Brand J

Better than great. And that’s not a scrub defense he’s shredding tonight. And surprise, surprise, all first round QBs don’t look this special against college DBs.

Hey, I’m rooting for our guy, we NEED him to take the next step, but I’ve got QB envy every time I’ve seen this Burrow dude play.

In a heartbeat. I think we’d be getting an upgrade at the most important position on the field, everything else is gravy.

QBs who have that “IT” factor make the game look easier than it is. We see this on the NFL level with players like Brady, Mahomes, Rodgers, etc. I’m seeing the same trait at the collegiate level with Burrow. I have no doubt he’ll transition well to the pros. You can try to teach what he has, but that type of ability is largely innate.

And overall consistency. But if Allen were to hit more of those deep passes, It’d help to mask many other shortcomings.

I’d be surprised if Etienne isn’t at least a 2nd round pick.

I wonder what could be done to get our boy to read the field faster? Would absolutely love if there was some kind of VR Allen could use to read as many defensive schemes as possible. I hope he’s somewhere working on the deep ball as I’m typing this. We need points in 2020!

Getting the pick right is far more important than trading up. We’ve burned too many premium picks trading up when players selected later go on to have better careers.

Lots of passing means a slower game.

For S&Gs, would anyone trade Allen and pick 22 to the Bengals for the rights to draft Joe Burrow?

Burrow throws a BEAUTIFUL deep ball.

For selfish reasons, I hope so. Don’t want to be constantly reminded how we missed on another great QB.

“My boy”? ? Lamar is a Raven, I root for him and that team to fail. Doesn’t mean I can’t be honest when assessing how he’s done this season.

No worries. Go Bills! Speaking of Allen, if he masters the long ball this offseason he’ll be dangerous going into next year.

Oh, I guess you didn’t see it. That’s how the Lamar bashing started. Comparisons to Allen and how Josh is the superior passer.

Bills fans have a tendency to devalue any QB that isn’t their own. I’m sure if you made a poll asking if we’d rather have Mahomes or Allen, Allen would win while the majority of posters would talk about Mahomes’ “shortcomings” and why he’d be unsuccessful in Buffalo. It’s fine to support Allen, he’s our guy, but I’m not one to ignore how other QBs perform around the league or devalue those players because their performance surpasses what we have here in Buffalo.

It’s not the strong point of his game but it isn’t like he’s incapable. If you think he’s an average or below average passer, despite completing 66% of his passes with 36 TDs and a rating of 113, then you need to re-evaluate what you deem average or below average.

Absolutely not. He went in the 1st because he’s an above average passer with HOF running ability. If the Bills has selected him at 22, we’d all love him.

No doubt his greatest strength is passing over the middle. His greatest attribute as a passer may be his ball placement. We can say “if we take this away or if we take that away, Jackson would be... (fill in the blank)” but you can’t take away what he does on the field regardless of surrounding circumstances (strong rush game/great TEs/solid OL/etc). I’d categorize Lamar as an above average passer.

Allen has the better arm without question, but Lamar’s vision and accuracy are decidedly better. When Lamar misses it’s usually by inches. When Allen misses it’s by yards.

I wanted Metcalf or AJ Brown in the 2nd. One thing’s for sure, I wish the FO would stop trading up for players. We’ve burned quite a few premium picks and most often players taken after our selections go on to have better careers.

Brees was such an anomaly, to be a relatively ho-hum QB his first couple years and then to transform to All Pro then to HOF quality, he’s just an outlier. I will say Allen - as much as he needs to improve - could possibly take another great leap in year three, because no other 1st round QBs come into the league with a resume as lacking as his. The fact he’s a first round QB with elite athletic traits gives him a longer leash than say, a 3rd rounder with the same traits and limited collegiate production. As much as I hope to see him improve, the Bills should also have eyes on drafting another young gun for next season.

Hello, McFly? “INTENT” IS NOT IN THE RULES!

Within 2 seconds Hester went from taking two steps in the end zone to a full sprint. One tossed the ball to the ref, the other sprinted out of the end zone. Neither player gave himself up, the guy tossed a live ball, whether you want to acknowledge that or not. The refs aren’t there to interpret “intent,” they’re there to enforce rules.

He tossed a live ball. It was ambiguous until that point because he hadn’t downed the football. Tossing a live ball doesn’t excuse him from abiding by the rules.