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Allen. But more specifically his legs. I think he takes some easy runs with the Colts playing coverage and goes for 50+ yards on the ground. Hughes. Strip sack.

This. And this is why some executives would take Allen over Mahomes. Mahomes is great without question. He's been doing it for three straight years now. But it also looks like he has maxed out his potential. That's okay because his current plateau is high. But no question Allen's ceiling has not yet been identified. I look back at the end of the season still for Allen too. Final three games Allen put up 11 TD's to 1 turn over in 2.5 games. And if we dive deeper, Allen threw 5 pass attempts combined in the 4th quarters of the Denver and New England blowouts. He went 4/5 for a TD. In other words, you can make a strong argument that Allen played a tick over 8 quarters of the final 12 quarters of the 2020 season and still put up 11 TD's. Dive deeper and Allen had one TD called back on penalties and one dropped in the end zone not once but twice on the same series? It could have been 13 TDs in just a tick over 8 quarters. It's not hyperbole to say Allen could have finished the season with 16 TD's in his final three games. I'm nervous about every Bills playoff game but in the back of my mind I am aware of the possibility that Allen and the Bills can have a postseason run that the league has never seen before. One for the record books and that is based on the insane amount of TD's they put up in the last three regular season games. Games that Allen basically only played or had his foot on the petal for about 40 minutes of a 60 minute game on average.

Mahomes vs. Allen growth throughout their career* Mahomes: 2018 Games 2-9 115.3 rating 2018 Games 10-17 112.4 rating 2019 Games 18-24 113.1 rating 2019 Games 25-31 97.6 rating 2020 Games 32-39 115.0 rating 2020 Games 40-46 101.9 rating Allen: 2018 Games 1-6 61.8 rating 2018 Games 7-12 72.6 rating 2019 Games 13-20 82.9 rating 2019 Games 21-27 88.8 rating 2020 Games 29-36 102.4 rating 2020 Games 40-46 111.6 rating 2021 ??? *excluded Mahomes first career game since it was only one start at the end of the 2017 season *excluded the final game of the season for Allen in 2019 because he only played one series Cowherd touched on this topic this morning on his show. Mahomes has consistently been great from the start. He sat and learned behind a good veteran QB his first year. His first year starting Mahomes was throwing to Kelce and Tyreek Hill and had a proven offensive genius designing and calling plays. Hill and Kelce were already proven all-pro caliber players before Mahomes became the starter. Allen was forced into starting and did not have a proven veteran QB to learn behind. His mentor was Nathan Peterman for the first half of the season for crying out loud. Allen was throwing to receivers who are either not currently in the NFL or not starting for any teams since the 2018 season. Allen has a good coaching staff around him now but Allen and the staff had to build their offensive identity over the last three years. Allen hasn't yet had the same peaks in passer rating that Mahomes has achieved several times through his career already but if we look at Allen's trend, it's not hard to imagine that at some point next year, either the first half of the season, second half of the season or even both, Allen will probably top his career high 111.6 passer rating.

Yeah he really fell off in the second half of the season. These are his projected 16 game averages for the first half of the season vs second half of the season: First 8 games: 86 rec 1576 yards 16 TDs 98.5 ypg Last 8 games: 80 rec 1030 yards 4 TDs 64.4 ypg He was running away with the first team all-pro through the first half of the season.

Odd change this year to the roster. Last year the AP all pro team had a flex position on both the 1st and 2nd teams. And only two WR spots on both the 1st and 2nd teams. The 2020 team they got rid of the flex spot and named three WR's for both the 1st and 2nd team (five for the 2nd team because three receivers tied with 1 vote each for the third spot on the second team). And the 2019 team the Flex player named for both the first and second team was also the RB named for that same team (McCaffery and Henry). Glad they changed it this year as having the same player seems kind of dumb.

Metcalf only 1 vote after the start to the season he had? Dude really fell off a cliff in the second half I guess.

One comment. Fourth paragraph, it's funny to me as a native California that people outside of California don't realize the difference between the Central Valley and the images of Southern California and the Bay Area in their head. The Central Valley IS Buffalo just with complete opposite weather extremes and a majority Hispanic population.

Interesting. For me it was that Miami game that was nearly won on the final play. He pretty much showed what he was all about in that game.

I am too but only in the sense that I don't want the Bills to be one and done. Doesn't have anything to do with the opponent itself. The season has already been a huge success no matter what happens Saturday. But please just win this game and then I can take a deep breath for the remaining games and relax. Guarantee the narrative on Allen and the Bills is going to be unbearable if they don't win a playoff game this year.

37 on the Wonderlic

Allen keeps improving with every half season split. He's been doing it since he came into the league. I'm actually really interested if a QB has ever improved his passer rating for 5 straight splits since entering the league. He'll have his work cut out for him to start the 2021 season to keep the trend going. 2018- Games 1-6: 61.8 2018- Games 7-12: 72.6 2019- Games 1-8: 82.9 2019- Games 9-15: 88.8 2020- Games 1-8: 102.4 2020- Games 9-16: 111.6

Actually Watson finished ahead of both.

Just how bad is that Titans D though? But yeah I rather get revenge on them in the 2nd or 3rd round.

I'm thinking the dude could end up better than Mahomes. And that's actually not a crazy thought at this point.

501 points scored is a new team record. Came in 14 points shy of breaking the record of 458 set in 1991. Obliterated the record.

Browns up 10-0 everything trending to be able to rest most starters in the second half.

I don't think so. I don't think McDermott would have him in just for the record. It feels like Allen is going to play the entire first half. And we will see from there.

I believe it is unlikely we play them in the first round. Like only 20% chance.

If it wasn't meaningless Tre White and Hughes would be out there. End of discussion. McDermott sent the message that this game does not matter.

Not if we run it 40 times which should be the game plan. Even with Allen in there.

Feel the same. Dolphins D is no joke. If our entire offense isn't going with 100% effort and attention to detail, and lets face it, why would they when McDermott has already sent a message that this game is not a must win by sitting White, Hughes and Addison, it is going to get ugly for them.

Mitch would be great in a couple years once he completely flames out on any starter potential. For now he is in the same class as Darnold. Guys looking to either keep proving they can be a starter on their current team or a starter on a new team. I would love either Mitch or Darnold once they have firmly given up on their hopes of ever being a starter again. Maybe Mariotta?

Still up in the air. What if Allen and the offensive starters play the entire first half or even first quarter? Can Tua score enough to beat our back ups? White, Hughes and Addison are out but I would expect the rest of the starting defense to pretty much play at least the entire first half. I also expect scoreboard watching as well from McDermott. So unless the Browns are up two TD's on the Steelers I'm not certain the starters are coming out after just a couple series.

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Pretty cool that they are showing the game in the Fresno/Firebaugh area. Unfortunately it didn't go south enough for me here in Bakersfield. But that's why I have CBS ALL ACCESS!