I like Allen, but his pay this year has confused the heck out of me. We draft a strong mobile big-armed QB and have basically pushed him into the role of trying to be a game manager. We basically bought a Tesla and then put it in valet mode. We haven't restricted his running, but his running is less effective in getting chunk plays than it was last year and I don't like that we run him as much as we do because he fumbles the ball all the friggin time. He is a strong 4th quarter QB, but he shouldn't need to be a strong 4th quarter QB because we should have these games against the junky teams well in-hand by the end of the game.
I think the real reason we didn't make a trade at the deadline is McBeane know in a year where the rest of our opponents aren't falling apart, this is a 7-8 win team based primarily on the strength of our D, which all of a sudden can't stop the run. I'm probably guilty of getting too excited at the highs and too discouraged at the lows, but I dunno that this is a team that is capable of making a run this year and I'm starting to wonder if Josh is ever gonna put things together. I still haven't seen a complete game from him, but I suppose 20 starts isn't enough of a sample size to make a call one way or the other. Like I said, confused.