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Not really true, especially if you think the issue is more footwork related rather than simply not having a sense of how to lead WRs (which is debatable, but seems that the leading theory right now is that if you can fix Allen's footwork, the accuracy will come). Matt Stafford, Jay Cutler, Alex Smith, and Cam Newton are four guys that weren't accurate early on but made significant improvements and went on to have pretty good careers. I think we can all agree that Stafford, Cam, and Smith have become above-average QBs, and while Cutler has turned into a meme, he was roughly an above average starter for nearly a decade. And 3 of the 4 don't have the physical tools that Allen does. Allen certainly seems to be the riskiest of the 1st round QBs (assuming teams aren't super worried about Rosen's injury history), but he has incredible potential and it's not unheard of for players to improve their accuracy in the NFL.

You have to put this in the context of where this team was a year ago. Buffalo didn't have all that much cap space to work with, and they spent it on good defensive pickups. I'm not sure this is an issue of talent evaluation so much as it is an issue of a lack of talent, period, as well as being straddled with a terrible offensive coordinator. The Dennison hire scares me more than the talent evaluation aspect does, but I'm glad McDermott was so quick to dump Dennison. Moving forwards, this team still has holes galore, even on the defensive side, but they have more flexibility now to address the holes. It's a long process, but I have faith in them for now at least. Ask me again after this offseason and my answer could change.

I'd rather trade up if that were going to be the strategy. Now taking a QB like Lamar at 21 and then following up with another QB later in the draft (like Lauletta, White, Litton, etc.)? That I could get on board with. With the number of needs this team has, I'm not sure how I feel about a trade up, but I definitely would not be on board with taking multiple QBs in the 1st round.

Dating back to 2010's draft, in order: Sam Bradford Tim Tebow Cam Newton Jake Locker Blaine Gabbert Christian Ponder Andrew Luck Robert Griffin III Ryan Tannehill Brandon Weeden EJ Manuel Blake Bortles Johnny Manziel Teddy Bridgewater Jameis Winston Marcus Mariota Jared Goff Carson Wentz Paxton Lynch Mitch Trubisky Patrick Mahomes Deshaun Watson Edit: I bolded the ones that I think most would agree worked out pretty fine (maybe not Tannehill?) The Underlined might be a little bit too early to say for sure, but they look like they'll probably work out. I didn't touch this past year's class since we've seen so little of all of them.

Yeah, this is how I expect it to play out as well.

If we were already picking in the top 10, I’d love to take him, but I think he’s too risky for me to justify trading up

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ySojGiZdmVgqgMxgMa-ZZRqrk9Wc2yXdQoh02kIkSQo/mobilebasic

Not sure how to embed the tweets here, but here's a bunch of throws from Allen and one from Mayfield https://twitter.com/DustinFox37/status/956243954936279041 https://twitter.com/DustinFox37/status/956245265559769088 https://twitter.com/DustinFox37/status/956251807373656064 https://twitter.com/DustinFox37/status/956252401685745665 https://twitter.com/DustinFox37/status/956257714614755328

He looked bad in the preseason and the Jags game too, and it was blatantly obvious that even if he does everything else right, the arm strength isn't there for the passes outside the hashes.

Sure, if you theoretically knew it would all pay off in 7 years, you could justify paying the guy until he's actually worth the money, but nobody has that luxury. If you draft a guy and work with him for 4 or 5 years and he still sucks after that time, there's simply no way you can reasonably sign him to another contract with the faith that it'll click in a couple more years. You would have to be certifiably insane.

Any scenario where Peterman is competing for the starting QB job = my nightmare offseason and a complete loss of faith in this front office. He should be competing for a spot on the practice squad.

I promise you that if you worked for an NFL team and told them "We don't need a QB. In 7 years, I have a feeling this guy might be pretty good" and you then proceeded to wait through years of watching said QB suck, you'd be fired long before you ever got near Year 7. It simply isn't an option. If a QB still sucks by the end of their rookie contract, there is no justifiable reason to give them a second contract.

No, I think he was projected as a Day 3 or undrafted guy before this week.

I eliminated a few teams that I don't foresee making any changes. Red = rookies, blue = free agents/trades Arizona: Teddy Bridgewater, Baker Mayfield, scrub veteran Atlanta: Matt Ryan, Kyle Lauletta Baltimore: Joe Flacco, Kurt Benkert Buffalo: Sam Darnold, Nate Peterman Carolina: Cam Newton, scrub veteran (possibly bringing Derek Anderson back) Cleveland: Tyrod Taylor, Josh Allen Dallas: Dak Prescott, Sam Bradford Denver: Kirk Cousins, Trevor Siemien Jacksonville: Blake Bortles, Mike White Kansas City: Pat Mahomes, scrub veteran Miami: Ryan Tannehill, Lamar Jackson Minnesota: Case Keenum, Mason Rudolph New England: Tom Brady, Luke Falk New Orleans: Drew Brees, Chase Litton Jets: Josh Rosen, Petty/Hack Seattle: Russell Wilson, scrub veteran Washington: Alex Smith, Colt McCoy, Riley Ferguson

Is there a source for this? I think it makes a ton of sense for them to be enamored with him, but I hadn't seen anything saying that other than fans using common sense.

Walter is a despicable person, but Charlie Campbell is pretty well-connected and is generally one of the most accurate mock-draft guys out there.

It's pretty much consensus at this point that Allen is a top 5-10 prospect, with Mel Kiper even having him as the #1 pick right now. Allen is going to come across well in the interviews and his physical tools will continue to wow scouts even if the accuracy/footwork isn't there yet. He's certainly in the conversation to be the 1st QB taken.

If a guy is going to take 7 years to develop like Keenum, he just isn't worth a draft pick. That's far too long to wait.

I’d rather they take a different position than having them think Rudolph is the franchise QB they’ve been searching for.

He literally just arrived. I would guess Buffalo will get to him later.

Them meeting with every other QB (sans Lauletta and Tanner Lee) makes me feel better about them meeting with Rudolph. I'm just so concerned they'll take Rudolph in the 1st or 2nd round and i'll be so disappointed. Interviewing everyone else at least gives me the hope that it's just due diligence though.

Jeremiah isn't saying Barkley will be the #1 pick in the draft. He's saying he's the best player in the draft. Just because he's the best player doesn't necessarily mean it makes sense to take him there value wise. For example, all the big boards from last year that didn't have a QB listed in their top 20 didn't mean that they thought Trubisky, Watson, and Mahomes were all reaches on draft day.

He had a family emergency and is expected to arrive there sometime around now; his measurements will reportedly be released tomorrow morning.

This is a great draft for RBs. Michel looks very good (assuming you trust him to stay healthy). I personally like Ronald Jones the most (excluding Barkley since Buffalo has no shot at him), but there's like 10-15 good looking RBs in this class.