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The strangest part about all of this is that I always assumed Brandon batted for the other team, if you know what I mean.

Jokes aside, the timing is peculiar. At the very least, this resignation has been in the works for a while and was timed for after the draft. Look forward to hearing insider info about what really happened.

That's actually kind of funny.

Black magic.

As evil falls (New England), good rises (Buffalo). It is the prophecy

I would ignore it if I was him, and pretend the city stands behind me. More power in unity than division.

As a professional data analyst, I will say that metrics are supplementary and should never be a primary method of analysis. Again, is that a metric a sign of permanent inability or lack of coaching or experience or even formation? EJ and Allen are 2 different people.

Permanent inability or lack of experience and high-end coaching? Let's be patient and have faith.

Have faith. He's a smart kid. Played for Wyoming. What he lacks is high-end experience. It's the old "I can" vs "I can't". "Lack of experience" vs "permanent inability". If you were a smart student who blossomed late and went to UB and did well, and then I threw you into a Harvard exam room, and you only started to figure things out during the 2nd exam, would you be mad if I said I had my doubts about you? Or would you rather I said "good, he's already figuring things out in his 2nd exam in the toughest conditions"? He did better than any QB at the Senior Bowl, and he only started to figure things out in the 2nd half. That sounds like great potential to me. Highest Wonderlic score too. Rosen is a schlub if Allen reaches his full potential.

Can't believe we got this guy at 16. Top 5-10 pick. A toss up between him and Smith for the better linebacker. Great pedigree, huge, strong, and rangy. And only 19. This guy has perennial Pro Bowler written all over him. Reminds me of a 2000 Ravens kind of player (like Peter Boulware).

You will once he pans out. The only QB in this draft with superstar potential.

Right on. It's as if we're on year 19 of the drought. I'm also convinced 90%+ of fans did not watch more than 60 seconds of Allen film. They just never heard of him, heard he's completely raw, look at his completion %, don't know anything about Wyoming, and want to draft the guys they heard of, like Mayfield. I felt the same way UNTIL I watched the film. I saw what the NFL scouts saw. When I watched a few interviews with him I was sold. I've been rooting to trade up for him for weeks.

Except for the whole playoffs thing

The greatest mistake a person can make is thinking negativity leads to success. It only leads to more negativity and more problems. They literally create more negativity, and then they pat themselves on the back for seeing it coming, despite achieving nothing at the end of the day. Positivity breeds positivity. We have superstar potential at QB right now. Have we had that since Kelly? Kid has a great head on his shoulders (the tweets say more about the lowlifes who digged them up on draft day for a storyline than about Allen), is willing to learn, has fantastic size, the best arm in the NFL, good mobility, etc. The type of player a casual fan would watch MNF for. What an exciting offense we could have! Let's put our differences aside and come together for this kid. Make him feel welcome. Give him an introduction that we've never given a QB before. Build his confidence, and have faith in him on his bad days. Let's help CREATE this superstar QB for this city and this team. We deserve it!

You can't hit a home run unless you swing for the fences. People say this stinks of EJ, but it's clear they never watched film. Allen has superstar potential at the most important position in the game. This city deserves a superstar QB. There should be more support of this pick IMO. Rosen's vibe repels me.

Different front office. Different owner. Same fans.

NFL Football is a subconscious advertisement for war. That's why the military loves to advertise themselves before games under the guise of "patriotism". It's making a subconscious connection between what you see on the field and the US military. Insidious stuff. As more and more people start to be against war in general, the more football's ratings will drop. There is no fixing this sport. It is not, and has never been a beautiful game like basketball, hockey, soccer, or baseball.

When's Pegula going to fire his right hand man Cliff Benson for being on the board of directors of Second Mile, the charity Gerry Sandusky used to molest children. Or at least speak on the matter. The chickens will come home to roost, Terry. Pegula shouldn't be a moral arbiter of anything.

I like this kid a lot. Looked like a stud compared to his competition. I know the cons of that since he played at Richmond, but still. He impressed me. Could be a steal in the 3rd. Any other year I would say go for it, but not with this kind of talent available in the 1st round. Personally, I want Allen, then Darnold, then Lauletta.

Half the people on ESPN shouldn't be in front of a camera talking about sports. The ones that should like ex-players and coaches, are terrified to say anything off-script. We need a new sports channel, and Fox/NBC are not the answer.

He's a risk, and a majority of people don't know how to recognize talent. What they do instead is look at stats (the ones they are told are important), the teams and level of competition, how popular the player was in college, and the team's record. All important, sure, but just parts of a greater whole. It's also kinda hip right now to like Rosen and hate Allen. There's a reason he's going to be a top 3 pick next week. He's got a rare skill set, he's smart, and he's moldable. Sometimes you gotta swing for the fences, and Allen is a potential Grand Slam, or a potential strikeout. I think he's a Grand Slam.

I used to love sitting around on my couch both days with a draft magazine and learn about the teams and the guys getting drafted. Now it's just trash. The useless post-draft interviews, the buzz words and talking points, the commercials, the focus on big market teams and QBs. I only watch the 1st round now and check the NFL website for later picks.

I like him a lot, but there's also a part of me that sees Ryan Mallett in him. Incredible, incredible arm though. Superstar talent.

Hopefully he will be the prospect that makes people knock advanced analytics down a peg. In sports, analytics should be supplementary, not the primary method of analysis. What was one thing he said that was wrong?

Not really, but if anybody says it's not nice to have pretty girls to look at during a game, they're lying. It doesn't hurt to have them there. Pay them a decent salary and let them date players. Never understood this attraction to Kim Pegula.