‘We have to continue to evolve and grow'

Here are some highlights from head coach Sean McDermott’s recent press conferences.

- SEAN MCDERMOTT

Q: You’ve been asked about this for the past few years, but how do you balance what Josh Allen brings as a runner and how it’s such a weapon in his game along with the injury risks that are naturally involved?

SM: Yeah, it is a weapon of his game. It’s got to be a good balance, a healthy balance and that’s what we shoot for every week. It’s something that we do take seriously for a lot of reasons, which I’m sure you know what most of those reasons are.

Q: As a follow-up, how does your experience in the past being around mobile quarterbacks like Donovan McNabb and Cam Newton help you be comfortable using that aspect of a mobile quarterback’s game?

SM: Yeah, I’ve been around this conversation before, albeit in a different position, but very close to the topic nonetheless. Again, it’s an ongoing thing, it never goes away is what I can tell you. Just from my experience, you’re always trying to find that sweet spot, what’s not enough, what’s too much. So it takes everyone, it takes us as coaches and Josh to find that right balance.

Q: What are your feelings on the ball security issue in that regard?

SM: Yeah, as he said after the Jets game, he’s got to do a better job and I don’t think there’s any other way to spin it. We can’t give the ball away. The ball has an unbelievable to become a great equalizer. We were dominating that game in a lot of ways, as you saw, and we put the ball on the ground and then all of the sudden we faced some adversity. We can learn and we need to learn from that before it comes back to haunt us here. That’s one of the many things that we have to work on.