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Agreed, and that’s honestly just the latest good decision. He is a really good coach and pulls no punches. I respect that. I won’t be surprised if Denver is a playoff team next year.

Payton had a great season. - Won 7 of their final 11 games. - Took the Broncos offense from 16.9ppg last season to 21.4 with Payton. - Took the Broncos defense from 26th in NFL (points) last season to 14th this season The Broncos were horrible last season and Payton made them respectable in 1 offseason. Great job (and no, I don’t desire him in Buffalo). Anyone laughing at what Payton did in Denver over the past 10 months is just being ignorant.

Due to his unusual last name, some have changed it in tweets to “Naysayer”.

Not this again.

Good call. I didn’t see it happening but very happy that it is!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Now go win the division in Miami!

I HATEEE defensive timeouts in that situation. Youre giving your opponent time to come up with a play too!!!

I say keep the divisions and allow the division winner to get into the playoffs, but make the seeding just based on record. Aka, a division winner could be the 7th seed even.

It was always division title or bust.

I could see this type of performance, plus multiple weeks off, come back to bite them in the butt.

Yes. But as stated prior, while it’s a bit more complicated than that, it’s a good metric because it’s a fair comparison across all teams using the same qualifiers and grading.

1) QB’s don’t have 180 degree field vision. They can’t see everything at one time. Not Brady. Not Kelly. Not Mahomes. Not anyone. 2) Allen was not at that point in his progression. He saw Diggs, his first read, have an open look. But by the time Diggs uncovered, three defenders were about to demolish Allen. 3) For both of these reasons, and many more, Allen did not look to Kincaid. You can find “open” receivers for every QB. But the context matters.

Perfectly said!

The video reviewer actually says something along the lines of “on second thought, this is a good play by the Patriots. It’s a tough minus (for Allen)”. Even he admits it’s horse crap to blame Allen for it, but he doesn’t remove it from the film… Another from the video. Josh didn’t hit Diggs 25 yards down field, on the run, with two defenders about to pummel him. It was a scramble drill and THIS was used as an example of Allen missing an open guy. The analysis in the video was a joke. I get that i’m an Allen homer but my goodness some of the stuff he is getting blamed for is wild.

For those who don’t care to watch (probably a good idea), this is one of the first plays they use to demonstrate that Allen missed open receivers. Allen has three defenders in his face and he is blamed for not hitting Diggs. This is an INT waiting to happen as that defensive back has a great opportunity to jump the pass from his position. This is the quality of analysis. PS, yes, there were a few missed receivers in this game, but context always matters (pressure, where Allen is within his reads and progressions, etc).

I don’t agree because the numbers just don’t back it up. Allen’s output outside the pocket is FAR better than in, and this has been the case his entire career. Entire teams defensive philosophies have been to keep him IN the pocket. The Dolphins defensive players talked about this last year. Allen is 8th in the NFL (according to PFF) under pressure this year.

3? Levis came in for injured Tannehill. Stick came in for injured Herbert. Bagent came in for injured Fields. Minshew came in for an injury. Flacco came in for an injured Watson. Browning came in for an injury Burrow. Siemian came in for injured Wilson (and then kept the job). Zappe is also a backup, though he came in not due to injury but rather poor play, and Howell was benched. There are 6 starting QB’s below Allen. Mahomes, Fields, Bryce, Herbert, Murray, Pickett. So, 26th instead of 27th?

I had just listened to that. Cossel said he leaves the pocket prematurely sometimes, but he also said if you want to take that away from him, you’re going to be taking away some of the big jaw-dropping plays he does as well. So you have to find that balance. Because staying in the pocket a half second longer, may mean you HAVE to throw from that pocket, as the escape lanes may be gone after you wait.

That actually makes complete sense. Defenses play backup QB’s differently than they play starting QB’s. You’re confusing two different metrics. Separation SCORE and average yards of separation. What you linked to was part of the WRER metric (which I believe has been long abandoned) The author was explaining a SCORE for separation within the WRER formula (nearly a decade old).

How do we know if a receiver had separation without knowing the play call? Well, if he has separation… Perhaps you mean the threat of him running? but just FYI, this chart excludes receivers who got open on scrambles. Count the players above and below Allen. There are 26 above him. There are also 5 starters below Allen. The rest are backups and spot players.

Allen finds receivers when they get open, at a pace higher than any other QB in the NFL. The problem is that they simply aren’t getting open! @Maine-iac and I were debating this a few days ago. I have been shouting from the roof tops that Bills receiving options do not gain much separation. The argument I get back is simply “Yes they do! Allen just isn’t throwing to the guys that are open”. Here is a chart, plotted through Week 17, that shows Allen has the highest % of throws to open receivers, despite his receiving options being 27th in the NFL in separation (in totality of all QB’s plotted). Also, notice how open Lamar’s receivers are… z

Allen said last week that they were seeing things from defense they haven’t seen on tape all year long. He said it’s what made the Chargers game more difficult than spent and have expected. Miami could have a similar plan.

He did have that one magical postseason 10 years ago. But outside of that one postseason, he has 13 TD’s and 10 INT’s playoffs.