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2 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Kirby....might need to start getting ready to see Peterman week 1.

Half joking here since it's early but I went from "no way he starts week 1" to "wow....it might actually happen".

No chance, imagine if it failed? That would throw this staff into the crosshairs. They won’t subject themselves to that. If Allen is ready, it’s Allen, if not, it’s McCarron.

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To paraphrase Joe Seluchi / Sonny Bono in Airplane II, "I don't know if this would be a good time to ask, but would it be possible for us to get our Cardale Jones back?" ?

30 minutes ago, Commonsense said:

No. AJ delivers the pizzas.

Ah, but the season is young.

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11 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

No chance, imagine if it failed? That would throw this staff into the crosshairs. They won’t subject themselves to that. If Allen is ready, it’s Allen, if not, it’s McCarron.

 

This staff seems to like surprises and taking chances....

 

I still don't think he starts but I'm no longer saying "no way".  

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2 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

No, Josh Allen will be given the job as soon as he is ready. This is where the disagreement is. The Bills aren’t “trying out 3 guys to see who their guy will be.” They invested HEAVILY in a guy and have staked their careers on it. They aren’t testing them all out!! They are waiting for Allen to be ready. Those 2 things are very, very different.

Getting picked 6 times in 52 attempts isn’t better than zero attempts.

 

What do you mean by as soon as he's ready?

 

If Peterman is Bills starting QB week one and leads the Bills to a perfect season leading up to bye, where Peterman has, let's say a 15 tds 4 ints stat line, Allen isn't replacing him after the bye week at that point barring injury, even if he looks as fine and finished a product as the coaches could have ever imagined.

 

Just wouldn't happen.

 

That's why I disagree with you when you say this is solely about Josh Allen, how fast he can pick things up, and that they aren't testing out each guy.

 

They are.

 

If Allen's their guy heading into the season they are going to determine that early. They are testing out each QB to see how each performs during certain competition to determine  who's best suited to fill that starting role this season.

 

Perhaps you think I'm suggesting that they are in search of their franchise QB with the current QB competition.

 

I am not.

 

 

Knowing how to respond better to adversity having faced it, is greater than never having faced adversity.

 

Of the 6 INTS that you so like to mention, 5 came in one game.

 

Peterman never had another multiple INT game after that game vs. the Chargers.

 

Not even one two-interception game to speak of.

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3 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

What do you know, Peterman showing some improvement in his sophomore season.

 

Still thinking that Kirby? (that there is 0 chance)

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5 minutes ago, BurpleBull said:

 

What do you mean by as soon as he's ready?

 

If Peterman is Bills starting QB week one and leads the Bills to a perfect season leading up to bye, where Peterman has, let's say a 15 tds 4 ints stat line, Allen isn't replacing him after the bye week at that point barring injury, even if he looks as fine and finished a product as the coaches could have ever imagined.

 

Just wouldn't happen.

 

That's why I disagree with you when you say this is solely about Josh Allen, how fast he can pick things up, and that they aren't testing out each guy.

 

They are.

 

If Allen's their guy heading into the season they are going to determine that early. They are testing out each QB to see how each performs during certain competition to determine  who's best suited to fill that starting role this season.

 

Perhaps you think I'm suggesting that they are in search of their franchise QB with the current QB competition.

 

I am not.

 

 

Knowing how to respond better to adversity having faced it, is greater than never having faced adversity.

 

Of the 6 INTS that you so like to mention, 5 came in one game.

 

Peterman never had another multiple INT game after that game vs. the Chargers.

 

Not even one two-interception game to speak of.

As soon as he is ready isn't that complicated. The Bills traded up in the 1st round to get him. He isn’t a part of some mythical QB competition. He will be the starter as soon as the Bills think he’s ready regardless of who is in front of him now. Alex Smith played at an MVP level for much of last year and was jettisoned. Allen is their guy. He’s the guy that they are betting their careers on. If they are right, we move. If they are wrong, they are looking for work in 2 years. That’s the nature of the NFL.

 

We disagree on their plan. Their plan isn’t “let’s see which guy gives us the best chance to win?” Their plan is “as soon as Josh is ready, he plays.” It may not be week 1 or even 8. It may be 2019. There isn’t anyone though that will be keeping him on the bench when they deem him “ready.” That’s part of the reason that the Bills didn’t chase Keemun, Cousins or even keep Tyrod. They wanted a clear path for their guy, Allen.

12 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

 

Still thinking that Kirby? (that there is 0 chance)

Yep

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1 minute ago, Kirby Jackson said:

As soon as he is ready isn't that complicated. The Bills traded up in the 1st round to get him. He isn’t a part of some mythical QB competition. He will be the starter as soon as the Bills think he’s ready regardless of who is in front of him now. Alex Smith played at an MVP level for much of last year and was jettisoned. Allen is their guy. He’s the guy that they are betting their careers on. If they are right, we move. If they are wrong, they are looking for work in 2 years. That’s the nature of the NFL.

 

We disagree on their plan. Their plan isn’t “let’s see which guy gives us the best chance to win?” Their plan is “as soon as Josh is ready, he plays.” It may not be week 1 or even 8. It may be 2019. There isn’t anyone though that will be keeping him on the bench when they deem him “ready.” That’s part of the reason that the Bills didn’t chase Keemun, Cousins or even keep Tyrod. They wanted a clear path for their guy, Allen.

Yep

 

Sticking to your guns, I admire that 

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44 minutes ago, BurpleBull said:

 

If you say so.

 

The better QB will win. 

 

 Both McCarron and Peterman have played in regular season games that Josh Allen has yet to. 

 

They have the advantage over Allen in the experience department...which goes a long way.

 

Your drunk with man-love for Peterman.  You could say you're in love with Petermans peter man.  Peterman's experience is GARBAGE.  Hot piles of garbage.  6 picks in 52 pass attempts is terrible and doesn't constitute anything meaningful.  At least McCarron looked like an NFL quarterback.  

 

 

5 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Like I've said before if Peterman proves he's at least as good as McCarron we can cut McCarron to save the cap space.

 

Cutting McCarron would result in $2m ADDITIONAL cap hit, not savings.  Cutting Peterman would save $400K.

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Just now, Kirby Jackson said:

I don’t believe that they would subject themselves to it failing. McCarron will be the guy if Allen isn’t ready and it will be Allen if he is ready. 

 

I agree Allen plays whenever ready regardless of who is in front of them. I just dont think McCarron is default the guy to play if they deem Allen isnt ready. McD did draft Peterman and put him in to start over TT last year, there is obviously something they like about him

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14 minutes ago, BurpleBull said:

What do you mean by as soon as he's ready?

 

If Peterman is Bills starting QB week one and leads the Bills to a perfect season leading up to bye, where Peterman has, let's say a 15 tds 4 ints stat line, Allen isn't replacing him after the bye week at that point barring injury, even if he looks as fine and finished a product as the coaches could have ever imagined.

 

Just wouldn't happen.

How are you logically getting from 2 TDs and 6 INTs in ~5 Quarters to 15 TDs and 4 INTs in 10 games? He isn't going to go from a 1:3 TD/INT to a ratio over 3:1 in an offseason. Also, we aren't going to go 10-0 with a QB putting up 1.5 TDs per game.

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4 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

As soon as he is ready isn't that complicated. The Bills traded up in the 1st round to get him. He isn’t a part of some mythical QB competition. He will be the starter as soon as the Bills think he’s ready regardless of who is in front of him now. Alex Smith played at an MVP level for much of last year and was jettisoned. Allen is their guy. He’s the guy that they are betting their careers on. If they are right, we move. If they are wrong, they are looking for work in 2 years. That’s the nature of the NFL.

 

We disagree on their plan. Their plan isn’t “let’s see which guy gives us the best chance to win?” Their plan is “as soon as Josh is ready, he plays.” It may not be week 1 or even 8. It may be 2019. There isn’t anyone though that will be keeping him on the bench when they deem him “ready.” That’s part of the reason that the Bills didn’t chase Keemun, Cousins or even keep Tyrod. They wanted a clear path for their guy, Allen.

Yep

 

In the last 20 years, 94% of QBs drafted in the top ten started in their first year.  That stat alone should tell ANYONE with rudimentary football knowledge that it's not an open competition.  The Pick-erman apologists somehow want to believe that it's an open competition.  It simply is not.  There have been 33 QB's drafted in the top ten in the last 20 years.  They were all starters within a year and there were no "open competitions" to speak of.  IMO, the Bills knew in the offseason that Taylor wasn't their guy.  They stood clear of the race for the big 3 free agents because they intended to draft for the future.  They picked up McCarron, because they knew that Peterman was also not "the guy", and did so on the cheap.  It's pretty easy to see the reality (as you have) when someone isn't wearing their homer glasses.

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19 minutes ago, Luxy312 said:

Cutting McCarron would result in $2m ADDITIONAL cap hit, not savings.  Cutting Peterman would save $400K.

 

This isn't right:

 

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/a.j.-mccarron-14575/

 

If we cut McCarron now we save $200,000 in cap space this year. More importantly we save $5 million on next year's cap. Why would we keep McCarron over Peterman if he isn't clearly better?

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4 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

This isn't right:

 

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/a.j.-mccarron-14575/

 

If we cut McCarron now we save $200,000 in cap space this year. More importantly we save $5 million on next year's cap. Why would we keep McCarron over Peterman if he isn't clearly better?

 

No.  If we had cut him pre June 1, the hit would have been $2m to this year's cap.  Cutting him now would be $2m in dead cap to next year.  It's not saved.  Read the damned contract!  2-year contract with $4m bonus.  Bonus prorated over 2 years.

 

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8 minutes ago, Luxy312 said:

 

No.  If we had cut him pre June 1, the hit would have been $2m to this year's cap.  Cutting him now would be $2m in dead cap to next year.  It's not saved.  Read the damned contract!  2-year contract with $4m bonus.  Bonus prorated over 2 years.

 

 

Click the red X under the scissors for the year 2018. It very clearly says for a post 6/1 release we would save $200,000 in 2018 cap. And a $2 million dead cap hit in 2019 instead of the $7 million cap hit we would have if we kept him.

 

Not sure what you're misreading but you are mistaken. The 2018 cap hit isn't the important part anyways. $5 million in 2019 could go a long way. It is incredibly obvious that Peterman is the preferable backup if he shows he can perform.

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1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said:

As soon as he is ready isn't that complicated. The Bills traded up in the 1st round to get him. He isn’t a part of some mythical QB competition. He will be the starter as soon as the Bills think he’s ready regardless of who is in front of him now. Alex Smith played at an MVP level for much of last year and was jettisoned. Allen is their guy. He’s the guy that they are betting their careers on. If they are right, we move. If they are wrong, they are looking for work in 2 years. That’s the nature of the NFL.

 

We disagree on their plan. Their plan isn’t “let’s see which guy gives us the best chance to win?” Their plan is “as soon as Josh is ready, he plays.” It may not be week 1 or even 8. It may be 2019. There isn’t anyone though that will be keeping him on the bench when they deem him “ready.” That’s part of the reason that the Bills didn’t chase Keemun, Cousins or even keep Tyrod. They wanted a clear path for their guy, Allen.

Yep

 

Oh it becomes complicated, very difficult to understand when your stance seems to defy logic...I actually need clarity.

 

So if the scenario I laid out plays out, you believe the Bills pull Peterman in favor of Allen because Allen's now 'ready'?

 

I just need a 'yes' on that if that's your stand.

 

Peterman had yet another solid day of workouts from all accounts.

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The problem is Nate Peterman is a second rate Trent Edwards, who was third rate. The bigger problem is that even OCs and HCs can get enamored with players like Trent and Nate because they can excel in practice and preseason when players are going at half to three quarters speed. So they make good decisions with the ball and make good crisp accurate short passes. But they cannot do that in the regular season with any consistency because they don't have the arm or the ability to handle a pass rush when it is at full speed. 

 

We saw that with two head coaches in Edwards career and the. We saw it with one head coach last year. Hopefully McD won't fall for that again. 

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6 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said:

The problem is Nate Peterman is a second rate Trent Edwards, who was third rate. The bigger problem is that even OCs and HCs can get enamored with players like Trent and Nate because they can excel in practice and preseason when players are going at half to three quarters speed. So they make good decisions with the ball and make good crisp accurate short passes. But they cannot do that in the regular season with any consistency because they don't have the arm or the ability to handle a pass rush when it is at full speed. 

 

We saw that with two head coaches in Edwards career and the. We saw it with one head coach last year. Hopefully McD won't fall for that again. 

 

 

I think the 2 games Nate played are not enough to make a statement like that but I do see where your coming from 

 

a blizzard game and a game that looked like our oline gave up just won’t allow me to throw Nate in he trash 

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1 hour ago, Luxy312 said:

 

Your drunk with man-love for Peterman.  You could say you're in love with Petermans peter man.  Peterman's experience is GARBAGE.  Hot piles of garbage.  6 picks in 52 pass attempts is terrible and doesn't constitute anything meaningful.  At least McCarron looked like an NFL quarterback.  

 

 

 

Cutting McCarron would result in $2m ADDITIONAL cap hit, not savings.  Cutting Peterman would save $400K.

 

Oh so were taking it there?

 

Very report-worthy stuff, but I'll pass.

 

Not my style.

 

Wouldn't want to make TSW's 'Top 5 Rats List' the way it was discovered you did two weeks ago.

 

On a another note:

 

Peterman with another strong performance.

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1 hour ago, Bray Wyatt said:

 

I agree Allen plays whenever ready regardless of who is in front of them. I just dont think McCarron is default the guy to play if they deem Allen isnt ready. McD did draft Peterman and put him in to start over TT last year, there is obviously something they like about him

 

they put Peterman in because TT absolutely sucked the two games prior, and the bench was empty after him. It worked and lit enough of a fire in TT to do enough to limp into the playoffs.

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41 minutes ago, BurpleBull said:

 

Oh it becomes complicated, very difficult to understand when your stance seems to defy logic...I actually need clarity.

 

So if the scenario I laid out plays out, you believe the Bills pull Peterman in favor of Allen because Allen's now 'ready'?

 

I just need a 'yes' on that if that's your stand.

 

Peterman had yet another solid day of workouts from all accounts.

Yes, if Peterman has 15 TDs and 4 INTs and is 10-0 but the Bills think Allen is ready he will play. Which scenario do you think is more likely: 

A) Bills think Allen is ready Week 1

B) Peterman is 10-0 with wins at Baltimore, home to the Chargers, at the Vikings, at the Packers, home to the Titans, at the Texans, at the Colts, home to the Pats, home to the Bears and at the Jets with a 3:1 TD:INT ratio

 

That is your hypotethical. Nate Peterman’s mom would laugh at that. 

 

31 of the 33 QBs drafted in the top 10 over the last 20 years started during year 1 at some point. I don’t know why you expect Allen to not be a part of that group because of Nathan Peterman?!? That’s beyond crazy talk. 

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4 minutes ago, mikemac2001 said:

 

 

I think the 2 games Nate played are not enough to make a statement like that but I do see where your coming from 

 

a blizzard game and a game that looked like our oline gave up just won’t allow me to throw Nate in he trash 

The Blizzard game was played at one thousandth speed. There is zero anyone can take away from that game from any player as far as speed of the game goes. 

 

It wasnt only two games. It was his college career and last year's preseason, too. He was not good against the rush in preseason last year at all. He didn't display sufficient arm strength in preseason last year at all. 

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If Peterman outplays  McCarron during the lead up to the season you can bet your bibby that McDermott is going to start him until Allen is ready.. Don't even waste your time  telling us that it will never happen because it may and you anti Peterman "fans " are becoming obsessive in your rants about the kid.

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1 minute ago, BuffaloBaumer said:

2 games, like anyone freaking knows anything about Peterman after 2 games. It's a joke to even try to figure out if the guy is any good after such little time.

Did you need more starts from Jeff Tuel or Brian Brohm? They were WAY better when given the chance than Peterman. 

Just now, Wily Dog said:

 

If Peterman outplays  McCarron during the lead up to the season you can bet your bibby that McDermott is going to start him until Allen is ready.. Don't even waste your time  telling us that it will never happen because it may and you anti Peterman "fans " are becoming obsessive in your rants about the kid.

It’s not obsessive but I believe that you earn you opportunity. To date, Peterman has been given the opportunity that hundreds of better QBs haven’t and failed miserably. I’m not sure why he deserves more chances but Tuel, Brohm, and Levi Brown didn’t? If a guy stinks, he stinks. That’s one thing that all of those guys showed when given the chance.

 

To Peterman’s credit it sounds like he is improving. The question though was never, can this guy look decent in shorts? They didn’t call him “Nervous Nate” at Pitt because of the way that he looked in mini-camp. What does he do when the pressure comes? That we won’t see again for a while. From what we have seen though he is awful under those circumstances. 

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4 minutes ago, Wily Dog said:

 

Says Who ?

Tuel’s first (and only)start:

18-39, 229 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT, 0 sacks, 17 rushing yards against a 9-0 chiefs team

 

Peterman’s 1st start:

6-14, 66 yards, 5 INTs, 0 sacks, 4 yards rushing against a 4-6 Chargers team

 

Which of those performances was better? Which of those 2 guys is more deserving of another chance? That was my initial question. Why does Peterman deserve more chances than Tuel?

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15 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Yes, if Peterman has 15 TDs and 4 INTs and is 10-0 but the Bills think Allen is ready he will play. Which scenario do you think is more likely: 

A) Bills think Allen is ready Week 1

B) Peterman is 10-0 with wins at Baltimore, home to the Chargers, at the Vikings, at the Packers, home to the Titans, at the Texans, at the Colts, home to the Pats, home to the Bears and at the Jets with a 3:1 TD:INT ratio

 

That is your hypotethical. Nate Peterman’s mom would laugh at that. 

 

31 of the 33 QBs drafted in the top 10 over the last 20 years started during year 1 at some point. I don’t know why you expect Allen to not be a part of that group because of Nathan Peterman?!? That’s beyond crazy talk. 

 

I am NOT Mrs Peterman, but I also got a chuckle seeing it in writing like that. 

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1 minute ago, Kelly the Dog said:

Seven billion people on earth and 90% of aliens interviewed, except you and a couple others here. 

 

 I will defer to the coaches who  know something about football players , rather than the Peterman detractors, .

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4 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Tuel’s first (and only)start:

18-39, 229 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT, 0 sacks, 17 rushing yards against a 9-0 chiefs team

 

Peterman’s 1st start:

6-14, 66 yards, 5 INTs, 0 sacks, 4 yards rushing against a 4-6 Chargers team

 

Which of those performances was better? Which of those 2 guys is more deserving of another chance? That was my initial question. Why does Peterman deserve more chances than Tuel?

 

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2 minutes ago, Wily Dog said:

 

 I will defer to the coaches who  know something about football players , rather than the Peterman detractors, .

 

I’m not a detractor. I think I like him more than a lot of people (and maybe more than I should), but this season is all about getting the #7 pick in the draft up to speed and into NFL football games for the Buffalo Bills. 

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