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The Rosen Era Has Begun in Arizona
oldmanfan replied to 26CornerBlitz's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I thinkRosen will be around for quite a while. And so will Allen -
I would say no. And I base that on living outside Indy and reading about Manning. Manning practiced a lot with his WRs and demanded precise patterns. If you were running a 10 yard out it better be 10 and not 11 because he was throwing it to the 10 yard mark. I think Brady is even more demanding. I was watching several games with playoff implications after the Bills game. Have to say I saw a lot of errant throws from a lot of guys.
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Second half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The kid has work to do in the passing game but his ability to run like that adds a dimension others just don't have -
Second half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Throw Alonzo out of the league. Does this crap all the time -
Second half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Shady needs to be a third down back -
Second half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Good response after the pick 6 -
Second half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Good throw and catch -
Second half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Agree with Beurlein. Allen has to be pushed this off season on those short throws. -
First half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Rookie mistake. Snookered by a veteran DB -
First half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
That doesn't look good for Tre -
First half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Add a punter to the offseason list. -
First half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Rookie QB mistake. Makes it exciting though -
First half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Not a very good pass but finally a WR makes a tough catch! -
First half thread: Wk 17 Dolphins at Bills (CBS)
oldmanfan replied to Hapless Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I hate in when he throws back into the middle of the field. Worked there though -
Why don't you for once stop with your nonsense? No one is saying the kid has arrived. He obviously has more to learn and more to improve on, and any cursory view of posts around here will show that. What people do see though is the potential to become the guy. When the only thing you can do is to deliberately lie about what people say it shows your ignorance. Yes. Go back and read what I and others have discussed about the difficulties in such analyses. But you won't because you have what is called confirmation bias. You want Allen to fail therefore anything that says he will you suck up to and anything that challenges it you won't read. Just as well; you likely wouldn't be able to understand it anyway.
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Any analysis of how/why Pats ran for 275 against Buffalo
oldmanfan replied to Socal-805's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
No one set the edge all game long -
Good points. I don't know if he makes it or not. What I have a problem with in this and other threads are: 1. Reactive belief of stats without a true understanding of what they may or may not mean 2. Folks claiming some Nostradamus-like insight as to the future of this kid without any real idea what they're talking about, confusing their opinion with fact. All rookie QBs go through growth periods, some longer than others. Some have better teams around them, some not. The last and maybe only rookie QB I can think of that had "it" from day one was Marino. All others had ups and downs as they figured things out. Let Allen play, let him learn. Quit dissecting every single pass as if that definitively makes him great or terrible.
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You're responding to someone who felt Winston was going to be the God of QBs and stated he'd trade an entire draft for him so keep that in mind. I'm afraid you've hit the nail on the head. There are some who have confirmation bias; they said Allen would not work and will hang onto anything to support that because they would rather brag about being right than see the kid succeed. Of course you also have the other extreme, and equally invalid. I think any objective appraisal of Allen would say a couple things. One, he has work to do to become a consistent NFL QB. Second, he's shown more that many thought he would as a rookie. Third, he needs more help around him to reach his potential. I think history tells us first round QBs have around a 50% chance of success. Allen is no exception.
