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Awesome video. Thanks for posting.

Well... the "Allen fanboys" (as you ridiculously call some of us... though I'll be perfectly happy with McCarron to start the season and will ultimately be fine if Peterman actually does) are looking more and more likely to see their guy start sooner rather than later.

Friday Allen gets 1st team reps, and today this observation from Faurburn: It's getting interesting, folks

Exactly. He missed 9 passes. 2 were blatant drops that should have been caught. He'd have a 58% completion % with just those 2 catches. Of the 3 bombs to Foster that were incomplete, 2 of those could have easily been catches and TDs. The 1st one absolutely should have been. Foster turned his head to look back at the QB while running the moment he passed the DB and ran for 30+ yards looking backwards and the ball STILL basically hit his fingertips. Try running 30 yards looking backwards. That was on Foster. The other bomb Foster just stopped running at one point because he thought Allen was sacked. If Foster catches just one of those 2 passes and the 2 blatant drops are caught, Allen has a 63% completion %. If both are caught, he's 68.4%. All while throwing downfield and throwing for another TD or 2. Allen was accurate in that game. That's a great example of stats lying.

Capable, yes. Absolutely will OR will not, absolutely ridiculous--and that, in fact, is what makes no sense.

Absolutely loathed the pick. I wanted Mayfield then Darnold then Rosen or Jackson. Analytics absolutely hated our pick. But this was a true scouting pick. And after we drafted him and I took the time to dive deep into Allen's history and film from middle school on up (some post-scouting), I got more and more excited about a kid that just has one of the most unique stories you're going to see for a top 10 NFL QB prospect.

Didn't say you should, but absolute and definitive statements about things that have yet to pass like that are really ridiculous.

Should tell you whoever wrote that article looked at random highlights and didn't actually watch the game. Bold statement. A statement like that warrants the question of whether you'll leave the message board if you're wrong with no consequences for anyone else if you're right since you're absolutely certain. If that's the case, you risk nothing... right?

I just watched Kelly's "A Football Life" today and it just made me so damn nostalgic. Here's to hoping Allen's our next Buffalo Legend!!!

Do you think 47% is an accurate reflection of how accurate Allen was with his passes in terms of where he wanted the ball to go?

Big words. I'm gonna have to directly quote Bill the Bard here Wanna bet Allen doesn't start a meaningful game this year? Let's bet

You have a reading comprehension problem. Kirby mentioned Alex Smith as the MVP candidate last year specifically to emphasize the outlier that situation was. Nathan Peterman is not Alex Smith... Neither is AJ McCarron, for that matter. Translation... Allen will very very likely start meaningful regular season games in 2018. It doesn't. He has a reading comprehension problem and didn't even understand what was a pretty straightforward post.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/nfl-preseason-blitz-now-know-bills-fell-love-josh-allens-arm-035632424.html Now we know why the Bills fell in love with Josh Allen's arm https://www.google.com/amp/s/articles.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/index.ssf/2018/08/the_bills_have_their_most_talented_quarterback_since_jim_kelly_in_josh_allen_say.amp Buffalo Bills have their most talented quarterback since Jim Kelly in Josh Allen, says Adam Schein And on the Colin Cowherd show today, Brady Quinn was a guest and he was asked questions about Baker Mayfield's performance. With absolutely no prompting or mention of Allen's name, Quinn said (to paraphrase) "ya know the guy who I thought was great last night: Josh Allen. He's the guy who looked like the #1 overall pick last night." He brought Allen up again later with no prompting. It's funny because all the negative buzz seems to be solely about that one 4th and 3 play. Nothing negative about him, otherwise

No surprise that Peterman's closet defender is taking jabs at a rookie who had an excellent 1st performance. Too bad. Thank you and thank your brother!!! Allen behind a real OL and let's actually give him a chance to work on these fundamentals. You're mistaken.

The difficulty of preseason though is separating appearance from reality... Peterman was an All-star last preseason, too... remember? I'm okay if he ends up starting, but his ball velocity still looks like something DBs salivate over. His sideline passes will forever terrify me... I think I have PTSD just from watching him last year.

Funny that you literally only refer to one of 3 bombs Allen threw to Foster. The other 2 consisted of a fantastic throw that Foster was looking back at the QB for 20-30 yards while running, which slowed him down just enough for the ball to graze his fingertips. The next was a play where Foster basically just stopped running at one point because he thought Allen was sacked. I watched the game a 2nd time today. Allen's performance really was excellent. Please join reality.

Links?

Well, you're in the tiny minority and you're credibility is now even more questionable than it was. Don't live in Buffalo and don't listen to WGR, but from what I've heard the people with opinions on that station and the callers are mostly kooks.

Taylor's gone because of a confluence of events: - Strongest QB class in years... maybe since 1983 -Extra 1st round draft pick as draft capital -The slide up the draft continued moving up to #12 by trading Cordy Glenn -We were offered the 1st pick of the 3rd round for him, providing sufficient confidence to Beane and McDermott we could trade up (or not) to get one of the best QBs in the draft Those are the reasons Taylor's gone. If this were the QB draft class of 2013 all over again, Taylor would still be in Buffalo. Taylor's in a better situation and so are the Bills. It's win/win. This doesn't have to even be a debate for that simple reason.

Exactly. That was what I was most pleased with. Allen honestly could have gotten killed just based on how porous our 2nd half OL was. But dude moved around the pocket well when he had to, hung in there and took a couple hits while delivering the ball (which I think all of us were gasping at) and chose to run smartly at other times, being sure to protect himself. I could see McDermott just shelving Allen for as long as he can while Peterman or McCarron start and win. The thing about it, I think, is that while McCarron or especially Peterman can be successful and win regular season games for us, it will be dependent on Dabol's game plan, which would be limited. And you could see that when Peterman was playing. Peterman was really good last night, but you can still see the limitations that just aren't there for Allen, who appears to be well ahead of where everyone projected him to be.

FWIW, on the Colin Cowherd show today, Brady Quinn was a guest and he was asked questions about Baker Mayfield's performance. With absolutely no prompting or mention of Allen's name, Quinn said (to paraphrase) "ya know the guy who I thought was great last night: Josh Allen. He's the guy who looked like the #1 overall pick last night." He brought Allen's name in again at some point during that interview; again, with no prompting. I think you're all alone with blinders on if you thought Allen didn't look really, really good.

I'm going to be fine with what McDermott chooses to do. Last night it was very, very obvious who the best QB on our team is. Allen is just head and shoulders more talented than the other 2 guys. And it seems pretty clear that the worries about an OL protecting him are greatly overblown as the 1st team OL looked very good AND when Allen had the 3rd string OL in front of him and was running for his life, anyway, he was successful. But the reason I'll be fine with what McDermott does is because both Peterman and McCarron looked fine. If they feel Allen really needs more development, okay. These coaches see him every day so they know what he needs, regardless of what the rest of us see.in one half of one preseason game. I think it'll be interesting to see what happens. He may very well have earned his time with the 1s yesterday, though. FWIW, on the Colin Cowherd show today, Brady Quinn was a guest and he was asked questions about Baker Mayfield's performance. With absolutely no prompting or mention of Allen's name, Quinn said (to paraphrase) "ya know the guy who I thought was great last night: Josh Allen. He's the guy who looked like the #1 overall pick last night." He brought Allen's name in again at some point during that interview; again, with no prompting.

It was a really good performance, except for that bad pass. Far from breathtaking. The improved arm strength is noticeable, but far from what was advertised. Why are you fighting so hard? Are you really just trolling? Everyone thinks Peterman played well. But it's not like he's the 6 Million Dollar Man who was completely remade in the offseason. After today's performance I feel better than I did 24 hours ago if he's our placeholder to start the season... meaning I feel we could actually win games with him. What exactly about that do you feel the need to fight about?

Who had a perfect outing? Peterman? He was good, but that interception was on him. Short pass to the receiver and he threw it behind him. Not perfect. Did you just friggin throw out completion % after that game??? Clearly you didn't watch the game... or you stopped watching after your hero left the field. What a joke.