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I think the Vikings also missed Dalvin Cook. Cook is their best runner but he also dynamic out of the backfield catching the ball, and when your O-line is struggling against a pass rush a lot of screen passes and running back pass designs can help take the edge off the defense.

Even in the previous two weeks White played really well. As much as people B word that we didn't take Mahomes we got a truly special player with the pick.

Once Edumonds gets a feel for the game he will be a monster, but there will be some growing pains as is expected.

There are still 13 games left, but I wouldn't want to offer KB anything beyond a one year deal even if he finishes the year strong. Let's say KB puts together a strong end to the season, I can see KB getting a big guarantee and phoning it in.

It's one game, you look as silly as the people calling Allen a bust after week 2.

It's 3 games into the season but KB just doesn't look like a Number one receiver he doesn't even look like a quality number 2. But I still think that he is better than whatever we would be able to throw out behind him. He still is a big target and he can get those 50/50 balls. I think they have to play him the remainder of the year as he is one of our best receivers (which is more of a knock on our receiving core) provided he doesn't become a locker room issue. Hopefully KB can pull it together but it looks like he might be putting together a mediocre season.

Let's not get too crazy after one game. I loved the way Allen and the offense in general looked. They seemed to feed off his energy and play. But in the NFL fluky things happen. You can't get too high or too low based off of one game. I am not trying to down play this game. The Vikings have a great defense easily top 10 if not top 5 in the league and Allen played extraordinary against them. But once again this is just one week. Every year each team has 2 games where they come out flat and 2 games where they look like world beaters. I loved what I saw from Allen but there still is a long way to go.

I hope it isn't an ACL, I hate to see players go down like that.

That should do it, run the ball a few times to grind the clock below the 10 minute mark and that should do it.

Bills are playing conservative running the clock out football. Smart since there is just over a quarter left and the clock is your friend. Your defense is playing well so why take risks that could lead to big momentum shifting turnovers. Allow your defense to close out the game and choke out the clock.

Bills just crushed it.

Allen looks like a franchise QB! Holy **** defense looks like it picked up where it left off too.

Keenum had a good regular season but outside of one throw in the playoffs he looked like ass. Cousins has looked very good for the Vikings until this half.

I am glad to hear that. It would have been an insane amount of money to spend if you didn't have it to waste. A 17 point spread is also wayyyyyyy too much to have any reliability on.

The Bills aren't going to be able to find a WR to replace him. KB is sticking with this team for the rest of this season. Unless he comes cheap I hope they don't resign him.

I tried none are working for me. I am sure I will find one just frustrating.

Why can't I find a stream for this game! Allen with a rushing TD, underrated component of his game is his mobility.

I think Groy is going to the bench. The All-22 actually gave favorable grades to the O-line outside of Groy. Odds are the coaches see that the O-line play isn't as bad as the eyeball test leads you to believe.

The defense needs to look more like they did in the second half of the Chargers game than they have the other 6 quarters of the season. Allen needs to make some big throws. That's about my only expectations, I think the defense will be what I look to most. Can they build on what they did in the last 2 quarters they played? Allen I expect to get crushed and make a lot of mistakes. But hopefully he makes 2-3 really good plays to keep his confidence up.

The All-22 said that Groy was the biggest issue on the O-line, hopefully Bodine can help set the protections better and hold up in the middle better. The Vikings are nasty so it is going to be a long day for Allen if Bodine can't help out in that regard.

Wasn't Mahomes looked at as a big armed project QB? He had a year to sit in KC and the Chiefs have a great offense around him, not shocking that Andy Reid would have a second year QB playing so well. I would have preferred Rosen at the time of the draft but I do think that Rosen's ability is good but limited to being a good but not great QB. I see Rosen's ceiling as Sam Bradford at his best. Now that's a pretty good QB but it isn't one that's going to be a top 8 QB and probably will float between 8-15 in QB rankings. I also think there were more than legit injury concerns with Rosen that could negatively impact his longevity. Allen on the other hand can be a top 5 QB if his footwork and decision making pan out. Now that's a lot to ask of a QB but Allen at least has the smarts and work ethic to make it a possibility. I also think that the college game's spread offense is making it harder to evaluate traditional QB tenancies. So often big armed QB's who need refinement will end up getting higher on the draft board. I don't think you are wrong necessarily (Although I will disagree on Trent Edwards even before the hit he wasn't lighting the world on fire and his limited arm strength was always going to cap his ability) Allen is a project but a project that has all the tools mentally in addition to the physical capabilities. I don't know why but I think Allen will pan out for the Bills. It might be a rough rookie year esp early against a lot of tough defenses but in 2019 I think we will see the potential Allen has coming more to the forefront. Allen needs to improve a lot of aspects of his game. That's to be expected from a raw QB prospect with limited offensive talent around him, nothing tragic there. The good news is a lot of those aspects will simply come with time and experience. Allen is a hard worker by all accounts and that leads me to believe that his decision making, pocket awareness, and overall running of the offense will improve with the more starts he gets. The biggest issue will be footwork, footwork is leading to his accuracy issues. Now it is possible for a QB to improve his footwork. Allen looks to have done that somewhat in the off-season. But footwork is probably one of the hardest things to change for a QB (I would saying throwing motion is the hardest) and Allen will have a lot of work to do in order to improve his footwork and thus accuracy.

I had the Browns pegged as a 7 win team entering the season, after 3 weeks I still think that's where they will finish. The Browns defense is legit and Baker is an exciting rookie QB. But with Baker they will struggle as he will put up rookie type games and the team will struggle to finish games as closing out games is always the first thing young teams struggle to do. The AFC isn't stiff competition for the wildcard spots out of the East Miami might be oddly competitive but I can't see them finishing above 8 wins. In the AFC South I like the Jags to win the division and I think one of those 3 other teams will compete for a wildcard spot as I can see at least one of those 3 other teams winning 9-10 games. Out of the AFC North I think you have the strongest competition for wildcard spots. Cincy, Baltimore and the Steelers could all finish 9 wins or better. In the AFC West the Chiefs are holding it down but the Broncos and Chargers could both push 9 or more wins. Overall I think to get into a wildcard spot you will need 10 wins in the AFC and I just don't see the Browns getting there.

It also depends on how Bosa and Oliver emerge as prospects. The college season is still young lots of things could happen with those prospects. But if both finish their seasons strong and remain top tier pass rushing prospects I think you have to get a good package to trade down. I agree it would be hard for a team beyond the top 10 to trade up, when the Rams traded up from pick 15 they had two second round picks and traded semantically picks 15, 47, 49, and their third rounder along with a first and third in the next years draft. I don't see many QB thirsty teams having that kind of draft capital unless there was a team willing to trade all of their picks in rounds 1-4 plus a haul in 2020. If you get offered for sake of argument picks 8, 40, and a 1st in 2020, to me that's not enough to pass on a premier pass rushing prospect. I think you need at least a fourth in 2019 and a third in 2020 added onto that package. Honestly I am not sure there is a QB in this draft that will be in demand to a Goff or RGIII level. I hope there is because it is always good to have that trade down option.

If you feel Allen is a franchise QB why draft another one? Allen's trade value if he has an expected rookie season isn't going to yield pick 7 or anything even close to picks 12, 53, and 56 that were used to trade up for him. This idea that you can just draft a bunch of QB and surely one will look good is flawed. Now if you don't feel Allen is a franchise QB then you make the move to get a new one. At some point you have to put QB's in a position to be successful. Assuming you have a top 3 pick that's a tremendous asset, if you use it to draft a QB that's investing a big component of what can improve a team. Should the Titans have drafted Jared Goff the year after they draft Mariota? No the Titans took an insane offer of 2 second round picks, a third round pick, and a first and third the year after. Once again this is based off the concept of the Bills feeling like Josh Allen can be a top level QB. Yes if he looks incompetent you can reassess. But there is no sure thing in the draft and there is no certainty that your previously drafted QB will hold any significant trade value.

Unfortunate for Shaq to be out, this is such a critical season for him, hopefully the week inactive heals up whatever nagging injury he has.