Tyrod's friend

Ducasse is okay in small spaces, but he's awful on the second level - I agree about the athleticism. Bodine had a bad day as well, and I think pairing them is regrettable. For the first 9 plays, the best offensive lineman was ... Mills.

52 career passes. He started as a 5th round draft pick in his first year, on the road, against the best defense in the NFL and then had a blizzard game, and you know everything you need to know right there. OK. Well I don't and I'll take a guy that completes everything except 3 passes over two games - with the bad players (whom Allen completed a far worse percentage) and the good players (with whom McCarron blew chunks). I know that he shouldn't have been put in that position against SD and even then, his team gave him no shot at all at playing well. It's like thinking that Josh Allen starting last night's game would have faired much better than McCarron. And there's no correlation between throwing the ball fast and throwing interceptions. None. For every Ryan Fitzpatrick I'll show you Chad Pennington or Joe Montana or a young Tom Brady - who people tend to forget was not known as a fastballer when he came up. Hell Drew Brees won't win a war based on his spin. Conversely, the number of guys with rockets that can't play in this league are selling an awful lot of used cars. The ball to O'Leary got there. It ended in 6 points. Got there slow, got there fast ... he found the open man. That seems to be what he's done this year and it's a new year and I'll give him the space to succeed. You seem to be the only one that wants to credit him for the INT to Ivory. Funny how Allen fans won't credit Khari Lee as being the main reason for that long pass in the first game, but it's all NP's fault an NFL regular can't catch a pass on his left shoulder pad. Honestly, WTF? He's not the future but so far this year, he's earned the right to start the 3rd PS game. Maybe I'll have a different take on the guy next week but right now he's our starter. So, that's what I see.

tremaine is an empty jersey ...

completely sucks - I thought he was the second best lineman in the draft. I hope he can come back.

No - I watched the breakdown. I wonder ... did you watch all of it, including the part where he went to great pains to point out what a great catch that was by Khari Lee? I'm sure you did, the question was rhetoric. Yes. He looked off the front defender - whether NFL starters are easily bluffed as guys playing in the last 90 seconds of the first TC game I think is something you'd have a hard time getting anyone else believing. It's not like the front defender was breaking on the upfront guy - or that he was terribly out of position. The reason that pass gets completed is solely because of Allen's arm. You want to tell me how great he is? Point out that simply terrific pass to Ray Ray crossing over the middle. That linebacker will be telling his kids for years about how fast that ball zipped by his ear. It was a superb read and performance. Cheers and let's hope tonight goes well. But no matter the outcome, Josh Allen showed me exactly who is. He still is a hero and he won't stop being one. I've said it many times - be comfortable with that 4th & 2, because that's who he is and if you are lucky, you'll get that for 15 years.

Again - it's double coverage he's throwing into and if they are NFL starters there's a real good likelihood it's a pick. The correct pass there is to the halfback coming out of the backfield who is open for a first down. And it's not like that read is a difficult one; there's no baiting going on there. Does he have a rocket? No doubt. Was the pass great? Sure. There's a lot to be excited about but that was a dangerous play right out of the box in a touchdown situation and it's an extension of the hero complex. It comes from the same place in his head where the 4th/2 and the pass to Khari Lee comes from. That's all I'm saying. I could start with Khari Lee for a long pass ... that's just off the top of my head.

Pretty much. They won't admit that there were several plays for Allen that would have wound up as turnovers against a 1st team defense. How about this? That the pass to McCloud for a TD was poorly advised. He stared down a double coverage, threw it anyway while it was clear that the half back was going to be open for a first down over the middle. You can like that hero - and hey, I think it was the bee's knees when it comes to passes - but that sort of bull isn't what wins games in the NFL. Hit the open man, move the chains, be decisive and quick, don't turn the ball over.

Sigh.

As I said, it didn't make a bit of difference to me WHO PLAYED. Being pressured does not equate to having your pocket collapse. He had time to throw. And the fact that the other team was sending blitzers only indicates to me that there would have been opportunities downfield. I stand 100% behind what I said. I've watchted the tape several times now. He had plenty of time to throw.

Agreed, on the whole. I don't doubt for a second that the plan is going to be worked. And he is the future. I know it seems like I'm contradicting myself, but I'm not ... The same coaching staff that felt it was okay to play Peterman, on the road, against a premier defense while the team was in a playoff hunt, will pull that trigger again. That precedent has been set. But I don't know that it will be too soon. I review that tape and I see three interceptions, maybe four. I see a hero, and frankly the NFL eats heros for breakfast but occasionally the hero becomes Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. That happens because God gifted them with the makeup and the tools to be right. What I'm getting at is this: you don't "develop" out of a guy what is in his soul. He'll occasionally take the safety valve, but his heart is going to be making that scorched earth pass to McCloud. Either you have Farve, or you don't. The question is whether or not this coaching staff has the balls to go through the fire and suffer an Aikman-like 5-20 record, a Manning like 1-13 and come back and ask for more. To be clear, I don't think Josh Allen has the mental makeup of Ryan Leaf or a china doll. He can take the pain, grow and be a better QB. That's the way I see it. I looked at that tape several times. He had sufficient time to make any play he wanted to make. There were consistently open plays underneath the coverage if he wanted to do that; he chose to be a hero. And the talent level on the field while he was playing was at the least equivilant. Perhaps better; didn't he at the least have an NFL starter at center, calling out the protection schemes? AAR, it's irrelevant to me. End of the day, he is what he is. You can polish him a little bit, get him to absorb the intelligence of the game for sure. But if we are truly lucky, we'll see plays like that 4th and 2 for the next 15 years.

And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. You seem to think that having a plan means that by default he AUTOMATICALLY gets the keys to the car. If there is anything we know as fans in Buffalo, it's that for this particular head coach you earn that right every day. I agree with you, to the extent that he needs that exposure. I don't it automatically will occur in a regular season game this year. It really didn't for Pat Mahomes - and the Chiefs paid a substantial price to get him. Presumably there is a very capable #1 overall pick that showed his mettle pretty well against the Giants. The Ravens moved up to get Lamar Jackson; is he going to play in an important game this year? I highly, highly doubt it. So there - three very recent examples. Do SOME QBs play year one? Yeah. Generally not the ones with real development issues though. And as you yourself have already stated, there is no pattern that Allen has grown as yet.

It's a good post. A baseball pitcher tossing a ball 100 MPH gets to the batter in .412 seconds. So frankly, in answer to your question, no. You are talking about literally 100ths of a second difference. Any marginal gain between AJM and NP is almost undetectable. Let's put it another way; do you think the difference between a guy running a 4.3 and 4.35 40 is truly significant? You'd be one of only a few. And most passes in the NFL aren't going 40 yards. Almost none of them do and if they do, they are likely trying to simply lead a WR. If you can make the ball go 40 to 60 yards ... it doesn't make any difference how fast it gets there. The difference between NP and AJM is less than that. And as you are well aware, a potential MVP QB was drafted two years ago spinning it at less than Peterman; another first round pick this year likewise throws it slower. Nobody on the Ravens or the Texans are complaining about arm strength in their QB. (Not sure where you got a timed number anywhere near 70 MPH for Allen, btw.) Cheers, Alex I think many in the NFL, even or especially after last night, believe that Allen has a significant chance to both be a star and be a bust. Throwing the ball 70 yards like he did on that first pass looked nice, but he was way the f off target and the ball landed out of bounds by several yards. The QB was alone in the backfield when he threw it and he was throwing into single coverage. In case you hadn't noticed, there aren't a lot of risk takers in the NFL and your head coach especially isn't one of them. I think you will be significantly surprised at the amount of time Josh Allen gets with the first team group.

based on last night? He avoided the rush, rolled out and nailed a perfect pass to Benjamin. He completed two long balls. What did you see? If that's what you saw last night, we were on different TV stations. At least four of the passes were to second or third reads. And defenses routinely bait stupid QBs into one-read traps. Again, the weakest armed, successful QB since 2000 was Chad Pennington and he rarely threw interceptions. Interceptions are the domain of the rocket armed guy; first, because it is inherently difficult to be both accurate and throw hard. Second, because wide receivers fail to catch a fast ball. McCarron literally throws the ball at almost EXACTLY the same speed as Peterman. McCarron throws at 53 MPH, Peterman at 50 (presuming that Peterman has not increased his arm strength. It is widely reported that he did just that this off season.)

When he played near to a full season - an indication he could play - 8-5 8-5 10-6 11-5 A total of 37 interceptions over those 4 years, 9 per. In a normal year, Brett Favre would throw 20-25. He was brittle. But the argument that a weak arm leads to interceptions is bull. It's more likely that a strong armed QB will toss an INT.

Lamar Jackson DeShaun Watson Tyrod Taylor .. all spinned at or less than Peterman at the Combine. There are stacks of QBs throwing within 2 MPH of Peterman. And that assumes that Peterman didn't - as is widely suggested - improve his speed this past offseason. I think Drew Brees gets by pretty good with a not so impressive arm. When Brady came into the league, he was widely thought of as having not the best arm in football. Arm strength is BS. You cannot game plan for release or for accuracy or mental makeup. And outside of 2003, Pennington had a pretty poor group of teammates, but he won plenty of games. He'd win as many today. I think you are way, way undervaluing the guy - I saw a lot of his games, being a Long Island guy. He was the reason his teams won games.

Accuracy and release speed is enough - but they have to be plus components. I questioned the former in what I saw last year. Yesterday he couldn't have been any more accurate. Even that pass to Ivory was close enough for anyone that hopes to be catching balls in the NFL. The flip side of speed is that balls aren't catchable. You saw that last night with Allen, several times; those jokes about broken fingers are real and they cause more turnovers than a weak arm will cause.

So on ten passes, he threw long twice. Of the "short" passes, several were in the air a good amount of time because they were outs. And if I recall correctly, the pass to Benjamin HAD to be dropped in; if it was zipped, it would have been intercepted or knocked down. Not sure if any QB in the NFL throws long balls 20% of the time, but he completed both of them. He was one of the most accurate QBs of his time. He was comeback player of the year, I think twice. He led a nondescript Jets team pretty well; you might want to look at his roster choices. If you have Chad Pennington in today's game, you are in the playoffs pretty regularly. Injury prone, for sure. But he'd rip you up.

Nothing wrong with Chad.

felt that Lawson had a good game; moved upfield nicely, played to his strengths well. So many reports indicated to me that he was on death's door this pre-season. Didn't look that way to me.

So you are saying with McCoy in the backfield, last year they should have been passing more to set up the run? HAHAHAHAHA ... that's rich, and I LIKE Tyrod Taylor. More than that ... point out to me the many, many times other teams went for it on 4th/3. Apparently the entire NFL needs you as the HC. Keep fighting those windmills, Cervantes.

John Ross has the fastest NFL time at 4.22, just beat CJ. I think what is relevant here is that speed doesn't mean jack. Other than CJ, none of those guys are really impressive NFL players. http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000917865

I read more like just under 4.4. Since the league record on 40 time used to be Chris Johnson around 4.24 I highly doubt this guy ran a 4.12.

Before all this bull, the possibly worst single season belonged to a QB as a rookie. He didn't show it "early on", and he didn't show it later (2nd year, 19th rated QB) but at least he improved on that 38% completion rate. He just went on to win 5 Super Bowls.

How about because nobody is really lining up to get their hands on Robert Woods; that the Rams aren't exactly vaulting him to #1, nor was he #1 in Buffalo? Could that maybe be part of the answer? One other thing: Walker and Dockery were pursued once. The NFL has jumped through hoops to get to Watkins THREE times. So, uh, yeah. The NFL spoke, pretty clearly. Again ... The NFL has jumped through hoops to get to Sammy Watkins not once or twice, but three times. Nobody in the NFL is reaching to make Robert Woods a #1 WR. Nor have they, three times now. That is the NFL speaking and all the rest is fans bull **** opinions. Sorry, you make some **** up and there are some simple facts. The Bills traded up to get Sammy. The Rams gave away picks and a player. The Chiefs gave him a huge contract. Meanwhile Woods slipped in the draft and got basically a contract to go out west.

and you'd pretty much be alone in that regard. The NFL has spoken, and spoken loudly that you are wrong. Dead wrong.