JohnNord

I remember Orton dropping down in the backfield rather than take a hit when a defender was rushing him rather than a take a hit in a meaningless Week 17 game versus NE. Clearly a business decision.

Trade where though? LB? DT? CB? Many choices It’s a sprain and not a tear like Feliciano. That is big. We could see him back in a few weeks

How serious is it, if they aren’t putting him on IR?

That might be true...but I don’t think that stops him from taking the jobs

The 49 yard pass to Diggs was all air yards.

It’s still early in the year and a lot can happen but the signs of the Bills offensive production very positive. If The Bills can win the AFC East, it’s all but certain that Daboll is gone. I also think that Daboll will have a much better chance than Eric Bienemy or whatever upcoming offensive coordinator will emerge. Over the span of 3 years (if all continues) Daboll will have developed a very raw traits-based QB into an up-and-coming NFL superstar. Bienemy who works alongside with a HOF playcaller, can’t take as much claim. QB is likely going to be the #1 priority of any team who fires their coach, and what Daboll did with Allen has to be a tremendous selling point I think NYJ is definitely a possibility. Daboll might be a shot to start from scratch with the top college QB prospect in football. Daboll’s not dumb like his buddy JMD who stayed in NE when they dangled the HC carrot in front of his face (it’s going to Belichick’s kid when the old man retires). If he gets a HC shot, he’s taking it

Weirdest thing is that coming out of college, so many scouting reports put verbatim “he catches everything!” That didn’t happen in the NFL. I was watching rookie highlights. There’s a game vs San Diego were Josh hits an open Zay with a 40 yard bomb. The ball is a bit under thrown and Zay is so open he turns his body to catch the ball that hits him in the stomach. But he ends up bobbling an easy catch which wouldn’t negated a huge gain. That’s Zay’s career in Buffalo, folks

Zay still doesn’t make the team this year. He’s a low-end WR on most NFL teams. I think the problems we saw last year are still the ones that continue to plague him: 1. No separation 2. inconsistent hands 3. Not good on contested catches 4 Not quick, shifty or fast enough to create mismatches If you were to put Zay on the team, he might be the 2nd WR of the PS behind Duke Williams

I’m still trying to figure out how the Allen pass to Kroft was ruled as an INT last week.

With Snacks there must be some reason why he is unsigned. I saw that Vincent Taylor was playing with the Browns. Taylor would seriously have been a good candidate for 1 technique. I do wonder if the team makes a move at the trade deadline

I don’t think this game happens. Not next week, anyway

This was one his most consistent performances. Yes the sack took the Bills out of FG range but in this situation, it ultimately didn’t have and effect on the score

The weird thing is, the virus doesn’t seem to be transferring during games. There were zero zero infected Vikings who played Ten on Sunday. Also I don’t believe there were any infected Raiders who played NE.

I would be fine with extending the season or even shortening it by a few games. Do whatever you have to do to protect players first and then have a season, second

This is mostly true. Also the same people who used #FireBrianDaboll are now suggesting that the Bills block any head coaching interviews! IMO what pissed of so many Bills fans isn’t the projections, as much as it was how arrogant and snarky the Barnwell’s of the world were when discussing Allen.

We have a stud DE - AJ Epinesa!!!!!

If he can stay healthy and maintain the average level he was at from 2016-2018, it would be a huge boost. They can line him up on the outside or at slot CB. I do worry about his health/age but As long as he can stay healthy, I think he’ll be better than some are predicting I hope not. It sounds like the Bills would to keep him around

Hellllllllllllllo Josh Norman BTW This Nick guy is a clown

Teams lose off bye weeks all of the time. It it an advantage? Maybe. But I don’t think it’s as big of an advantage that’s Impossible to overcome

Given how the NFC West is playing, 9-7 might win the AFCE! It just shows how it those divisional games are - in particular the 2 versus NE. As far as the rest of the scheduled, I find that teams always lose a few games they should win and a win a few they should lose. It usually evens out

Most people thought he would never be good because the PFF’s of the world said he wouldn’t be. Allen is a case study why you shouldn’t always take everything the Analytics crowd says as fact I don’t think so. Darnold would be in a great spot in Buffalo and Allen probably isn’t starting anymore in NY. There so much more than goes into the success of a QB prospect outside of their college stats and measurables. So much is dependent on the situation they are drafted in.

Draft Twitter is a thing! By that I meant the usual PFF crew and sites like the Draft Network etc

The name that kept popping up with Allen was Christian Hackenberg. Many of Twitter analysts made the comparison quite a bit

To an extent you are right and the analogy between Allen and Darnold is spot on. But IMO where the analytics crowd was wrong was their projections of Josh. Sam Monson claimed Josh would never be a better QB than Baker Mayfield. Also claimed that Josh would never complete higher than 58% of his passes and would need short dump off to do so. To me, it shows a lack of understand in the role that the organization and coaching plays in the development of a prospect.

The issue is EVERYONE thinks they can predict success in the NFL. When the truth is - it’s a big crapshoot. There are so many factors that result in the success or failure of a draft pick. As you’ve seen in Moneyball there’s a natural tension between the analytics and old-school scouting crowd over whose method is best. Stats and data vs. measurables and intangibles. With the analytics crew, it’s the classic case of data rich, insight poor. They wanted to be the smartest guys in the room. I believe they tried to project Josh using the same data for other top QB’s without considering the context or understanding how pros develop a prospect. That’s why his metrics rated so poorly compared to the other top guys. So hearing that a prospect that they rated so low, mentioned as a candidate for the top pick, just didn’t compute (pun intended!) As a result they really began to dig their heels and double down on their numbers which said that the odds are unlikely Josh will be a good pro. This led to many snarky tweets to essentially say “see we told you so, he’s really bad.” IMO it goes back to proving that their method is the best. Some of the skepticism on Allen is actually fair based on his less than impressive college numbers. But the bleak projections, that people like Sam Monson made, are just ignorant. It shows he has no idea about the nuance involved with developing a prospect.