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How many of them are multi-positional, I wonder. That may give us the luxury of keeping less than more.

Jason Croom = J-Gun. The op was right to begin with.

Did you really just say none of the punters has a leg up in the competition for a roster spot?

Of course not. And I wasn’t attaching any part of any of your posts to that portion of his post that I highlighted. I thought it was an interesting question and comment on our society and the move towards impatience in our instant gratification culture.

I suspect it already is. A family member can wear it to Josh’s HOF induction ceremony.

Good stuff! Seriously though, hope your 13 year old treasures it forever.

I hope they do. Dictating pace, especially when catching the opponent in a favorable matchup and preventing sub packages is a huge advantage for the offense. One of the things I’ve always respected about the Pats*** under Belichick.

Are you gonna let him borrow it from time to time?

Hard to pinpoint exactly when it started, but I’d suggest it was when the culture went to a 24/7, 365 news cycle, accelerated with the advent of the internet and subsequent specialized media saturation, and then went supernova with the advent of social media and the ability to propagate stream of conscious opinion to the masses repeatedly.

It’s always been about winning, just as it is today. What I’d like to know, since 60% seems to be the magical demarcation between bust or success today is, what was the number when some great QBs were on their way to HOF careers without not only hitting 60% their first year, but didn’t even hit 50% as was the case with Elway, for example.

The dude literally couldn’t practice half the time.

What’s there to dispute? Are you seeking out disputes? Daboll’s last experience as an OC wasn’t good as you said. Different time, different place, different personnel, different schemes, different everything. I was talking about his post bye performance with us last season. EverythIng about his schematics was markedly better after the break. Are you so intractable in your belief that your don’t think people can improve over prior experience? Finally, lighten the F up, for crissakes.

Daboll showed marked improvement post bye in 2018. Why would we think that trend wouldn’t continue? ScottLaw says, “You complete me.”

Love our depth, too. Hoping Taron Johnson can stay healthy. Hoping all our Johnsons stay healthy.

That is music to my ears. Allen is making the team his own and demanding more of himself and others in the process. To quote Jarvis Landry, “It’s contagious.” There is no better sign I wanted to see from Allen coming into the new season.

I’m a big fan of Wallace and while this may be a biased take, I think he’s gonna be hard to unseat as the starter opposite Tre. He wants it too much.

Like O’Reilly, Harington has lost his love and passion for the beat. Time for the Buffalo News to trade him to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Well, that’s why I ask everybody, what’s the cutoff number for completion percentage that says you’re a bust if you’re below it and a success if you’re above it? What was the benchmark in 1983? It is a better yardstick to compare among the entire peer group and even then, it’s just one metric of many that go into an honest analysis of a QBs effectiveness at the position. Completion percentage is just not the be all end all that certain detractors want to make it out to be in support of a biased analaysis.

I’m well aware of that and I appreciate the problem that comparisons across eras may create at times. But that doesn’t sway me in this case. There were 28 teams in the NFL in 1983 and Elway was last in completion percentage, just as Allen was last in 2018. From a peer group comparison I think it’s relative and valid. John Elway was 4-10 as a starter his rookie year and was actually benched by Reeves for crappy play on his way to that 47% completion percentage. If the same stat gurus alive today were around to analyze his lousy metrics, they would have had the same field day they are having with Allen.

Aside from the development path (Elway was groomed his entire life to be a QB), they share a lot in common. Cannon arms, big, tough physical, can take a hit, run, etc. Allen also seems to possess Elway’s aptitude for the game as well, which is remarkable to me because of his lack of experience by comparison.

Good points about running ability and the ability extend plays. Those traits are invaluable, so I appreciate you mentioning them. The QB I referenced above is none other than John Elway. In fact, it took him 10 years to hit the 60% plateau. But he had a strong arm, could move when needed and, more importantly, had a good head for the game and great leadership ability. I am in no way saying Allen is or will ever be John Elway. I am saying, John Elway wasn’t John Elway, either, his first several years and many of the same stat geeks would have written him off after his first two years, too.

Where does Allen’s completion rate have to be? Where is the line of demarcation that says if your below it you fail and if you’re above it you succeed? If you had a rookie QB that completed 47% his rookie year and 56% his second year, would you cut him?

He looks pretty happy. Is that his “O” face?

Was it a dry towel?

A good synopsis of the difference between being a passer and being a QB. Allen has the it factor in spades.