dave mcbride

Believe me, I'm not expecting much.

I agree with ScottLaw here. It's unwise to judge a QB playing against vanilla preseason defenses. Didn't we learn this lesson with Rob Johnson? McCarron has actually been OK in real NFL games (6 TDs to 2 INTs and a 66.4 completion rate in 4 games in 2015).

Who were the Bills wideouts again last year? And which wideouts were actually healthy in 2016? Stop digging. Anderson is trash who had one good season over a decade ago in a 15-year career. He’s simply a likely better option than Peterman at the moment.

Suggests to me that Allen's elbow was hurt going into the game and that the Texans knew he was hurt. McDermott is really pissed about this, both now and during the game itself.

Anderson is actually better than Taylor in every single significant category except for QB rating, total QBR, completion percentage, yards per attempt, won-loss record, rushing yards, rushing yards per attempt, TD percentage per throw, (lower) INT percentage per throw, rushing TDs, (lower number of) fumbles and fumbles lost, PFR's Player Average Value (AV), and PFR's QB+ rating system.

Thanks!

I'm sure he's still a much better option for tackling the interceptors.

If James "I'll mix it up on the field in my street clothes" Trapp can be a Bills team chaplain, why not Nate??

Because there was no push in the middle and QBs always stepped up just out of his grasp. It was infuriating but not his fault.. That's why the brought in Star, who has been doing the job this season.

I deleted the game (because of course!). Anyone have a clip?

He played well in 2014 in backup duty, and it wasn't that long ago. So there is that! https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AndeDe00/gamelog/2014/

Au contraire. I thought Hughes was lights out last season. He had a ridiculous number of pressures.

Also, Jerry Hughes' 90.5 rating as a pass rusher makes him the third best pass rusher in the league according to their metric (behind Aaron Donald and Fletcher Cox).

I'm hardly an Anderson fan, but he did perform pretty well in sub duty in 2014: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McCaA.00/gamelog/2015/.

The thing is, maybe teams should cast a jaundiced eye in preseason toward QB play. Rob Johnson was a HOF preseason player. It is simply not the same because the scheming is vanilla, which matters supremely for judging the QB position. It's on the coaches to successfully assess that. McCarron is not great, but he has performed decently in real-game situations (https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McCaA.00/gamelog/2015/ ). He's a guy who can get you to 2-2 over a 4-game NFL stretch. Peterman is a guy with the yips who is simply terrible. Here were the other options. Most were probably better than Peterman: http://walterfootball.com/freeagents2018QB.php.

Yup, and Adam Wainwright is the cautionary tale of continuing to play with the partial tear. That said, Wainwright was lights out when he came back.

That times story is great. Here it is again: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/sports/baseball/debate-grows-over-how-to-protect-young-pitching-arms.html my son’s arm is fine and rest worked.

PS - rest does NOT fix a tear. The question is to risk it and keep playing. Fyi, my son (now a freshamn college pitcher) had a ucl sprain last fall (stretch, not tear) and his surgeon operates on yankee players. We got the lowdown about what tears mean.

Yup, worked for tanaka but not others. Kinda like microfractute surgery - platelet treatment is about 50-50 or slightly less, IIRC.

I don’t think curveballs are (see my link to the big ny times story on this earlier in the thread), but definitely agree about screwballs and to a lesser extent sliders.

Look, I’m no expert on qb elbow surgery and the necessity of it, but this season is a lost cause and he’s a long term investment. I make him right for the long term because that ligament in all likelihood will tear eventually.

Also, off-topic, but Didi —cr$p. My favorite player on that team.

Yeah, but see my post above about his off-the-charts velo. It was the ONLY reason he was drafted that high.

Yikes - i worry about this given Allen’s unque high velo (best ever in nfl history, most likely) skill set. I’d get the surgery with a planned august return, but perhaps I’m overworrying. That said, as @BADOLBILZ knows, these never heal. Ever. You just hope they don’t tear more.

I think the appropriate nomenclature is "lit."