oldmanfan

You might want to look back at some threads addressing this. Those who did do a game by game analysis saw his accuracy was Ok. His ball placement or precision needs to be better especially on short throws. I would differ with the concept that accuracy cannot be taught. Continual practice on fundamentals of and repetitive physical activity whether it be throwing a football, throwing darts, a golf swing can be improved by proper practice of fundamentals.

The differential was skewed by a couple games where they got blown out. The NFL measures success and failure by wins and losses, not point differentials. That said, the blowouts need to stop because it's more a reflection on coaching ability and ability to make in game corrections.

Would you accept a team like, say, the 85 Bears that won with a dominant defense, or the Broncos recently that won with a severely depleted Peyton? Would that be an acceptable outcome? Because I'd hate to think that we would have to win a SB only in an acceptable fashion to celebrate.

It's striking, isn't it?

Cheap shot.

6-10 isn't a disaster. Disappointing but understandable breaking in a rookieQB. Your hyperbole gets ridiculous. You want disaster call a Giants fan.

Agreed

I see your point here. I think Mahomes is very good, better than the vast majority thought he'd be. It does help to have talent around him. Allen had a decent rookie season, and they have addressed the O line and brought some new receivers in to help support him. At the same time Mahomes has lost a couple guys that were integral the the Chiefs offense. Should be an interesting season for both. I expect Mahomes may fall off a bit, and Allen should improve somewhat.

Yet.

Can't wait

It's stunning how many people get sucked into this. The girl's swim team at our local high school has won the state championship for over 30 years straight - set a national record for consecutive championships. They start recruiting kids in preschool to join the swim club - 3 hours a day minimum. My daughter swam when she was that age, and at 6 she was swimming relays with 10 year olds; she would beat kids her age in breaststroke by more that half of the length of the pool. And I was aggressively pursued by other parents, coaches, etc. Insane. My sister in law is a strength coach and was the women's coach at a Big Ten school. She'll tell you two things about this phenomenon of kids being forced into a sport so early. One, they are in shape for their specific sport by are in terrible general condition. Second, most all of them can't stand their sport by then; they're burned out.

It's the intensity and the more widespread nature now. It used to be we'd all play a different sport each season. Now you have parents being told their grade school kid has to focus on one sport, be on travel teams, etc. to have a shot and parents get sucked into it. When my daughter was in first grade playing T-ball another 6 year old missed a game because she was on a travel team. That's right - a travel team for 6 year olds playing T ball.

My wife is a college couselor. It is astounding how many parents think their kid is going to get a free ride through college, and how many get ramrodded into a specific sport even in preschool.

Here here! Well stated.

Because. It's a new year and we have two very promising leaders on each side of the ball.

Wasn't that also the year their defense played lights out?

Denison was OC in 17. Daboll last year and this coming year. The QBs in 17 vs. 18/19 are different. New O line coach this year vs. the last two. And so on. What are you talking about?

And got them to the playoffs for the first time in17 years.

Yes

I was just looking back through some stuff on NFL.com. Week 17 Allen was offensive player of the week and Edmunds was defensive rookie of the month for December. Hope the two young leaders carry that type of performance through this coming season.

Draft no. Season yes. So now we have to take scheduling into consideration? How many Mahomes wins were against bad teams? And you want to throw the doddering insult around, either grow up or name the place.

Yes he did. They got 6 wins last year. They got 9 the year before and made the playoffs. Do you realize that? So now it's point differential that counts in your world? Ok.

The four wins you mention have one thing in common: they were wins. And led the team to the playoffs. Should we break down Reid and Mahomes wins based on quality of competition now?

Here's the deal on the latest arguments in this thread: 1. Lynn has done a good job with the Chargers. That does not mean McD has done a poor job in Buffalo. Believe it or not, two coaches can actually do a good job at the same time. 2. Mahomes looked great last year. Now go find someone who can copy a post from before the 2017 draft that predicted he would be that good his second year. There were concerns about his footwork and his coming out of a single read offense that had never sent a guy to the NFL that had any success. Every team in the league missed out, because if teams thought he'd be that good everyone would have tried to move up to get him. 3. Everyone posting on this board knows that the Bills have improvements to make. Allen is a young guy that needs to continue development, Edmunds the same. McD as a young HC the same. Everyone gets that. Everyone. 4. The Buffalo Bills of 2019 have a HC and GM going into their third year. Despite all attempts to link them to past regimes, or the owners to past ownership, such attempts are bogus and without any logic. They are carrying out their plan. The first year of the plan focused on the D and starting to get the guys they wanted in place and moving out the guys they didn't. And they made the playoffs: Let me repeat that: they made the playoffs. Playoffs. They made the playoffs. The second year was getting the future leaders for their O and D in the draft. This year is about upgrading the O to protect the young QB and give him more weapons. 5. No one yet knows how well the plan will go, no one knows yet how great the young guys will or will not be. No one knows if the plan will come to fruition or not. Most I think would agree that if the plan does not come to fruition then a new HC and/or GM will be sought although the time required to grade that is debated. But if they succeed then one can only hope that credit for that is given by all, and not just attributed to luck or whatever. That should cover it.

Playoffs first year. Amazing how that slips right by you every time.