TheBrownBear

His upside might be Donald Jones.

Wow. Hope this guy can get right. Looks like a good dude from his social media presence. A little old (age 30) for his first psychotic break. Wouldn't be surprised if it was triggered by something physical or an adverse reaction to medication.

Don't look now, but Fitzy is on the comeback wagon.

Lol...Geez...this was his very first start as a professional. Not sure what people expected.

Actually, you're wrong. It's pretty clear that Carron Phillips is a racist based on the two linked columns.

I'm with the OP. This is a team of very meager talent. I have zero expectations that we'll even be competitive from week-to-week. Now that the Peterman experiment is over, I'm excited to watch Josh Allen's development.

Great post. This is spot on, in my opinion. He definitely looks the part and seems to have the right make-up to lead this team into the future, but he still has quite a bit to work on. I think he'll eventually get the decision-making/processing stuff down after a year or two, but I do worry whether he'll ever be accurate. With his arm strength, gunslinger mentality and overall athleticism, he reminds me quite a bit of a young John Elway.

Pretty sure he's only 20 years old. This is what it looks like when you're forced to start extremely green guys.

I wasn't excited about drafting the guy, but I'm on board now. Guy has all the physical tools and the "it" factor too. We knew he was raw coming in. Just need to support him and have a little patience with the kid as he learns on the fly.

Chargers 45 Bills 6

This was my exact thought. Allen needs at least one above-average NFL skill position player to work with. Not going to net much for Shady at this point so just ride out the contract so long as he remains productive.

Lol. My Dad just said that Peterman is penning his resignation letter.

Not really optimistic or pessimistic. Going into camp, poor QB play was my biggest worry, but Peterman and Allen both showed some good things in preseason and look like they have the potential to be quality starters. I really haven't a clue how this team will look on Sunday, but I'm excited to see what unfolds.

That's pretty unfair. Just because you put down some roots here doesn't mean you don't have deeper roots somewhere else. I love Buffalo, but I'll most likely never live there again since my wife's family is entrenched in San Diego. And for these dudes with tons of $$$, there's more fun to be had, better weather, potentially higher QOL in lots of cities outside of Buffalo.

15-15 290 yards 5 TDs....in the first half!

What does a negative Pollyanna look like?

That was a once in a generation performance from Peterman last season in Carson. Not going to happen again. Seriously, given all the crap Peterman has taken from the national media and casual fans, I hope he tears it up this year and rewrites the narrative. Dude has major stones to pick himself up off the turf after that game and embrace the challenge of working and improving. I probably would have started polishing my resume or applied to grad school after that type of humiliation.

I'm probably a 6/10. We are supposed to be the worst team in the league, so expectations are obviously low. I'm curious to see if McDermott is some sort of wizard and gets the team to play greater than the sum of its parts. Also interested to see how Peterman plays and, should that go poorly, whether Allen is able to develop as the season progresses. To my eyes, there is a Jauron era level of talent on this roster, which doesn't indicate much of a high ceiling.

We'll find out soon enough.

I actually feel a little better after looking at those stats. Outside of that terrible half against the Chargers, he wasn't too bad. IMO, he's looked great this preseason. I like Allen too, but it would be great if Nate continued his strong play in the regular season to buy Josh a season of preparation. And then you've got a really strong trade chip in Peterman (or Allen if Peterman somehow ends up elite) to acquire future draft picks.

Local San Diego radio hosts were almost dying laughing today over Nathan Peterman being named the starter.

2-14

Last year's point differential was that of a 6-10 team and we've almost certainly gotten worse at many key positions (at least in the short run). Offensive line may be historically bad. If McCoy were to go down with an injury, I don't believe we'd be capable of scoring a single point. Metrics and common sense point to this being a horrible team.

Coleman

Yep. If all you saw of us last year was our performance against the Saints or Chargers, you wouldn't have thought us capable of winning a single game, let alone making the playoffs.