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Its just the opposite for me. I'm expecting Singletary to start his NFL career off with a bang to help Buffalo win a close one. I hope...

Hate it when that happens...

I understand, I just think the situation should have been handled behind closed doors.

I agree with Alpha, Mayock should have been prepared to tip toe through the tulips with the huge ego of AB

AB was a Steeler for years.

Myself personally, QB's get more reps handling snaps then any other position. If Barkleys not good at holding practice makes perfect. To me , It adds more wrinkles the opposition has to gameplan against so why not.

Allen is a charmer, lol, its true. Its really hard to find much not to like on or off the field. I think the players love Josh Allen as much as we the fans. One Buffalo strong...

I think the strategy makes sense and not so much because of the amount of Oline you can swap off and onto the playing field per play. More so because it matches our strengths and weaknesses per individual player against the oppositions strengths and weaknesses. This can change from week to week or even from play to play IMO.

I'll 2nd the win /loss assesment Although the homer side of me is optimistic and hopeful for 10. Being realistic on where Allen stands in his development along with all the new faces in the starting lineup I think an 8 - 8 record is very possible. Anything less in all likelihood would probably involve injury to two or more key players IMO.

I'm telling you when Mahomes plays Brady we're in for a shootout. Back in the day it was Kelly and Marino...

Jim "Machine gun" Kelly and Thurmal Warfare beg to differ, Are we going to remove the description gunslinger while we're at it?

The gamer in Jackson finally started to peek its head out in the final drive for Buffalo, It might be the homer in me, but I love the kids arm and wouldn't mind seeing If Daboll can mold him into an NFL QB.

I think Fitzy is a career turnover machine and body whips allot of throws to achieve higher velocity. I had a thread topic here on TBD years ago while Fitzfizzles was Buffalo's starting QB, "Fitz the turnover machine" (If I remember correctly)

This is true, I think the next move is up to Barkley, Does he Peterman out when called upon in real action? Is the Bills Bark worse then the oppositions D's bite? that becomes the question...

My eye test with Barkley in a Bills uni says different. The Bills have a very good secondary to practice against. Where are the Barkley INT's? Where were they last season in regular season play? Or this preseason? I think its easy to look at a young QB with only 12 NFL games played and say he sucks. I've seen as many strong armed QB's fail in the NFL because they can't throw with anticipation or touch as QB's that fail from lack of sufficient arm strength. I think the answer might be somewhere in the middle, With all due respect thy Dog...

I respectfully disagree Myself personally, arm strength is a bit overrated and the fraction of a second difference between 50 and 60 mph throws can be made up with faster read and react time/decisiveness IMO. Also throwing trajectory with more of an arc in many instances proves more beneficial then a straight line trajectory especially for shorter QB's. In my humble opinion Kelly.

Not much info on Barkleys actual velocity and it would not surprise me If he has gotten stronger over time. Eye test tells me Matt Barkley is making all the throws. ( In a Bills uni) Fitz doesn't have enough arm strength to throw with good zip without using his whole body on the throw.( IMO ) Myself personally, I think Barkley uses much better throwing mechanics resulting in better accuracy.

Thanks for the reply/ update on McCarron and Anderson. Myself personally, I think mismanagement of the Oline started the whole mess. The bright side is Allen is a season ahead of schedule. (from where I thought he would be anyway) I like your reasoning...

12 starts spread out over 4 seasons which is no way to develop properly IMO. Matt Barkley just needs experience in my humble opinion Biscuit. Myself personally, One season under your belt (game experience) is when a young QB prospect will start seeing the game slow down. Which would be right about now for both Barkley and Allen IMO.

Anderson or McCarron come to mind. Moore was just picked up recently and is a 500 QB. (example) My point is ideally Barkley will never play in a regular season game. A healthy Josh Allen allows Buffalo the time to get a FA up to speed in the Daboll O IMO. If the trade value for Barkley becomes high enough I would expect Beane to pull the trigger in my humble opinion

Jackson > Peterman I'm just saying...

One of the best days the Bills O had last season from a passing perspective was with Matt Barkley behind center. Regular season... I think we can both agree 12 career game starts does not a QB make.

Barkley was a highly coveted young QB prospect at one point in time. Luck is impossible to replace, but I could see the Colts fan base getting behind a guy like Matt Barkley. Don't get me wrong, keeping Barkley long term sets well with me. Beane on the other hand has shown If he can get good trade value on a player that he can replace via FA. Anythings possible...

When someone wants to trade a 1st ...

Well done.