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Against Carolina? Sure. Start Trubisky. Get Allen healthy. I’m not a huge Trubisky fan so I would want Allen available should he be needed.

IMO there is not a more frustrating penalty that DPI on an underthrown ball. It needs addressed somehow.

You think he’s coached to leave his assigned gap and to overrun plays?

My point is that it’s going to be very difficult to trade him while he is on a fully guaranteed one year $12.7M contract. We’d have to eat some of that unless we got very lucky. As for finding his replacement, I’ve been advocating for that for some time now.

His fifth year option for next year was picked up. It is for $12.7M and is fully guaranteed. It would be tough to trade him. I think he will be here through next season.

Any thoughts on what they should do about THIS season?

Should have gone for that

Nice protection and throw

This is speculation on my part, but I suspect that someone up top has decided that the team’s enormous investment in Allen be protected and has nixed running him a lot. I’ve heard no rumors or anything, it’s just that I can think of nothing else that makes sense as to why the Bills aren’t running a lot more ROs, RPOs and designed QB runs.

When this much money is on the line there is always (almost without exception) corruption. Individual teams are guilty of it, the league is guilty of it, coaches are guilty of it and players are guilty of it. Not all of them, but more than most people would think. Mostly it amounts to things getting swept under the rug by the league in order to “protect the shield,” aka their reputation, aka their revenue streams.

That is pretty effed up. Urban is going to cash in on the terrible job he did coaching the Jags, but I think he has now burned a lot of bridges. I don’t think he gets another big TV or coaching gig l, nor should he.

I think in general it’s better to run the clock down to the last play of the game. The odds of a bad snap, etc are so low. But in certain cases - new snapper/holder, protection issues, etc. - it would make sense. I don’t remember if the Steelers had any issues like that in the game I mentioned. It was a long time ago.

I believe the strategy on this is that if there is a bad snap or if the kick is blocked back (doesn’t cross the LOS) and is recovered by the kicking team, then possession is maintained and there is time left - and downs left - to try the FG again. I was at a Browns v Steelers game in Pittsburgh that went to OT and this came into play. Browns blocked a Steelers FG attempt late in OT on 3rd down, Steelers recovered and successfully kicked the winner on the next play.

Had Freiermuth not had the ball punched out in the last play (it was an excellent defensive play), then Pittsburgh would’ve still needed a successful 2 point conversion just to get to OT. So your comment was a bit of an overstatement. Good. It’s about time people start giving up the false narratives surrounding Star. He hasn’t played anywhere close to his contract since he got here and he’s been so bad against the run. Sadly, due to his contract there’s a very good chance he will be here next season.

He was definitely one of about six or seven defenders that could have performed better on that play and helped to prevent that long TD run. I just thought it odd that you would single him out for the blame, especially when his failing was not requiring a double team while no Bill defeated or avoided their single block and a couple ran themselves out of the play and opened that crease.

A win against the Bucs would go a long way to getting this team back on track.

I loved her in Community.

Should we mention that the Bucs beat the Patriots and Colts?

Baldy did mention that linemen were not having to double and we’re getting to the linebackers, but he did not say that the run was Oliver’s fault. He did not even mention Oliver by name. He pointed out that every block the Patriots made was effective and that tee got “creased” - which we did. It’s here if anyone wants to watch it.

Well, NOT complaining wasn’t getting him anywhere so……….

No. It’s trajectory was well behind Davis’ route.

Allen didn’t put the ball close to where it should’ve been on that play. It’s one play, but it (probably) would’ve won us the game if it had been executed properly. You’re correct with your point that fans who expect Allen to be perfect are off base. That’s fair. But he is being paid to be an elite QB in this league and it’s reasonable to expect a high level of play overall.

That’s the issue for me. You just cannot pay him the huge contract he is in line for. He’s not a terrible player. He has a lot of positives, but his problems along with what he soon will cost make me want to move on. You can get an above average MLB who maintains his gap responsibilities for a whole lot less.

Honestly I thought that under the circumstances Allen played a good game overall - but that last pass was just brutal.