oldmanfan

No he wasn’t. You’re being absurd now. Quit looking for negatives that aren’t there.

Liked how he went through his progressions, how he threw the ball away when appropriate. Threw a couple into coverage that luckily weren’t picked. Can’t recall a single truly inaccurate throw. And obviously the moxie in the comeback. He’s getting there.

In a word, this is ridiculous. Like any young WB he has things to learn and a couple throws to take back. But to say he was inaccurate just pretty much shows an ignorance of the definition of that word. Even the potential picks the ball was right there. He still needs to make his reads quicker and get the ball out sooner, but you could see him do much better in his progressions and the vast, vast majority of his throws were right there.

Pick anybody on defense.

Yep I was the first to sign in. Josh had some bad breaks, made a couple I’ll advised throws, but came up big when it counted. It’s going to be a lot of fun watching this kid. And the inaccuracy folks? Stick it.

Great effort

Here I am

Everyone can shut up now.

Bad luck thus far. We keep playing like this and get some run game going we’ll be fine.

Throwing an out and the guy made a good play.

Great play by Oliver

Defensive player made a good play on the deflection

One fumble is in Josh. The other turnovers aren’t

Our D is shutting them down. Our offense is playing OK. But we have to mix things up more

Clean up the mistakes. We’re beating them if we don’t beat ourselves.

Risky to a wide open receiver. Mods, do something about this crap.

The next CBA negotiation is going to be something. I’m expecting a lost season.

If it gets to the NBA level where players gang up to form super teams I think fans will be unhappy. Particularly the smaller markets.

It could set a terrible precedent. Hard to tell right now since Brown is such a narcissist. But if you see several players do the same next year it will be really bad for the league.

They have had one season each. Not enough data to make this statement

So what? Go kick their ass anyway.

I hope he gets blackballed

I think Beasley alone gets him there presuming he uses him, as he did in preseason. All young QBs do. I am trying to figure out when the idea of a young QB learning was replaced by having a young QB having to be what he’ll be within a year or two. The only rookie QB I can remember ever walking in and being really, really good was Marino. The list of guys that would be discarded today is crazy. Guys like Bradshaw, Aikman, Young, Brees and so on.

I’ve gone through the math before and will do so again here. Let’s say Allen throws 30 passes in a game. A 52% rate is 15.4 catches and a 60% is 18 catches. So 2-3 incompletions have to turn into completions. Now does that reallly seem that impossible? Really? Just getting rid of Benjamin and his drops get you close probably. Not having to throw one ball away with a better O line vs. running for your life gets you there. Having Beasley running his routes gets you there. It is so tiresome to keep reading about how he’ll never be accurate as accuracy has little to do with completion percentage. It is so tiresome to keep reading that he has never done that in high school and college since it says nothing about the style of offense he ran or that his high school career has a tinker’s damn worth of relevance to the NFL. I am not transfixed on what his numbers will be or not be this year. In a second year QB I want to see the game slow down. I want to see his decision making evolve, see him go through progressions quicker, go to his safety valve and take the easier throw more. If he does that his numbers will look better. Putting some artificial limit on what we have to see is meaningless.

There is not one player in the league with some God given right to play in the NFL. Why teams put up with this crap is beyond me. Indefinite suspension, and I wouldn't pay him another dime.