Baltimore Ravens vs. Buffalo Bills: Insight from BuffaLowDown

4. What is the best gameplan against Josh Allen? What has worked the most for other opponents of the Bills?

The best way to beat Josh Allen is to keep him in the pocket. While he is a mobile quarterback, I don’t believe he is in the same class as Lamar Jackson in terms of that. What he has done very well this year with his athleticism is movement in the pocket and then extending plays. That was evident on their final drive of the first half when Allen rolled to his right and found Gabriel Davis for 37 yards and then two plays later the pocket collapsed, he avoided a defender in the pocket, stepped up and moved to his left to throw a 19-yard pass to Gabriel Davis.

If the Ravens can get pressure but keep Allen in the pocket it won’t allow those deep plays to develop which has been a staple of this offense all season.

5. Give me a score. Who wins and why?

I think these two teams are very evenly matched but enter with very different offensive philosophies. The Buffalo Bills offense leans on their passing attack with Josh Allen and an excellent group of receivers while Lamar Jackson leads a run-heavy offense with players like J.K. Dobbins, who has been a touchdown machine, in the backfield.

In my opinion, it comes down to the defense and which defense can take away the strength of the other team’s offense. The Buffalo Bills haven’t done great against the run this year but when they faced Lamar Jackson last year, the coaching staff had the perfect gameplan to frustrate him.

This should be a very close game but there is something about a potential snow game in Bills Stadium that I feel like the Buffalo Bills get the edge and I predict a 17-14 win for the Bills.