transplantbillsfan

Do us all a favor and start ignoring 26CB. This massive crusade you have against him is so annoying.

225 yards. 2 TDs. 1 INT. Shady rushes for most yards this season. Most importantly... W

The thing that didn't make sense was trading McCarron and starting Peterman. Actually, just going into the Summer with a talented but raw rookie, a 2nd year 5th round QB who had thrown 1 pick in nearly every 9 attempts in his 1st year, and a 5th year QB who had 5 career NFL starts and couldn't beat out Andy Dalton didn't make sense. There was a reason I said Allen was the most likely starting QB to start week 1... I gave McDermott too much credit on QB evaluation... didn't realize a preseason mirage like Peterman could so stupefy him... so much so that he'd think Peterman was so good that a vet QB--even one with a mere 5 games experience--was expendable. Sheesh, even Rex in 2015 at least had a better QB room from the start. At this point, McDermott has dug a pretty serious grave this year... some knee jerk reactions are necessary... in addition to the ones he's already succumbed to.

This thread is now just weirdly off topic

What absolutely everyone should know by now as Bills fans from the 2015, 2017 and 2018 preseason is that fans and, unfortunately, coaches (at least McDermott in 2018) do a piss poor job assessing the QB position in those games. Peterman threw more than an almost-pick-6 per game in every single game in the preseason... it's the same basic NFL throw that he can't make. If our coaches were smart in assessing QBs, they wouldn't have been fooled by the preseason Peterman mirage. When I said all offseason Allen was most likely to be the starter, it was because Allen was simply more talented than McCarron and we invested so much in him and McCarron simply wasn't all that experienced to give him some kind of massive advantage. I didn't give Peterman a shot because I didn't think McDermott would be so foolish. I was wrong.

Watched his PC and really liked the guy. Here's hoping the player on the field is half as likable

Ummmm... are you seriously implying Peterman should start?! Did you get hit in the head a lot or something as a kid?

Pssshhhh... Let's see if our Head Coach even chooses to start him this week

No. With our defense we will win a MINIMUM of 6 games. I think we still win on Sunday, too... assuming McDermott starts Anderson, which unfortunately isn't a given. Allen is on his way back within a month or so. I wouldn't be super upset if we waited til after the bye to bring him back. Let him grow and learn watching a vet QB prepare and play and try to learn from it. I'm still thinking playoffs

This was going to be about slow growth. We all knew that. This team has already seemed to exceed expectations in a lot of ways nationally and I think if Allen finished that game, we'd be 3-3 and that would have made absolutely anyone happy at this point based on the schedule. My biggest disappointment has been Daboll. I think there's a way to properly develop a QB while still allowing him to throw, primarily quick timing patterns and play action bombs. Other than the Minnesota game, I think Daboll has done a poor job there. But I'm also okay with Josh taking a seat for the next month or so. I think he can learn for a bit from Anderson while on the bench. But yeah, I don't get the folks thinking he was supposed to look like a HOFer right away.

First of all, you're doing an incredible job ignoring me. Second of all, there are 2 different types of threads when it all boils down to it on this board, those presenting news for discussion and those presenting opinions for discussion. Much like the Shady allegations thread over the Summer (which reached nearly 200 pages), some of us jump into those threads for the news first and discussion 2nd since we generally stay away from Twitter. So jumping to the first post and seeing updated news from a poster graciously editing the OP (which takes all of 5 seconds--click link of update, copy link, paste in OP) would be very helpful and eternally appreciated from those of us who instead click on page 13 to see where the most recent Twitter update is and find talk of Allen missing all of 2019. Yolo doesn't have to do it. It was a request. And I don't think I was being nearly the petulant child you're making me out to be by asking. Third of all, stop being such a petulant child.

Yolo, I really appreciate the work you do here, but I think it would be helpful to update your 1st post with links so that poor posters who come here for both news and chatter don't have to look through the most recent 8 hours of conversation where people are saying Allen is likely to have Tommy John's surgery and will miss all of 2019, too. Like the link at the bottom of the OP specifying Dr. James Andrews assessment via Tom Pelissero that it's not a full tear and that Allen won't need Tommy John's surgery would be awesome. As for this situation, we can only deal with it and look on the bright side. First of all, the timing of getting DA seems fortuitous. Obviously we would have kept McCarron if we could see the future. We didn't, but I think 2 weeks of prep for Anderson is the better alternative than watching the worst QB in history trotted out there for the 1st half again before all hell breaks loose and he's inevitably benched. I still think we can and maybe even should win against Indy with DA. (MNF against the Patriots is a different story--such a shame our 1st MNF game in nearly a decade in Buffalo will have either Anderson or Peterman under center) Second of all, I think Bangarang said this earlier in the thread, but if Anderson can resemble remote competency at QB, I now think it's best for Allen to sit for the next month or so. I disagree with anyone saying Allen is already a bust and we shouldn't have drafted him because he can and has made all the throws and is also a fiery leader, but other than the Minnesota game, where he was really good (I scratch my head as to why those generally quick timing patterns with the occasional downfield shot that dominated the Vikings game haven't been replicated by Daboll since), Allen has been frustratingly inconsistent with his accuracy. Yes, I know that was the report on him coming out of college, but his accuracy during preseason and even to start the season was pretty good. The last few games he's missed wildly on too many layups. I think he needs to sit because he might be a little overwhelmed at the moment. He's never going to admit that, but I think watching a professional who's started 47 games in the NFL over a 12 year career could be the best thing for him. In fact, I think in retrospect Anderson over McCarron (5 NFL starts) would have been best from the beginning. Hell, maybe the Anderson to Benjamin familiarity actually propels our supposed #1 WR to show up for a game... or at least catch passes from his QB before it

Man, I sure would love to have either of those guys right now. I attended Thad Lewis's 1st career start in relief of an injured EJ. He played well but we lost a heartbreaker in OT to Cincy.

Coaches suddenly went conservative on that drive only rushing 4. I wouldn't say they went prevent, but they stopped doing what stymied the Texans offense for 3 1/2 quarters. Blame whoever was calling the Defense for that, not the players, who had been utterly dominant in that game.

Good God I hope so. I'm still in the serious minority in thinking this team can still make some noise this year and sneak into the playoffs again, but Allen being on the field and learning progressively while playing with Anderson constantly in his ear is the most important thing to this year, I believe... win or lose. Anderson sure as hell won't be ready after less than 2 weeks of basically coming out of retirement and I can't take another laugher with Peterman at the helm... sickens me he's still on the team.

Well... NFL.com's Nick Shook said this in Sunday's takeaways: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000973893/article/what-we-learned-from-sundays-week-6-games There were a couple positive notes for the Bills, though: Zay Jones' touchdown catch was a nice example of a receiver winning a matchup with a well-run route. Allen continued on his slow climb toward looking more comfortable as a starting NFL quarterback (though emphasis should be placed on "slow").

"We've cut Nate Peterman. Josh will be fine. MRI is negative. Think of what happened yesterday as a bad hit to your funny bone. He's going to be back next week in Indy. We're looking for a 3rd QB." = Music to my friggin ears!!!! Please please please please!!!

White's incredible, but wasn't he in coverage on Hopkins on his TD catch? It was great coverage, but a better catch. But yes, White is a beast.

I thought about starting a thread about how Zay has actually picked his game up this year and is starting to flash the potential he was supposed to have. He still dropped a pass yesterday, but he's catching most of his targets and demonstrating some play making potential. Zay Jones is no longer the Invisible Man.

"...as the team will take no chances..." Is this an intentional indication that the X-ray and signs after the game look like it was pretty minor and that Allen right now is expected to be back next week, barring something popping up unexpectedly on the MRI?

No. Allen does NOT suck nearly as bad as Peterman. This is fact.

Total and utter crap. I'm one of the biggest "Peterman haters" on this board. It absolutely baffled me since last summer that posters like you believed Peterman even had the arm strength to be an NFL QB. I loathed the idea of him starting week 1 because of exactly what happened week 1. But that doesn't mean the moment he was under center as the starter I was hoping desperately I was wrong. The same went for today. When we scored that TD I was super stoked because I thought that put the game on ice because of how great our defense was. Then we had to score because they tied it up. Still hoping desperately for a miracle... The inevitable happened He does suck. Horribly. That doesn't mean I want him to... especially as he's taking snaps for my favorite team. My understanding is we're all pretty diehard Bills fans considering the time we spend on this message board and other things Bills. All of us likely feel exactly that way. You seem to be still upset the guy you thought should start as the Summer was ending actually sucks so much, thus proving you very, very wrong.

Yes. Obviously. It's sickening McDermott thought it was a good decision to take reps away from the guy who would inevitably be our starting QB at some point very early this season by giving many of those reps to a guy who doesn't have the requisite NFL arm strength to play QB in the NFL. He's utterly terrible.