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McDermott 'look after the football josh, take what the defence gives you' Allen

If it's close I'm sure they would sit him.

That's a fair point re: no other QB signed

Lots of defenders will want to injure Allen in the heat of battle, let's not be naive about it. Already seen the jets guys cheap shot, burfickt, the patriots guy. Subjective to how dirty these hits are. When I think of Wilson, Rodgers, Brady, Manning when he played, Brees, Mahomes. They all slide.

He's being given the benefit of the doubt at the moment with INTS and FUMBLES, SACKS, DEEP BALL etc which is right.. I think he should be given a certain freedom to develop with this stuff. INTS don't bother me so much. Where I do think he needs to CHANGE is running head first for a first down. TOO MUCH of a risk. Also, you talk of cam Newton. Look how f***** he is now.

Its what every teammate says about every QB. They're not going to say different are they.

But he's set his feet on some of the deep balls he's missed right? I take your point technically but it has to be in his head aswell, TOO many missed to be just a technique thing.

Yeah I think it becomes a mental thing. He did that on one of the Jones targets against the pats and it was behind the receiver and picked.

I admire Allen's courage and character. I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt once. McDermott HAS to have said to him 'slide we need you to stay on the field' But If Allen plays the Titans game and runs head first I just think theres a BIGGER problem that will never go away.

Sure, that's fair. My comment was a little sarcastic yes but Allen's playing in a 'bipolar' way as we know. Good and bad. Perhaps the Pats game has concerned ME more than others.

'He has to be able to understand and retain the game plan at a very high level and process what he sees quickly. ' Allen wasn't doing this ANYWAY, maybe he'll start to do this now

I agree. He needs to slide

Remember the seasons more important than one game.

Didn't the browns play a SERIES with Quinn and a series with Anderson years ago? ??????

Inaccurate bullets Vs accurate pellets. ( Most of the time).

A good game for his 'development' for sure. A better watch too

What makes you say that then?

I would be surprised if Allen plays Sunday.

Just talking about injuries, gutted when Allen got the concussion but did anyone else think an injury to this guy was just a matter of time? I was worried about an ACL or some s*** when he was getting brought down on the line of scrimmage. Ok so I'm a worrier ??

Something like accuracy would be evident from day one. In the same way than Allen's athleticism would be evident from day one.

Yeah. One big change - start to pump fake the deep ball with the intent to throw underneath

I think a point that should be made - which I've alluded to, is that the defence is protecting Allen. Because the defense has played so well Allen's INTs and FUMBLES haven't been highlighted as much as they WOULD have been if the defence had folded and we were blown out. It would have been highlighted that Allen lost us the game there. Could argue that it's good for his 'development' for Allen to fail before he succeeds but the defence has allowed him to take his risks. I'm OK with Allen's risks as long as he gets better.. HOWEVER im not convinced he's going to get the point where WE WANT after seeing him regress like that.

'Allen needs help...badly.' Receivers are open. Didn't look like he needed help first drive after the half.

With a load of beers?

Mahomes and Allen don't belong in the same sentence.