oldmanfan

Perhaps you missed the part about unless a guy gets hurt. Only time he changed other than that was Peterman. News flash: just because you think you're the smartest kid in the room does not mean you're the smartest kid in the room.

The HC says he's the starter. Starters start. Unless they're hurt. Simple.

Allen starts for one simple reason: he's the starting QB for the team.

Five years from now innovative defensive minds will have figured out they need to have 11 guys that can cover and blitz from any spot on the field. The large defensive linemen who anchor will be relics. Guys like Milano and Edmunds will be worth their weight in gold. And then offenses will have to figure out how to adjust. Probably by going back to pounding the ball.

Don't have to be either O or D oriented to be a good HC as many have pointed out. Just need a good OC. Marv had Ted.

If it's OK with the OP I think I'll still watch the game.

He didn't play well. He got cut. Water is wet. And so on.

They are not varying, nor should they be. Successful organizations don't change their plan at the drop of a hat. They have a multiyear plan, and they need to see if it succeeds. If it does then they're heroes, if not they lose their jobs. As it should be.

Peterman wasn't good enough. Neither was Taylor. Nothing to do with skin color. And the article referred to in the OP is written by a guy who has made racial issues the center of his existence; everything to him is racially motivated.

That's just un-American

Go watch the Texans game carefully. Allen was doing fine till he got hurt. And calm down; this is not global war we're talking about. It's a football team.

why?

You're our hero. We bow down to you. One question though. Given your brilliance shouldn't you have a job in the league?

Good? No. Improving? Yes.

None of us have a clue what goes on behind the scenes. Was he working hard trying to assimilate the playbook? Staying after at practice to get reps? They had a couple young WRs show something Sunday, and a vet in Pryor that didn't.

Feel bad for the kid but the right move

I think there's a whole lot of GMs in the league that are going to ask whether this guy is worth anything near what he wants to get paid. Methinks the young man just cost himself a pile of cash.

I think some of it is the ups and downs of life in the NFL. Jets are way down; hard for them to play well under their set of circumstances. Some of it was having a QB that operated the game plan well, although I don't expect that same Barkley every week, if he continues to start. Some of it was the development and progression of the young guys on the team. It takes time for younger guys to figure it out. Some of that wait time is shorter; for example Tiller came in after watching and learning for a little more than half a season and looked quite good. Milano is a force on D, took him a season or so to get it. Lawson it took several years; he was a force yesterday. Zay is starting to get it. When you have young guys like that it's great to see what happens when the lights get turned on, but often the light fades at times and you get clunky performances. Longer you play, hopefully the longer the light stays on. And the last part is coaching and management. Beane and his boys keep scouring the waiver wise, and they pick up this kid Isacc whomever and he looked pretty good. Foster obviously showed up, and that after spending some time on the practice squad figuring things out. Doesn't mean they'll do this every game of course, but you have to give credit to Beane and his staff, and McD and his, for recognizing they needed more speed on the offensive side, and taking the steps necessary to answer that issue. Hopefully that becomes a longer term answer. And of course bringing Barkley on board, although again could of course be a one hit wonder, this hit being a grand slam. You have to give McD credit as well for going on the road and getting his team geared up to play the game they played. Reports are that Jets ownership was apoplectic as to how our team look so fired up and the Jets looked moribund. One of my favorite sayings, not only about the NFL but life in general (especially in our country today) is people only see black and white in a world of grays. The last two weeks, it was all black: fire this guy, fire that guy, this guy stinks, the owner is incompetent, they have no idea how to manage the QB spot, and so on. Today it's all white: thinking about whether Barkley is our long term answer, maybe we make the playoffs, and so on. In reality it is a world of grays. They played well as a team yesterday, time for enjoyment of course but not cause for dreams of a resurgent QB, or playoffs, much like the struggles for a couple weeks did not mean the team is hopeless and everyone should be cut or fired. A nice shade of grey yesterday. Very light gray, with patches of white. A very enjoyable landscape. Let's hope that pattern holds for a while.

Just shut up. For God's sakes just shut up already. Who else could start? Milano, Edmunds, Johnson, Jones as a# 3 receiver, Tiller given the poor state of many O lines. Dawkins. You've reached a new level of pathetic.

Still need a better quality center and LG.

Just wanted to circle back. I enjoyed it very much. Hope you did too.

Thanks and much respect to all the vets out there

I do not defend them at every turn as any cursory reading of posts would tell you. Your act is old and tired.

If they do they'll deserve it

Absolutely. Groy was a big disappointment. I expect picks and FAs up front. Perhaps a new O line coach.