longtimebillsfan

He may find a career in the arena league.

He had a nice game. His first catch set the tone for the day. Let's just see how he develops. He is very young. I don't think any of us can accurately product his ceiling.

There are valid arguments for starting Barkley against the Jags. First, after his over the top performance against the Jets, I will be tough for Allen to come in and perform at the same level as Barkley after four weeks of inactivity. I may be better to let Barkley start, and if we build a comfortable lead, let Allen come into a non pressure situation and start to shake off the rust. another reason to start Barkley is it would give the team a chance to go back to their original desire to have Allen learn from the sidelines for a year. I am not saying I am in favor of this, but these are to valid arguments for starting Barkley in the next game. This conversation is a non issue since McDermott already announced Allen will be the starter if he is healthy. As for your first question, I do not believe many on this board view Barkley as our future franchise qb. I do hope that he fills the position as the veteran backup. He was a breath of fresh air on Sunday. That was fun to watch. Go Bills!

Agreed. No team will pick up Peterman. He will be available if we need him... for what I don't know.

He is older, there for he must be better...Right? Seriously, Anderson seems to really into being Allen's mentor. He was sitting with him throughout the game. he seemed to be explaining reads and fine points of the game after most plays, alt least what you could see.

As I said in another thread, all of our remaining games are winnable. If our defense keeps playing strong , and if we can have even an average offense, we should be in most games. Hopefully, by the time we play the Patriots, they will be resting players for the playoff push....who knows what can happen? We could finish 8-8, but that would mean we win all the games texcept vs the Pats, and that won't most likely happen. A 6 or 7 win season would be respectable.

I believe they were just building a case for their outlook toward Peterman. I am a person of faith, and maybe that helps motivate me to try to be a better person, but I know many nice people who are not people of faith. If there is a social bias regarding Christians, it is becoming a negative. Christians are stereotyped as being smug, homophobic, ultra conservative, and narrow minded. That is not the case with most people of faith that I know. Most are just flawed people searching for answers.

Yes, cut Benjamin and use that roster spot to keep Allen Barkley and Allen's mentor Anderson.

Yes. With the season we have had so far, this was very enjoyable. Go Bills!

It's all part of the process.

Pancho Via deserves all the props he is receiving. He represents the true spirit of Bills fans. It is really nice to see this class act get some recognition instead of the moronic Bills fans diving into burning card tables. You are in our prayers Pancho.

I love this post. You have to respect the character of our defense. They have been playing at a consistently high level with little to no support from the other side of the ball. Let's hope the offense can catch up to the defense next season.

I am not sold on KC. Andy Reid teams seem to put up great regular season records and come up short in the playoffs. The Rams look great, but this could be the Saints year. It is easy to pull for Drew Brees.

Could be the case. It will be an interesting two weeks of conjecture until the starter againstvthe Jags is announced.

What quarterback had looked better for the Bills this year. A performance like Barkley had against the Jet most certainly qualify as a hot hand in my understanding of the phrase. Not sure why you want to focus on semantics. The point is, if Barkley gives us the best chance of winning, he should start. Why put Allen in the position to live up to Barkley's success against the Jets. He has enough pressure on him. We have an opportunity bring Allen along at a slower pace that may be beneficial to his development. What is wrong with trying to win games? You may feel this is a waisted season, but if we could go 7-9 or even 6-10, that would be something to build on and could enhance our ability to attract more talented free agents. Just my opinion.

There is wisdom in playing the "hit hand". Start Barkley after the bye week. If Barkley reverts back to his performance from previous seasons, start Allen the following week. Allen could benefit from playing some mop up duty with less pressure on him.

Keep Anderson as the third qb. He seems to be really focused on being Allen's mentor. Did anyone notice he was in Allen's ear all game long?

Agreed. If you look at the last six game any of them are winnable. I am not saying we will go 6 - 0 to close out the season, but with solid quarterback play who knows what this team can accomplish?

I agree with you. I never really understood learning from th side lines thinking. Anderson was in his ear all afternoon during the game. Allen has the work ethic and thick skin. I really believe he will develop into a very good starter.

Let it go. That is old news he made the playoffs with those bad moves. Like I said. Nothing McDermott does will change your mind. We won today. Do you want to be miserable?

I tend to agree with you. Good point.

This is a interesting situation. I posed this question in another thread. Do the Bills go back to the original plan and start Barkley and let Allen learn from the sidelines or do they start Allen after the bye week?

This raises the question, does Barkley remain the starter and we go back to our original plan to let Allen learn from the sidelines the rest of this year? Or do we start Allen after the bye week?

No.

I doubt anything would erase your concerns. McDermott coached a team that over achieved to the playoffs in his first year. This was to be a tear down year to get out from under our dead money. We could win five or six games this year. Your expectations are unrealistic.