PoundingDog

He has reported issue at Georgia. Bills should have all the inside info from James Cook. Like most said, paying him big time is high risk. But I’d say the bills should’ve drafted him, like the Steelers did. Get the value out of him and then trade him for a high pick. For a team like the bills, that might be the only way to get over-the-top talent. Remember last year he refused to run clearing routes, half hearted at blocking, would not go after teammates fumbles etc for the reason of not getting himself injured?

To me, Pickens is a buyer-be-aware case. He has enough head case in well-run organization Pittsburgh. He wanted big contract from the Steelers, didn’t get it. So he moved on to Cowboys. I don’t see him be content without getting the bag this off season.

Unfortunately this season, it is the most difficult part

Based on what we have, likely 2 scenarios for Allen and the bills to go over the superbowl hump. The Peyton Manning way and the John Elway way. The former way requires excessively driven QB making the right moves along with the team and getting the breaks from the main competitors. I thought this year is one of that for the Bills earlier in the season but soon proved to not be the case. The latter way means there is a management change and we are lucky enough to get someone who can maximize a declining qb talent but with enough cheap young talent to push us over the top.

I don’t know we need to bring up any more stats comparing Allen to anyone. There is only one matters, fair or not: Super Bowls. I’m pretty sure he knows it.

Everything has an expiration date and the current O-Line has been together for 3 years. In NFL, that's like a decade. Dallas a few years ago with Ezekiel Elliott had an O-Line probably better than the Bills (where McGovern was a backup). about 3 years in, it's over. I feel the Bills' O-line is at that stage and we are likely see changes this off-season. It is hard to win it all in NFL. Everything has to lineup. The Bills have a Allen and Cook in their prime but no complements from the defense. Looks like they are investing heavy into defense now and likely next year as well but looks like the O-line will change so we don't know what it is like for them next year and Cook is going to be 27 next year, probably 2 more prime years.

The play before, Texan DE made a great play. I believe if Shakir would get the ball, i see he would get to inside 5 yard line if not outright score. The last play, they got the defender into a conflict state (maybe due to Gabe's foul). Allen saw it and it should be TD to Palmer, but he under threw, maybe the result of rushing the throw. Shades of the Miami game endzone INT. This is the season we are having, even though I won't say the main reason Bills are where they are because of Allen's play, but Allen is certainly not what he was last year. Even he admitted that his mechanics is off several games, and that last throw is certainly a case where he is flatfooted, not an ideal throwing position.

I think Allen saw Palmer got behind the defender, but threw short

The Texans don't believe we are going to run the ball

So no one is breaking off routes ona blitz?

Man, Mills looked aweful missing throws early on. Now he looked like Montana out there. Is that because he plays the Bills D?

Listen to some shallow X and O on the Tampa game. Extensive discussion on run defense. They think LBs are the worst problem. Carl Jones noted the pattern of motion caused big problems for Bills run defense. To me that's coaching. Babich said many times that "where your eyes should be." Apparently offenses have figured out what the eyes of our second level D eyes are and are taking advantage of it. Lastly I want to echo the statement in the show (when they discussed Bishop's emergence) that coaches want you "to be consistent" not just one flash here and there. This is so true when you look at the path of Cook, Benford, etc. and then look at guys like Epenesa, to further down to guys like Elam (who had a few flashes as a Bills as well). Coleman does have flashes, maybe one flash a game. But that's not nearly enough to be a professional NFL player. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/bklnightly/episodes/BKL-Nightly-Lets-Talk-Ball-Pass-game-not-fixed--but-better-Run-D-problem-about-the-eyes-e3b6vos/a-acak4ep

So far it seems Sgavers is better against man coverage. There are instances where against zone, he does not know when to sit down and run into coverage. Atlanta game there were a few examples.

Strength (our offense) against strength (their defense). Weakness (our D) against weakness (their O). That's why I'm not buying into playing high risk high reward ball tomorrow. It is likely coming down to who makes less mistake. For example, if we get a turnover from their offense, it might just tilt our strength winning against their strength in terms of scoring. Conversely, if we give them a turnover, it is likely to tilt their weakness winning against our weakness.

There are stats and 6 TDs. But if you look closely, he did have 2 INTs and one really bone-headed. There were a number of passes he outright missed. On top of that, there were many instances, especially at the start of the game where he mis-directed protection that led to defensive guys rushing scotch free at him. I don't know this is even one of his top 10, 15 games of his career. And overall in NFL, will that game be one of the best 100 games by an NFL QB? I certainly think he can play better. To me, his bar is that NE play-off game. And there is a big gap between this game and that game.