starrymessenger

Peterman, like Allen, is very raw and inexperienced. Like Allen, he is in a less than ideal situation as far as his development is concerned. In addition to lacking Allen's physical traits, he has not shown the QB smarts that he needs in order to have an NFL career. That really is what he needs to work on as well as the mechanical issues most rookie QBs deal with. I don't think his arm is any more of a rag than Fitz's. If he is really determined to succeed and if he can develop Fitz's smarts, I could see him enjoying a comparable career as a viable backup (because that is really what Fitz is). Can he do that? Idk. He hasn't shown it yet and it's a pretty big ask but I wouldn't say it's impossible.

I'm pretty sure that Beane thinks he saw a Cam clone in Allen. I don't think he based his decision on the notion that Allen has a higher ceiling. I think he will consider it job one well done if Allen can develop into a reasonable facsimili of Cam, and I believe that to be the objective. I don't think Beane reasonably expects Allen ever to be known as an accurate passer the way Drew Bree's is accurate. I think he will be fully satisfied if Allen can become the passer Cam is because with a decent ground game, to which Allen (like Cam) can contribute, a decent O-line and WRs, that will be good enuf as far as the offensive side of things is concerned (in his opinion). And that is asking a lot actually.

Well the rumour is that the Cards really wanted Josh Allen with Rosen winding up the consolation prize. Let's hope that they didnt again back into the right pick despite themselves.

Not surprised to see them give Gaines his shot ahead of Lewis, though it didn't work out. Lewis is fine as long as the play is in front of him but he has trouble defending longer game busting routes. He's an athletic freak no doubt but despite his straight line speed, he often loses a step when he turns and for some reason he is slow to recover. I guess the juice in his 40 time is more towards the end than the beginning. Looking forward to seeing what Wallace can do.

Hard to figure why Detroit took him just ahead of David Johnson. He's a lot smaller and slower than Johnson. Still, I figure he'd be an upgrade over fan favourite Marcus Murphy. And he should come cheap.

Ok, I looked at it lol. And y'know what, you're right, it's not good. And amongst starters Josh Allen's is the lowest in the league. Josh the strong armed flame throwing field stretcher. Daboll pretty much has to run a predominately ultra conservative 'horizontal' offence. Quite apart from the QB position, he just hasn't got the O-line and WR corps to do anything else. YPA is a reasonably reliable indicator of team success, but it is for that reason in large measure a team stat. You cannot pin it all on the QB because the calc does not adjust for receiver or O-line quality or for scheme. The adjusted calc is even less accurate as a pure QB performance measurement because, for example, sack yards come out of the gross passing yards total and sacks are added to attempts. Conversely, but to same point, guys like Montana and Warner are going to have great YPAs in part because of the playmakers at their disposal. Our QBs may be able to manage the occasional seven yard slant, but there is no Rice or Taylor here to take it 90 yards to the house. And it's probably worth mentioning that Josh and Nate are not only on bad offences, but they are raw, inexperienced players, both of them. All of this year's first rounders who are starting are right at the bottom of the league in YPA, even the ones who are clearly talented passers (as far as prospects are concerned).

Both McDermott and Beane are into the second of 5 year deals. I think they get at least another 2 years (after this year) even if the O continuous to underperforms. They will get their chance to turn it around.

With respect to the low yards per\dink and dunk criticism, that was built into the game plan. Bears have a good secondary (ranked ahead of the Bills) who were playing a lot of man with some press coverage on crucial conversion downs. To beat this you need WRs who can gain a step the at the LOS and follow that up with good crisp route running to maintain separation. The Bills WR group really are not good at doing that, especially our # 1 "go to guy" by default. Because of that its asking a lot of our QB, whoever it is, to throw downfield with anticipation. I think Daboll knew how the Bears would scheme to defend against the pass and this was his to be expected answer, the more so because the Bears are also good against the run and are capable of pressuring the passer.

For some reason he reminds me of Roberto Duran.

He will clear waivers and sign a 2018 contract. He could be useful to many teams as a situational pass rusher. His sack/pressures have been pretty good but he did have K. Mack helping him out - probably a lot.

Yeah, the book on him is that he's good as long as the play is in front of him in the run game but he can take poor angles and can be a step slow in getting back into position to make a play - exactly what we saw Monday night. With Jets and Lions he didn't play much on passing downs. So STs has been his meal ticket in the pros.

Agree, assuming he plays (other than STs). Saw a post the other day that said he was not a good athlete. But I thought his test scores (pro day I think) were really very good and his power lifting exploits confirm his raw strength.

I think the Jets will try to sign him. They have a good D but lack a pass rushing DE.

If you were to take the money you would otherwise pay him and throw it in the St. Lawrence river, it would be better spent.

No to Trestman. He looks like a muskellunge.

Well, you know, no one disagrees with giving Allen OL and WR help, but that's not really going to happen in any meaningful way until this season is in the books. So there is that. As for whether Allen would benefit from the advice a guy like Anderson could give him about playing the position in the NFL as he tries to adjust IMO he would most definitely would. It's not like the Bills have surrounded the kid with coaches well known for developing young QBs. In fact the Bills have quite the opposite reputation. Darnold has been very outspoken about helpful McCown has been to him. I don't think he was just being politically correct. It makes perfect sense.

I have no interest in seeing Anderson vs the Bears. I don't think he should be playing, healthy or not - and I don't think he will play Sunday. His role should be like JMc in NY, mentoring the rook. He can't do that if he's playing.

Yes. Yes it is. We are much better at defending the pass than we are at executing the passing game. So if you have an opportunity to pick another CB even a good one, and the guy who is likely to be the # 1 receiver in the draft, you should ..... [insert your answer here].

Yeah, so pass on Harry to take another CB. Not happenin. Because it's a passing league.

IMO Rodgers can do anything Brady can do as far as working from the pocket is concerned. Brady does not have Rodgers mobility (including his ability to make any throw on the run). So I think Rodgers is the better QB, has a more diverse skillset and is less the product of a system (albeit the most successful system in recent memory). They are both great competitors.

Maybe just me but I don't see the point of what this lady is saying. Why not just leave it as an acknowledgement of his having planned and called an outstanding game?

Agreed. And may he fully enjoy his well deserved success. From what was being said about him last night he seems to be a great kid, smart and highly motivated. And he may have a future In some capacity as a QB in this league. He may even develop into a legit starter. Or maybe not. We certainly haven't seen enuf to even begin to know. So let's not get ahead of ourselves. The physical and intangible qualities he put on display yesterday are hardly unique. All of the plays the SFran offence executed so well yesterday were scripted, the QB knew exactly where he was going with the ball before the snap, independently of pre (he did not audible once) and post snap coverage (not that it wound up mattering against a D specializing in just the right blown coverages). He did not once go through progressions. This is hardly surprising given his raw rookie status. What we saw was a very well thought out and executed gameplan managed in part by what KS understood to be what this kid (and the rest of his O) was capable of doing and nothing more than that. It tells us very little about how he (and it) would perform if for example adjustments were required because the gameplan was not working and the QB was under pressure to be the difference maker. He looks to have a decent arm and to be reasonably accurate with it. Most of his throws were relatively easy although a few (including one redzone toss good for a TD to his TE) were actually very good. JMO but I wouldn't trust Tyrod to have made those throws, but then Tyrod is not really much good in the passing game.

Ha I see that now. Thnx. Wonder why I thought he was UFA in 2019. My bad.

If they hit the market make Enunwa and Tyler Boyd rich (yes, overpay if you have to but within reason). Then draft N'Keal Harry with the first pick (assuming Bosa and Oliver are off the board). Add Zay to that complement and your receiving worries are over.

I derive no pleasure in seeing players go down with injury, whether they are Bills or opposing players. These guys work too hard for too long to make good in a narrow window of opportunity. But if I guy looks to injure another player, Gronk on Tre, Landry on Williams, then I'm fine with playing with intent to take that guy out if and when you get the chance. In fact I think it's the right thing to do.