The Bills have had some needs to address at receiver during positional turnover the past two seasons.

Allen addressed the lag and inconsistency in the passing game this season, a problem that resurfaced during the first half of a 40-9 victory Sunday against the Carolina Panthers.

“I’ve gotta be better myself in that first half,” Allen said to the media. “I just felt like I wasn’t getting myself into rhythm. So, I gotta be better.”

Allen went 12-for-19 with 163 yards passing, with one throwing touchdown and two rushing scores. The team won and improved to 5-2. He had a good completion rate, but also some off-target throws and missed open targets, finishing with only 163 yards and a touchdown in the air.

OC Joe Brady’s efficient distribution of the offense helped Allen win his first MVP award last season. The Bills also have not been shy about relying on their monster backfield of Allen and Cook when necessaery to win games.

The Bills had contributions in all three phases against Carolina, and got the heavy lifting on offense done on the ground thanks to Allen and James Cook, who had a career day.

“I’m not concerned at all,” the QB added about the passing game. “It’s an easy clean up, and again it’s just trusting the guys out there, trusting my feet, and putting the ball where it needs to be.”

He set a new NFL record in the winning effort for having the most games (46) with at least one passing and one rushing touchdown, breaking a record previously set by Cam Newton. He had three total touchdowns, racking up 17 now on the season.

While the receiving issue is one the team has been attempting to address these past two seasons, and that still needs to be resolved, Allen spoke to how the team adjusted coming out of the bye following two consecutive losses.

“I think it’s the way that our guys handle (the bye),” he continued. “Just making sure that we’re practicing the right way. Coming off two losses, it’s been lingering with us, so we wanted to come out and put our best foot forward — and we did that.”

Head coach Sean McDermott noted during his own press conference that the team played with a “different attitude and different energy” in the win.

He improved to 9-0 coming out of bye weeks in his tenure as a head coach.

GM Brandon Beane has added contributors each of the last two offseasons on several-year free agency pacts as well as the NFL Draft. The absence of a reliable deep threat to open that important part of QB Josh Allen’s passing game back up, as well as reeceiver’s struggles to get seperation, have impacted posession and execution early this season.

The loss of a dynamic reciving threat downfield who got seperation and comanded double-team’s in coverage in Stefon Diggs created a missing component the last two seasons on offense for Buffalo. Beane tried to address the missing piece, adding Amari Cooper at last year’s trade deadline. While things didn’t work out, the need remains and this year’s deadline is approaching.

Brady’s offense was effective last year and in their five wins this season, though the double-edge of the sword is it sometimes has affectted their receiving talent’s ability to get enough live game reps to develop or get a rhythm going, and has at times failed to utilize their best weapons at appropriate times.

With difference-makers like Tennesee’s Calvin Ridley reportedly available, it may be time once again to make a move to get Allen and company some help that opposing defenses have to gameplan for who can also help open things up for their other offensive targets.