Mat68

I'm not delusional enough to think 1 player makes the 2018 Buffalo Bills anything more than marginally better. Put Aaron Rodgers on the field they may go 6-10.

Scheme and players matter in the NFL. Elite QBs make everyone around them better yes. Those QBs didn't start off doing that. Look at Goffs first year vs his second. If you look at the first 8 games last year, Alex Smith was a top 5 Qb by any measure. When it got colder and the weather turned so did his play. Just like every position you draft for ability and potential. To think situations dont matter, players you put around them don't matter, and coaching doesnt matter than good luck. Maybe the football gods will fly down and hand us another franchise Qb. Or maybe they build an offense around the one they drafted? Create a scheme that limits his areas of weakness and highlights his strengths. Put effective pass catchers and Weapons on the field that strain a defense horizontally and vertically?

No I would not. Why cant you create a good culture and create good game plans for the players you have? At the end of the day you need guys. Sometimes they are on the edge.

As the head coach he personally controls 2 things. The culture and the strategy the team employs. To say they run contradictory is pretty crazy. To me this is one of the worst quotes I have ever heard a coach say. This year needs to turn, and the light needs to be gleaming at the end of the tunnel for him to survive the season.

He was. A Qb that looks like Couch in college will be drafted in the top 10 every time. Mahomes would look no different than Allen on this team in this offense.

They spend almost a 100 mil on offense in the off season. Allen, Burton, Gabriel, Olineman. They were also in the mix for Watkins.

He was and a Qb that looks like Couch in college will be drafted in the top 10 every time.

Goff and Mahomes are simply talented. Good size, good arms, athletic. It doesnt matter what offense they were in. They are not small weak arm QBs who put up massive numbers in a quality system.

That's all well and good but does he come with Reid, Hill, Kelce and Hunt?

Screens to the Wrs, flares to the backs. Maybe a slant to someone other than Benjamin. The offense looked good for 2 quarters vs Minnesota and poor the rest of the year. Get Allen in rythem get him confident and he will make plays. Buffalos offense is Allen making a play, that's it. McCoy looks slow, hopefully it's due to injury.

I agree, but would add every Qb for the most part is a rythem passer. The Minnesota game they opened with some screens and some play calls that were designed easy read and throws. That is what they need to do moving forward. McCoy and the running game be damned. Get Allen into a rythem, pick up first downs and get his and the offense confidence up. As much as it is on Allen to get it going, Daboll needs to script a better start. Throw out weeks 2 and 4 and really look at what they did week 3.

The defense is starting to come together, the offense is a mess. The main problem is I dont believe McDermott understands enough about that side of the ball to help. The offense looked completely differant and generic compared to the one vs Minnesota. It was the second half offense not the one in the first half. Maybe McCoy playing is a strain on the play calling and are too focused on him and are failing to get the overall offense in rythem

He needed the Greenbay game to show him that he isn't going to win on his athleticism. Be more deliberate with his throws and take the smart play when it's there. Didn't see much screen passes outside or many 3 step drops. Run run pass will not work in the NFL in 2018. Looked like a terrible called game and the offense never found rythem.

Play good defense. Get the running game going. Can a Wr make a play? Buffalo does the first 2 they win. Buffalo does all 3 they win easy.

0-3. The Peterman experience took 2 weeks for the team to get over. Allen has taken over and at 21 is the unquestioned leader of the team. Allen hurdling Barr had a similar effect on the team, that Tates third down did last year. He is making big time throws a Qb has not made here since Bledsoe, add in the athletic plays he's making and only a handful of QBs in the NFL could pull them both off.

McCoy gets rolling than the offense may be onto something. Without any real threat outside Allen desperately needs a wr to catch a deep ball to back off the defense.

Buffalo has one of the better cap scenarios going forward and can afford a hefty contract. Buffalo is not a high FA destination for numerous reason. They may be better off bringing a guy in and selling him for a season. At the same time Pitts used Bell and a very high rate. He was a 2nd rd pick so he is not making top money for his position. Yes he would be making 14 mil this year only. If he gets hurt he misses out on a large some of money. The fact they offered him a 6 year deal with 10 mil guaranteed is laughable and Bell is right to hold out. He wants some security like anybody else would.

The end of the day you would hold the cards. You could franchise him with the intentions of a long term deal.

He is getting separation. That is half the battle. He makes one of these plays and his confidence rises he could become a threat.

He's getting in position to make plays. He just needs to start making them. He still is a matchup nightmare. Against smaller and weaker secondaries I could see him having big games.

That's the point. Against a playoff team when is the last time a Qb carried the Bill's offense? Success has been tied to the Rb in Buffalo for what it seems like 20 years.

Right but in years past Buffalo finds themselves in a game late in the 4th. Last year vs Denver and Atlanta, Fitz vs the Steelers, ravens or numerous Pat's games. With out anybody of Fantasy relevance on the roster The offense scoring 3 TDs in the first half was impressive. You cant watch the game and not come away with Allen carried the offense.

I cannot remember a time where a Bills Qb without much help on his side of ball put his team on his back and won a game going away vs a top 10 team. Without some drops and bobbles Allen has 3 or 4 passing TDs. Still early but doing that to Minnesota means they can beat anyone. Rodgers is great but Minnesota is a much better team than GB. Good defense and Allen making a handful of plays will result in W's.

Catching balls 30 to 40 yards in the air is a skill alot of wrs dont have. They need to find Allen a guy who can get down the feild and track the ball. That takes him and the offense to another level.

His athletic ability makes defending him a problem. He looks like a more athletic young Roethlisberger. Most likely blitz and have him make quick decisions. The ability to recognize the blitz and attack it will be Allen next step. He does that we found ourselves our Qb for 15 years.