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I agree that one half against the Ravens wouldn't have made a difference. It was the Summer of lost reps with the 1st team that's made the difference.

Why? Are you stalking me? I think he plays.

And which of those QBs do you think would have held onto the starting job more than a few weeks? I think Bridgewater and possibly Fitz are the only 2 guys on that list who could have maintained some semblance of competence at the QB position with the team surrounding them needed to hold onto the starting job. Remember, whether it'd be they're fault or not, there's tons of pressure sitting on the bench behind them. Just look at what that pressure did to Bradford, Taylor and Fitz early this year.

That's fine. I can see, and even agree with that point. But what "real QB" are you talking about who wouldn't have been relatively quickly unseated by Allen? Cousins seems about the only QB who might have come in and held the reins for the entire year. Bradford got benched in Arizona. McCown & Bridgewater couldn't beat out Darnold, who hasn't looked very good. Keenum in Denver looks pretty awful. And obviously Taylor got benched in Cleveland, though I think he might have lasted a little longer as the starter. So, other than forking out $100 million for Cousins as your "real QB" option and drafting Allen--a situation that will never happen for any NFL team--who is your "real QB?" Are you now thus conceding that even bothering with a QB competition between Allen, McCarron, and Peterman was an absolute joke?

Except that I was saying Allen would (and should) have been our starter since the end of May. May 21st, actually. That day, before the QB competition was even really underway, I said: Allen is obviously the choice of this regime long term. Beane has questioned publicly the media perception of Allen as "raw." Dabol said he has a plan for him and was said to be on him like white on rice all rookie minicamp. It just feels inevitable that the most talented QB who's already the Apple of McBeane's Eyes will win the starting job against one scrub with a noodle arm and one QB with some potential, 4 years on the bench and a handful of quality NFL starts, but also a guy who made it through the 1st wave of Free Agency before Beane finally settling on him. The physical ability is there. The smarts are there. The experience under center is there. The work ethic is there. Unfortunately, I vastly overestimated McDermott's ability to evaluate QBs and learn from his previous mistakes... AKA: THE 2017 CHARGERS GAME!!!

oooooohhhhhhhh.... well that's interesting. Allen or Barkley it is!!!

Friendly wager. Loser doesn't post here during the entire upcoming bye week. You bet Nate starts. I bet he doesn't. Deal?

He won't even commit to Peterman if Allen can't play. That's a change from earlier this week. Barkley must be close. Get ready for Peterman to be cut during the bye

Because "limited" could very well just be a title. How often has Brady been listed as "limited" in practice? You really think he's losing a lotta practice reps on those days?

Sure sounds like Allen's gonna start.

I put limited in quotes because I don't think he's going to actually be limited. It's just a title for the sake of a competitive advantage, like "questionable" will be. Remember, the media can't watch the team portion of practice. I'm sure Allen took most/all of the 1st team reps today just like he will tomorrow.

He'll be "limited" again tomorrow and then "questionable" for Sunday. Then on Sunday, he starts.

I think Allen is going to start Sunday. Sounds like he's taking more and more reps and has more of a role in the offense now... especially with what Pryor has said about him. Peterman just isn't an option at this point. I think McDermott is hoping Barkley can get up to speed this week if worst comes to worst. But in the end, Allen practiced yesterday and practiced more today. So no setbacks. Allen starts Sunday

Where are you getting that this was a grade 2 sprain and not a grade 1 sprain?

How do you know he's not 100% healthy? How do you know that he risks making his UCL worse? Are you a doctor?

He's not a full go today for a team with the MOST CONSERVATIVE COACH IN THE NFL!!! You have no clue as to whether this was a case of McDermott, hearing from the doctors, that Allen is now healthy and doesn't risk injuring his UCL further, but deciding to continue to ease Allen back into throwing in order to see how he feels day by day. OR If this is team doctors saying he's still iffy and this is part of the rehab and recovery. If it's the former, Allen should start Sunday. If it's the latter, he shouldn't. You're clearly assuming it's the latter, and I don't know why. McDermott is a fantastic defensive coach, but he makes extremely head-scratching and often uber conservative decisions based on the QB position.

Whoop whoop!!!

If he is healthy and If he does not risk making the injury he sustained worse YOU START HIM!!! He needs the experience. And it's pointless to keep him on the bench if he doesn't risk further injury to his UCL, especially if Anderson is still ruled out.

What timing!!! Allen being limited is a great sign, but McDermott always errs extra on the side of caution, so maybe not...?

Sooo... shouldn't his PC be going now??? The only interesting thing will be Allen's status. Dear God I hope he's good to go.

This is an excellent post

No, we never should have brought AJ in as our vet/mentor QB. Trading Taylor before FA started without a viable replacement was mistake #1. Then mistake #2 was sitting on our hands as vet QBs with significant starting experience like Bradford, Bridgewater, McCown, Keenum, and Cousins were all snatched up KNOWING (as we can pretty much see noe that they did) that the plan was going to be to sit our rookie and let him learn from our vet was McBeane's dumbest mistake, and it now looks possible it could get one or both fired. And then they compounded the issue by trading McCarron without immediately bringing Anderson in. Mistake #3. Naming Peterman the starting QB. Mistake #4. And that's just offseason mistakes. Except that while Peterman's stats looked great in the preseason AND he looked fine doing what he was asked to do, he wasn't really making the challenging NFL throws he'd have to make during the regular season. Allen was. Players understand they aren't evaluated by stats, otherwise guys like Rod Streater and Brandon Reilly would be on the team. One of the biggest differences in the preseason was that Allen's stats suffered because his WRs couldn't catch while Peterman's stats were buoyed by defenders who couldn't catch...

Ummm... What???? https://www.google.com/amp/s/247sports.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/Bolt/Wonderlic-scores-revealed-for-top-quarterback-prospects-in-2018-NFL-Draft-116830596/Amp/