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    Mahomes Struggling in Camp

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    12 hours ago, Zerovotlz said:

    We expect Mahomes to throw some INTS...he'll take chances that Alex Smith simply will not.  He'll rely on his arm and make throws at times that he shouldn't make.  That's fine...that's part of the deal.

     

    8 hours ago, Zerovotlz said:

    I do kind of smirk at the love DeSahun Watson gets.....he put up some big TD numbers....and good for him...but he was also on pace for 30 Turnovers.

     

    Definitely no biases showing here

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    Mahomes Struggling in Camp

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    3 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

    You guys do realize that training camp really doesn't matter on a career right? 

     

    I've heard this about enough Bills QBs over the last 20 years to know that it isn't true. Looking good in training camp doesn't necessarily mean anything but looking bad is not a good sign.

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    Mahomes Struggling in Camp

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    8 minutes ago, NewEraBills said:

    So roughly 1 int per practice.  Why is this a news story?  If he's thrown basically 1 INT per practice and has had about 50 + throws a day, I'm not sure why it is even a report.  Unless he just looks completely lost and is throwing INT's.  I doubt that's what's happening.

     

    From the article:

     

    "Six of the picks have come during the three practice sessions in pads, when play is most competitive."

    Bills' 2018 Training Camp Practice Day 6 - Officials at Practice Today to Cover Rule Changes

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    Posted · Edited by HappyDays

     

    I'm especially encouraged by this:

     

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    As for Allen, he salvaged the two-minute drill on his first play with an incredible throw down the left sideline to Cam Phillips that hit a tight window between two defenders -- a total zone-busting throw, and it went for 26 yards. Allen's next two plays were both throwaways when he saw he didn't have anyone, but on 3rd-and-10, he had Ray-Ray McCloud on a slant pattern that he made in stride, but the rookie dropped it over the middle of the field.

     

    Allen threw a 26 yard strike that no other QB on the team could hope to make. Then apparently correctly threw the ball away on 2 consecutive plays. Then hit a WR in stride on a slant that could have been a 3rd down conversion if it wasn't dopped. This is just day 6 of his first ever training camp. It's hard to not be excited with where he's at this early in the process. Sounds to me like he's getting better every practice and always making at least a couple throws per practice that Peterman and McCarron don't have the natural ability to do.

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    Jason LaCanfora and Peter King reports from Bills camp

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    Posted · Edited by HappyDays

    4 hours ago, Roch-A-Bill said:

    "Oh, and as for the short passes, the Bills are saying that he threw very few if any of those in college and it's almost a new skill for him."

     

    Allen said this himself on WGR the other day - he said it's like learning to chip in a golf ball from 10 yds out with a 4 iron.

     

    Yeah he knows he has to work on it:

     

    https://torontosun.com/sports/football/nfl/how-bills-qb-josh-allen-is-trying-to-fix-his-short-throw-issues

     

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    “I’m very confident with my arm and my ability to makes throws. The type of throws where I struggle are kind of the underneath patterns where I’ve got to tone down my arm a little bit. And sometimes, you know I hate to use an analogy, but it’s like I’m 100 yards out and I have a 4-iron. So I’m just trying to develop more clubs to put it on the green.”

    Allen, 22, said he stays after practice – as he did Sunday – or comes out onto the practice field as much as 30 minutes early to “just throw those routes.”

    “We’re getting to where we want to get,” he said. “Still, it’s going to take some time. And I’m not putting any pressure on myself right now."

    “Well, it’s like – I’m going to use another golf analogy,” Allen said. “When you slow down your swing, that’s when things tend to go wrong. So it’s about finding the right tempo in my arm for the ball to come over the top, get the right spin and ultimately hit the target in the right spot.

    “So I just can’t slow my arm down. And sometimes I think I need to. But I don’t need to. I just need to control it at the top a little better. That’s what we’re (working on).”

    Bet this, not that

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    26 minutes ago, Sky Diver said:

    If there is one thing dumber than betting on football, it's betting on pre-season football.

     

    Actually preseason football is arguably easier to bet than the regular season. Some coaches play their real schemes in preseason and some are just testing things. If you know those trends you can make good money.

    Sammy Watkins classes it up on his way out of LA

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    12 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

    Or their hands were forced because they lost Sammy.

     

    They didn't lose Sammy. They let him go to KC to get the same average salary they gave Cooks. I don't know how you can look at those two contracts and determine that the Rams were unhappy to see Sammy go. Surely they knew the contract Sammy was about to sign. They're not stupid. They didn't learn about his contract details at the same time we all did. Everything is being communicated back and forth in those discussions.

    Sammy Watkins classes it up on his way out of LA

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    Posted · Edited by HappyDays

    5 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

    Thank you.  The Rams tried to sign Sammy and then immediately replaced him by trading a 1st round pick.  They know how important his role on that team was.  Love Woods but he doesn’t scare defenses. 

     

    They didn't try very hard to sign Sammy. He ended up getting a $16 million average salary per year in KC. The Rams traded a 1st round pick for Cooks and then gave HIM a $16.2 million average salary. They think Cooks is worth so much more than Sammy that they sacrificed a 2nd, traded a 1st, and paid $200,000 more per year to get him. I mean you really can't argue based on these facts that they were happy with what Sammy gave them. They could have just given him $16 million a year and not given up a 1st rounder on top of it.

     

    Oh and Sammy got just a 3 year deal with the Chiefs. The Rams gave Cooks a 5 year deal. There is no way you can try to argue that the Rams were happy with what Sammy gave them. Everything they've done this offseason indicates the opposite.

    Sammy Watkins classes it up on his way out of LA

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    Posted · Edited by HappyDays

    37 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

    Sean McVay = trades a potential high 2nd and a player for him

     

    This is an argument in favor of the people that think Sammy is overrated. The Rams traded a 2nd round pick and a starting level CB for him in a contract year, and instead of re-signing him they let him walk for nothing. If they could go back in time they wouldn't make that trade again. They didn't make that trade for a one year rental, he just didn't show enough there to make him worth a long term contract. Compare to Brandin Cooks who immediately got a long term contract done after he got traded there.

    Allen already a factor in QB race ?

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    23 minutes ago, SoTier said:

    2013

    1. released Fitzpatrick before the draft

     

    23 minutes ago, SoTier said:

    2018

    1. traded Taylor before the draft

     

    You realize these are not the same thing, right? I was in support of keeping Fitzpatrick back in 2013 but we got the #65 pick in the draft for Tyrod. Are you saying you would have turned that down just to keep a middling starter on the team for an extra season? Good thing you aren't running the team.

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    Allen already a factor in QB race ?

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    29 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

    Love that he is executing swing passes and screens because they were there very rarely on his college tape and when they were called he was really struggling with the precision ball placement needed.

     

    On that point:

     

    https://torontosun.com/sports/football/nfl/how-bills-qb-josh-allen-is-trying-to-fix-his-short-throw-issues

     



    “I’m very confident with my arm and my ability to makes throws. The type of throws where I struggle are kind of the underneath patterns where I’ve got to tone down my arm a little bit. And sometimes, you know I hate to use an analogy, but it’s like I’m 100 yards out and I have a 4-iron. So I’m just trying to develop more clubs to put it on the green.”

    Allen, 22, said he stays after practice – as he did Sunday – or comes out onto the practice field as much as 30 minutes early to “just throw those routes.”

    “We’re getting to where we want to get,” he said. “Still, it’s going to take some time. And I’m not putting any pressure on myself right now.”

     

    “Well, it’s like – I’m going to use another golf analogy,” Allen said. “When you slow down your swing, that’s when things tend to go wrong. So it’s about finding the right tempo in my arm for the ball to come over the top, get the right spin and ultimately hit the target in the right spot.

    “So I just can’t slow my arm down. And sometimes I think I need to. But I don’t need to. I just need to control it at the top a little better. That’s what we’re (working on).”

     

    That's encouraging to me. He doesn't have a lot of experience with those throws so he doesn't have to relearn muscle memory. He has to build it from scratch which is much easier. And he admits it is a flaw that he needs to work on. Nothing is guaranteed but I love his attitude about it.

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