Despite the struggles on the way to the win, Buffalo never showed any quit last Sunday. The defense allowed just 10 points off turnovers in Week 3, with the offense making plays in the fourth quarter to complete a double-digit comeback.
Coming away victorious helped the team’s confidence in how they’ll handle inevitable bumps in the road throughout the rest of the long season.
“Everybody needs games like that just to see — I’m not saying you want to do that, but if it happens and you face that adversity early on in the game and throughout the game, you want to see how the team responds to it,” WR Khalil Shakir said. “I think we did a great job just pulling out a win.”
Head coach Joe Brady has loved how his quarterback has handled the less-than-perfect showing against the Chargers. Josh Allen led multiple scoring drives in the fourth quarter after his rough start to the day, building off that positive momentum into this week.
“He embodies competitive stamina, and I mean, not even talking about how he responds to a game like that. Just think about the response in the game, and just continuing to keep going,” Brady said.
“And the fact that we can win that game with all of those circumstances just kind of shows that his mentality, his personality in terms of like, ‘I’m going to still find a way,’ and understanding that we have to find ways to get better, and that this week is just an opportunity for us to respond,” Brady added.