oldmanfan

Oh, of course the other guys have excuses. You apparently didn’t read my OP. His 4th quarter play tells us he can do it. Free the reins and let him play the first 3 quarters like he does the fourth quarters. Except for yesterday, where he and everybody else in the team stunk.

I think his growth would be enhanced by loosening the reins, but I see your point.

I'm not necessarily talking about running, although it works for Jackson. I'm talking about game management, play calls, etc. I see a kid that in the fourth quarter has been very effective throwing the ball. And I see no reason why that can't translate to the entire game, if they would just loosen the reins. How he has played in the fourth quarter of games tells me that. He'll screw up some calls, sure.

I would love to be a fly on the wall in the offense meeting room. I really wonder what goes on between the coaches and Josh Allen. I'd love to know if, for example, they are asking him what plays he likes in the game plan, what plays he wants thrown out. I'd love to know how much freedom he has in terms of checking to audibles. I say let Josh be Josh. Give him the keys to the car and let him drive. Give him freedom to change plays at the line of scrimmage and so on. If you look at his fourth quarter heroics (before yesterday, which just stunk across the board), Josh has done well. When you do well in the fourth quarter it tells me the QB can make good decisions and good plays, make good reads and throws. Some have commented that he looks tentative the last couple games, and I agree. Let him play football.

You don't think they understand that? Don't be silly. He got hit. He fumbled. It happens whether we like it or not.

The fourth quarter comebacks before yesterday, the highest QB rating in the fourth quarter before yesterday. Those were not "nothing".

I think Moose Johnson said yesterday that only about 5% of throws, if that, are the long throws. Allen has struggled with them but I don't think 1 in 20 throw is affecting the offense that much. I am mystified by two things: 1. Not using Singletary earlier in games 2. Seemingly abandoning the shorter route trees, crossing patterns, using Beasley as the possession guy, etc. That was working early in the year, and we've gotten away from it.

No. I challenge dumb posts when I see them.

It’s dumb

DNA is from parents. McD and Beane have different DNA than , say, Buster Ramsey and Harvey Johnson, or any other former HC and GM you'd care to name. Thus, your thesis is ridiculous.

The defense has played well all year. They got handled yesterday. Allen has played well in fourth quarters, but needs to be more consistent. Are there issues? Sure. My first question is why Singletary doesn't see the field in the first half. My second question is what happened to the short passing game that was working well. But to take one bad game yesterday and inflate it into some crap about how they won't win another game and the coach will get fired is just ridiculous and wishful thinking by a guy around here that gnaws on this like some puppy with a chew toy.

The season won't end that way. You're being ridiculous because they had one bad game.

Yeah I looked at the individual plays. Like I said I hope you’reright.

The entire team played poorly yesterday

Well, I hope you're right, because thing like gap responsibilities can be corrected. I'm not convinced of your premise based on the box score. But I think McD has shown he can get the team to refocus and come back with a good performance after poor ones, so I expect to see a good effort and victory next Sunday.

They win Sunday. McD has shown he can hold his team together and have them ready to play after disappointing performances. And in all likelihood thy play against a rookie QB in his I think first start?

They succeeded in the run game yesterday because they physically manhandled the Bills front 7. Scheming may have helped some but they were just physically more dominant.

Maybe. But they have to use him more than they're using him now.

Yes they do. But they aren't putting Singletary on the field enough. You want to make a trade that would hep immediately, see what the Bengals would want for Atkins

Very reminiscent of last year's Colt's game. They found a run that worked and just kept pounding away. Calls into question the ability of the DC to adjust. Although if you have guys just getting beat physically I'm not sure how much adjustments would help.

Gap control is done primarily by your D linemen. Face it, their lines physically dominated our lines. It's that simple. Yes, Edmunds needs to read plays better so he hits the right space. But their O line dominated the second half, and their D line threw guys from our O line around like rag dolls.

Let's have some realistic conversation around here.

Maybe. But let’s face it. They got their butts handed to them- got outcoached, got manhandled up front, got lackluster performances from most players. These kinds of games happen from time time to time, but they have things to fix before next week.

You specifically brought up sample size and regression to the mean. Why? Allen and the whole team had a tough day today. The kid is getting it though. You don’t perform as well as he has this season in fourth quarters and suck, as you put it. That’s why I think they need to take the chains off and let him play from the opening whistle.

Sorry but untrue. His accuracy has been better this year. Today was a struggle to be sure, but the whole team and especially the lines were terrible today