oldmanfan

I'll have to watch it.

So Ramsey couldn't chase down a 245 lb running back when he had 99 yards to do so? Thought he was suppose to be fast.

I'll bet Ramsey is high on McD and Beane's list as a possible free agent down the road. Perfect fit for what they want to build, wouldn't you say?

Hmmmm.........

Wonder what Reid will do the first time KB halfasses a route.

Again, cut back on the drinking. I am not bitter in the slightest about them beating us last year. Was a very good defensive game and we came up short. We made the playoffs after a 17 year drought, and they did a fine job getting to the divisional finals. Let's just try to focus on the actual topic. My point is this: they imploded this year, despite having the football czar many wanted in Coughlin. Coughlin made a big mistake in not addressing his QB situation, and their tem is about to land in a difficult cap position. So they have a czar, a GM, and a HC in Marrone, but imploded. The point is this: you don't need that kind of a structure. You need a good GM and HC that work together to put a team together. A "czar" to oversee them to me just adds anther unnecessary management layer.

First, quit drinking so early in the morning; your posts might start to make some sense. Second, my commentary has nothing to do with ether Marrone or Hogan. It has to do with the idea that we needed some kind of football czar to oversee the HC and GM. Many here clamored for someone like that, and Coughlin's name was prominently mentioned. The Jags went that direction with Coughlin, and it has backfired big time. Having the talent to oversee an organization and make solid planning decisions as the overall executive in charge is a different job than the HC position. Coughlin was a very good HC. But in this position it's not working out as well.

Your starting QB is really a de facto leader of your team, given the importance of the position.

And ome folks still think we should be finding a football czar to oversee the HC and GM, and that the guy for many was Coughlin.

Easy does it now. In this thread you have folks saying Mayfield is Brees and Allen will be even better. I am optimistic about Allen and Mayfield. For both it seems they are picking things up reasonably quickly and that they are getting things to slow down to where they van make the right reads. etc. And Allen especially adds another dimension with his running. But to place HOF career type expectations on either them, or to say a Darnold or Rosen or Jackson will either be great or terrible, is way premature. Fun to talk about, but way too early. My gut is that Allen and Mayfield will be long term guys, get their teams to the playoffs consistently, and if they get the right stuff done from coaches and front office staff could win the whole enchilada. Rosen and Jackson I'm not as sure about. Rosen I think is struggling a bit more to pick up the pro game in contradistinction to what was talked about pre-draft. And I'm not sure he has the physical stamina. Jackson has the running side to his game, even more so that Allen. But we'll have to see how he ultimately does in the passing game. I think both are in the league a while but could bounce around a bit. Darnold I'm not optimistic about. I think the media that is NYC will be an issue for him, and from what I've seen I think he'll be prone to poor decision making and throwing ill advised picks. He could of course mature out of that but right now he's the bottom of my list. And I don't see any of them yet matching what we saw in Kelly or see in Brees. There's a reason there's only like 30 QBs in the HOF. They may get there, they may not. Should be fun to watch though.

Optimistic.

And the penalties. But one can see his potential. Be interesting to see what happens with O line coach in the offseason.

He's getting there. Tough day last Sunday but it takes time for linemen to deveop

If I'm Terry I'm letting the NFL office know the team will be watching carefully to see if the crew this week is biased against Hughes.

No

Your typical childish overreaction. Thanks for contributing. He does not have infinitely more talent than Kelly. Pump the brakes. And for those of you who want to talk arm strength you should have been around when Kemp was playing. I am very excited about the kid's potential but placing ridiculous expectations on him at this point doesn't do him any favors.

Sirles wasn't very good at all. Give Boettger a shot.

O linemen. Has to be the priority.

Can you explain to me, finally, why you are on a Bills web site but can only find negative things to say about the team? What team do you actually root for?

Or he thought he'd make more yards running. I think we all need to take a deep breath and quit over analyzing each and every play this kid makes as if it is a predictor of his career. He's a rookie QB. He shows a lot of promise. He'll make plays that have you jump out of your chair and some that leave you scratching your head. Because he's young. Let's enjoy watching him develop.

Applying them does not mean anything. You obsess on completion percentage. Statisticians would tell you that you would need to use multivariate analysis to truly understand if the 1 or 2 pass completion difference that constitutes a difference between 55 and 60% means squat. Let's list just a few of the variables: Types of passes thrown i.e. Short dump offs vs. down the field Quality of receiving corps Quality of O line (do you have to throw more balls away due to poor protection) QB experience (yes experience counts) Playing conditions (effect of more windy conditions vs. a dome let's say) Defensive schemes and personnel you play against And so on. And those same variables do NOT apply to every QB. Well, in a sense they do. But they are not equal. They are, guess what, variable. And as such have to be accounted for in any proper comparison. Accuracy is being consistently around your target, and I have explained that many confuse it with precision. The other thing you have to understand here is that you have no idea what in in the QBs mind when he throws a ball. Take the missed TD/apparent misread with Zay. That was added to the incompletion, but if it was expecting Jones to be at point X when Jones thought point Y, has nothing to do with accuracy. In fact the pass was very accurate; Allen put it right where he thought Jones was supposed to be. So there's your one pass a game that makes your magical difference. And it means nothing. So just stop with this stuff. Allen is a young guy, a rookie QB. He has to get better at a lot of things like reading defenses, staying in the pocket, dumping off when indicated, etc. But let's just stop regurgitating this completion percentage/accuracy thing.

You do not understand the concept of accuracy. You continue to conflate completion percentage as some magical measure and ignore the multitude of variables that can affect it.

Great stuff as always. Disagree on the last pass; you have both hands on the ball you have to catch it plus if Allen made a rookie mistake what do you call a veteran not working back to his QB? But you have to like the kid's future. And nice point about penalties. Yeah some younger players but that's where coaching needs to step up.

An interesting discussion to be sure

Bold move but completely justified.