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  • 26CornerBlitz changed the title to 8-27: Greg Cosell Talks Bills' QB & OL Performances vs. the Bengals

Thanks for the link, two-six. G.Cosell is as good as it gets. All I saw were jailbreak pass rushers. 

 

Allen has a laser. I can see where his delivery may come just a tad too quick on some throws, given the WR routes. He definitely got a Crash Course yesterday.

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9 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said:

It was a good interview from Greg, and he made some very salient points about Allen rushing the plays before the WR and RB’s had hit their breaks, and even made it easier for the DLine easier for them to get to Allen.

 

3 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

Thanks for the link, two-six. G.Cosell is as good as it gets. All I saw were jailbreak pass rushers. 

 

Allen has a laser. I can see where his delivery may come just a tad too quick on some throws, given the WR routes. He definitely got a Crash Course yesterday.

 

Love hearing him discuss QBs.  One of the best in the business. 

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11 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

It was a good interview from Greg, and he made some very salient points about Allen rushing the plays before the WR and RB’s had hit their breaks, and even made it easier for the DLine easier for them to get to Allen.

Everything we saw vs the Bengals were what I saw on film at Wyoming, which I should have expected because it's his 1st real look at NFL quality speed. 

 

He is a piece of clay that needs time to mold. If you start him as a rookie you must have patience. We've seen the talent, now we just have to let him develop. 

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11 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

It was a good interview from Greg, and he made some very salient points about Allen rushing the plays before the WR and RB’s had hit their breaks, and even made it easier for the DLine easier for them to get to Allen.

 

Daboll should have made adjustments to compensate for OL so Allen could throw sooner then planned.

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30 minutes ago, TheTruthHurts said:

Everything we saw vs the Bengals were what I saw on film at Wyoming, which I should have expected because it's his 1st real look at NFL quality speed. 

 

He is a piece of clay that needs time to mold. If you start him as a rookie you must have patience. We've seen the talent, now we just have to let him develop. 

patience  is a word often not understood with some Bills fans 

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Just now, ALF said:

 

Daboll should have made adjustments to compensate for OL so Allen could throw sooner then planned.

You're not doing adjustments in the 1st half of a preseason game. IMO the Bills wanted to see what they could handle. That's one of the best DLs in football, they learned a lot. A lot of bad, but it should be helpful. We're going to see a lot of max protect. 

1 minute ago, ShadyBillsFan said:

patience  is a word often not understood with some Bills fans 

No because they want to win, it's just not likely with a rookie QB. How many rookie QB's have had winning records? Not many. It happens, but typically you need a top 5 defense as well. 

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50 minutes ago, TheTruthHurts said:

You're not doing adjustments in the 1st half of a preseason game. IMO the Bills wanted to see what they could handle. That's one of the best DLs in football, they learned a lot. A lot of bad, but it should be helpful. We're going to see a lot of max protect. 

No because they want to win, it's just not likely with a rookie QB. How many rookie QB's have had winning records? Not many. It happens, but typically you need a top 5 defense as well. 

 

They want to win, but as currently constructed it looks as if this season will be a set back from the last with a greater vision in mind for '19 and beyond.  It's a question of when Allen will start this season rather than if.   He'll learn best by doing. 

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13 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Thanks for the link, two-six. G.Cosell is as good as it gets. All I saw were jailbreak pass rushers. 

 

Allen has a laser. I can see where his delivery may come just a tad too quick on some throws, given the WR routes. He definitely got a Crash Course yesterday.

 

...LOL.....there were some throws that could have taken off the receiver's hand if they came close.....damn football with a vapor trail...Jesus.....

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1 hour ago, TheTruthHurts said:

No because they want to win, it's just not likely with a rookie QB. How many rookie QB's have had winning records? Not many. It happens, but typically you need a top 5 defense as well. 

in which context - Bills Fans or the Buffalo Bills?   

 

If its the fans, then imo I say - Not totally correct.  

 

Just look at the crowd that "predicts" a 4 to 6 win season.  (before Sundays outing) Now its the first 8 weeks with ZERO wins.

 

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29 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said:

in which context - Bills Fans or the Buffalo Bills?   

 

If its the fans, then imo I say - Not totally correct.  

 

Just look at the crowd that "predicts" a 4 to 6 win season.  (before Sundays outing) Now its the first 8 weeks with ZERO wins.

 

 

Just because some fans are not optimistic doesn't mean that they don't want the team to win.   Wanting the team to win doesn't equate to ignoring the team's shortcomings.

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24 minutes ago, SoTier said:

 

Just because some fans are not optimistic doesn't mean that they don't want the team to win.   Wanting the team to win doesn't equate to ignoring the team's shortcomings.

even the guys high on Tyrod predicted 4 to 6 wins for 3 straight seasons 

 

optimism..  I always want 8 or more wins   preferably 10  or more

 

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Good listen.  Thanks.

 

He pretty much nails it - with a Rookie QB you are going to see some good and some bad and lots of inconsistency.  The one thing in terms of development, the 64 Million question is can Allen learn more on the sidelines or in the fire?  I sort of look at it this way.  Peterman looked bad last year, he did not really get a whole lot of game experience, but this preseason has looked better.  Josh will likely do the same.  He is going to get better by watching and learning - at least for now.  We won't know "when" he's ready, it could be mid-season and depending on how the team is doing, that is going to maybe dictate that.  (e.g. if we're somehow in the playoff hunt, I don't think they make a change, but if we're way out of it, and they think Josh is ready to start, I suspect he'll be starting).  McDermott took a lot of (justifiable) heat for starting Peterman in San Diego last year, I don't think he'll do that again.

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4 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said:

patience  is a word often not understood with some Bills fans 

 

 

we can also say 

 

"patience is a word well understood by all Buffalo sports fans" god knows I've been patient a long long  time

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19 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

On the surface this analysis appears sound. But Allen himself (and likely the feedback from the coaches) felt the opposite saying he did not get the ball out quickly enough. Having undergone the torture of watching the game again, I am not sure there was a single instance where Allen could have waited. The Bengals' defensive line were all over him in a jiffy.

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1 minute ago, IgotBILLStopay said:

On the surface this analysis appears sound. But Allen himself (and likely the feedback from the coaches) felt the opposite saying he did not get the ball out quickly enough. Having undergone the torture of watching the game again, I am not sure there was a single instance where Allen could have waited. The Bengals' defensive line were all over him in a jiffy.

 

:huh: Cosell mentioned the same. 

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2 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said:

even the guys high on Tyrod predicted 4 to 6 wins for 3 straight seasons 

 

optimism..  I always want 8 or more wins   preferably 10  or more

 

 

I don't know what you think a prediction is, but when I make a prediction about something, it's what I think/expect to happen based on some kind of evidence.  Y'know ... I get up in the morning when I'm planning an outdoor event and see storm clouds, so I think getting today's event in without getting wet may be very dicey.  When I check the Weather Channel and see 20% chance of rain, I can raise my expectations that maybe my event will be okay.  OTOH, if it's 100% chance of rain, I'm wishing I'd sprung to rent a tent.   It has nothing to do with what I want, and everything to do with the likelihood of something happening.

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1 hour ago, ddaryl said:

 

 

we can also say 

 

"patience is a word well understood by all Buffalo sports fans" god knows I've been patient a long long  time

that works too.   

3 minutes ago, SoTier said:

 

I don't know what you think a prediction is, but when I make a prediction about something, it's what I think/expect to happen based on some kind of evidence.  Y'know ... I get up in the morning when I'm planning an outdoor event and see storm clouds, so I think getting today's event in without getting wet may be very dicey.  When I check the Weather Channel and see 20% chance of rain, I can raise my expectations that maybe my event will be okay.  OTOH, if it's 100% chance of rain, I'm wishing I'd sprung to rent a tent.   It has nothing to do with what I want, and everything to do with the likelihood of something happening.

We've had talent ergo I think they should do well.

 

Not my fault someone screws up my prediction 

:)

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1 hour ago, IgotBILLStopay said:

On the surface this analysis appears sound. But Allen himself (and likely the feedback from the coaches) felt the opposite saying he did not get the ball out quickly enough. Having undergone the torture of watching the game again, I am not sure there was a single instance where Allen could have waited. The Bengals' defensive line were all over him in a jiffy.

 

I just got done watching the Bill's offense DVR for the second time.

Allen overall was OK.  He definitely needs to work on his game.

The OL pass blocking play (including some bad TE and RB blocking) did him no favors.

The flags/drops really killed a lot of drives.

As to his self criticism, he's a rookie and he surely isn't going to dis' his O line.

 

My final opinion is he is performing overall better than I expected but I believe he is not yet ready for starting.

 

Watching Peterman's preseason has me "eating some crow".  He is looking very comfortable.

Before anyone gives all his weaknesses to me, I know them too.

I'm prepared to have him start in Baltimore and he deserves a chance to see if his strengths can overcome his weaknesses.

 

Let Allen wait a little longer while Peterman and the rest of the offense attempt to establish something resembling what Daboll wants to do.

 

 

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