JOSH ALLEN: It's up there. I think you look at it from all three phases, I think everybody went out there, knew their job and executed at a high level -- offense, defense and special teams.
Gotta clean up the penalties. I obviously had a turnover today and had another one that could have been a turnover. Ty Johnson stepping in and falling on the ball and making a play and keeping it alive on that two-minute drive.
Still lots to clean up. We'll watch this one, get rid of it and enjoy the plane ride.
Q. Does it feel like Keon is playing more comfortable more confident football right now?
JOSH ALLEN: Absolutely. That's something, our staff has got him rolling. Knows what he's doing. When he knows what he's doing, when he's rolling, he's a damn good football player. He's continuing to make plays for us. And you love to see that from the young guy. And he's only going to get better.
Q. Is there a noticeable difference when you have a game where you don't start well or a game you do start well? Is it simply just executing or is there anything else you notice?
JOSH ALLEN: No, it's a lot of execution. It's quick, little decisions here that mount up and kind of snowball into bigger things. Again, we could have let the turnovers deter us from having a good game, but we continued to find ways to move the ball.
I think we're really good on third down. I don't know the exact numbers, but I think we executed at a high rate on third down, which allows us to, again, move the chains and give us our opportunities to score points.
I don't know our red-zone touchdowns either, but we scored quite a bit. James Cook got going. Ray Davis got going and guys made plays for us.
Q. After the turnover the defense got the stop at the goal line, then you went 93 yards. Was that the tipping point of the game, maybe?
JOSH ALLEN: Huge. Hate throwing turnovers. But made the tackle. And Coach talks about it all the time of something like that, not to put your head down, go to the sideline and go make a tackle and let your defense come back on field because you never know what's going to happen.
They went out there and had four consecutive plays of a stop and allowed us to, again, snowball that into something really good and score for the two-minute.
Q. That was the mentality, right, to make up for it by taking control of the game?
JOSH ALLEN: Yes.
Q. Could you describe what happened on that play, why he was able to pick it off?
JOSH ALLEN: He played inside. I think Amari slipped a little bit. Again, could have put that maybe a little bit further behind; I put it on his body. It was a little wet. And the guy made a good play.
Q. Shakir over 100 yards today. Every week do you see his game elevate?
JOSH ALLEN: Yeah, he's as steady as they come. He's been dealing with an ankle for the last couple of weeks. Every week he seems to be getting a little bit better comfortable and confident and cutting. He just continues to make plays for us.
And he's not the flashiest player -- you'll never see him be in the end zone and do something crazy, but he's as consistent as they come. Love the guy, and he does whatever is asked of him.
Q. James Cook, two touchdowns, over 100 himself. Can you tell early in a game when he's got it going?
JOSH ALLEN: Yeah, when he's running hard like that, and that second touchdown, he lowered the boom -- I wouldn't say he has the biggest frame -- but he can be an angry runner. And you saw that today.
Q. Couple of 90-yard touchdown drives in the first half. What does do that for an offense, in particular, on the road?
JOSH ALLEN: Yeah, I think it takes the crowd out of it. You stay out of third-and-longs like we did and be able to convert as well as we did. It quiets them down quite a bit which helps with communication. Helps really with just the whole vibe and momentum of the game. Crowds can be such a big part of it.
I do want to shout out Bills Mafia. That was a crazy scene walking off the field to the thousands of fans still here. Appreciate them coming out. Hopefully they enjoyed the game today.
Q. From a game-to-game standpoint, despite the penalties and sloppiness, situational stuff even going back a couple of weeks, how in control do you feel on a week-to-week basis?
JOSH ALLEN: I mean, I think I feel good. That's a credit to Joe and his system and the staff and RC and what we're doing in the quarterback room, Mitch and Mike and Shane. We have a lot of really thorough and good conversations in there that really help me throughout the week.
I appreciate every single one of those guys, and it takes a village to go out and execute like the way we did today. But it takes everybody. That was a good feeling.
Q. How about from a standpoint in terms of keeping, whether it be the long drives, coming back from a turnover, just the idea "we've got this"?
JOSH ALLEN: Yeah, I just think the confidence again that's instilled from the top-down, especially in the offensive side of the ball with Joe and our offensive staff putting guys in positions where they know what they're doing, they do it fast. I wouldn't say we're too overcomplicated in what we're doing.
I know we have some motions and shifts, but again it takes guys learning it and understanding it but going out and executing at a high level. Everybody knows their spots. When you've got that, you've got a dangerous team.
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