Stanley Lombardi

...a 'W' sewn into his cerebral cortex.

Joe Marino from FanRag, quoted by Fadingpain. That settles it for me, for all time.

Not gonna happen. Players who are demonstrably the most physically and mentally gifted at their positions rarely make it in the NFL. I heard it on ESPN, so it can't be wrong.

Analytics is what Pro Football Focus does: You watch a game and think someone played great, but analytics says they were bad. Then you watch a game and think someone played bad, but analytics says they performed well. Analytics is the quack science which teaches us how to doubt our lyin' eyes.

On this side we have unemployed millennials in their underwear in Mom's basement with their Josh Rosen poster on the wall, seeing how many times they can insert the word "suck" into a sentence. On this side we have the McBeanes, who have risen to the upper echelons of their lucrative professions, and are about to make the pick which will have more bearing on their professional futures than any decision they have ever made. Hmmm, whose judgment has more credibility?

When EJ was drafted, I can remember turning (as we all did) to YouTube to get a sense of his abilities. I was instantly dismayed. I'll say it like that and leave it at that. When Allen was drafted, I again turned to YouTube to see what Beane had brought us. (As you might surmise, I am no college football/draft fanatic.) The reaction I have to Allen is the polar opposite of the reaction I had to E.J. This kid has the IT, the WOW, the ways and the means. Since then I continue to read (on this most enlightened forum) how he sucks. I am not seeing, at all, what my more enlightened fellow posters are seeing. Trusting my own two eyes, I am thankful we have a QB with such possibilities.

I consider our QB room to contain an embarrassment of riches.

Stellar!

Considering that Rosen had a 29 Wunderlic (Josh Allen had a 37) it won't be difficult to find coaches that are smarter than he is.

Agreed! Smart people don't go around telling people how smart they are, and how stupid the rest of us are.

Stay on topic, fanboy. Tired scatalogical similes will get you nowhere.

Bear with me whilst I list the names of half the people I know. This may take a while...

What would all you fanboys be saying if the object of your devotion sported a "F*** Obama" hat? Think about that. No, I mean think about that.

Mason Rudolph.

And if he weren't a Tom Brady, for instance, but just another F*** Trump kid? Just askin".

The F*** Trump kid is likely to create a QB controversy on grounds that are cultural/political. If you think not, try to honestly ask yourself, Would you be enthusiastic about drafting a kid who wears a F*** Obama hat? Just askin'.

Do you seriously think the Bills Mafia will be on board with the F*** Trump Kid? Just askin'.

Your home-cooked report represents what's best of fan message boards -- a respectful and informed opinion on a matter of interest to the rest of us. I don't follow each day's rising and setting tides concerning these QB's, but I follow enough to know that a.) everyone agrees Allen has the biggest arm, and b.) Allen had the best Wonderlic, by a significant margin, over any of those who regularly get mentioned as first-rounders. Biggest arm and biggest brain amongst the blue-chip QB's, with no character problems and a real desire for success. If that's what the Buffalo Bills manage to pick in the first round, I will be glad.

Doug Marrone's daughter holds the key to all of this speculation. Whaley knows what I am saying, and the Pegulas are complicit in the cover-up. Beane and McDermott are rugs brought in to sweep the dirt under. John Murphy knows all, but is unassailable. The answer is contained in this question: Why was Mike Tolbert on this team?

Santora's, within walking distance of the Marriott on Millersport Ave., would be a good choice (I think).

I appreciate your replies! Someday, somebody is going to re-think this game from the ground up without any deference to convention or tradition. Then we shall see what we shall see...

I wasn't looking for lots of running and little scoring. I was looking for variety of any sort, and for nonconformist thinking that could free the game from its present QB-centric structure and strictures.

I can remember when the primary position in the NFL was running back. Running backs are now paid on a par with kickers and punters. Over time, the game became so QB-centric that a five-game starter in San Francisco becomes the league's richest player, until (weeks later) a QB with more career losses than wins becomes the league's richest player, until (a few months later) teams are scrambling to give away years of first round picks for any of four or five unproven college quarterbacks. Could there/will there be a visionary (or a visionary coach/GM/owner troika) who envision a new way -- to draft, pay, trade and play the game on the field -- in such a way that leverages the a$$ets now devoted to QB into a competitively superior team with a totally different approach to the game? I invite comments from any free thinkers out there who know way more about this game than I do, and who are sick of reading about hand size and how many years of first round draft picks it will cost us to see if Joe Schmoe from Kokomo State will ever pan out. The game is over-due for a revolution.

As long as we've got a Dave 'n Buster's, we're good to go.

James "Howitzer" Harris of the Buffalo Bills. (O.K., he was never called "Howitzer," but he should have been!) He was the first black QB to ever start a season (1969) opener in the NFL. He was the first QB I ever saw who 'flicked' the ball, effortlessly.