The Facts: HC Sean McDermott hasn’t led the Bills to a playoff victory yet, although they were on track to beating the Texans in January before a shaky fourth quarter let Houston back in a game that Buffalo eventually lost in overtime. Allen was among those who didn’t rise to the occasion and McDermott suggested that will have to change for the team to make further strides. “Most times, how the quarterback goes is how the team goes. Josh is very aware of that in his responsibilities,” McDermott told Adam Schein of Mad Dog Sports Radio.

Diehards Line: McDermott said he thinks Allen made “significant strides” last season and wants to see him continue to “round out his game on the field” this year, although McDermott did say earlier this week that passing game development was the thing the team would miss the most without their regular offseason program in place. “We usually spend about 70 percent of our spring trying to shape our passing game,” McDermott told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. “There’s no pads on so not a lot of sense spending a whole lot of time on the run game in spring ball. In training camp it flips a little bit, starts to even out, maybe 60-40, 50-50, because you have pads on and you can work the 9-on-7 drills. That’s the biggest thing we’re missing, time on task in developing the passing game.” Part of the development of the passing game this year would have been integrating WR Stefon Diggs into the offense after acquiring him in a trade with the Vikings. McDermott admitted that he’s “concerned” about how Diggs and Allen will mesh, but referred back to the team’s motto about how they’ll move forward.