78thealltimegreat Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Our friend on Twitter Jefe posted this and I’ll tell ya if only for those of us that remember that draft night had a copy of the phone calls to WGR after he was picked. 7 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaru523 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Pretty funny. There were some epically bad hot takes after (the right) Josh was drafted, myself included. Good thing I'm not the GM. We can all laugh about it now......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Hilarious! JA has a great attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSandwhich Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 41 minutes ago, Amaru523 said: Pretty funny. There were some epically bad hot takes after (the right) Josh was drafted, myself included. Good thing I'm not the GM. We can all laugh about it now......... I remember going back through that thread about a year ago while enjoying my bowl of popcorn. It was a fun time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfaninSB Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I know hindsight is 20/20 but the more I think about it, Allen was such an obvious choice. I remember A Bill Pollian interview where he was asked why they took Luck over KG III. He said it was a toss-up but they erred on the side of picking the bigger, stronger QB due to the demands of playing in the NFL. Simple as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) I was blown away the Browns didnt take Allen. He fit the mold of all the Quarterbacks Dorsey had drafted in the past. Mayfield was the only other guy I liked in the class so I was happy they took Allen instead of Rosen. In contrast, my buddy literally got up and left our draft party without saying a word. He even text me at times during the 2020 season unsure Josh was the guy. For what its worth he also hates Jordan Poyer. Edited October 20, 2022 by thenorthremembers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykidsdad Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 i thought we got the wrong josh. i was so wrong. so so so wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78thealltimegreat Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 The “I’m Sorry” A Browns Fan still makes me chuckle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Doubters are fuel for the fire, Me, ima gonna brag, I got one right finally, Allen! The right Josh! ( I should have bought a lottery ticket at the same time 😂) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Don Otreply said: Doubters are fuel for the fire, Me, ima gonna brag, I got one right finally, Allen! The right Josh! ( I should have bought a lottery ticket at the same time 😂) Josh Allen rookie cards would have been just as good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieEm Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, Don Otreply said: Doubters are fuel for the fire, Me, ima gonna brag, I got one right finally, Allen! The right Josh! ( I should have bought a lottery ticket at the same time 😂) No I'm glad you didn't t because the odds of both the Bills Franchise QB lottery and the state lottery of choice you would have played hitting the top jackpots are basically not gonna happen. Plus you got way more opportunities to hit a lottery ticket than the Bills would have had if Josh Allen wasn't HIM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, 78thealltimegreat said: The “I’m Sorry” A Browns Fan still makes me chuckle Yeah, none of them aged well, but that one definitely stands out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Positive Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I remember sports talk guys laughing out loud at the Bills that Friday after the first round. We all know the national ones, but Moe Egger here in Cincinnati spent a while segment laughing at the Bills because “you can’t fix accuracy.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsBytheBay Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 My dad is a jets fan. But he is also such a die hard college football fan that he will stay up till 3am watching west coast teams ive never heard of. I remember just flat out having no idea who JA was... But my dad turned right to me and said, "you got your quarterback". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I still wonder had he went to the Browns or jets, if he'd be having the success he's having now. Those other 2 organizations have gone through a ton of turnover. I don't know if he'd be as good as he is without the culture and coaches the bills have. Either way, I'm glad he's a bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, 78thealltimegreat said: Our friend on Twitter Jefe posted this and I’ll tell ya if only for those of us that remember that draft night had a copy of the phone calls to WGR after he was picked. when was this filmed? It’s really funny “that was quite a few words if you had no words”. Edited October 21, 2022 by RyanC883 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) If you want to check out the threads from TBD after he was drafted... Searched for 'josh ' in Topics (twobillsdrive.com) Edited October 21, 2022 by Just Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl2526 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I believe that both Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield were badly misshandled, but I'm still glad the Browns and Jets left Allen for the Bills to select. I believed from the beginning that he had more physical talent than any other QB in that draft. It was just a question of whether the Bills could help Josh get past the issues that led other teams to avoid him. I'm not sure if Rosen might have done any better regardless of where he ended up. Baltimore handled Lamar Jackson well. He has exceeded my expectations. I think Josh Allen has exceeded the expectations of even his most ardent supporters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uticaclub Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 15 hours ago, BillsfaninSB said: I know hindsight is 20/20 but the more I think about it, Allen was such an obvious choice. I remember A Bill Pollian interview where he was asked why they took Luck over KG III. He said it was a toss-up but they erred on the side of picking the bigger, stronger QB due to the demands of playing in the NFL. Simple as that. Allen wasn't an obvious choice, he fell to 7 while many had a 3rd-round grade on him. RG3/Luck was a one/two top of the draft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnychemo Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I never follow college ball, but the thing that intrigued me about Allen as the draft process was unfolding was reports of how much improved from the end of the college season to the Senior Bowl after getting some QB coaching in prep for that game. So it made sense that Beane would go after a guy who was raw but showed a pretty good response to competent coaching. Throw in there what they found about his personality, leadership, competitive fire, and willingness to do the work, and I think you start to see what they saw in him that made him the guy in their eyes. Of course we don't know those things until well after the draft, so the reactions make sense to a certain extent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78thealltimegreat Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) Not joking I heard about Josh from Mel Kiper and his Big Board. They played a game with Iowa on the Big 10 Network for those that follow college football this was actually Iowas first “wave” game one of the coolest things in college football. He made a play that was classic Josh where the entire Iowa Dline blew past their blockers and he avoided every one of them where he threw a missle that just missed his receiver in the end zone. Could tell he was raw but man he was just different. Edited October 21, 2022 by 78thealltimegreat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Water Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/20/2022 at 1:57 PM, thenorthremembers said: I was blown away the Browns didnt take Allen. He fit the mold of all the Quarterbacks Dorsey had drafted in the past. Mayfield was the only other guy I liked in the class so I was happy they took Allen instead of Rosen. In contrast, my buddy literally got up and left our draft party without saying a word. He even text me at times during the 2020 season unsure Josh was the guy. I think when Josh started out hot in 2020 and then had a string of 4 bad games after he hurt his shoulder in the Raiders game, a lot of pundits were "Oh, he's regressing to the mean". Terry Bradshaw stuck in my mind "a 50% passer is all he'll ever be" (pompous ass). So your friend just had the reaction of many guys paid to talk about football. Matt Hasselbeck is the only media guy who called it right. He had played with that injury and before the Seahawks game, he explained exactly how it made a QB miss (fit what was happening with Josh). He said "unfortunately for the Seahawks, Josh's shoulder is probably feeling pretty good right about now". 31 of 38 for 415 yds better, heheheh. On 10/20/2022 at 1:57 PM, thenorthremembers said: For what its worth he also hates Jordan Poyer. Whaaaaat? Why ever? All that guy does is ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Water Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) On 10/20/2022 at 10:51 PM, RyanC883 said: when was this filmed? It’s really funny “that was quite a few words if you had no words”. It was put out by the Buffalo Bills PR department April 28 this year, I would guess it was filmed around that time. I like the Hahahahahahahahaha one where Josh is counting the Ha's to be sure he got them right and then "Shady ain't gonna like that" to which Josh reacts "Heh - That's a good one". Also you can see Josh's self-deprecating sense of humor: "See you on the job market in 3 years, Beane" "Now if I would have tweeted that, it would have made sense" "Why why why why - I think one why would suffice, but..." On 10/21/2022 at 5:25 AM, uticaclub said: Allen wasn't an obvious choice, he fell to 7 while many had a 3rd-round grade on him. RG3/Luck was a one/two top of the draft Do we actually know that any NFL professionals had a 3rd round grade on him? I know there was a lot of noise, but I kind of thought it was all from fan-sided guys - TV pundits, Fantasy Football analytic outfits like PFF and Football Outsiders etc. Edited October 22, 2022 by Beck Water 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Foothills Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/21/2022 at 3:56 AM, johnnychemo said: I never follow college ball, but the thing that intrigued me about Allen as the draft process was unfolding was reports of how much improved from the end of the college season to the Senior Bowl after getting some QB coaching in prep for that game. So it made sense that Beane would go after a guy who was raw but showed a pretty good response to competent coaching. Throw in there what they found about his personality, leadership, competitive fire, and willingness to do the work, and I think you start to see what they saw in him that made him the guy in their eyes. Of course we don't know those things until well after the draft, so the reactions make sense to a certain extent. I wasn't on TSW when Josh was drafted but I was one of those who thought we drafted the "wrong Josh." My opinion was based on having watched all available video from his Wyoming days... I was not impressed. However the one game I did not watch pre-draft was the Senior Bowl and that's the one where you could actually see that he had a huge upside and was a diamond waiting to be polished. Had I watched the Senior Bowl stuff I would have had a very different opinion of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/20/2022 at 2:57 PM, thenorthremembers said: I was blown away the Browns didnt take Allen. He fit the mold of all the Quarterbacks Dorsey had drafted in the past. Mayfield was the only other guy I liked in the class so I was happy they took Allen instead of Rosen. In contrast, my buddy literally got up and left our draft party without saying a word. He even text me at times during the 2020 season unsure Josh was the guy. For what its worth he also hates Jordan Poyer. Your buddy sounds like a really crappy talent evaluator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whkfc Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/20/2022 at 7:27 PM, danc said: Josh Allen rookie cards would have been just as good! I bought I signed one for 100 bucks. It sells for almost 2k now wish I had bought more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 So lets assume the Browns had picked Allen, would the Jets have then taken Mayfield, if not would we have? Would the Bills have instead traded down aways for Jackson?? Or if the Browns had still taken Mayfield, and the Jets then took Allen, what would we have done?? Darnold?? And if it were any of these other guys, would they have done better here with a more stable system in place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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