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They mentioned something on WGR a couple weeks ago and it was something I never realized. His rushing stats in the first half and second half of his rookie year and hugely different and really show how they benefitted his game overall. I guess a big part of it was that teams had to respect it and that gave him more opportunities in the passing game, plus as we see now he's a maniac and seems to play better after he's broken someone's ankles or trucked them. Pre-injury he logged rushing numbers of: 26 32 39 19 19 20 Then... after he came back from injury he did this: 99 135 101 16 30 95 Also, looking at the stats now, he threw for 200+ yards only once pre-injury, which was the chargers game when I guess a lot came in garbage time. Post-injury he topped 200 5 times. 200+ yard games aren't anything to rave about but it shows his improvement.

The early games look pretty bad. Might take a look at the Giants as I haven't seen them much so far. I think the Jags will win that one. Titans/Colts should be interesting too. I guess the Packers game will be interesting purely because we play them next, so I wonder if they'll simplify the offense as Rodgers wants, and if they do will they improve much? 49ers/Chiefs should be good. Hopefully the 9ers can hand them another loss and put them even further back. I'll also be interested in the Jets and Phins games. The Phins is more intriguing because of Tua coming back. A. will he give them back the spark they had before he went down? B. Will he last the whole game without getting concussed again?

I don't watch college ball so when the pre-draft stuff was going on I went and watched a bunch of film (not just highlights) people had put on YouTube. It came down to Mayfield or Allen for me, mainly because I liked the fire they had (the arm strength was big as well). There was one game where Wyoming won right at the end when Allen threw a TD and he was getting in his linemen's faces, screaming and you could see by the way they were responding that he was a total leader. That was when I really decided I would love to see him in a Bills uniform I don't think he was terrible, more wildly inconsistent. After he came back from injury he had more bad games but also had some good ones and started to lean on his running a lot more. He also made some stunning throws and even (if I remember correctly) won an offensive player of the week. I'm pretty sure most Bills fans could see he was going to become a great player, not the level he's reached of course, but definitely a franchise QB. He definitely passed the eye test, and he did all that with an historically bad O-line and Benjamin, Jones and Foster as his WRs

From year 1 I've said he reminds me of the love child of favre and elway, without the horse face and tendencies to steal money from the poor of course.

Allen in college had to get by on his athleticism and pure natural ability because he didn't receive particularly great coaching to work on his fine skills. Add to that a lack of talent around him and it's why so many doubted he'd be any good. Kiper for all his faults had it right when he said they were appalling when he was out injured and looked so much better when he came back. But it's not only the improved coaching he's had in the NFL, he's also insanely competitive and driven to become better. A lot of guys don't have that will to continually fine tune their skill sets, but even after the last two seasons Allen has carried on improving things like taking what the defense gives him and playing that death by a thousand paper cuts that Brady always did so well

From the picture it looks like Jerry is saying "mine is THIS big". No wonder Kraft was angry

My guy in D.C. tells me that we are not dealing with a student here, we're dealing with the Professor. Any time the Bills have an operation that can't fail, they call this guy in to train the troops, OK? He's the kind of guy that would drink a gallon of gasoline so he could piss in your campfire! You could drop this guy off at the Arctic Circle wearing a pair of bikini underwear, without his toothbrush, and tomorrow afternoon he's going to show up at your pool side with a million dollar smile and fist full of pesos!

I actually enjoyed seeing those lowlights from his rookie year. It just makes his journey all the more incredible. Some guys, like Luck, come into the league and are great to begin with, and they're expected to be great. More fun and interesting IMO when you have a guy who had so many flaws and so many people predicting would be a bust. It makes the story more memorable and his future Football Life episode more watchable

I bet 5k on us to win that game. Tough memories

I always think it would be funny if the Bills players got off the plane dressed as Beatles

Is the female announcer still working on NFL games? I haven't heard her for a while but I guess they give her the 'lesser' games so since we've been good she hasn't covered us

This is great. You know those videos on Youtube titled "Every JP Losman TD pass" or "Every Trent Edwards TD pass", when it's all said and done Josh's should be much longer than the standard 3 minutes

I like them. For me they're the closest to the old school announcing teams I grew up listening to. Especially Romo. I know his enthusiasm rubs some people the wrong way but for me he's light years more engaging than stroke victims like Aikman and Collinsworth

I'm so glad we have this crazy bastard playing for us

When Josh Allen hurdles we cannot lose

Bills beat 13 people today. The Chiefs, the 12th man and the officials

If this gets overturned they seriously need to check this ref's bank transactions

Johnson:

As soon as it was incomplete I said "Flag?" and then of course out it came

Allen is a ***** lunatic

If Josh sees a hole on this drive I hope he just takes off

that's the sort of crap NE got away with for years

unreal the ***** these refs let them get away with

who else expected McKenzie to fumble that kickoff