oldmanfan

If we take coaching as comparable to teaching, it’s interesting that someone above has claimed you can’t learn much between ages 18 and the early/mid 20’s. Guess we might as well close all the colleges, grad schools, medical schools, etc., etc. Allen progressed this past year. There is no neuroelastic reason to assume he won’t continue to learn and progress. We’ll see how he does. And I teach both neuroanatomy and physiology by the way.

The NFL. Figure out what works, and then fix it so it's broken.

Damn the luck

He improved yer 2. He should improve even more year 3.

Sympathies and prayers to you and your family.

I figured Reid would mess it up but he didn’t. Good for him.

She’s a real fighter and one of the few women in her field. Her students just love her.

So while I sit in my living room in Carmel IN, just north of Indy, preparing to watch the game, my wife and sister-in-law are Lyfting to Hard Rock Stadium. My sister-in—law is the strength coach of a local high school and was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2015. After big time surgery and chemo she is still with us, and the oncologists think she’ll be Ok although she’ll be on chemo the rest of her life. Despite her health issues she continued throughout being dedicated to her athletes, working many overtime hours with them, never missing games. On of her former athletes wrote a letter to the Colts about my sister-in-law’s issues and how inspiring she is to her students. And the Colts were touched by her story. They decided to give her an all expense paid trip for two to the game, flights, hotel, tickets, spending money, the whole nine yards. My older daughter who lives in Orlando picked them up Friday afternoon, they spent all day yesterday at the NFL experience with all their Bills gear in representing, and just got word the wife and sister-in-law have arrived at Hard Rock! Just had to share with my friends here on the board.

Love Marv. Don’t think he’s HOF worthy myself but there is no denying that he was a blessing to the team and the community.

I don't hate any player for not palying well. I don't hate any player for leaving in free agency. But I do hate the one guy, Davis, for quitting on his team at half time. Only Bill I can ever say I hated.

I hope you realize neither Oakland nor San Diego have NFL teams.

They beat on the Bills stadium. Yet they build a 2 billion dollar Taj Mahal in LA that fans won’t come to because they’re not into the NFL. The Pegula just had an outside consultant finalize recommendations Roger. Why not let the thing play out before bitching?.

She grew up in WNY.

As far as ticket prices go, when I return to visit what I see is that the restaurant parking lots are full. Folks are downtown for different festivals, etc. As near as I can tell, people have some disposable income for entertainment. So use it on the Bills and pay a little more for tickets. I say again, as long as Kim Pegula is the owner the Bills aren’t going anywhere. Terry as I recall wanted the Sabres, but Kim being a WNYer wanted the Bills. My bet is they build downtown, but I can see another big facelift of The Rich. Apparently the outside evaluation is done so they should be making their decision soon.

As long as Kim Pegula is an owner of the Bills, they aren't moving. My bet is they build a new stadium downtown somewhere.

It hit DiMarco in the hands and if he jumps a split second later it’s complete. Denying that Allen threw it to where he could catch it is asinine. Saying it was a bad throw is equally asinine. You can argue the choice but he put it where the receiver should have caught it. Could he have checked it down? Yes. Does he need to continue developing his ability to read defenses. Yes. I’ve said that repeatedly so try reading what people actually write.

Insane but maybe in a good way?

No I get where you’re going. No I don’t think it was insane or whacky. He saw DiMarco out there, thought he could make a play. And he should have. Why is it whacky?

Insane that we could have had a play to put us in position to win? Not really. I think it’s easy for MMQBs like you and me to sit on the sidelines and be critical. We don’t know the nuances of the play call and multiple other variables. For example, people here keep saying it the play was designed for Brown, and that he came open late. Assuming they’re even right on the play design, the critical word there is late. If he comes open too late maybe Allen goes down on a sack. Could he have checked down? Sure. Would Daboll tell him film review he should have gone there? Maybe. But I see a disturbing trend with the critique of Allen. Not that he needs to read defenses better, we all agree there. But the disturbing thing is we expect it to all be on Allen and not place expectations on his receivers to sometimes make a play. We see receivers on other teams make great plays on the ball all the time and we don’t criticize their QB for messing up, do we? No. Aleen has plenty of things to work on, but on this one play he put it on the money and DiMarco has to make a play. He didn’t. Question: if it had been a WR he threw to there and not a FB would it change your opinion of the play?

It’s not insane. Why is it insane? Throws it on the money to a guy that should have caught the ball. He panicked? Bull. You can take any incompletion in any game and pick it to death about who a QB should or should not have thrown to.

You can carp and complain all you want but one thing remains true: if DiMarco times his jump just a fraction earlier the pass is complete. Allen put it where he could catch it and he had position on both of the defenders. Not to say Allen's progress won't come primarily from reading coverages -we all get that. But this play was more on DiMarco and not Allen. When Qbs takes shots down the field, the criticism is that he should have checked down. When they check down, the criticism is to take shots down the field and let someone try to make a play. Hysterical.

Well played

God help them

Good article. I would agree with the author that Allen’s improvement needs to be on the mental and not physical side. Reading defenses is the key for him as far as continued development. As for his rookie season, I believe Beane has publicly stated they made a mistake not bringing in a vet like Anderson after they traded McCarron. Peterman beat out McCarron; one of the great mysteries of the Beane/ McD regime is how Peterman could look so good in preseason and then so terrible in real games and why they kept faith in him for so long..

First drop the apologies horsecrap. Second, I think the above description fit his first year better but he improved in all these areas his second year.