Kelly the Dog

Okay now I think you are nuts. Ha. McCown's arm is way, way stronger than Barkley's. Not even in the same ballpark. He's always had sufficient arm strength and his journeyman status was all over other things. He can easily throw the deep out, Barkley cannot.

I think 4-4 in games he finished. You're right.

There are certain QBs that just cannot play because of their arms. Peterman is one. Barkley is another. Matt Leinart was another. Kellen Moore is another. Coaches sometimes believe these kinds of players can play in the league because of practice and preseason where their physical liabilities never really expose themselves. I have seen Barkley play in regular season games before the Bills and he even had a couple 300 yard games. But he never showed the requisite amount of oomph and he never will. He's been released by five different teams, two of them twice already. And both of his 300 yard games were (close) losses and he threw 5 INTs in them.

Brother from another mother.

He can't throw the ball consistently more than 15 yards. He's much smarter and more accurate than all of those guys but it's like playing a WR who runs a 5.9 40. He can have a good game and catch some balls and even score some TDs once in a while, but his physical incapability doesn't allow him to play well enough in this league. Barkley has played well about 3 times in his career, and even with that great game he has 10 TD and 18 INT and a 68 rating. It's because of his arm, only. He showed that he can make good decisions and learn offenses and lead a team. That is not his problem. His arm is his problem.

I'll agree to agree with you and agree to disagree with him. Clay needs to track the ball and make that catch.

Some plays the Lions barely rushed. Most if not all plays they used one of their rushers as a spy to stop Josh's rushing. They rushed three on a bunch of plays and two on one play. The reason he had time is solely because they feared his running and bet that he couldn't beat them from the pocket. They wuz wrong. Josh even said it himself after the game.

In preseason, guys like him can excel because it's at 3/4 speed. He's Peterman plus. He's terrible because he has a rag arm that cannot succeed over time in the NFL. That is why he wasn't on any team. That is why he has been cut numerous times. That is the only reason he was drafted in the fourth and not the first round. That is why his stats suck and he throws a ton of interceptions. Guys like Barkley are teases and they cannot play. Nobody wanted him. He is capable of lobbing the ball, getting lucky and having good halves or good games, which he did. He's not a guy you can count on in any way. You cannot learn to not have a rag arm. He even showed that rag arm in the Bills game. It wasn't that he needed time to learn the game, he couldn't get the ball consistently downfield fast enough

If the Bills simply called two more RB or WR screen passes a game, the amount that virtually all other teams throw, his completion % would be 5+ points higher and his accuracy will not have changed one bit. He also doesn't dump the ball off to backs three yards away from him, like 90% of other teams and QBs. We don't even have RBs in the patterns to dump the ball off to like most teams on a lot of plays. That's another five or so percentage points.

That's great to see and a terrific reaction and teammate. He's a terrible backup QB despite his very good game.

Three of four points down a few defensemen was terrific. This team is real. Eichel is getting ridiculous now that the goals are coming. Obviously Linus and Carter have been a huge difference. Larsson and Girgensons have been almost as valuable as the goal scorers, truly a huge difference this year from years previous. There are ten different reasons this team is way different and way better than last year. But these guys are not outplayed by good or better teams night in an night out like they had been. This was an even up game on the road in a back to back with backup goalie and two D men in their first game this season and they came up big.

Lawson had a nice game. Josh, Foster, and Alexander were obvious choices. He wasn't "good" or worthy of a game ball but Ford not making any real mistakes and just doing his job was a nice surprise. Yes, he may have got that one first down overturned but he ran hard and didn't lose it.

To me there is a huge difference between doing it for two games and doing it for four out of five or six. It becomes no longer a fluke. Not to mention that when you watch replays or all-22 he is always getting open. And he's a "playmaker" which is a huge difference as well from a guy like Zay Jones, who is not.

He's still awful. Yes he makes some 9 yard catches and a couple first downs but he doesn't really get good separation, he still drops a lot of balls, he doesn't fight or come back for the ball well, he still has a little trouble tracking it, he's just not good or reliable. He's not nearly as bad as he was but he's good for two drops a game, which is awful.

No he's not, he's awful. Foster is consistently open and he makes plays.

Hate to break this to you, but you saying something about someone, and then something happening with that person is not a real thing.

Two sweet looking goals. Nice period overall. Let's see if they can keep it up.

It's an allowable goal to strive for though.

Dahlin is just sick. That is all.

I think the way he runs and looks makes him look like he is loafing sometimes when he is not. AND I think he loafs sometimes, which is intolerable.

Quarterbacks that turn out to be great have to have extraordinary talent, ability to learn/process information superfast under pressure, excellent coaching, solid surrounding casts, and luck. Josh has one of those things now. He does have a ton going for him and I'm optimistic that he has a real chance.

The Rams already had two solid WR and the best RB in football who caught a lot of balls. And when they lost out on the Sammy sweepstakes they paid a fortune for his replacement, Cooks. The FACT is, the two architects of the two best offenses in the last two decades BOTH traded for or paid a fortune to acquire Sammy Watkins, in consecutive years.

McVay wanted him. They made an offer. He came out publicly and said several teams were throwing out crazy numbers and they weren't likely to match them. I guarantee that McVay was very happy with him last year and that Andy Reid was very happy with him this year, except when he didn't have him.

The "real world" is Andy Reid is one of the top football minds in the world and decided to pay Sammy Watkins just under 17m a year and you're one of the top three football minds on your couch.

Or that he sees open field and is pretty sure he can get the first down so why risk any throw and live for another three downs.