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He lost a lot of weight fast to get down to this LB's size.

He was RT in preseason vs. Carolina pretty much all game and he was solid. I would trust Joe B's depth chart.

Oh geez, does everything always have to be about race people? Lol

Perhaps concerning how soon he could be named starter, but not on my overall stance.

Wouldn't it mean that Allen would get the start?

I think McCarron is first man in and Peterman second.

Bills should've signed Vontaze Burfict for a quarter of play in that game.

The bolded. Such a simple statement, yet holds so much weight in my opinion. I think the mini camp and training camp performances, mainly versus the third team defense, have caused people to forget that he was considered an unrefined project out of college, not a ready-made starting QB out of the box. As the excitement grows for Allen, you get more and more posts that talk up Allen and downplay the other QB's regardless of facts. Great post.

Joshers gonna Josh.

Just as Peterman may know that the Bills drafted Allen with the hopes that he is the QB, he also knows that he was not drafted to be Allen's backup. He was drafted as a prospect that could possibly supplant Tyrod Taylor as starting QB at some point. Why would any competitive person, especially one who appears to have made significant strides in his game as Peterman, sell himself short regardless of who is thought to be the front-runner for the same position that he's vying for? That's just not how the competitive spirit or mind works.

I didn't say Allen wouldn't start at some point, I stated Peterman wouldn't take a backseat to Allen. That was me speaking hypothetically, not presuming to know that Allen would struggle. And you sound mad.

I think well of Peterman obviously, but how does the comment show 'blind love' for Peterman? What are you even suggesting about Peterman and/or Allen with that comment? I think it's fair to want anything that Allen gets to be earned and not simply handed to him by reason of his throwing power and draft status; I think he needs to show and prove that he's fit for the starting position just as anyone else on the roster would have to. There's one side of Bills' fans that believe Allen should be held out until deemed ready to perform. There's another that you would have to logically believe, feels Allen most definitely should be given full control by next season regardless of anything, if he isn't thrust into the starting role this year, trial by fire, as they wish. Just addressing the latter, if either QB, McCarron or Peterman, performed admirably this season as starter, but the starting duty was handed to Allen the next, he failed to play up to expectations that season, and McCarron or Peterman were still viable options, waiting in the wings, as Allen struggled through year three, then I believe you'd have to have the courage to go away from him, even if just to get the ship righted for that season. In short, the success of the team should not be sacrificed for the sake of getting Josh Allen on the field. This seems to be an idea that many Bills' fans simply toss to the side.

I'm 100% certain that Peterman doesn't subscribe to the notion of "keeping the seat warm" for Allen and taking a back seat to him. That's fan speak...likely Josh Allen fan speak. I have faith that McDermott will make Allen fight for and earn every snap that he should take versus just handing him the job, as many fans believe should be the case. If we're in year three, a better option at QB is available, and Allen displays the same struggles that proved detrimental to the offense in year two, then he needs to be holding a clipboard. Period.

Last I read up, the tone was that it wasn't a particularly great practice for any of the three. Definitely didn't come across anything about Peterman throwing 3 TDs and having that type of day. I've felt that some of the reporting has been pretty biased for a good part of minicamp and training camp anyways. Good to know though.

If it's determined that the Bills are successful on offense with Peterman under center, I just hope the Bills don't do anything stupid. I don't need to see Doug Flutie - Rob Johnson II. When it's been determined that Josh Allen is "ready", with all the question marks he had coming out of college, he had better actually been ready.

Not denying that he was pressured, I pointed that out without the help of Cover 1 in one of my earlier posts. This likely helped lend weight to the perception that Allen was fighting for his life every play, while playing with a lineup completely consisting of third string O-linemen serving as his protection---neither of which were true. As far as "confirmation bias in action": Allen narrowly avoided a sack from extreme pressure from a blitz package twice, pulled down and ran to avoid what could've turned into a coverage sack once from what I saw, and was sacked because of Keith Ford, the RB, not the O-line. Every other play he was afforded adequate to good (in some cases very good) pass protection; the pass protection was not comparable to the O-line he played behind at Wyoming, as was suggested. If there is anything I would clear up, it is that Allen played 'hero ball' and that he had sufficient time to make ANY throw, more accurately, he had sufficient time to make a positive play from the pocket the majority of his snaps, pressured or not; Allen chose to forgo the easier completion in favor of the more difficult, contested completion many times. Peterman didn't face a strong pass rush in this game, but of what he did face, he negated it with quick completions. Peterman completed both of his downfield attempts, the TD to Benjamin and the would-have been TD to Streater, which was called back on an offensive interference penalty. McCarron missed on both of his deep shots downfield, one to Brandon Reilly and the other to Streater (?). Allen "should have completed" three bombs, but at least one of them, he threw five yards out of bounds along the sideline. Of Allen's 19 pass attempts, not one demonstrated touch. Confirmation bias against Peterman, in favor of Josh Allen, I know you see it...it's impossible to miss.

It sounded like all three QB's had forgettable practices yesterday.

If Peterman has another solid performance against CLE, I think he gets the nod. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Yeah, I saw what you saw. The evidence is right there. I'm pretty convinced that a lot of Allen's supporters, would sacrifice a winning season, for the sake of seeing him throw the football 60 yards, once a game for 16 games.

I think the knock on him was that he lacks burst, but I think his understanding of leverage will be a great advantage to him and make up for what he lacks.

You never know, maybe he issued a late-game, situational challenge to Josh Allen and the offense: Pick up the 3rd-and-long or punt. It's not like Allen and the offense didn't have its try at picking up 4th-and-3 earlier in the game. Preseason is for individual and team evaluation.

I agree, Wyatt Teller looks like the real deal. Wouldn't be surprised if he ended up replacing Ducasse at some point in the season. Looks very good as a pass protector. Took long enough but we finally found common ground. Lol.

There were at least two dropbacks where McCarron had to have been afforded somewhere between 3-5 seconds to make a throw. I think the O-line that he played under offered the most time to pass of the three. 60%, Teller, Boettger, and Wesley remained in the game for a very long stretch when Allen entered. I thought McDermott played solid (others seem to disagree) and I thought Redmond looked better as a pass protector than Bodine, so to me there wasn't a significant drop-off in play, the way you'd expect if wholesale changes had been made. The Panthers seemed to get more aggressive with the blitz with Allen in the game, so perhaps that added to the appearance of the "third team" O-linemen buckling under the pressure of the pass rush than it appeared to earlier in the game. I think Gerhardt DeBeer and Mo Porter entered the game extremely late, maybe as late as with under three minutes left. Allen had his share of attempts on long-developing routes and he completed some of them, so it's not like Allen was offered up to wolves in a meat jacket. I just noticed the last italicized part, and that just isn't true.

Atrocious camp? I didn't follow him that closely but from what I read in reports he was winning a lot of his 1-on-1 battles with certain first team defenders. I know you're not getting me, but I'm really not getting you. I'm not sure McDermott allowed a sack in that game. My worry is Ducasse at LG.