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Yup. He may have hated the Patriots. He may have wanted like hell to beat them. He may have wanted to win games and even a Super Bowl. But he didn’t want any of that badly enough to actually put real time and effort into accomplishing it.

He underthrows and even gets some off right/left too, though overthrows are the most common. One of the early deep throws was obviously an overthrow but it was also off right. He had one in the 2nd half where the WR was double covered over/under. The pass was so underthrown that the under DB couldn’t get back to it. That’s just off the top of my head. I’d hope that it is fixable as he fixed his short/flat right side passes. That was footwork related. I worry that the long balls aren’t so easily fixed though. Maybe it’s a matter of things slowing down for him so he isn’t feeling rushed when making those throws. I dunno though. I’m many cases he seems to have time and not be rushed. It might just be who he is. I’m sure the coaches are working with Allen on it and they see if it’s a consistent issue in both practice and games or if it just happens on Sunday. That’s a big difference. If it isn’t an issue in practice, then that sure would explain why they’re having him go deep early in games. Or maybe he’s hot and cold regardless and they want to see if he’s on that day. In any event, the Patriots, Browns and Ravens all looked to throw similar defenses against Allen. Blitzing and man coverage is primarily what I’d expect to see from any defense that can competently do that until Allen shows that he can beat it.

Preseason performance? Well, he’s no Nathan Peterman. That’s for sure.

Presumption of innocence in a legal sense of utmost importance. I’d never argue otherwise. But presumption of innocence in everyday life is very, very different. We are all free to speculate and even make (hopefully logical) inferences regarding situations in daily life. Hopefully that’s done evenly and not only in select cases. You know, because it’d be immoral to do that. I will leave it there. You have a nice day too.

Sure, I don’t think anyone is arguing that rich/famous people pay to have borderline or embarrassing stuff go away. But you said “Assuming Chad did the alleged” he’d pay “if only to make this go away”. So why’s that? Why wouldn’t he be legitimately in the hook for payment in that case? Also that’s a pretty big leap of faith to think he didn’t do anything wrong here, even if it’s not as cut and dried as the lawsuit indicates. It’s not like the alleged wouldn’t be in line with previous behavior.

Why “if only to make it go away”? If Kelly did bust this guys face and camera up, shouldn’t he at least have to pay for the medical bills and replacement of equipment? Isn’t that the very least he should have to do?

Seems like a nose so badly broken that it takes four surgeries to properly fix is some pretty solid proof that Choad did something to the guy. Four surgeries is probably what took so long to file. I don’t know what the videographer is suing for, but seems as though should at least have that paid for. And the equipment Choad broke.

Yes. Unless our FA signings equal or exceed players signed away from us.

Nope. No way. Shaq is a decent player, but he’s not worth close to what his option year would’ve paid him - $9.45M. That also would’ve set the floor for a new contract. That average salary per year would rank 21st among DEs. No thanks. He is not close to that kind of player. However he is a player that I’d like to have in my 3 DE rotation, but I’m not happy if he’s one of my starting 2. I’d be happy to pay him accordingly. If not, there’s other guys out there to fill that role.

But if we were talking lacrosse...........

Yeah. Glorifying and vilifying people are dangerous practices and should be avoided without exception.

It’s possible. Donald had 9.

The 300 yard passing yards thing around is really annoying. Sure, QBs often hit that when playing from behind and lose. Sure, it’s more important to be efficient than to get a lot of yards. But, newsflash, sometimes a QB needs to be both efficient and rack up a lot of yards. Anyone want to guess when that usually is? Hint: It’s when two really good teams often play each other. So that'd be the playoffs. For example, let’s check out last season’s playoffs. SB: no 300 yard passer, tho the winner had more passing yards Conf Champs: one 300 yd passer won, other game won by QB with more passing yards Div: one 300+ yd QB beat another (winner had more yards), another 300+ yd QB won their game. In other two games no 300 yard passer. One of those winning QBs had more yards. The other had fewer. WC: only one 300+ yd QB who lost. That was Trubisky in Chicago who lost on the missed FG as time expired. So, yeah, you don’t necessarily need 300 yard passing games from your QB to win, but it sure helps - especially when you’re in the playoffs. And one last thing - I’m not ripping on Allen here. He’s improving and if that continues, it’ll come. I expect Daboll to ask more of him against better teams so the table is set for it this season or post season.

Allen is bringing me around to believing, but I still think Lamar is Fool’s Gold. Eventually being THAT bad of a passer will catch up to him. Also I don’t see him holding up physically. He doesn’t have the frame.

It’d be a really bad move for him to do that. It would cost him a lot of goodwill in NE and he’d pretty much need to win a SB or have an MVP season to come our on top. And it’s not like he needs the money. Regardless of what happens this season, he’ll be going out on top of the world. Why F that up? Oh, and if Brees keeps playing too, he will still have some of those records.

Yeah, it’s not perfect. But it does correspond nicely with Allen’s improvement this season. He was totally dragging ass earlier in the season. Up to 23rd from 32nd-ish makes a lot of sense. If he continues these kinds of performances he’ll be looking very, very good next season both on the field and with his metrics.

One game at a time. It’s usually there for the taking, but we usually don’t have a real shot at doing that. This year we do. Let’s go get it. One game at a time.

Passing yards is a poor stat to use when evaluating QB performance due to teams passing a ton to catch up when they’re losing. Passer rating isn’t great either. Advanced metrics like QBR and DYAR are much better, but not perfect either. Take a look at week 13 QBR stats: http://www.espn.com/nfl/qbr/_/type/player-week Incidentally, Allen is 4th. I only see two QBs that outperformed their counterpart in a loss and in both cases the winning QB was the very next on the list. Those were the 17th/18th and 19th/20th ranked performances.

His contract voids with a no tag clause. Kraft can throw money at him, but ultimately doesn’t have a choice. I think Tommy hangs em up. A NYC team makes a lot of sense because of his wife’s career, but neither is a good fit for multiple reasons. SF would be a great choice if Jimmy G wasn’t there, but no dice. Chicago due to their stud defense would be a good fit for a shot at a ring, but I don’t know if he’d go there. Maybe he retires and only comes back to save the day if someone (like Jimmy G) in the right situation gets hurt.

I laughed at that. Nicely done. If you’re gonna be cocky, this is what happens when you get your ass kicked. That’s fair game. As for Hughes, I love what he’s done for the Bills but he should keep his mouth shut about other player’s contracts. Say something else. Lots of great options.

Well said It must be most sacks by a rookie DT. Kearse holds most sacks by a rookie (at any position) with 14.5.

This is who I thought he would be in the NFL. So glad he’s making a difference in games and that it’s for us. Thanks again, Detroit, for taking a TE right in front of us with Oliver sitting on the board.

First and foremost the NFL is a business. Star players and popular teams are going to get the benefit of some calls or no calls. It’s kinda like a permanent, extra home field advantage. Think of Allen’s first quarter slide against Dallas where he got hit. Can anyone imagine flags not flying if that had been Brady? The good news is that while it’s difficult to earn yourself into that position, it can be done.

I’m so sorry, Scott. That really sucks.

The OP seems to lack the belief that the Bills can pull it off, but ultimately it’s a legitimate question. The Bills have been playing disciplined football and Allen has shown improvement so let’s see where they are. I’m looking forward to it. (And I’ll take this opportunity to apologize in advance for jinxing the Bills with my optimism.)