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Poor Nate. Peace and chicken grease.

this is the truth for this situation. both could serve as a positive, but could work out poorly. if the staff doesn't feel that allen in both physically and mentally ready, then they have barkley ready to go. if allen is ready on both of these fronts, i can't see winning a few games with barkley being worth it. i do get both sides of the decision. either way i'd be fine with both of them going into camp next summer to compete for the starting spot.

that's too bad. he had a long, productive life.

it's only brought up by fans trying to create an issue where there isn't one. i don't care if someone has "faith" or not, but to assume it's how this staff picks it's team is just absurd.

this is nonsense and completely untrue. prove it if you're going to throw it out there. drama.

who on offense wasn't this staff able to evaluate other than the wrs? they know who is who with the ol and rbs. i'm willing to be they know which of the wrs will stay and go. whether allen plays should have nothing to do with anything other than evaluating allen. if the coaches think it's not his time...fine. otherwise this is all just made up concern. the fact that you expect allen to come in and play better because he's been out hurt, makes no sense to me. neither does the need to start a lame duck qb to figure out which wrs are good enough. i'm sure the staff has a pretty good understanding at this point.

this is over blown. the only thing the qb is making more difficult to evaluate is wr, and i think we all know the state of the position. uh...other than he's a rookie and needs to play?

and i don't agree with this. i don't expect allen to come in and light up the world just because he's sat hurt for a few weeks. it's nuts to think otherwise. what would be cause for concern would be if allen continues to play, and doesn't show any improvement during that time. he needs to play and learn. you are way over valuing this game with the jags. this season is over. it's time to see if allen can get better.

i was all for sitting allen before the season, but that ship has sailed. if the coaches think this is best, fine, but he's going to have to get some game time under his belt. might as well be sooner rather than later.

no it shouldn't. he's a rookie. i'd expect struggles out of a rookie. very much like you've seen from all rookies this year. get the growing pains out of the way. unless the coaches don't think he's ready, there's no reason not to start him.

at most barkley pulls off a few more wins, and then what? he's a back up. allen is what's important this year...not to string together a few meaningless wins. if the coaches feel it's best for allen to sit longer, so be it. all things being equal, allen should play.

but what does this get you moving forward?. barkley isn't the future.

do you have a little alarm in your head that alerts you when someone is happy or optimistic?

the man is wildly miserable. just let him have it.

yup...some people get upset after wins. it's ok to enjoy a win, even for a few seconds. it may not mean much moving forward either, but beating the jets is always a good time.

i need to see how this off season plays out at least to feel comfortable with this staff. it's not close enough to a finished product to know where we stand.

Allen. What long term benefit does starting Barkley actually get you. He might snag another win or two, but then what. Allen needs to develop. Barkley is who he is at this point.

A small part of me just died inside. Sigh. There’s always one.

i heard him calling for hellp, but by the time i got there, he was dead. anyone figure out what running into the mad preacher in the wilderness does for you?

good for him...i think.

there's absolutely common ground. i think we're all frustrated how this has been approached. i think the only difference a lot of poster have is whether or not there is a plan. my only hope is that there is a plan, and that this is a low point. i can't imagine that this is their final plan for the team, so we need to give the staff at least this off season to see how it plays out. if this blow up had happened last year, i think we all could have come to terms with it. it is extremely hard to go to the playoffs one year and have a disastrous season the next.

fair enough. i'm bored out of my mind too. i really haven't watched the last two games, and just don't have any interest in this year other than to see if allen actually develops. hopefully this is temporary, and to be honest, i'm very curious as to how this staff is going to try and bail themselves out of this mess.

sammy is not a star or a difference maker. he's on his third team and hasn't shown to be either of those things. that's the problem. i would have much rather to have sammy on the team than not. i think he's a good wr. the problem is fa. do you really think it was in sammy's best interest not to test it? why would he just give whatever buffalo gave him? his numbers likely would have been pedestrian as usual if he stayed. why you and other think he and tt would have had a monstrous 2017 season is beyond me. neither have shown to be productive in the nfl, yet magically the stars would have aligned and records would have been broken...right?! sammy isn't a difference maker. that's the problem. if he was, either the bills or the rams would have kept him. that was my point about he rams letting him go. at some point you have to look at reality, and not possible scenarios that may or may not happen.

don't get me wrong...i don't disagree with you concerning the state of the bills or how the offense is producing. it's absolutely terrible. my point is that overpaying watkins would in no way have helped that. you can promise me all you want about sammy's possible production, but no you can't guarantee me anything, and there is an argument to be had. he's on his third team. his last two qbs have been goff and mahomes...two qbs who are producing big time. sammy has had every opportunity to put up big numbers, and he can't. i'm waiting for it, but the reality is that it just hasn't happened. you have trouble grasping this. you literally tried to use the excuse that mcvay was coaching goff not to throw to watkins, to make a reason as to why his production was so average. why? you just don't live in reality. sammy should be putting up insane numbers this year, and he's the 3 wr on the chiefs. like the rams, they'll realize he isn't worth the contract.

i specifically addressed them. i'm not sure if your acting like this to be difficult or you really don't understand. evans and obj are far better and more productive than watkins. by far. they've had multiple +1000 yard seasons with double digit tds. sammy has never done that. not once. don't even mention them in the same sentence as watkins. it's a joke. and since neither of you can put an adult argument together, it degrades into this. the bills wrs are bad. the staff didn't do anything to improve the situation. still doesn't mean they should have spent 16 mill a year on sammy.