White Linen

I disagree with CB being the biggest need. Depth would be nice but there's several spots where starters aren't shored up.

He's talking about grip more than snow. He made reference to it several times now. Gripping the ball in Buffalo if the temps get wild during the season is definitely different. The cold almost made the ball slick.

The Bills GM and coaches also need to be better than the Chiefs, Texans and Cardinals. I know you know this but it's so critical and has to be said. It's much more than just comparing QB to QB. The organization has to make smart, important decisions around Allen. This to me, is the reason I'm excited about this QB selection - my faith in the Bills to get all the other things right.

Drafting Allen is the easier part. Surrounding this guy with proper coaching and an offensive team suitable for winning is the hard part. Beane has a lot of work to do. We've got the rest of this draft, next years draft and significant cap next year to accomplish it. Good decisions from here are just as important as drafting the QB.

IMO, Allen should not play unless and maybe not even unless McCarron gets hurt. The offense isn't ready to give a rookie QB a chance to develop. I know AJ is a rookie starter but he's my lamb. The offensive line has to be fixed before I let him play a down. To me it seems inconceivable that a QB drafted after the 1st round this year will be better than some drafted today. It happens often, which makes it likely. The best QB's rarely get drafted in order - best to worst. Maybe it's our year to hit on that history.

I certainly understand your thoughts. I appreciate the good conversation. I'll just leave you with this. No one predicts the future. So I'd just like for you as an obvious great fan of the team, to get to a place where you're feeling: maybe I'm wrong vs it's unlikely I'm wrong.

I'm not sure I understand what the end goal of not following is? I mean, I get what you're saying - you aren't just going to believe in Allen now because they took him and that's perfectly ok. Maybe you're just getting your thoughts out? I'm just saying whether you think that's the outcome or not, beyond just having the debate, has no barring on the outcome. I was just suggesting to concede a little that they worked hard on the decision and likely have more intel than we do and to find a reason for optimism.

I just think a reasonable amount of concession has to be made from fans - that at minimum they can't have the same amount of information as a team. It's a hunch or a gut feeling on both sides but I give the benefit of the doubt to the team because of information. For example I watch a good amount of college basketball and my wife watches none. She could easily beat me in filling out an NCAA bracket. However that doesn't mean she evaluates better than me, she got lucky. It may be that she just picked the winner and got more points in the end. So of course a fan can be right and a team wrong. It doesn't mean they're stupid or unable to do the job. They took a shot on Allen - let's see if they got lucky.

I'm not responding because of your response to that ridiculous post. No one is good at this. It's predicting the future - a projection of what you hope a young person can become. The Bills worked hard to come to a decision and they made it. I think it's unfair to in turn criticize the pick in trying to predict the future ourselves. I think the right mindset as a fan is to hope and leave it there.

They're not the ones that bring us the board. They monitor the activity. Its SDS who owns the site and that's all I was questioning. Go Bills!

and they did

This is exactly how I feel.

You better make good on your claim to leave here and the Bills fanhood.

Maybe a good reason not to trade him just to keep what, a 4th round pick?

thanks mods?

She just, eh, to me.

She's a corny host of Good Morning Football on the NFLN. She tries too hard to be sexy and ends up making these awkwardly weird faces. She's got the body development of a 12 year old girl.

It's a radio station. Radio is for listening.

That was hilarious, seriously.

The only reason I want Allen is for you to execute your proposal.

We're all excite

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I can't believe these national guys send this stuff out. There's literally no chance they could know.

C'mon man

Michael Irvin on NFLN is acting like a tremendous buffoon.