Kirby Jackson

I keep asking (and no one is answering), how much of Jeff Tuel did you need to see to form an opinion? Do you think he deserved more chances? He was WAY better in his opportunity than Peterman. Why was it okay to write off Tuel but not Peterman? What about Levi Brown? Gibran Hamdan? Brian Brohm?

Peyton Manning was a generational prospect. Peterman was the 191st overall pick. I am always willing to be more patient with a top end talent. Isn’t that obvious? Do you believe that Peterman is going to be given as many opportunities as Allen if Allen struggles early? The answer is of course not. Jeff Tuel was WAY better than Peterman in his first start. Are you upset that you didn’t get to see more of him or was he just a marginal talent that washed out of the league?

Yes, based on what I’ve seen my opinion of him is different than the Bills. He was still the 191st pick in the draft so a lot of other football people weren’t too high on him either. In a QB starved league, teams had a lot of guys ahead of him: Turbisky, Mahomes, Watson, Kizer, Webb, Beathard and Dobbs. Completing less than half of your passes and being picked 6 times isn’t making those teams regret passing on him. So while some football people have a higher opinion of him than me, others probably don’t. I hope that he’s great but don’t think that he is.

It’s like saying “Lee Smith showed good speed.” If you liked Lee Smith’s blocking, fine. If you liked his speed, no.

He didn’t show “good accuracy” though. You wanted him to. He completed 54% for 5.7 YPA in the preseason. He completed 49% in the regular season with a 5.1 YPA. That is absolutely awful!! There is nothing to build on. If you want to say “you like the way that he has looked this offseason after struggling so badly” that would be fair. To say that he showed “good accuracy” that’s just not accurate (no pun intended).

54% completion and 5.7 YPA impresses you? I’m sorry but my standards are higher than that. You’re entitled to your opinion but we aren’t ever going to agree on that.

Hey, I hope Peterman has Tyrod’s career. If he starts 40 something games and throws 3 times as many TDs as INTs it will be a MASSIVE success. Does anyone expect that to happen?

Fair but 29 preseason pass attempts is a small sample size for a guy with 30 regular season starts. Hope that he plays great...what else would we want? HOPING that he will be great and THINKING that he will aren’t the same. I think that he stinks. I hope that he goes to the HOF and wins Super Bowls as the Bills QB.

Your attempt to validate him based on preseason performances vs. 3rd stringers is equally as empty.

That’s fair John. If he can be a “Matt Moore” type on a rookie contract it will be great. That would be really valuable to the Bills.

Ockham’s Razor It’s much more likely that he struggled than some conspiracy theory that a playoff team would sabotage the game in protest.

Kyle Williams has as many in a Bills uniform.

I think that we agreed that one of us would be leaving. There’s some archive digging to do...

Didn’t we have a bet that if someone paid Tyrod $10M this year you’d never post again?

This is a pretty easy decision for the Browns. They are 1-31 over the last two years. They now have a talented, young roster. They need to learn to start winning. Tyrod has a winning record and doesn’t make mistakes. He’s a consummate professional earning rave reviews so far in Cleveland. They’ll win 6-8 games this year while getting Baker ready. It made a ton of sense for Cleveland to pursue Tyrod and it made a ton of sense for the Bills to clear the path for Allen. If Allen can play it will end up working out well for both teams.

They’ve won 9 straight and 14 of 15. They lost a tiebreaker at 11-5 to the Dolphins in the 15th year (when Brady missed the whole season). Why do we expect something different?

The Patriots Next question....

Smerlas doesn’t belong on that list.

Tyrod, Losman, Allen

I’m not saying that is all that was wrong. Rico was taking heat for all of the things that you mentioned. He believed his offense would work with Peterman so they agreed to let him try it. It didn’t work. Rico’s offense didn’t work.

A Super Bowl title will no doubt be one of the best days of all of our lives. I think that they are on their way if Allen can play. If he’s good, they have a young QB, a good defense, 9 picks and $100M(ish). This team has a chance to be like the Eagles.

I think Allen’s floor is Jake Locker. His ceiling is Aaron Rodgers. Nate and AJ, to me, are no more than bottom of the league starters or backups. If one of them became “Matt Moore” it would be a success.

Not sure why you are so upset? You are entitled to your opinion. I don’t think it’s reasonable to say that the Bills have “a talented trio.” They have one of (if not the) most physically gifted QBs in the world. He has questions at this point. The other 2 have tons of questions. I’m sorry that you take that as “doom and gloom.” It’s reality though. If Allen hits his ceiling (or even close to it) the Bills QB situation is solved. If he doesn’t in 2 years we will be looking again like Denver with Paxton Lynch. That’s the way the NFL works.

You think that it’s a talented trio? I think that they have 2 guys that are backups and a high ceiling, low floor rookie. If Allen hits the ceiling the Bills are in good shape. If he doesn’t they will have one of the worst QB situations in the league.

Q. Why does Jared from Subway like twenty eight year-olds? A. Because there is twenty of them.