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I actually agree with the premise of what he's saying, because he's saying that people shouldn't discourage Allen from scrambling. 100% agree with that. Allen is most effective as a runner when he scrambles. He's less effective on designed runs. I wish we would cut designed runs out of the offense altogether except for 3rd or 4th and short yardage plays where he's a beast. Allen is a much better scrambler after passing plays break down than a designed runner. Keep him scrambling. Stop the designed runs.

Great stuff man! Been saying that I don't think missing the deep ball so much this year is such a big deal because he's been money on these intermediate throws you're referring to. These are the chain movers. These are those big 3rd and long plays we see Allen connect on so often. He'll improve on the deep ball with time. I don't think he'll ever be a great deep ball passer because he doesn't seem like the natural deep passer Mahomes or Wilson are. But that doesn't mean that much to me if he can continue to improve as an intermediate passer and can become Elite in that range.

Holy cow! Whodda thunk that'd happen

Because I still have hope for all of you

Keep being misinformed by your alternative news with their alternative facts.

Just checking in if this place is still nuts for Trump. Yep. Yep you are. I'd be sad about it if it weren't so pathetic. Pretty clear Republicans are just desperately moving goalposts and attacking the credibility of highly credible witnesses rather than giving 2 ishes about the Country. Wasn't Volker the guy who was supposed to flip Democratic arguments on their heads? Afternoon witnesses were supposed to be Republican counter arguments, instead, they amend their previous closed door depositions in real time. Good GAWD people... are you watching??? Are you just lying to yourself that what you're seeing DOESN'T make Trump look horribly corrupt???? Regardless of what the spineless McConnell manipulates his Senate to do in order to not impeach Trump, the country is going to be so damn frustrated such overt and blatant corruption was overlooked, they'll just vote the idiot out of office in less than a year. And McConnell better be careful because that frustration might very well spill over into his own branch and the entire legislative and executive branch could turn blue. Maybe he should view his own state's most recent Republican embarrassment in the Governor's race as a warning.

Dude... have you been a Bills fan for the last couple decades? Being able to optimistically talk about tiebreakers as we enter the back half of November is a GOOD thing. Let people enjoy it.

Why? It's mid November. This is the perfect time to start discussing tiebreakers.

Okay, that's fine, but what if the Bills make it into the playoffs at 10-6 and Allen plays like he did against Miami 2 or 3 more times against teams like the Broncos, Steelers and Jets but doesn't play nearly that well against the Patriots, Cowboys, and Ravens? Or what if he has 1 game like he did against Miami vs. the Patriots, Cowboys or Ravens and we win that game, but then also has another game like the game he played against the Patriots and we lose? At some point I think people can just acknowledge that Allen is an improving QB and that while we scrutinize his play on a week by week basis, he's going to have bad games even if he elevates himself into a top 10 QB.

Well that poster said we should throw out all of Allen's other games and only consider his next 5 games. Thus, it was a dumb post.

To say that 10 regular season games have 0% meaning and 6 regular season games have 100% meaning is sheer stupidity. That shouldn't need an explanation.

No. He's getting better as a passer. Keep allowing him to pass so he can keep getting better.

You seem frighteningly gleeful about this.

I agree with you. But I left it out because the complaints are regarding Allen as a passer. As a runner, Allen leads the NFL in TDs and is 3rd in rushing yardage. He has 20 TDs and 10 turnovers. That's a vast improvement over last year when he had 18 TDs and 20 turnovers through one more game.

This is dumb

You're thinking air yards. Allen threw the ball, on average, farther than any other QB on average last year. I think it was like 11 yards per throw or something, which was a full yard more than the next highest QB. But he wasn't completing a bunch of those, which was why his YPA--which is a simple formula of total yards divided by total pass attempts--was lower. Yes. After his first 4 games, his stats have dramatically improved. It'd be a curious exercise to see where Allen ranks as a passer across the NFL if you just took every QB's last 6 games.

This comparison, I realize, is as Rodgers and Cousins are finishing up their battle with now just2 minutes remaining... in most cases statistically those 2 are set in stone ahead or behind Allen... and honestl, with Allen probably resting week 17, this moment should've a good snapshot for fans of his improvements or lack thereof: QB Passing attempts 2018: 30th 2019 : 18th QB passing yards per game minimum 150 attempts 2018: 35th 2019: 29th QB Passing TDs 2018: 32nd 2019: 18th (TIE with Carr & Tannehill) QB TD % 2018: 31st 2019: 18th (TIE with Ryan & Darnold) QB INT % 2018: 32nd 2019: 16th (TIE with Murray & Prescott) QB Completion % 2018: 33rd 2019: 32nd (6% higher than last yea, though) QB YPA 2018: 32nd 2019: 25th (TIED with Kyle Allen & Murray) QB ANY/A 2018: 32nd 2019: 22nd Sack % 2018: 26th 2019: 20th QB Passer Rating 2018: 32nd 2019: 22nd Those are just his passing stats of course. No, he did not pop into the top half or top 10 of the league. As I know many are aware, I thought he would. I was wrong and can accept that. Already have a couple bets I'll pay up on. But we've clearly seen some legitimate improvements in Allen as a passer this offseason. I don't know how anyone could argue against that. Aside from rankings, the raw improvements individually for him are striking--he may have only gone from 33 to 27th in completion percentage, but going from 52.8% to 61.5% is a huge jump. And there's also, of course, his running stats compared with other QBs QB rushing yards 2018: 2nd 2019: 3rd QB rushing TDs 2018: 1st 2019: 1st QB Total TDs 2018: 25th 2019: 5th ( TIE with Prescott)

From Fairburn in The Athletic: Stats that matter 78.6 That’s the percentage of John Brown’s reception that have resulted in a first down. Of players who have at least two catches per game, that ranks ninth in the NFL. Brown may not be the prototypical No. 1 receiver, but he’s producing like one this season. If he keeps performing at this pace, he has a chance to best Eric Moulds’ single-season franchise record of 1,368 receiving yards. With 817 yards through 10 games, Brown should at least become Buffalo’s first 1,200-yard receiver since Lee Evans in 2006. Sunday was Brown’s best game yet, as he put up 137 yards and two touchdowns.

Awesome enlightening video. Thanks for posting!

This!!! I was so damn frustrated against the Browns that we weren't blitzing Mayfield. Glad Frazier flipped that against Miami. I hope that keeps up. Our front 4 just aren't good enough to consistently get pressure on the QB... and I think it's time to switch Lawson in for Murphy in the starting lineup.

Well... players sure seem to be playing hard for him. I can't even call Sunday a trap game because the Broncos are a lot better than their 3-7 record.

Yes. He's earned it.

Yikes!!! Didn't realize this was the very last post before today's game.

Yes I completely agree, but if the effect of reeling him in a little bit over the 1st half of the season to then unleash him in the 2nd half hoping some of the underlying value of protecting the football remains ingrained in him, I'm good with it. But need to see if this continues.

It's not just today, though. In the last 6 games since the NE game Allen has 10 passing TDs, 1 INT along with 4 rushing TDs and 1 lost fumble. So in 6 games, Allen has accounted for 14 TDs and 2 Turnovers.