Good post.
I just think it's way to early to question Allen. The offense was SO limited in terms of personnel and talent at Ol, RB , TE and WR!
Allen had Bodine snapping him the ball , Ducass and Mills on the SAME side of the line , throwing to guys like Benjamin, Holmes, Clay, Kerley, Deonte Thompson off the street, McKenzie off the street . We literally upgraded every position group on O , pretty drastically.
If Ford is as good as I believe, we have one of the best ol in the AFC. Look around, teams are in rough shape.
OL
18 -Teller/Groy/Bodine/Ducass/Mills
19 - Spain/Morse/Feliciano/Ford/Ty is a massive upgrade
TE
18 - Clay/Croom/Gragg/Logan Thomas
19 - Knox/Kroft/Sweeney/Smith is a massive upgrade
RB
18 - Banged up Shady/Ivory/Murphy
19 - Singletary/Gore/Yeldon is a massive upgrade
WR
18 - Benjamin/Zay/Kerley/Holmes/Thompson
19 - Brown/Beasely/Foster/Roberts/McKenzie/Zay
Massive Upgrade
McKenzie and Foster came in week 10(?) last year. In the beginning Allen is throwing to KB,Holmes, Kerley. Disgusting! Then McKenzie and Thompson , 2 guys he never met!
Everything around him is not just upgraded but massively upgraded . Huge talent differential. I just don't see how Allen doesn't make a jump. This is such an improved O , it's almost unbelievable when u see it on paper