SirAndrew

Two awful plays.

Let’s get better field goal range. Quit chucking it into the end zone.

Allen is an idiot

Those are the plays that scare me about the kid. Even rookies need to know better in those two situations.

Allen can’t take that third down sack. That was dumb QB play, and it’s hard to fix stupid.

Our coaches are great imo Monday-Saturday, but terrible game day coaches. We aren’t going anywhere with the current staff.

No, he’s just plain dumb.

The run was predictable enough, add it being Gore to the mix. No one in the world would call that play in that spot. Terrible.

Great time for Gore. Please go Cleveland, take Daboll.

McD needs to change. He’s a great coach who has done a lot for this franchise, but we’ll never take it to the next level if he doesn’t change the always conservative philosophy.

This^ Great D will get you to the playoffs, but you need offense to advance. You also need offensive coaching that isn’t cowardly.

Get Duke back in it, I love it.

The end of the first half was Schottenheimer/Reid playoff coaching level incompetence.

Now, a Gore sighting, it’s our day.

Long yard to try a sneak, glad it worked.

Too bad the coaches don’t agree with the way that just called that series before the half. I agree he has, but time for the coaches to trust him in those spots.

Great first half, but that’s the stuff that comes back to haunt you.

Terrible first down Gore call, awful clock management

Actually I haven’t seen anyone on our team make those catches in a really time. I apologize for mocking all the Duke lovers over the season.

I predict the Gailey/Fitz offense will look great for a year or less before it quickly falls apart. There’s kind of a history of that with these two. That alone makes me a bit confused about the Fish plans.

Another vote for Dalton to Boyd TD here. I’m also good with the McCoy blizzard run against the Colts. The Kyle Williams TD run against the Dolphins in the 2017 finale was also awesome, especially considering what happened with the Bengals game shortly after. I‘m only willing to pick plays from 2017-2019. The rest of the decade we were a team with no direction going nowhere, so who cares about great plays that had no meaning? I only remember great plays that are part of something bigger.

I think guys like Brady and Brees set an unrealistic precedent that QB’s can all excel in their late 30’s. There’s a legitimate chance that Rodgers is somewhat on the decline, and many more QB’s will continue do the same in their mid 30’s.

Good take. Analyzing a QB isn’t always about who they are playing with, or yards thrown. There is so much more that goes into it. Of course, Barkley wasn’t going to have a great game with our backup WR’s, but there are fundamental abilities he lacks. These issues show regardless of situation. His pocket awareness also leaves a lot to be desired. When forced to play a backup QB, you hope the guy limits mistakes allowing his team to stay in games. Barkley’s inability to feel pressure would make that very difficult. He’s the type of guy who’s going to take terrible sacks, and turn the ball over due to lack of pocket awareness. That’s not the play you want from a backup. Anytime a backup QB makes a play it’s a bonus, what you really ask for is mistake free football. I don’t think Barkley can do that with his arm, and subpar pocket presence.

He has zero pocket awareness, panics at the first sign of pressure, turnover prone, fumbles and picks galore, and very bad ones at that. A ton of his yardage came in garbage time trailing by ten, which is something the Allen led Bills haven’t played in much to pile up those stats. Honestly, I’m probably biased though. I watched him at USC where he was overrated , and followed him with the Bears and Eagles where he was also terrible. I’m just not willing to believe he has improved enough to trust him in a backup role. He never had an good arm, and that is a big problem.

I’d also evaluate his performance based on what I’ve seen his entire career, including yesterday. The Jets game last year was an anomaly, and most of this board chooses to remember that. Barkley is not a good backup in any sense of the word imo.