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    FMIA W Peter King lead is about Josh Allen ppl

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    32 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

    King has his pluses and minuses, as we all do.  But he is a good writer, tells a good story, gets his facts right, and gets good material from others, like the stuff from Romo about Josh.  

     

    What gripes me, and this is just personal, is that so many people are talking about this big jump Allen has made and how all the off-season work transformed him.   I think that's a false narrative.  Like Romo said, he didn't tell Allen much of anything at all.  And like Palmer said, they just worked on a little things.  

     

    What gripes is that people write like what's happening to Allen is some great surprise.   It was perfectly obvious that Allen was on his way to near the top 10 of the passer list - not obvious that he'd be a premier QB, and he hasn't shown that yet - but obvious that he was not going to stay mired around #20 or worse.  Why was it obvious:  (1) physical talent, (2) work ethic, (3) brains, and (4) leadership.   That all was on display his rookie season.  Before the end of the rookie season it was clear that McDermott and Beane had identified in Allen all of the necessary ingredients to success before they drafted him.  They said it the night they  drafted him, and we all could see it his rookie season.  

     

    Now, everyone's saying how great he is and talking about what a big jump he's made, when what that really means is that they didn't see in Allen what has been there to see for two years, so it feels like a surprise to them.  What it really means is that their analysis of who's good is based on stats and wins and nothing much else.  People who were watching and thinking, like Chris Simms, saw it earlier.  

     

    The most interesting comment I've seen about Allen was in some column someone posted last week where the writer said that the league is waking up to the fact that Josh Allen can do things on a football field that no one else can.   He's a talent on a whole different level.  I hadn't thought about it that way, but I think yesterday's game showed it.  That play he got called for the face mask?  He's a monster.  What other QB in the league stands up to an assault like that (completely legal assault) and fights back like that?  He was getting chased and knocked around back there on a lot of plays, and he stayed upright longer than any QB has a right to expect.  That quality makes him different - BIg Ben was like that, but Allen is better than Ben was in terms of just being too big and tough to handle.

     

    But what's really special about Allen, what makes him unique, is his arm strength, and I do think that this is where the tinkering with his mechanics has helped.   Allen's arm strength is so great that he threw the ball any way he wanted and it pretty much always got to where he wanted it to go, but he didn't have the accuracy he wanted.  What seems to have happened is that he's focused on getting his body positioned so that he can get good hip and shoulder rotation.   He doesn't really need the rotation, he's so strong, and on several throws yesterday you could see that if he got to the right position, he didn't rotate a lot, but having that mechanical discipline gets his arm to the right place, and his accuracy has improved.  What we're seeing now is that Allen can identify a crosser 18-20 yards down field and almost instantly release a dart with accuracy, because he doesn't need a full throwing motion to do it.  Guys like Rodgers and Mahomes have a quick release and a decent arm, so they make some similar throws, but Allen now can release the ball just as quickly and throw it with clearly more pace.   And those deep crossers to the sideline, like the throw to Davis yesterday (yes, it could have been a better throw, but it was darn good), by getting his hips and shoulders even partially set Allen now can just flip the ball down there, give it plenty of air and drop into tight windows.  

     

    There simply isn't a QB in the league who can match him physically.  As I said, Ben earlier in his career.  Vick wasn't as strong but was a better pure runner, and he had an arm nearly as good as Allen's.  Point is, athletically, Allen is a rare talent.  What's happening, what's been happening now for three seasons, is that Allen's other characteristics - his brains, his work ethic and his leadership skills, are driving his performance.   So we see glimpses for a half of what is going to become more and more regular - a QB who just slices and dices defenses.  A QB who has every answer in his head and who has a body that can deliver.  

     

    I've said all along that he's likely to really hit his stride around his fifth season - that's when he'll really be processing the game in his head, when he'll see much more than he's seeing now, when he'll be running into trouble less, seeing the best target more often.    

     

    We're just seeing the beginning of Allen's greatness.  

    This 100 percent, very well put!!!

    Bills at Texans Playoff Game, Saturday 4:35 pm

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    20 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:


    there is one large one in the main bar area, but I’m not too sure about the other floors or areas. 
     

    Soho or Bada Bing, both on Chippewa, aren’t too far and both offer dining/drinks and plenty of viewing space. My party of 8 ate/drank for 4 hours at Soho for Bills v Pats two weeks ago and it worked out great. 

    Cool TY for the info i will check on that place

    Is There a Chance McD Threw the Game Yesterday?

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    Posted · Edited by billybob71

    Yes I believe McD threw this game along with throwing the previous Pats game, Browns, Ravens, and Eagles games. Its all part of his and the wizard Beane's magical process, the 5 seed is right where they want to be. Once the playoffs start they will unveil their magical golden playbook/game plan nobody will see it coming, gonna be epic.

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