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If Anderson is physically able he should start next week


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13 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

If Allen is healthy, he has to start.  Learn by doing!

 

Quite the contrary, use the injury to sit his butt back down.   

 

As others pointed out, he's shown very little progress since the Chargers game and it looks like he's starting to press and all the bad habits from Wyoming are coming back.  There's virtually no time for him to take the proverbial step back and see what he's doing wrong.  There are 3 practices during the week now, and all of that is spent on preparing for the opponent.  There's no time for him to start looking at his mistakes AND trying to fix them.

 

In any event, there's another factor that likely sealed his fate as a starter for now.  Watch the body language of the WRs when he makes a bad pass or a wrong read.  They are visibly upset on the field.  We've also seen this with JP and EJ.  It wasn't long after the WRs acted up that the QBs were benched.

 

Allen's elbow injury came at the perfect time.  Sit his butt down for a while.

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4 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

Anderson has been a back up for the past decade for a reason. He was signed to be a mentor not to play.

 

I still think we'll have 6 QB's start games for us this season.

makes me wonder what shape he is in physically to play qb....esp for the Bills.   I dont see him taking hits all that well. 

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I think they need to determine if starting now is helping or hurting Allen's development. There could be some positives to starting Anderson: it gives Allen a chance to take a step back and study the game without the pressure of trying to win, and it would help to assess the rest of the offense. It would also help to determine how much of the offense's problems are due to Allen's play.

 

It might help Allen to sit for a few weeks and regroup before going back in.

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19 minutes ago, GG said:

In any event, there's another factor that likely sealed his fate as a starter for now.  Watch the body language of the WRs when he makes a bad pass or a wrong read.  They are visibly upset on the field.  We've also seen this with JP and EJ.  It wasn't long after the WRs acted up that the QBs were benched.

 

Allen's elbow injury came at the perfect time.  Sit his butt down for a while.

These WRs cannot possibly complain about the QB.  You got jokes.

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2 hours ago, swnybillsfan said:

either way, peterman should be cut. if allen can play, i think you play him. he has got to get as much experience as possible, because we need to know whether he is the guy going forward, or just another guy between kelley and ________.

Who the heck is Kelley? I can't find him on any previous Bills roster.

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2 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

Bad idea. Let him play to gain valuable experience. 

 

Maybe that's the right answer, but there's a risk/reward to both sides of the argument. Right now he has to be dangerously close to teammates completely losing confidence in him. He's been that bad. If that happens you're not that far removed from the player losing his confidence, and once that happens you're in real trouble.  Sometimes you have to save the player from himself.

 

Allen is going to get another chance regardless, and everyone would understand if Bills pulled him. McD will take the hit for starting him too early.

 

The downside to sitting him is he loses 2-3 games while we likely squander away the season when he could have been developing. The downside to continue playing him if he doesn't get better fast is you might lose the team, and support for bringing Allen back as the starter next year. He'll be seen as the main reason our season went to crap (which is dangerous because it's true). I'd rather take the loss of 2-3 games development, and take some pressure off the kid. Let him regroup. Let the team and fans see it's not just the QB screwing things up out there. This elbow injury provides a perfect cover 2 (pun intended).

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51 minutes ago, GG said:

 

Quite the contrary, use the injury to sit his butt back down.   

 

As others pointed out, he's shown very little progress since the Chargers game and it looks like he's starting to press and all the bad habits from Wyoming are coming back.  There's virtually no time for him to take the proverbial step back and see what he's doing wrong.  There are 3 practices during the week now, and all of that is spent on preparing for the opponent.  There's no time for him to start looking at his mistakes AND trying to fix them.

 

In any event, there's another factor that likely sealed his fate as a starter for now.  Watch the body language of the WRs when he makes a bad pass or a wrong read.  They are visibly upset on the field.  We've also seen this with JP and EJ.  It wasn't long after the WRs acted up that the QBs were benched.

 

Allen's elbow injury came at the perfect time.  Sit his butt down for a while.

 

This is a great point. He's losing the team, and once that happens you're not far away from the QB losing his confidence too. If we continue playing him, and the results don't change Allen will be seen as the reason our season fell apart (him and Peterman),. That's a dangerous position for a young QB, and it will put a lot of pressure on McBeane to bring in a new starting caliber QB in the offseason to compete. Now you're even further undermining Allen's confidence.    

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Allen should start if healthy. No point in yanking him in and out of the lineup as this team is going no where regardless who the QB is back there. Let's not ruin another young QB by jerking him around.

 

More of the blame should go the coaching staff and FO for how they handled the situation. Allen should have never seen the field this year due to talent in the field and how raw he was.

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3 hours ago, VW82 said:

We don't know the extent of Allen's elbow injury yet, but IMO it doesn't matter. This is a perfect opportunity for the Bills to pull him off the field for a few games and let him gain a little perspective. 

 

Prior to the injury, Allen was terrible today...again. He was just as likely to get injured running the ball along the sideline and getting drilled by that Houston LB in the first half when he chose not to run out of bounds. He missed multiple open receivers. On 3rd and goal, he ran out of the pocket when there was no pressure, and short sided himself with only one available receiver (Jones) who was covered. Allen didn't seem to understand Houston had a spy on him so he couldn't just run it in. We've seen him do this several times now, including preseason. 

 

Peterman's career in Buffalo is over whether he gets cut or not. 

 

It's still early, but Josh isn't getting better. He doesn't understand what's happening pre-snap. He has a tendency to run backwards at the slightest hint of pressure. He's frequently wildly inaccurate with his throws. He makes bad decisions.

 

Anderson isn't the perfect solution, but right now he's the best option short-term for the team, and long-term for Allen's development. The kid needs a breather. He needs to watch and learn.

Shame on the 7 people who gave this the thumbs up. 

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16 minutes ago, billieve420 said:

Allen should start if healthy. No point in yanking him in and out of the lineup as this team is going no where regardless who the QB is back there. Let's not ruin another young QB by jerking him around.

 

More of the blame should go the coaching staff and FO for how they handled the situation. Allen should have never seen the field this year due to talent in the field and how raw he was.

 

How are we ruining him by sitting him under the cover of an injury? He's at a much greater risk of losing confidence by going right back out there and continuing to stink it up. Teammates and coaches will lose confidence, which is already happening btw. Watch the body language of the WRs. It's pretty tough for a young guy to succeed when his own organization is losing faith. Plus, it sure looks like he could use the time to decompress and regroup, not to mention heal up. Elbow injuries are no joke for QBs. 

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13 minutes ago, VW82 said:

 

This is a great point. He's losing the team, and once that happens you're not far away from the QB losing his confidence too. If we continue playing him, and the results don't change Allen will be seen as the reason our season fell apart (him and Peterman),. That's a dangerous position for a young QB, and it will put a lot of pressure on McBeane to bring in a new starting caliber QB in the offseason to compete. Now you're even further undermining Allen's confidence.    

Becuase you, more than anyone of the other fans, have inside info that he has lost the team. 

This is silly. Make arguments based on facts. Not silly opinions. You DONT know. You dont even know WHY they act like that IF they even are? Making arguments on your assumptions as though you are part of the team puts the entire basis of your arguments in doubt. It makes it to easy to poke holes in it. Its why some posts become unbearable.

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2 minutes ago, VW82 said:

 

How are we ruining him by sitting him under the cover of an injury? He's at a much greater risk of losing confidence by going right back out there and continuing to stink it up. Teammates and coaches will lose confidence, which is already happening btw. Watch the body language of the WRs. It's pretty tough for a young guy to succeed when his own organization is losing faith. Plus, it sure looks like he could use the time to decompress and regroup, not to mention heal up. Elbow injuries are no joke for QBs. 

Again.. assuming his organization is losing faith. 

YOU HAVE NO IDEA

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