oldmanfan

That’s different than using the mythical 60% to define accuracy.

But you have no idea what he’ll become after only two years in the league. Look at Brees as a classic example of a guy who improved. Or many others.

I agree on this.

Why? Because you are not Nostradamus.

Why assume he can’t get better? Completion percentage is overblown nonsense with respect to accuracy and this has been pointed out time and time again. Throw a bunch of short dump offs and your completion percentage increases. I refer you to the math I did above. People obsess over this 60% completion rate as if it means something. For Allen this past season that came down to a difference of 0.25 passes per game, or 4 on the season. It’s ridiculous to think that can’t be attained.

Why make an assumption like this?

If we assume that 60% is the magic, holy grail of completion percentage that Allen must hit, here’s some math: Number of attempts: 461 Number of completions: 271 Number if additional completions needed for 60%: 4 (rounds off to 60%) So this entire obsession with his completion percentage comes down to 4 plays over the season. So 4 better passes, 4 less drops, 4 less throwaways. However, this angst comes down to 4 plays, or 0.25 plays a game. Just food for thought.

It’ll take several failed attempts first but he’ll get in. Maybe his last year of eligibility before he’d go to the veteran’s committee.

Jumping on a dead man’s grave is never a good idea. Ralph had his share of faults but Buffalo is a major league city because of him, he had lasting impact on the league as supported by him being in the HOF, and his charitable contributions to many in WNY are a fitting legacy. But as to the Mad Bomber, I used to go to Cardinal O’Hara with my dad every year to watch the Bills off-season basketball team play the faculty in a charity game. My dad reffed the games each year, so I would get to hang out in the locker room with the players. Lamonica was a really nice guy, easy for a little kid to talk to as were most all the guys. That trade was a nightmare.

Bill’s doing a bang up job.

You are not making any sense whatsoever. It has nothing to do with picking or not picking one player in one draft.

You’re stuck on this all time stuff as if it means anything. It means nothing. Nothing whatsoever. We can go back to Brady and Montana too and it again means nothing about Mahomes. This is all just hindsight garbage. Again if NFL teams had crystal balls and could have seen Mahomes would be this good they would have all tried to get the # 1 pick that draft. No one envisioned him playing at this level.

Liking him has nothing to do with predicting he would be as good as he is right now. You’ve missed the point. If teams really thought predraft he would be what he is today, teams would have done whatever to move up to the # 1 pick. But they didn’t. See above.

Mahomes is a great QB. No one pre-draft predicted he would be this good. No one. Anyone saying so is simply not telling the truth. I wanted Watson. Was sad we didn’t take him. But so what? Now we have Allen and I like what I see so far. Playing these hindsight what if games is pointless.

Running from it? The next year they drafted the QB they feel leads them to championships.

Hindsight is 20/20. There were plenty of concerns about Mahomes’ ability to adapt to the NFL. Credit to him for becoming as great as he is now.

I wish we had not traded him, but if we still had him it is very unlikely he would be the stud #1 WR we’d all like to have given his record since the trade.

I'm good with all 3

Pretty fair analysis. The kid just needs to keep playing and improving.

Let the games begin.

Your saying this proves I’m right about most things.

Keep adding talent. Bills are in it for the long haul.

Got to give Reid and his offense credit. Guess he won’t do his dumb moves to cost the game till next week. And the Houston D is pathetic.

Post this first game next season. What’s good for Jackson and Mahomes should be good for Allen.

What a bizarre game