Jrb1979

People do it to make them feel better about Allen. Im starting to think this is what he is.

What's so ridiculous? He is not good enough and he need to improve in a hurry if they are going win games the rest of the way.

One game doesn't make a career but he showed be more improved and he's not. His best game was last year against Miami. Since then he hasn't been as good. He still doesn't read the field well at all. Big hands and a rocket arm doesn't get you far if you can't hit open guys.

Don't be upset when this is his ceiling. A good QB makes guys around him better. He is not even close to that. He still struggles to read a defense which at this point he should be much better at.

He just needs more time. ?. Maybe by year 5 he will be ranked in the upper 20's as a QB. I realize a lot of you are afraid to start over again at QB. Now that the games are on the line against tougher teams I don't see him being much better.

He may not have seen ghosts but he still isn't good enough. Its his 2nd season and he should be having a bigger jump in play but he hasn't.

So let's keep building the defense cause that's the Buffalo way. The defense is good enough if they had an average offense. They need to draft some playmakers on offense over any defense.

Cause I think don't want to believe Allen may not be a good QB. They are afraid of having to start over again at QB. Its great his short game has improved but his reading of a defense hasn't and that should worry people.

I don't need big passing days to show me that a QB isn't good. I'm sorry but to win in this league you have to be able to score with big yardage plays. So far Allen and the offense have yet to show me they can. You aren't going to score much if you need 10 play drives to get down the field.

Food for thought. The Chiefs are leading their division so unless they drop out of first place their record has no bearing on the Bills.

They aren't to worried about an offense that doesn't score with big plays. Its a lot easier to defend an offense that trys to score on 10 plays versus an offense that is explosive and uses a lot of big plays. IMO if the Bills are going to win this game they need to be more aggressive on offense with big yard plays. On defense they need to blitz Mayfield cause if the Bills can't get to Mayfield he will be able to make plays.

If they want to win some of the harder games left they need to be more aggressive on defense and on offense too. That's part of why I have doubts with this coaching staff. McDermott seems to have an old school way of thinking. He's always been a control the clock type coach.

Maybe blitzing once in awhile would help. Being more aggressive would be good.

Putting up points is all well and good but it's hard to do when the coach wants to play a ball control system that doesn't look for big yard plays often enough. The way the rules favor the offense the Bills should be going for 20 yard passes more then they do. How come other teams, even the Dolphins, manage to have a few big yard plays a game but the Bills believe in short passing plays to get down the field? Just once I would love to see the Bills be aggressive on offense and not wait til the 4th qtr.

Its great they are 6-2 but after watching a lot of other teams this season the Bills offense looks very bad. Its mostly cause a lot of other teams use their offense to the strength of their QB. Its hard to win against good teams using a game manager. That's what they have turned Allen into.

I think that mind set is changing slowly. I think most teams are going in the direction of building an offense that caters to the type of QB they are. Look at Arizona and Baltimore, they built an offense for what their QB is good at. For me they should be calling plays and building an offense around Allen. Making plays outside the pocket on the run seems to be what he is good at. Making him a pocket passer, IMO, is not the answer. For a guy with a rocket arm they should be making more plays over 20 yards passing. I realize why they are doing what they are doing with Allen. After the Pats game they have reeled him in and made him a game manager. I'm afraid they may never let him loose again cause it goes against the complimentary football and ball control.

The Bills should be doing the same with their offense for Allen.

IMO it will always be that way when they have a lead and it's not cause of Daboll. Til McDermott changes philosophy into modern day NFL Allen will be a game manager. Just once I would love to the Bills offense keep their foot on the gas for the whole game.

The point of football and sports is to win. I don't care how Blue Collar a guy is or how likeable the team is. I just want to win and look good doing it. I want my team to dominate and destroy teams. Only Bills fans want the Blue Collar to go with winning.

I am still waiting for even the local media to even mention the Sabres for once. Its been all Bills all the time. The Sabres are doing just what the Bills are doing. Beating the teams they are supposed to beat. I thought Buffalo was a hockey town. Its just like every other city in the US. Hockey doesn't matter

That's fine you came away unimpressed. What I want to know is how come you easily look past the Bills flaws on offense but the Sabres your quick to jump on how bad they look.

This coming from a guy who says the same when it comes to the Sabres. Sabres beat the teams they are supposed to beat and you still say they suck. Meanwhile the Bills have done the same and it's "We're 6-2, we the best."

The only rule I would love to see the NFL adopt is one the CFL has. No more fair catches instead you have to give the receiving player 5 yards to make a play or its a 10 yard penalty. It makes for some exciting returns.

Maybe if they start going for some big plays more often it would help. You can't always try to go down field in 10 plays. The Bills schedule is harder in the second half. They need to keep their foot on the gas on offense.

Part of the reason for the low INTs is they have lowered the amount of high risk deep ball plays. At some point they need to be able to score on big plays. I think McDermott is afraid to let Allen loose cause of fear of turnovers.