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I understand how someone could be confused by the way the automatic review process works. All scoring plays and plays resulting in turnovers are reviewed to confirm that they were, in fact, scores/turnovers. Plays in which it was ruled that there was neither a score nor a turnover ARE NOT automatically reviewed to determine whether or not there should have been a score/turnover. It's a little confusing. That said, it's now been spelled out for you very clearly. If you want to throw a tantrum, that's your right, but this is absolutely not an automatic review situation.

You're wrong. It was never ruled a touchdown nor a turnover. One referee signaled touchdown, but the head official ruled it a touchback. This happens all the time.

Did you really just disregard his opinion because he didn't watch Jacksonville play only to disregard his opinion one post later because he DID watch them play? I just want to make sure I didn't miss something.

Well... No points were scored, so it wasn't a scoring play. Houston maintained possession, so there wasn't a turnover. Other than that, spot on.

Completely incorrect. This was ruled a touchback which is neither a turnover nor a scoring play.

Do you have any examples of it ever being called something other than a touchback? Seems that would make more sense than asking someone to prove a negative.

Like most fans, I watch football for the officiating. I would prefer playoff games to be decided by Robert's Rules of Order and leaving the players out of it entirely. The reality is that not one single person would be complaining about this had the official simply signaled a touchback in the first place instead of being an idiot and deciding to over-officiate. Instead, you get an entire off-season of whining from people who would rather determine the outcome of games based on technicalities (never mind that if the teams had been reversed, they'd immediately take the opposite position).

He's been ridiculously underpaid for the past 4 seasons. He should get every penny he can. $35 million seems high today, but that will be middle of the pack in two years. If he gets 4 years for $140mm, that would still mean Dallas got 8 seasons of top 10 QB play for an average of $18,000,000 a season.

Dallas should definitely dump their 26 year old QB who threw 30 TDs and 11 INTs and pay $35 million to a 38 year old who threw 23 TDs and 20 INTs.

And the difference in scoring was like .2 points per drive. That’s one point for every 5 drives which would total 15 yards of field position. 7 points for each 105 yards of field position.

Many fans here are incapable of acknowledging that there are good QBs on other teams. It’s as if it’s somehow an insult to JA to say that throwing 97 TDs vs 36 INTs and posting a 40-24 record as a starter is impressive. The guy threw for nearly 5,000 yards last year including 9 games in which he threw for more than any game of Allen’s career. He’s a franchise QB, and he’s going to get paid like one. Lol at the fans who simultaneously praise one QB for improving his YPG from 173 to 193, his completion percentage from 53 to 59, and his TDs from 10 to 20 but think the 26 year old who upped his YPG from 243 to 306, completed 65% of his passes, and upped his TD passes from 22 to 30 should be dumped for some washed up FA and a day 2 draft pick. He will never play a game as the highest paid QB in the league. Mahomes and Watson will sign much larger deals before then.

What happened in that game? Did Allen throw for 355 yards and 2 TDs, or was that Dak? Dallas scored 120 more points than Buffalo. I guess you think Dak should have played better defense.

If the cowboys couldn't put together a competitive roster when Dak was making $1,000,000 a year, what makes you think the difference between $33mm and $35mm is going to matter? All the penny pinching armchair GMs on the internet would be the first to complain when Cooper Rush is slinging the old pigskin for America's team. Unlike Josh who had all those signature wins against playoff teams, right?

Well if Josh averages 34 TDs, 7 INTs, and 5,308 yards passing over the next two seasons, he will equal Dak's first four years.

You were wrong enough the first time.

Odd that so many picked trade down. McBeane already has 9 picks. That’s a waste when the roster is already pretty solid. They aren’t going to be looking for volume at this point in the process. It’s time to get some dudes and try to win now. The defense is already a top 5 unit. If Josh is the goods, get him some day 1 weapons and shoot your shot while he’s cheap. There are really only two ways to win big in this league as far as I can tell. You either have one of the greatest QBs in history like Manning/Brady or you go for broke with a QB on a rookie contract like Wilson/Wentz/Mahomes.

I’ll preface this statement with the fact that I’m a Chiefs fan who placed a very large bet on the Bills to win more than 7 games this season (great job) and a smaller but still sizable wager on them to win the division outright (not as great). That’s why I started posting here in the first place. Somehow I seem to have been mistakenly pegged as a Ravens fan, but that’s neither here nor there. If Josh becomes anything close to Kirk or Dak, the Bills are going to win the division at least three times in the next five years.

What will you think if he throws for 10 more TDs, 1,800 more yards, and completes 65% of his passes next season?

Every Bills fan should hope that Allen turns out as good as Prescott or Cousins.

What do you think of Josh Allen?

I can’t wait to see this place when Josh puts up 26 TDs, 12 INTs, and 3,700 yards next season. There’s going to be a civil war at TBD over his extension.

I guess 26 year old QBs who put up 5200 yards and 33 TDs are easily replaceable. Dude has made $4.7 million in 4 seasons. Nobody was crying about him being underpaid, but suddenly he wants what the market will pay, and he’s excoriated by fans. Guess what? Dak doesn’t need financial advice from a bunch of middle aged dudes on the internet. He’s going to get as much as Jerry Jones will pay him just as he should. You best believe Jerry will squeeze fans for every nickel they will pay, so there’s really no sense in clutching your pearls on his account. Of course fans will cry about how much better it would be if he would take a little less money so that they could build a championship roster around him, because that’s what fans always do. Meanwhile, they ignore the fact that the Cowboys couldn’t build a championship roster when Dak was making $500,000 a year. The difference between $33,000,000 and $35,000,000 isn’t going to make or break the team. If it does, they can trot Cooper Rush out there and see how that works out. The reality is that the Cowboys need Dak more than he needs them. There are a dozen teams who would pay Dak $30,000,000+ to play for them.

He will be 25 years old next season and just put up 1,700 yards in 15 games. How is he aging and trending down?

You think Gore would have suited up in the playoffs if he had been on the Chiefs? I can’t even believe that there are people on here trying to pretend that Gore was a more effective player than McCoy this season. McCoy averaged 4.6 yards per carry and had 5 TDs. Gore averaged 3.6 and had 2 TDs. Shady wasn’t even good, and he was still significantly better than Gore. Frank was useless all year, and he was even worse in the playoffs. If you want to defend bringing in a geriatric RB who ranked 45th out of 47 in YPC and who was tied with Dare Ogunbowale, Olamide Zaccheus, and 61 others for 182nd most TDs scored, that’s your prerogative. I’m pretty sure you don’t believe McBeane would have brought in Gore if he had it to do over again, though.

Mike Evans had very similar stats. He also had 3 100 yard games and a 0 yard game. Cooper Krupp had similar numbers including 0, 17, 31, and 35 yard games. There are maybe 6-8 truly elite WRs in the league. Amari is in the next group that aren’t quite at the level of DeAndre, Tyreek, Michael Thomas, etc. but are undeniably number 1 WRs. He only costs money, and the time to spend it on a guy who would immediately be the best offensive player on the team is now before a decision has to be made as to whether or not Josh gets a franchise level contract.