RunTheBall

Steroids don't make you a douche, they enhance the douche that was already there.

The only reason Shady is gone is because McBeane knew he wouldn't accept a lesser role in the offense without making noise. I'm sure they would have loved to keep him but Shady has always been more of a me guy than a process guy. They chose team culture over a diminishing talent, that's all.

I don't think this is a complex situation at all. Allen is the starter, Barkley is the backup. If Allen is cleared, he starts. If not, Barkley the backup is in. Simple. No more "learning from the bench". Allen starts unless McBeane decide he's not the franchise guy in which case he won't see the field again. That decision won't be until the end of next year at the earliest unless he has several Peterman level performances in a row and even then they might ride it out. Personally I think the best thing for Allen after his horrific first half last week is to get right back in there. It's up to Daboll to develop a game plan that both gives us a chance to win the game and at the same time gets Allen out of the gates hot. To me that means start with short easy throws and running the ball. 3 step drops, slants, swing passes, shallow crosses. Beat it in to Allens head that if his reads aren't there quickly in the progression, chuck it away immediately or run and SLIDE every time. The only deep shots I'd do early are play action passes where if the first read isn't there, dump it quickly to a short relief valve. Get Allen his confidence early and the longer developing plays will come later.

The only way we win this game is if we stop the run and don't turn the ball over. Brady is going to move the chains regardless, but if we squash the run enough where our guys can tee-off and rush him hard we can get him a little rattled and that's when they are vulnerable. If we turn the ball over, especially if we leave points on the board when doing it, we don't have a chance.

I love the meltdown. Of course we can relate, but I have zero sympathy for the over-hyped, over confident and over-rated Jets and their fans. No one gave a crap about us during the many seasons we experienced the same thing. It's nice to be on the other side for once and be able to point at the mess other teams are when we seem to be on the right track. I'd be concerned about Darnold. He's got the potential to be a good QB but he may be in that situation where he's going to have a bunch of different coaches and systems early in his career and never develop fully. It's still very early but I have not been impressed by him so far.

I'm pleasantly surprised that Allen has showed the degree of growth he has in both the mental and physical aspects of the game. This is a testament to both the player and the developmental coaching he has received. Baker is going to be a solid starter and was quicker out of the gate but his ceiling is lower than Allen's Jackson has surprised me in his development but like Allen still, I'll wait to see some consistency over time before drawing conclusions. Rosen is a disaster and certainly his circumstances haven't helped The one who surprises me is Darnold. I've watched most of his games and I'm just not seeing this future pro-bowler they everyone hyped. He seems skittish in the pocket, isn't reading defenses as well as Allen so far, and only seems comfortable on the run during a broken/extended play. It's real early for all of them except Rosen who I think is done. Time will tell

She's a coaching intern. She will have zero effect on wins and losses. I couldn't care less about diversity hiring but good for her.

I just like to add my name to those threads on TBD that may go down in history as some of the stupidest threads ever started

It was Ike Boettinger #65 who buried Alonso. Mills never should have been tossed but the refs had to divy it up

This kid is the real deal. He is as raw a LB as Allen is a QB. The fact that he is only 20! is like giving him 2 years to learn and grow into the job. He’s smart, he’s going to learn from the mistakes he’s currently making. The more he plays the more he will stop thinking and start feeling what’s going on. I’ll never understand why it seems so many Bills fans, who I think are on the more football intelligent side than the average fan, expect a linear progression of improvement from players. I’ll start looking for specific improvements next year after he’s got one under the belt. I really think this kid is going to be special for us for a decade or more.

He had multiple shots. He blew each one in spectacular career ending fashion.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing that Allen has to sit for a few weeks. He's been thrown into the fire and now gets a chance to work on the mental part of the game without the stigma of being yanked for sucking. A Grade 2 sprain can 100% heal and will have zero effect on his arm strength long term. God help us all if McBeane trots Peterman out there. The sound of so many Bills Fan's heads exploding will make a Sonic boom

Oh, so now when we win we can't be happy because it wasn't stylistically pleasing. Give me a f'n break. Any "W" this year is a a good one so enjoy it instead of being a miserable fan. RTB

Are you kidding me with this? Your original post was 100% wrong and I laughed because it's clear you weren't aware the Bills were doing EXACTLY what you said they should do in the situation. Please, spare us your guesses on what the Bills should do in certain situations. You have a raw, rookie QB who just led your team on a 4 minute, game winning drive and people have a problem with this?? Holy crap. All off season people said "We need to run Shady, play good D, protect the QB and win close games". We did EXACTLY THAT and people are coming out of the woodwork to complain. Allen's accuracy was awful today, but he got the job done. Yes, he's the QB and gets some credit even though Shady and Ivory were the bulk of that last drive. I saw a much better O-line, a more aware QB who threw the ball away instead of taking sacks, didn't turn his back to the line and run around like an idiot, made a few good passes in the 4th after an inaccurate few quarters, and most importantly - never looked rattled. This kid is a gamer Get off his case and let him develop for a season maybe JUST MAYBE we might have a QB we can build around. Enjoy the win. RTB

If this is true, that's absolutely ridiculous. This thread sucks, zero links to anything interesting and just a bunch of people rightfully bitching. Hey ShadyBillsFan, where are all the links??

I'd love to see on the all-22 if Allen wasn't seeing open guys when he hung on too long or if everyone was just blanketed. The few times they zoomed out on replay I never saw anyone open but that was only a couple plays.

Not thrilled with Dabolls game plan. He did nothing to put Allen in a position to succeed. The few things that did work he abondoned immediately. He abandoned the run way too early. Josh had 2 horrible picks which I hope he will learn from. The O-line is atrocious and our WRs are high School level. Yeah the refs sucked but we were completely outcoached. Can't make up for that when you have little talent on O. RTB

Ahhh, nope. Guess you missed McD giving him a game ball and saying he called a helluva game

For what it's worth, I talked to a friend who's a former OC who now breaks down film for NFL Network and Sirius. He agrees with the above quote 100 percent. His take was that it looked like a college offense and none of that trickery or RPO stuff is fooling anyone and is hard to execute for many offensive lineman. Not saying I agree, I think more aspects of the college game will be infiltrating the NFL, but might explain our inability to run block effectively. RTB

This place is insufferable sometimes. A rookie QB in his first start against a solid D with near zero support. All I wanted to see was that the game wasn't too big for him, and it wasn't. With time, the game will slow down for him and then you guys can nitpick every throw to your heart's content. To think that you can predict his future based on his first start is the epitome of football fan arrogance. RTB

I think the most important factor in Josh's early development will be Dabol's game plan. He has to scheme WR open while maximizing protection for a rookie QB. Hard to do with wideouts who can't seem to catch and a sieve for an O-line. RTB

Anyone who thinks we could have sat at 12 and gotten our QB is kidding themselves. The trade up was preordained it was just a matter of how much and for who. I love that they had a choice of 2 guys and we know for sure who they preferred as opposed to taking the last guy left. The tweets are a non issue but will be made one by the media. He's handled it well so far and sounds very mature. Every single one of us said stupid crap when we were 15. thank God we didn't have social media to record it. One of the top QBs, top LBs and not giving up any of next year's draft picks is a great start. RTB

I just like to get my name in some of the stupidest threads of all time so if we ever collect them in a book I can say "I was there!" RTB

Tyrod being Tyrod. Missing open guys and not pulling the trigger on other open plays. The KB screw up was a run pass option and he called pass. Just stupid of Dennison to even give him the option there. How Tyrod can't throw to KB every time he's one on one is beyond me RTB

The NFL decided it was more important to get minority candidates in the coaching/GM interview pipeline despite the "Rooney Rule" stigma that might be attached to them. I'd guess that many of them who benefited from it could give a crap about what other people think, they've probably dealt with a helluva lot more difficult stuff, but I'm just a suburban white guy so really don't know a thing about it. RTB