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Resign him? I think he would be a slightly cheaper contract than Spain (tells you how good Spain’s contract is).

Yeah but the rule clearly says. Agree with @Doc. You can’t say well that’s what the rule book says even though it’s ticky tack on the ford play and then say common sense on the touchback. It’s ticky tack but that’s the rule. It’s a TD. note I think neither should have been called. And would consider it consistent and evening out if they had been treated the same way. It’s an annoying when two similar situations don’t get treated the same and they both hurt us.

Would you concede that if we’re going just by text book (again I’m not sold this block is as textbook as you say) then they should have absolutely have applied the textbook consistently and given us the TD in the kickoff? Then we’re not talking about this block or a Spain hold. I think yeah the bills could’ve played better but the refs did affect the outcome of the game with their inconsistent officiating. As for on to the next game we’re 1) fans so focusing on the last game doesn’t hurt anything 2) this isn’t the regular season so there isn’t a next game.

Drops are by definition throws that should have been caught. None of the throws in the tweet were drops. Does he need to get more consistent? Yes. Does the supporting cast need to not let him down so much? Yes (drops and separation from WR also time and penalties from the OL).

The inconsistency is the problem to me. If we’re playing by the letter then we get the TD and sure ford made a bad block (I still think his vector is more towards the sideline than it is towards his own goal). If you are being reasonable then no TD (I was ok it in real time) but don’t call that silly blindside block.

Fair number of those throws though were quick reads from a clean pocket. I think those are wrong reads which I would agree is a processing problem (an accurate read vs a quick read). Honestly as a pure thrower Allen is super impressive if he has time. Heard he was the only one in the class to hit the cross bar of a FG from 30 yards out. Then he did it in 2 (maybe 1) throws with Simms. When he throws the fastball it can get away from him but his load to target is insane too. Again as part of the processing I think he needs to know when to use each of those tools. Accuracy for the man plays. Load to target against that collapsing zone. Again he hasn’t played as many snaps (Hs + camps + college + NFL) as the other guys in his class so I am very hopeful he can grow. Now with the tools the expectation is gonna be pretty high (division and a playoff win seems reasonable).

The part I don’t get is the overall %. It’s lower than just the three averaged. Deep balls would be the least so I would expect him to be closer to those two numbers. Something doesn’t check out. Agree with other posters the problem is his mechanics on a lot of those throws. I’m still reminded that some scouts thought he might be 10k fewer throws than the other QBS in that draft

He lost a throwing competition to isaiah mckenzie last year ?! Seriously that video of barkley trying to throw a plyo ball was ugly.

Gotcha. I agree with him being a bust. But wouldn’t say he sucks. Thanks.

So Sammy sucks? Then Milano should be HoF because he was drafted in the 5th round? I agree with your thoughts about the GM and the draft. But when I evaluate players in the league I don’t care where they were drafted. Your logic would have had us not make the Hughes trade (a 1st rounder not playing well) for Sheppard (a meh middle round pick). You have to evaluate the player without mind of where he was drafted. and yes you evaluate the GM based on where they picked the player.

You mean he sucks relative to his draft position? Clearly he doesn’t suck if he’s getting 9 mil as @thebandit27 said.

Over the cap has a savings of 2.77 mil if he is traded post June 1st. I could see the Beane wizard getting a late round for him in training camp. Based on positional flexibility i would say he is the mostly likely to get moved. https://overthecap.com/player/spencer-long/3017/

It usually looked like he took his eye off the ball and started looking up field. Josh has a cannon so that probably didn’t help when he took his eye off the ball. For now I’m hopeful he can improve.

If they go WR and not OT I will be very happy. Hell WR over CB would be great too.

This place was melting down like every week with how few points we scored when we won (I agree we should score more). So.... no I don’t recall those situations. I do recall a lot of leads in the second half with a great defense which caused us to sit on leads and not throw. To me this leads to less TDs per game but more TDs per attempt. Based on this (anecdotal as it is) I think TD per attempt would be better correlated with winning and long term QB success than TDs per game.

Please show me the receipts that TDs per game is a better predictor than TDs per attempt.

So QB contracts in the next two years are gonna explode so much that an unprecedented contract will be bottom end for a franchise QB? I feel good that Mahomes will reset the QB market and it won’t be for 40 mil so I don’t think 35 mil will be bottom end.

With what Baltimore is doing I don’t think you’re gonna catch a good team that can’t stop ground and pound. I know it was our “weakness” last year but we still could handle how one dimensional they look like they will be.

Wade is here cause he doesn’t cost anything (not even a PS spot last year). I don’t think he makes the 53. You say sell high buy low but we aren’t selling high on Murphy (would be buying low on Penny). But why wouldn’t you just trade a late round pick for him if you want him. Murphy still has value (yes overpaid but still value) that will be difficult to replace.

Why? Stiffer penalties in the new CBA for holding out is what I’ve heard and I haven’t heard any noise about him wanting a new contract. Go watch some highlights.

Can't believe I didnt think to look in the advanced section, Thanks! I feel better about drops with the posted above and I feel better about the fumbles considering 4/6 career fumbles happened last year. All worries about this removed again.

I saw some pinpoint ones but i saw a lot underthrown balls too. @GunnerBill reading Weos post and i was looking for drop % and couldnt find anything too helpful for receivers, but I did see he had 4 fumbles and notice some clips with him double handing the ball. I'm a bit concerned with that but kids a stud.

Agreed with @Turk71 QB hits had me a bit concerned. Would accept that he didn’t play a lot of snaps as a reason (looks like he was playing >70% most weeks). Sorta the anti jerry Hughes so maybe it works particularly if his snap count is much lower than 70% (don’t know how much of that was rushing vs coverage). Overall think I’m gonna like the singing once the numbers come out.

Gallup has 20 more targets and played across from Cooper. That’s why Diggs is dominant. his complaints early in the year are likely target related when the team was struggling (weird note he bipolar games in loss then too 1/7 in a loss to GB and then 7/7 in a loss to chi). We should review the tape of that GB game to see what was going down. lastly to those talking about him wanting to change his contract, would you acknowledge the bills have some leverage in this deal. Dude would have to hold out for 4 years of his prime and lose 45 million dollars. He’s pretty fairly compensated but a bit underpaid. I had he talked about upping his contract I don’t think those players make this team right now with as deep as it is.

Maybe it was bills news consolidated but someone was saying he was a LorAx clone. Seems that way despite how hard that was. As Beane said he’s never seen another player start their career at DT and convert to LB and have a career. That hole is definitely filled now.