It's super interesting to see what Buffalo has done with Allen.
Here's his passing attempts, sacks, and rush attempts each year in the NFL.
2018: 320 passes, 28 sacks, 89 rushes = 437 plays = 73.2% pass, 6.4% sack, 20.4% rush
2019: 461 passes, 38 sacks, 109 rushes = 608 plays = 75.8% pass, 6.3% sack, 17.9% rush
2020: 572 passes, 26 sacks, 102 rushes = 700 plays = 81.7% pass, 3.7% sack, 15.6% rush
2021: 646 passes, 26 sacks, 122 rushes = 794 plays = 81.4% pass, 3.3% sack, 15.4% rush
2022: 567 passes, 33 sacks, 124 rushes = 724 plays = 78.3% pass, 4.6% sack, 17.1% rush
2023: 350 passes, 13 sacks, 48 rushes = 411 plays = 85.2% pass, 3.2% sack, 11.7% rush
Yards accounted for by Allen (pass + rush - sack)
2018: 2,074 pass, -213 sack, 631 rush = 2,492 yds = 83.2% pass, 25.3% rush (it's going to come to more than 100% because of the sacks)
2019: 3,089 pass, -237 sack, 510 rush = 3,362 yds = 91.9% pass, 15.2% rush
2020: 4,544 pass, -159 sack, 421 rush = 4,806 yds = 94.5% pass, 8.8% rush
2021: 4,407 pass, -164 sack, 763 rush = 5,006 yds = 88.0% pass, 15.2% rush
2022: 4,283 pass, -162 sack, 762 rush = 4,883 yds = 87.8% pass, 15.6% rush
2023: 2,600 pass, -64 sack, 246 rush = 2,782 yds = 93.5% pass, 8.8% rush
He's running less as a percentage of times he touches the ball than he ever has before. I'm sure some of that is to protect him from injury. His rushing is accounting for a much lower percentage of his yardage output than the previous two seasons. I'm sure they're protecting him but it's hurting the team.
If you look at his career regular season game log, here's what you'll see, when it's sorted by Allen's rushing attempts.
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He has rushed 10 or more times in 18 games in his career (regular season). In those 18 games, Buffalo is 17-1 (.944). The only loss is when the team still scored 27 points and they easily could have won that game.
So Buffalo's best game plan is for Allen to have a major role in the rushing attack, but this year he's averaging just 4.8 rushes per game. For his career he averages 6.8 rushes per game. Before this season he averaged 7.1 rushes per game, but this year it's down to 4.8. May not seem like a big deal but when he rushes 10+ times, their success is off the charts.