MJS

They are the worst. Online Ravens fans have really turned into my least favorite type of fan.

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Josh Allen also had a perfect passer rating game in 2023. It was against (I'm sure you guessed it) the Dolphins. I remember way back when Geno Smith was playing for the Jets that he had a game with a perfect 158.3 rating and another game that year with a perfect 0.0 rating. Such variance is impressive, to say the least.

I think they are going to be good when all is said and done.

Now, QBR I think IS flawed. I never use it. It only works for quarterbacks who don't rush very much. And ESPN doesn't even tell us exactly how they calculate it. It apparently uses EPA, but the exact methodology it proprietary. Yes, good points. That would habe increased his TD percentage. QBR is different from passer rating, though, just FYI. QBR is on a 100 point scale while passer rating goes up to 158.3. Pretty impressive that he didn't win a single route but was still open on a number of plays and had over 100 yards and a score. How do they even determine this? Just insane.

Jackson had a really high yards per attempt at 11.0. Josh Allen's was 8.6. Jackson also had a higher completion percentage. That is why his score is a lot higher. Also, he scored as many passing TDs as Allen, but with far fewer attempts. Passer rating isn't a measure of the quality or production of passing. It is a measure of the efficiency of the passing. It measures completion percentage, yards per attempt, touchdown percentage, and interception percentage. It's a perfectly good measure of a QB. It isn't flawed or antiquated. It means what it means and it doesn't mean anything else. It should be taken into consideration with other stats to understand the performance of the QB. Lamar Jackson was indeed a much more efficient passer than Josh Allen in week 1. He produced what he did with far fewer passes than Allen, so his efficiency score is higher even if his production wasn't.

QBR way overrates rushing. That's always been a big flaw.

If he didn't call a time out, the Bills could have snapped it and spiked it to stop the clock at the time they preferred.

I would guess Brad Robbins is getting cut. No need for two punters.

And we were facing one of the best and most unique offenses in the NFL.

Or Brad Robbins! I think we have a type...

I am pretty surprised by this. I didn't notice punting issues besides maybe one that was short. What made him so bad?

This is why coaching is so important. Coaches set the tone for the entire organization. Having the patience to develop a QB comes directly from the head coach. McDermott had already bought himself job security by breaking the playoff drought, so he had the patience to let Josh Allen develop, and built a strong defense with good leaders to keep them in games. But Josh was pretty good out of the gate, in the grand scheme of things. He had lows in his rookie season, but he also had highs. And then he took the Bills to the playoffs in his second year. He was a functional QB. There was never really a time where it seemed like he was a bust or should be benched.

He was a real escape artist in the pocket, too. I don't know how he was able to navigate some of those pockets and get out of pressure. He just has a sixth sense of where to go, sometimes. He is so hard to sack. Jackson as well, but they do it differently.

Yes. Whenever I click a link someone posts here to another fan forum for another team, I always regret it. Are there any other good ones out there for other NFL teams, or is this the only one?

I'm sure they could fit Tank Bigsby under the cap if they wanted to.

You wanted the Bills to trade for a backup RB for some reason?

Yes, it should have been a penalty for illegal contact. But they didn't call it.

There's no reason to. Keep calling him up until you need to add him. It's like a free roster spot for a couple more weeks. There could be injuries between now and then that affect the roster. And if someone tries to claim him, you can just add him to the 53 at that time. There's no down side to keeping him on the practice squad.

I'm listed as questionable with pelvic soreness.

I think so. And for that reason, I would not be opposed to Jackson receiving a fine. Yes, the fan was way out of line and he is being punished for it. But Jackson retaliated physically and their players created the possibility for it to happen.

I just swear that I have heard on broadcasts many times that the rule is that you are down where you start the slide. So, maybe they weren't expressing the rule correctly, or maybe it changed, but I have heard that many times watching football games.

"... or begins to simulate touching the ground." What the heck does that mean, haha? I swear they have called QBs down as soon as they begin the slide, before any body part touches the ground. But that is usually a feet first slide, so I don't know if that makes a difference. Lots of QBs are short of the line to gain because they start their slide before the marker, just like what happened with Josh Allen.

Maybe Oliver freed up Bosa.

I agree. I think it was a solid 1st game from him. I don't think he is an elite game wrecker, but he looks like he can be very good if he stays healthy. And if he gets more attention from defenses, that hopefully frees up Rousseau.