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can’t say it any better than that.

yeah i would not say Allen regressed either. He had trouble with things that have bothered him all season, but against that defense, in particular, I think his improvements (especially in the 2nd half) shone bright. “Regression” in my mind describes Trubisky from last year to this. I think Allen is still playing his game, for better or worse, and still improving.

Point well taken my only response would be my reply fittingly equaled the response I was replying to in effort. At least Joe B put some work in.

this is always true and I am not a big fan of Joe B in general but his critiques this time seemed pretty accurate. But to some here (and you would know better than almost anyone) ANY critique of Allen is a cue to go defensive and demolish the critic. That’s more what I was trying to relay.

oh heavens he said something critical of Joshie!

wow. Thanks for finding this hadn’t seen it before. What a joke. Must be nice to have an angel on your shoulder like Peyton Manning to vouch for you wherever you go and then delude yourself into thinking it’s all you, eh Adam? Burn the jets down along with the chargers and start over.

Disagree with their placement - Allen would the 2nd 2018 QB in my mind, not 4th (or 3rd if you still have faith in Mayfield I suppose.) But I do think their evaluation in the OP’s post is fair enough. Credit is given (as it should be) to Allen’s underneath and intermediate accuracy. The problem remains his accuracy on long passes.

Apparently they scooped Turbin off the couch as well. Gonna be a timewarp backfield for the hawks in the playoffs. Good luck with that.

Okay like who? Who is your choice as a future all-pro outside LB that is currently whiling away on the Bills’ bench? Since it happened that one time 15 years ago on a different team.

Probably shoulda read the latest news before posting...

Lol did they really say that? I had to turn it off I had enough of Al and Chris last week.

really...

Bro Allen killed the first 3 offensive drives of the game with errant throws. When the bills were playing largely from behind and McDermott’s conservative playcalling hadn’t even yet come into play. Again if you can attribute those first 3 drive-killing throws to Daboll or McDermott please tell me - i’ll listen. But I just don’t see how you can put those on them. Allen’s failures on those drives helped keep our defense on the field for most of the 1st half.

sure McDermott does get conservative I already agreed with you. You can’t say it’s all coaching and then dismiss and explain away the obvious fact that he missed several open throws tonight (again) with “every QB misses throws bro”. That’s dishonest. Allen misses many. Many more than certain other QBs in the league. WHICH IS FINE. He’s continuing to improve. But don’t scapegoat the coaches as the cause of all his troubles. That’s all. I am excited to see what he does in the playoffs.

is it though? Hey I am not a fan of the coaching strategy when the Bills get a lead either, but the coaches aren’t responsible for Allen missing on those throws early in the game. I think Allen himself would tell you that.

yes it’s my biggest gripe too. Seems like the gameplan flips to “protect the lead” immediately.

Yeah I lived in Boston too - they’re certainly not my favorites.

All this. We already scored our moral victory when when played them close earlier this season. I didn’t need another one.

I am somewhere between 90-100%

yeah that’s CBS for you I suppose

so why’d they even play their starters today? Your whole screed to the virtues of loser mentality is based on a hypothetical future loss, and you’re criticizing others’ here? Adorable.

yes you are correct - this was put out this morning

Texans’ seeding scenarios: No. 2 AFC seed: A first-round bye is still in play for the Texans but it's a pretty huge long shot. Houston has to win out to get to 11-5. The Chiefs have to go to 1-1 to get to 11-5. The Patriots have to go 0-2 to get to 11-5. And the Bills have to go 1-1 to get to 11-5 as well. That would create a three-way tie for the second spot (Buffalo would be the fifth seed) and the Texans would have a head-to-head advantage over the Chiefs and Pats to get the second seed. No. 3 AFC seed: If the Pats win out, the Chiefs go 1-1 and the Texans win out, Houston would get the No. 3 seed by virtue of its head-to-head win over Kansas City. No. 4 AFC seed: If the Pats and Chiefs win out, the Texans can't get any higher than the No. 4 seed. They haven't won the AFC South yet, but they can do so this weekend by 1) beating the Buccaneers on Saturday, 2) tying the Bucs and having the Saints/Titans tie or 3) having the Titans lose to the Saints on Sunday. Any three of those scenarios would clinch no less than the fourth seed for Houston. If the Texans lose and the Titans win, Week 17's game would be a divisional title game. No. 6 AFC seed: The Texans can actually sneak in as a wild card, if the Steelers lose one of their two remaining games. In this scenario, the Texans could beat the Buccaneers Saturday and lose to the Titans in Week 17. They would be 10-6 and the Steelers would finish 9-7 at best, which would put the Texans in as a wild card, while the Titans jumped up to the No. 4 seed.

he missed 3 in the 1st half to kill 3 straight drives alone, plus the ball to knox at the end of the game, so yes he missed at least 4. C+. Made 2 beautiful deep balls and gritted out another 4 and 1 conversion that was awesome. No turnovers. But something is off - the footwork looks baaad. Worse than earlier in the season. Double clutching all over the place. Not sure he’s trusting what he’s seeing (against NE’s defense, granted, so it may not turn out to be on ongoing thing.)

that’s a nice story