GoBills808

I could do with fewer opinions to tell you the truth

What it actually says is this: '...So no, the Bills' berth in the playoffs this year is not etched in stone, especially not with the Patriots showing they're not going anywhere anytime soon. But Allen likely isn't going anywhere either. The worst veteran on this list is Fitzpatrick, a member in good standing of the NFL's middle class of starting quarterbacks. Truly bad passers simply don't play like Allen has in the past two weeks.' If you're incapable of discussing this without bringing whatever bias you think I may have into the discussion, we can leave it here. If not, we can discuss how 'not truly bad passer' translates into 'wildly, overwhelmingly positive'

I don't think it will help much. Jackson can throw the TE seam w/anticipation because it's a straight read and always a mismatch. There aren't a lot of routes that true WR1s excel at (versus JAG wideouts) that Jackson can also exploit. He can hit spots between cover2 but you don't need a top wideout for those go routes, that's why Brown was so successful getting downfield. Jackson's reads from the pocket aren't sophisticated enough to take advantage of everything a top WR can do. He needs to learn the position. They have set that offense up to maximize his effectiveness which has had the curious additional effect of stunting his growth at the position. They need to bring him along because he is not going to improve playing zone read/option and single read sets.

Jackson will be fine, but he's going to continue to have games like this until he learns to make all the throws.

I think the point is that reasonable people (I include myself) can successfully argue that there exist an inordinate amount of paid professionals who, in any other comparable situation as proven in the past, would be praising to the heavens a young quarterback putting up the kind of numbers Allen is through three games right now. Now the level of accolades I personally don't very much care about, but the consternation (and it's there and easy to find) is indicative of the whole 'inaccurate big arm prospect' and imo wholly unprecedented. Usually these guys love trying to find the next great young QB. This is the guy who runs Football Outsiders and once called Allen a 'parody of an NFL quarterback prospect'- It's just a weird way to frame his season thus far...the article grudgingly ends up comparing him to Fitzpatrick. If you think that's a fair take then so be it.

Not hard to find. They start talking about Allen and the Bills around 5:35 It's not at all strange to think that people are invested in their predictions about Allen and can't come off their bad takes.

I anticipated it. Defenses tend to fall back when he isn’t playing and improve when he is. It’s just that casual fans don’t understand what he contributes.

No. and his ceiling is best QB in NFL history

one of the greatest interviews ever

Remember when I told you Allen would have better numbers across the board than your 'clear-top-5-QB- in the league' Deshaun Watson this year? I think you said there was no chance of that happening. You are wrong, a lot, about this stuff.

I guess given your penchant for hyperbole I was imagining you might have had higher praise, but then I remembered your narrative on Allen and realized I should have tempered my expectations.

Playing ‘darn freaking well’? He’s the best quarterback in the league through three games.

They declined teh penalty

Lfg

Yeah and everybody pounding Rams +105, if that adds up to you go for it

the end 10/10 lmfao

PPR or no

Chubb is losing work to Hunt rn

I enjoyed how very complimentary Monsoon was of that Darnold TD he threw back against his body as if that exact same pass hadn’t been picked off by Milano the week prior. ‘Interceptable passes’ smh. They don’t have a ‘system’. They don’t care about consistency in their analysis. PFF remain hacks and can be safely ignored.

Wrong forum wrong universe

It's almost as if they stand to lose a ton of credibility if Allen is actually a good quarterback

Ah yes of course.

where

Allen had the highest drop% in the league last year, did he score well w/PFF?