oldmanfan

We'd have been better. Obviously. Their loss shows the dearth of true offensive line talent in the league. And lack of good coaching. Guys from college and one read shotgun offenses don't learn the nuances of run blocking especially. We have a promising young QB that needs a run game and better pass protection. I hope they take some cap $$ and use it on O linemen in free agency. Maybe Paradis to solidify the interior at C and to tutor younger guys. Another G at least, maybe a RT. Have to trust their pro scouts to find guys ready to step up. Or if they see a stud O linemen when they pick in round one, get him. Also they need to really think about Castillo. I assume Daboll has told him what blocking schemes and fits he needs for his offense. Can Castillo teach that? I'm not confident.

Best wishes this holiday season my friend.

They need to bring better guys in. And you need to quit sounding off only inweekscwhen they may not have done that well. We never see you here after a win

Everyone knew they were going to draft their franchise QB and they did. Don't be deliberately ignorant. Now what do they have to do? Get some linemen to protect him and a decent WR and/or TE. Again you know this so stop being an idiot.

It starts with drafting a QB. Like they did this last year. I'll bet you were one of the masses screaming for them to do so.

Then don't.

A rookie QB losing to the Pats when on the road, against the genius Belichick, is neither alarming nor any predictor of a young QBs future.

Andca couple weeks ago it was a great week. Why do some here insist on wallowing in misery?

Utter nonsense

I agree they need O line desperately but I'd rather see what they can get in FA there. Takes a while to learn O line positions (although Nelson is an exception) so might get better band for the buck in FA. I do think they get a TE in the draft.

Top guys in the draft are mostly on defense. You see a guy with All Pro potential grab him, especially at DE or OLB.

The game never slowed down for Losman.. it already is for Allen.

It will be a good challenge for both Allen and Daboll. Daboll knows Belicheat pretty well so it will be interesting to see what he draws up for Sunday. And if Allen can run what he wants.

I hate to see any young person, in any profession, lose their way because of drug addiction. It seems this kid simply cannot conquer his demons. I hope he gets the help he needs.

I guess I'm not allowed to comment since I don't have seasons.

Another guy conflating accuracy with completions. Another guy who has no idea what accuracy really is and how it's actually measured. Allen has growth to do and things to work in. But when are these false analyses going to stop?

I think the O line is a major FA target. They know they need to protect Allen more.

My guess is they will target some O linemen we haven't heard all that much about, sort of like Hyde and Poyer when they got them. Same with WRs or TEs. Draft I expect a pass rushing DE or OLB in round 1 as that is where the real talent lies in the draft, then focus on the lines and WRs and a CB and RB somewhere I there. Beane is not the type to spend wildly, and he also has to know they need to spend resources on the offensive side of the ball to protect their young QB.

We will never agree on this. But one disagreement after - what, ten years on these boards? I can live with that. I can't live with a TE that can't catch though.

I know you won't like hearing this, and I am not doing this just to troll or to be deliberately confrontational, but you keep using the term accurate incorrectly. When you hit guys in the hands and they don't catch the ball, the pass is accurate. I keep trying to tell you, and you keep ignoring, that there is a difference between being accurate and being precise, and when you talk about him being inaccurate what you are really saying is that he is not as precise as you want him to be. And this is not a semantic argument; there is a real difference between the two. If Allen was missing guys by a yard or two where they can't make a play on the ball, then he's not being accurate. And that could be a difficult thing to overcome. When people talk about throwing a ball into a tight window, they are talking about hitting a very small target: That is being precise. When you talk about putting a ball into a receiver's catch radius, maybe not right on his numbers but where the receiver gets his hands on it and can make a play, that's accuracy. The best Qb's have both high accuracy and high precision, and that's what Allen should be striving to achieve. Allen is accurate. He needs to work more on precision when a throw needs to be in a tight window, and he needs to work on consistency as do most young QBs. People need to be, well, more accurate in the terminology they use to evaluate the kid, and more accurate in interpreting the data used to evaluate the kid. The idea that completion percentage is a measure of accuracy has been debunked many times now, and folks need to stop cycling back to it as a valid measure since it does not account for dropped accurate throws, throw aways, and such.

Lot of young guys there.

In Buscaglia's article he says something about wanting t see Allen be 95-100% when in the pocket? He can't possibly mean the kid is supposed to complete 95-100% of passes when he has a clean pocket to throw from? That would be completely unrealistic for any QB.

I see your point. Given that, then would you agree if he is so limited he should be on the bench?

Shaw we usually agree but I can't with this one. You are saying because your TE is not talented it's the QB's fault for not making him so? Doesn't add up for me.

I have commented above on the Clay throw. But to a larger point, if we're going to continue harping on one throw for a rookie QB and think that provides some kind of definitive evidence of his accuracy or lack thereof, this place is going to get ridiculous. and I'm as guilty as the next guy for doing so. I think everyone should be able to agree on the following: 1. He has shown a pretty fair amount of progress since his first start 2. He looks better than most thought he would when he was drafted 3. He has a ways to go and needs to improve in certain areas like touch on passes, reading defenses, being more precise with some throws. 4 . We don't need to be thinking about another QB next year.