Albany,n.y.

This reminds me of the time I bought a new Audi and kept my beat up old VW Golf with the drivers side held together with bolts & Bondo for the 1st winter. When I drove the VW I'm sure the other drivers had a whole different opinion of me than when I drove the Audi. I was thinking of getting a bumper sticker to put on the VW saying "My other car is a new Audi" just because it really was but never did. The problem with the VW was that if it got wet it would stall out whenever the car stopped for a light. I once got stuck in a traffic jam where it was continually stalling and got a lot of grief from the people behind me. All I could think of was I should have driven in the Audi that day.

No way. Imagine the NY media if the Jets hired a guy fired by Jacksonville after a double digit loss season. The GM would be run out of town on a rail. The Jets are going to play to the media & hire a big name like one of the Harbaughs or McCarthy. They're not bringing in a rookie coach again unless they feel that Darnold needs continuity and promote Bates.

The worst team we played all year was the Jets who on that day didn't have their heads in the game from the very 1st play through the end. If the Jets are as listless in Orchard Park as they were in NJ, Barkley will end up playing in the 4th quarter with the Bills up by 40 and Allen resting on the sidelines to protect him from cheap shots late.

I'm in the same boat. I've been that way with most of the QBs the Bills drafted over the years since the Kelly era. I ended up dumping my hopes quickly on most of them, the quickest being JP followed by EJ. JP was my quickest because I thought Trent Edwards was going to be great. I was at the NE game when Wolfork took out JP and I stood up & said "Don't get up". I cheered Edwards entrance and went so far as telling the NE fans I had talked with earlier that Trent in for JP was the Bills equivalent of Brady in for Bledsoe. It took another 2 years for me to give up on Trent. In the end he entered a game & I said that it would end with a quick injury exit and I invoked the name of Rob Johnson. Shortly after Edwards left the game injured. When Tyrod signed as a free agent I figured he was an adequate place holder who would be better than EJ & Cassell, and would beat them out in their 1st camp together, but I always felt he was just a guy who you're always trying to replace with a real franchise QB. I never saw anything to get excited about with Peterman & when he got overhyped before the LA start (which I had the misfortune of attending) I started referring to him as Nathan Marangi because there were people who said he had to be an improvement over Tyrod and it brought me back to the 1970s when fans wanted Marangi to replace Ferguson and finally got their wish when Fergy got hurt and Marangi set records of futility that still stand today, even though Peterman did worse in some categories before his release. What I want to see from a rookie QB are flashes of brilliance. Allen is already providing that & I'm super optimistic. I'm so optimistic I bought his jersey after the Vikings game. Right now I feel like it's 1986 all over again, that we've found our QB for the next decade or more. I hope he's a lot more Kelly than Todd, Rob, JP, Trent and EJ. If he doesn't work out there's always another QB to draft down the road but the rest of the season & going into next year, I'll be pretty psyched up every time I see 17 out there.

You definitely need a new kicker. Crosby is too inconsistent to count on.

Personally, I think the TD/Int ratio is a horrible stat. A better stat is total TD drives attained. If a QB drives the team all the way into the redzone & the team scores by the QB throwing an easy TD, how is that any more significant than a TD drive that ends in a rush instead of a throw? Also INTs have a context too. Obviously throwing a pick 6 deep in his own territory is a lot more egregious than throwing an INT on a Hail Mary that ends the half . I suggest total TD drives/significant INTS that lead to points by the opponent as a much more meaningful measure than simple TD/INT ratios.

1 more win and the team surpasses Kelly's 1986 4-12 record, and Kelly came here with 2 years of USFL experience. Some of us want to enjoy thoughts of future seasons of 12 or more victories led by Allen while others are always looking to find negatives in everything. The main objective for a team is to be a champion or at least be a championship contender. If all you want to do is think the team will never attain that status, I advise you find another team pretty soon that looks like they're about to stink for the next decade because you won't be happy when the Bills start compiling double digit wins year after year. Your best choice may be the Cincinnati Bengals who have an out of touch owner and if they do hire Hue Jackson are almost guaranteed seasons of futility until he is fired again. Why would you say that when if you're watching games it's pretty obvious that one of Allen's strengths already is above average ball security? He's thrown 1 meaningful INT in his 2 games back.

I'll be concerned about beating the Patriots when 1st place is on the line. It's not this year. If we beat the Pats because Allen played lights out & outplayed Brady, I'm all for it, but the only thing I care about the last 4 games is Allen's development.

I think one of the reasons is the team has had too much instability at the backup QB position. Maybe if Barkley signs a multi-year contract and they can count on him as being the clear #2 QB, then we can have the backup QB holding. However, if Bojorquez is the punter next year, he'll probably hold as long as he understands the difference between a FG and a fake. .

Instead of calling ownership intellectually deficient, take a look in the mirror. When did they pass on Cowher?

Every time I think I've seen the worst post of the year, somebody comes along & tops the last person's stupidity.

No need for a question mark in the title, it's already happened.

"I personally like McDermott but feel he is not the answer. To me the clock started ticking on him and General Manager Brandon Beane in the preseason of this year. You see personnel depart and do well (Chris Hogan) elsewhere." This part of the letter shows the stupidity of its writer. 1st off Hogan left when Ryan was the coach & Whaley was the GM, but the writer somehow blames it on McBean. 2nd, if a player goes from Tyrod Taylor to Tom Brady as his QB, odds are pretty good he's going to look like a better player playing with Brady.

Give it another 10 years and it will be appropriate.

Have all these guys agreed to play in the league or is it just a wish list? If it's just a wish list it looks pretty bad for EJ & Nate not even being selected. There was NFL Europe/WLAF which produced several guys including HOFer Kurt Warner and future HOFer Adam Vinatieri.

2 words: Blake Bortles. Management understands that they have to get him a QB before firing him because no coach can win consistently with Bortles.

What are they supposed to do, suspend Incognito from his nonexistent team's next games? No conspiracy, the guy is out of his mind. Kaepernick would get a job before Richie.

Unless the owner puts his foot down like Ralph did when he told Marv he couldn't coach when he was the GM, Coughlin is going to be replacing Marrone on the sidelines in 2019. He might have to wait until mid-season next year, but St. Doug won't survive another losing season. If they're in the market for a QB, a local boy is now available-he even has a 2018 opening day start on his resume.

I think a better stat than TD throws/Interceptions is TDs produced than TDs thrown. If a QB runs it in or hands off to a RB who runs it in, what difference does it make how the team reached the end zone? Yesterday Allen was responsible for 3 TDs, a TD pass, a handoff to a WR (acting as a RB) and his own run. That's a 3/0 TD/Int ration in my book. The traditional seasonal TD/Int ratio Allen has of 3/5 doesn't tell the whole story-just as his completion % yesterday was irrelevant.

Shaw: Great OP. I basically said this yesterday to one poster & I'll expand on it: Anyone who looks at Allen's stat line & questions his play yesterday either didn't see the game or doesn't know what they're watching. You clearly know what you're watching. I've been on the Allen train since the Vikings game when I went out the next day and bought an Allen jersey at my local mall. I was wearing it yesterday at a sports bar in Berkeley California where even Pats fans were congratulating me after the win.

You can get a lot of production for a lot less than Bell will cost without a huge dropoff. Just look at what Pittsburgh did this year replacing Bell. Take the $ that Bell would cost & buy 3 offensive linemen-One of them blue chip and the other 2 improvements over the bums of the week we're fielding.

and costs about 1/3 the price.

Yes, I wasn't sure which one it was, thanks for helping me remember-I got tired fast of the talk about who could beat up who & fast forwarded it until they got back to the gameday talk.

On one of the post games yesterday they were talking about how Coughlin was yelling and acting angry during the game.