JOE IN HAMPTON ROADS

News flash: TT is no longer a Buffalo Bill. There is a Browns board somewhere for those wishing to talk about the strengths and weaknesses of TT. When does the season start again??

gonna be a long, long offseason at TBD ...

with Dennis Rodman to boot

McBeane are decisive, I think they will know by the end of the season if Allen is going to be the guy. And as long as they keep doing everything else right, I think Pegs will support them in trying another pick. McBeane are passionate about winning but dispassionate about who gets them there, that's a winning combination. I just think its a whole new universe for us, the goal of this FO is to win championships, not sell season tickets and inflate the sale value of a struggling franchise. I think Pegs trust The Process and wont worry about some fans and pundits saying "we got the wrong Josh".

If Allen looks like a bust at the end of the season, McBeane/Pegs will not hesitate to dump him and try again in 2019. Unlike Nix/Whaley/Russ who doubled down on their mistake. No one will be fired and the franchise will survive.

depends on how you feel about Allen...

wonder how EJ might have done, and for that matter JP, if not for the rotating clown circus that was the Bills Front Office during the drought.

We are Bills fans. WE ARE ALL DELUSIONAL.

100% agree. And I think McBeane is OK with him not starting at all this year.

yes, we want more. keep them coming!

He played hard when he thought it would make a difference. When the game or season was lost he throttled back. Given the chance of injury I cant say I blame him.

I think if they wanted Mayfield, they would have offered more to the Giants before the draft, on the assumption Cleveland takes Darnold. And if they wanted Darnold, they would have offered more to the Giants during the draft as Cleveland took Mayfield. So could be wrong but I think Allen was the guy. Agree the 2 concussions could have been a concern of Rosen. Also the concussion McDermott would have given him with a wicked backhand. ? BTW Im OK if Allen doesn't play a down this year. Let him develop. I trust the process! BTW I agree with everything you say after that first line ...

Yes, and they also love a) the work ethic b) the humble attitude and c) the laser focus on football. He is McDermott's dream pupil: huge upside, team player, smart, listens, ready to learn. Rosen: ready now but plays for self, smart but doesnt listen, thinks he knows it all. McDermott would have strangled Rosen before the end of OTAs, with cameras rolling. Would have been bad. Was Allen best QB in the draft? Well, he was best QB for McDermott and the Bills.

we lost our right to be outraged by having the longest playoff drought in the NFL. When we start winning playoff games again we can be outraged by negative publicity. BTW I think we start wining playoff games soon.

Yep. Many of the national media types come from places like NYC, Boston, LA. They see Buff as a backwards town of urban rednecks. They will never like us and I don't care.

this isn't very negative really, basically says he has great arm strength but needs to work on accuracy. Things we already knew.

what is this obsession TBD has with the draught? Is this part of the healing process? Do we have collective PDSD (Post-Draught Stress Disorder)? Or is it just difficult to accept that THE DRAUGHT IS OVER? Let it go! And good riddance! Be free!

lol you missed my point entirely. the purpose of a liberal arts university (e.g., UCLA) is to produce well-rounded individuals who are good at everything.

this is actually pretty sad in the context of our schools and universities supposedly producing well-rounded student-athletes.

you must be new here.

100% agree with everything here. You can see it in their emotions. Beane is just GUSHING talking about how he got Allen. Darnold was probably the consensus choice but Beane had to know that if he wanted Darnold he HAD to make the trade for #2. Not doing that shows they had already settled on Allen, so if anything the gap was not large. As for Rosen, I can totally see him playing well for 3-5 years, claiming injury, and "retiring" to a second career making as much as he would in football without having to get beat on. If he does stay in football, I can see him going team to team, always asking for better compensation, playing well but never really gelling with the players or staff. Not a franchise kind of guy, either way.

good then. Our defense is going to be fierce this year.

baffling.

good editing in journalism is dead. they just want to get something up on the feed. they don't care if its accurate. Not just ESPN, its WaPo, NYT, almost any online news source ... constantly using incorrect grammar, misspelling words, not matching graphics to text, etc. garbage. and no, I didn't bother editing the above, why should I? the "pros" don't.

I think McD finds a way to win with McCarron, until Allen is ready. Then we may take a step back until he hits his stride. So when Allen starts will have a huge impact on which games are W and which are L. Overall I think 9-7 again, hopefully we sneak into the playoffs. Next year I think we go 10-6 or better and make it past the first round. If Pats are in decline maybe we even win the Division.