Professor Worthington
-
Posts
34 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Gallery
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by Professor Worthington
-
-
29 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
So when you say criticism of Josh has to stop you’re not serious.
Looking back through this thread it strikes me there is actually agreement on many things:
1. Josh is a great QB.
2. People can accept that Josh can continue to improve on the mental or processing aspects of his game.
3. Deficiencies in other team aspects particularly on the defensive side and on coaching need to be improved going forward.
Yes but again, if Josh improves with all else being the same, I do not think that alone will get us there. In other words, if we were to rate performance on a 100 point scale, and JA goes from a 95 to a 98-99, the Bills will still need at least one other player or head coach to take it to the same elite level.
So rather than pin our hopes on Josh’s incremental improvements, we should be looking for current or future players and coaches who can excel in the biggest moments.
Another poster mentioned Mahomes as an example of one man putting a team on his back but I don’t buy that at all. He has arguably the
best TE in NFL history and a HOF coach who is recognized as an offensive genius.
The most dominant championship teams have at least 2 and usually 3 superstars as a player or coach. The KC example is noted above. The Pats had the GOAT, Belichik, and Gronk. The 9O’s Bills had multiple HOFs (except I don’t buy Marv, but that’s another thread!) and went to 4 straight championships, which is why lack of a ring remains both maddening and mind-boggling.
-
1
-
-
14 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
I’m still confused. What can we say on the message board and what can’t we say?
Can you understand the difference between a figure of speech and an authoritarian decree? Since you’re deferring to me for guidance, I guess that means you consider me an authority, and I’m flattered.
-
1
-
-
2 hours ago, oldmanfan said:
So as Shaw and I have said, he is a great QB that can continue to improve on the mental side of his game. Is that kind of commentary allowed or do we have to stop because you say we must?
Spending time picking apart Josh’s flaws is like doing the same for Steph Curry and not scrutinizing how Draymond, Klay Thompson, Steve Kerr, etc are playing/coaching to their potentials. It’s not where the spotlight should shine.
The only way the Bills win it all is by improving JA’s supporting cast. If all else is the same and we see incremental improvements in Josh, there is no Lombardi. One man alone, no matter how talented, cannot win a championship. I think we’ve proven that.
-
2
-
-
Any criticism of Josh Allen or acknowledgement of such has got to stop. Those who do it look uninformed and clownish, or they are desperate for attention and clicks.
He is an elite QB with generational talent who will be enshrined in Canton one day. Can he improve? Sure, we all have opportunities to improve, but his performances are not behind the Bills’ failure to reach the SB.
Against the Texans we had a special teams TD reversed and a defensive meltdown in OT. 13 seconds is on the defense and coaching. This year, thank you Tyler Bass and Stefon Diggs. 17 isn’t the problem. It’s the 54 other players and coaches that deserve the criticism.
-
3
-
-
Quote
He’s just so good,running and passing, that he demoralizes the other team.
This sentence about Josh Allen says it all, and because we as fans see what he does every week and become accustomed to it, I think it can go unrecognized.
Absolutely no one looks forward to tackling a trucking Allen when he’s got a head of steam. And the best coverage guys in the league just have to shake their heads in despair when a JA laser gets delivered into the tightest window in a blink of an eye.For God’s sake, Fangio installed a prevent defense in the Red Zone to try and stop him. JA gets into players and coaches heads. He’s a gridiron demon. Perhaps Rich Eisen said it best: “Josh Allen is coming for your souls.”
GO BILLS
-
1
-
-
Renaldo Nehemia is only 6 ft 1 but ran the 40 in 4.1 secs. I think the fastest man to ever play football. As a track athlete ran the 100m in 10.24 secs.
-
I like the comparison and I liked the play. Rapp was trying to avoid a full on brutal collision but his impact was certainly felt. I love the aggressiveness, physicality and the attitude. Like I said after the play, if you don’t want to get hit Dak don’t tuck the ball and run…it’s simple.
Just one play out of many that intimidated the hell out of the pretender Cowboys and had them thinking about getting on the warm dry plane back home by the second quarter. GO BILLS!
-
1
-
-
Pardon me while I run thru a *****in wall! Great post that got me incredibly jacked. “Assassin’s mentality”—I love it!
-
5
-
-
11 hours ago, Best Williams Available said:
This team peaked the first 6 weeks of the season. After they beat the Chiefs, it was like they thought their jobs were finished.
Then after the bye, they were unmotivated and unprepared every game thereafter (despite winning a lot toward the end). They were in cruise control with no identity. It would have been exposed had Damar not gone down that night. That a** whooping maybe would have lit a fire. But instead, their laze festered, until the inevitable happened Sunday.
This. I don’t know what happened after the bye but this was a different team starting with the 2nd half vs Green Bay. That’s when Josh started throwing head-scratching picks, which continued into the Jets’ game. Before the elbow injury.
In the second half of the season, obviously the injury didn’t help things but something else was going on: mental, game plan, who knows?
-
1
-
-
Here’s another thing my son noticed: sometimes Gabe tries to catch the ball like a RB would receive the
ball from the QB-with one hand under and one hand over. I can’t believe a receiver’s coach allows him to do this. It’s an awful way to
attempt catching a football
-
Yup, it’s been a theme all season. Opposing teams making highlight catches and Bills’ receivers dropping mildly contested catches. Really pisses me off.
-
1
-
-
32 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:
Man this thread haters gonna hate.
17 minutes ago, Tulsabillsfanz said:Exactly. Did we miss something? Wasn’t that Josh Allen leading us 90 yards down the field for the go ahead TD with 2:40 left. Wasn’t that Josh Allen throwing an incredible 36 yard pass to Diggs to lead us to the game winning FG in less than 20 seconds? Yes, JA has struggled at times, but he’s still a great QB & he had no yips when the game was on the line today.
I guess you missed the part where I wrote there’s “no other QB I would rather have.”
My concern is that we’re not seeing MVP caliber play, which he clearly was on track for before the 2nd half of Packers game, and I’m asking the fans why. Many have given thoughtful responses. You two, not so much.
-
9 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:
1. Poor OL
2. Mediocre OC
3. Bigger injury than being told
4. Yips/ trying to be whole offense
5. Gabe & Dawson have disappeared.
Good answer. I just can’t wrap my head around the elbow being the thing. How do you throw a 70 yd pass at end of Jets game and the pass to Diggs today and say “it’s the elbow.” Any orthopedic surgeons or sports medicine specialists, please weigh in!
-
I will waffle here and say it’s a combination of all 3, just not sure what is contributing the most. I don’t think the elbow has anything to do with it. He’s not barreling down the field trucking defenders with a sore anything.
Still no other QB I would rather have. Clearly from a fan’s perspective my frustration comes from the dominating promise of the first 7 games to the current scratching and clawing for a W vs inferior teams.
What do you all think is the most important thing to get right?
-
The Great Dane!
-
In Orchard Park. Revenge is sweet.
-
3
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, hemma said:
Kumerow was on O for 116 snaps, ran 46 routes, was targeted 6 times, caught 2 for a total of 28 yards, had 1 drop that was a likely TD.
—- I don’t think his 28 yards on offense will be missed.
He played 15 games on STs and made 5 solo tackles, which was 6th on the team.
There was a day when 5 tackles would have made him an ST ‘must keep’, but I think those days are behind us.
I think Hodgins offers more upside than 28 yards and I think there are others that could kick in as much or more than 1 tackle every third game.
just my opinion. I guess we’ll see.
Now that’s a data-driven response! Great work hemma!
-
1
-
1
-
-
Word.
-
1
-
-
Tremaine Edmunds is a joker.
Gabe is a smoker.
Spencer Brown is a midnight (and beyond) toker.
-
2
-
-
I wanted to smack Tannehill after this celebration. I think the Bills will exact revenge.
-
The butt whoopings commence. Coincidence? Or is this one of the best get off the mat Bills’ teams we’ve ever seen?
-
Thanks guys. I waited in line for about 1/2 hour at gate 4. Not too bad and I had an ice cold Flower Power IPA to keep me company!
-
Hi folks,
Anyone care to share their opinion about the least crowded, fastest gate to enter the stadium? Normally I just pick the closest one but with the expected delays from vax checks, maybe gate selection plays a bigger role. Appreciate any insight.
-
It is Ford. He is weak like H.R. Pickens
-
1
-
The criticism of Josh Allen
in The Stadium Wall
Posted
Where did I write “either-or”? You’re making incorrect assumptions. I’m all for Josh coaching up players and setting high expectations. That doesn’t change the fact that someone other than 17 needs to be on the team who plays at an elite level.