oldmanfan

Dump her right now. And find a real Bills fan. Speaking of which, I have a single daughter that is a rabid fan, as well as a couple eligible nieces that are equally obsessed. If you're independently wealthy I'd consider setting you up.

You want Allen to flame out horrifically. That's just great.

Seems like a plausible guess. Might see a few changes based on camp performance The only shocker would be Shady. If the young kid shows up big maybe Shady gets moved.

Several folks around here have evaluated him pass by pass. Data are somewhat different, and some of that is confirmation bias. I did the last two games and his accuracy was fine. The precision, or what some would call ball placement, can be improved. You can be very accurate, put the ball well within the receiver's catch radius. But if you have it six inches behind him vs. six inches ahead it can make a difference as to whether the DB brings him diwn for no gain vs. having significant YAC. Allen can stand to improve precision especially on short throws. On completion percentage, if 60% is the standard, and we assume he throws 25 balls a game as an average, it's around 2 completions a game to get him from 52% to 60%. Getting rid of Benjamin and Clay takes care of that all by itself.

When we drafted Spiller Lynch and his agent told Buddy he would leave in Greer agency. So they got what they could for him. His bad acts only helped making that decision.

As regards Dareus your highest paid player can't be your worst attitude player. So they got rid of him.

I agree. We should look towards the future.

You make an interesting point about my looking back, and a valid one. But the way you do so and I do so are completely different. I do so to show that ultimately it matters not what happened 40 years ago; that one can still remain optimistic about the current set of circumstances. You use it to somehow suggest that things will be the same, despite the fact that we have a completely new set of owners, front office personnel, coaches, players, and so on. Your thought process in forming that opinion is illogical in assuming any of the previous years , save the last two, have any bearing on the current status of the team. Also, your thought about you deserving more because of paying taxes in terms of team success seems misplaced. You have gotten entertainment. You have gotten to watch NFL football. That is what your ticket price gets you. No more, no less. I will try to refrain from personal insults. I have been hard on you, and I'll try to refrain from anything personal and address your opinions specifically. I hope you can do the same.

Bingo

They only lucked into it is the primary one, ignoring that they put themselves into position to get in with a Ravens loss.

Maybe not a bad thing but there are certainly folks here that are negative about it

Like all young QBs Allen needs experience so the game slows down, so that he can make good pre and post snap reads. Having a year in the offense and having Dorsey with him should help. Having a better O line especially Morse to make line calls should help. Comparisons to Wyoming aren't worth much because you don't know what he was or wasn't asked to do in that offense. Allen has work to do. Clearly. He needs to improve on reads, needs better ball placement or precision in his throws (not accuracy per se as I've already gone over numerous times) especially on short throws. Knowing his reads better would help there. He brings positives too including his arm strength and running ability. It will be fun to watch him over the next several years. He reminds me of a young Big Ben. Big Ben his rookie year wasn't asked to do much and gradually ramped up with experience. Hopefully Allen shows the same kind of growth.

Another guy that could sneak up is Siron Neal.

Some don't want facts to obscure their opinions.

Ok. Whatever. This is getting tiresome. You guys go ahead and be skeptical and pessimistic if you want. For me, as one who has seen a helluva lot worse Bills teams since beginning my fandom in 1960, I look forward to seeing how some of these young guys do, and unlike some I don't assume the worst case scenario.

As I said to another individual today, go ahead and wallow in your misery then. Everybody ***** about not ever having a franchise like QB since Kelly, and they draft Allen. Do we know what he'll be yet? No. But he has the physical talent. They upgraded the WR and O line spots, you even say that here. They added to the DBs, the young MLB has a second season to grow into the position. They had had some things to address from last year and addressed them. Not only the above but got rid of ineffective O line and ST coaches, brought in an All Pro return guy, and so on. There's not one thing they didn't try to address this offseason. In your world none of that matters I guess. (Cue the show me the baby line or how how they haven't changed in 50 years -you choose).

On a completely different topic just to lighten the mood, for those watching the Open, can we get someone to strangle the guy that keeps yelling Baba Booey?

For quite a while I thought the age of great QB play would be done, what with the single read offenses and such. The last couple years tell me how wrong I was.

That is on the short list for worst game in league history

I wanted Watson. Mahomes had a lot of questions with respect to his footwork, the fact that he came out of a one read spread offense, and such. No one admits that now, of course.

No you don't. They're illogical and make no sense most of the time but you're entitled to them, just as I and others are entitled to point out how ridiculous you get. By the way I have posted that they mismanaged the QB situation, and that I give credit to Beane for acknowledging that. On more than one occasion last year I said the problem was they didn't bring a vet like Anderson in earlier. But, as is normal with you, facts are difficult for you to grasp.

Yep. I offer mine in response to yours.

It's tough to pare it down to 5 games, but also kind of fun. Brought back fun memories.

I hope you can be more optimistic after camp.

Why think they will? Why slant your thinking in that direction? Allen has some experience now. O line is retooled. Defense looks good.