EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- When Josh Allen speaks, folks listen.The Buffalo Bills improved to 6-1 with a seemingly decisive 36-10 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Look only at the box score, which shows the Bills winning by four scores and almost tripling their AFC rival in total yards, and there's no need to say anything.But make no mistake, this was a sloppy performance for the Bills' offense, which withstood two turnovers, several dropped passes, an uncharacteristic goal-line stall and four pre-snap or offensive line penalties in the winning effort.Going into halftime, the Bills held a 16-7 lead, but anyone watching -- including Allen -- knew their nine-point cushion was hardly impressive given the position the Bills could've been in."We didn't play up to our standard. We weren't throwing and catching it. I didn't feel like I was doing a good enough job. It's not winning football," Allen said postgame. "Sitting there talking with the guys going into halftime, I just said, 'Hey, we're way better than this.'""He knows the power of his voice," guard O'Cyrus Torrence said. "He uses that to hype us up. He's seeing that we need a little extra energy. He doesn't do that often, but he sees we need a little extra energy.""When 17 speaks," added receiver Khalil Shakir, "everybody listens and locks in."Receiver DJ Moore, who caught four passes for 82 yards and a touchdown in his return from injury, said Allen didn't yell or scream to make his point. It was a get-back-on-track conversation. It was a reminder to focus, execute the offense properly and leave no doubt. (Moore limped off the field in the fourth quarter but said he feels fine beyond the regular nicks and bruises.)There was yelling in the locker room, but it didn't come from Allen.Tight ends coach Rob Boras cranked up the energy, screaming until he was red in the face, per Torrence, as a way to hype up the offense. Everyone got a unique greeting, according to Shakir, with the messages ranging from "just be yourself" to expletive-fueled motivational rally cries.Whether it was Allen's reserved approach or Boras' all-out tactics, something clicked. The Bills averaged 7 yards per play in the second half and scored touchdowns on three of their four drives with the starters still on the field. After posting a first-half passer rating of just 39.8, Allen's second-half passer rating was 155.4, just 2.9 points shy of perfection.The defense logged four sacks, 12 QB hits, six tackles for loss, seven pass breakups and three takeaways while limiting the Ravens to 2.9 yards per play.Torrence said the Bills are a second-half team, and these results shouldn't be surprising, even if the first half was a bit of a letdown.Bills coach Joe Brady seems to believe this is by design."When you have Josh Allen, you're never going to get what you game-planned for," Brady quipped. "I've learned that for a lot of years. Can we adjust? We have a saying that right, wrong or indifferent, nobody is going to adjust better."
