LSHMEAB

The play he made in the finale where he was scrambling but threw a perfect touch pass to his checkdown that allowed Ivory to keep running is something I'd like to see more frequently. I think he's going to have to improve on his ball placement on short routes to be a franchise QB. I've seen him throw deep outs accurately. I've seen him throw accurate enough deep balls. Needs to get better at short crosses, outlets. There are times he doesn't get the ball to the outlet quickly enough so recognition also needs to improve.

Good for him. Can't imagine how anyone could view this as a bad thing. Then again......

I have some connections to the Philly area so I watch quite a bit of the Eagles for some odd reason. He was not healthy in 2018 IMO. Didn't have the same velocity on his ball or mobility. I believe he'll be fully recovered next season, but time will tell.

That's the thing. You have no idea. This isn't 1995 when you could assume a team would run on first and second down. There's just not enough value for a guy who eats space and doesn't make plays in today's NFL. Certainly not worth 10 million dollars a year IMO. This guy had ZERO FF, ZERO SACKS, ZERO QB HITS FOR GOD'S SAKE! Think about that. A defensive tackle who never even got a hit on the opposing QB. He posted 17 tackles which was a career low for the record. This was by far his least impressive season statistically which tells me his play is regressing. Meh. Edit. He did have ONE TFL, so there's that.

If you want to trade away a 3rd year quarterback with 70 TD's to 28 picks for a guy who's had long stretches of mediocrity, more power to you. Not enough of a sample size in Philly. I'm taking nothing away from BDN and his freakish run, but I'm sticking with Wentz without hesitation.

We'll revisit this next season when Foles is playing average ball and Wentz is yet again an MVP candidate.

I tend to look at rivalries in terms of the entire team. Josh Allen is the Quarterback of the team for now and the foreseeable future, but I'm not basing rivalries off one guy who may or may not be the long term answer. We all certainly hope he is, but there is no rivalry as of now. We have to win something to earn a rival.

Considering Wentz has never played in a postseason game, we have no idea who he'd fare. All we know is that he was an MVP frontrunner before the injury after already clinching a near top seed in 2017. He wasn't fully healthy in 2018 and Foles didn't exactly light it up in the postseason. This is such a false narrative. Foles is a decent player who went berserk in the 2017 playoffs. He also went berserk in 2013 for a short stretch. There isn't nearly enough data to suggest he's a top tier QB. Carson Wentz has never played poorly and is a franchise QB.

I think it's Wentz who gets no respect. You know, the MVP frontrunner in 2017 prior to all this Foles mania.

One Pats fan commented that you better take all your money and bet it on the Chiefs. They obviously fear a loss at Kansas City, as well they should.

Sounds like a built in excuse for a potential loss.

But he began his career at Pitt so there is a tangential Panthers connection.

As much as I don't care about other teams and "rivalries," I'll never forget the music city miracle. The Titans will always be the team I most want to beat in a big game.

"He's gotta hit the bunnies" as the top mod would say. There were too many occasions in which his ball placement on short/intermediate routes didn't allow the (admittedly poor) WR/TE group to catch and run. He can hit 3's from 8 feet behind the line, but has trouble with layups. I'm sure that'll be his primary focus in the offseason.

He got them to the playoffs in 2017 so it certainly wouldn't break any ground.

A "space eater" who managed 34.5 sacks and had a 92 tackle season. Imagine that? Worthy of consideration, but not a HOF'er.

He was better than Flutie! I like it.

The Bills are going to have to start winning games in order to have a true rival.

Let's just keep it real here. When it comes to position coaches, all we can really do is guess based on rankings/etc. There are a number of variables that come into play and different situations that factor into success or failure. I don't want to see Bob Wylie eating up space on the sideline, so this is a better option for me. The Colts had success with the OL and running the football, so that's a plus, but we really don't know.

Fair enough. I personally don't anticipate Allen becoming a high completion % guy, which is why I'm citing YPA as a potential mitigating factor. The numbers I cited earlier were something like a 58 percent completion percentage with a 7.7 YPA, which would be fine.

I would love to get that scumbag Kromer back. I'd actually prefer someone rough around the edges coaching offensive lineman. I'd be happy to land this DeGugeilmo character as OL Coach even if I have to look up his name every time I type it. Much more interested in the OL/Run Game coordinator than ST coach. It's entirely conceivable this was a mutual decision considering he signed on to work for McDaniels. Personality clashes among qualified coaches happen all the time. Not a big deal for me.

They are terrific metrics. If the completion percentage remains stagnant or doesn't dramatically improve from 52, the YPA WILL have to improve significantly. If you're chucking it up all day and making more big plays than the average QB, the YPA will naturally rise even if the completion percentage lags behind.

I'll try to clarify the point for you. The more aggressive QB will likely have to hit more of the AGGRESSIVE throws than the average QB in order to be successful. He needs to hit fewer throws OVERALL. Very simple concept.

That was precisely the point I was making. One of the "reasons" cited for Allen's poor completion percentage is his proclivity to throw the ball down the field. If that's truly the case and he continues to look down the field, one metric that will need to improve is YPA. An example was cited where Allen is 1/2 for 10 yards(first down) and Mariotta is 2/2 for 10 yards(first down). I believe the example was used to discount completion percentage. If one is going to ascribe poor completion percentage to more aggressive throws, the quarterback making those throws will have to hit them with more regularity than the average QB. That is where YPA comes into play.

How quickly we forget that Carson Wentz was the frontrunner for the MVP in 2017 prior to the injury and the Eagles were 11-2. Foles looked like Foles to start 2018 and put up 14 and 15 points respectively in the playoffs. Hell of a run by BDN in 2017, but glad we won't be the team overpaying for his services.