MDH

Then get a vet - any vet - in here even if you have to trade a low round pick to get it done. It's better than sending Allen out there when he's not ready and the team around him isn't ready either.

On the flip side there's more to having talent than simply having a big arm and being mobile. "Talent" at the QB position has more to do with quickly processing information, having pocket awareness and getting the ball to the WR accurately and on time. It's not simply who is the biggest, strongest, fastest guy at the position. Yeah, this is the boat I'm in. Personally, I'd like them to just sit him this year even if it means we all have to suffer through Peterman at QB the entire year. Get him some weapons and an OL this offseason and give him two years starting to develop. Right now they've simply thrown him to the wolves and it's the last thing you want to do with a developmental QB. He wasn't ready to start if he had a solid surrounding cast. As it is he has the worst surrounding cast in the NFL. Yeah, Allen has very little help as it is and people want to get rid of two of his best weapons? And yeah, I realize with Benjamin that's not saying much atm, but it's true nonetheless.

The Bills have run offenses like they're taken straight out of 80's playbooks for the past decade. Why change things now?

I'd like to see more of both. They're very easy reads for the QB which is what he needs atm.

He turned his back to the LoS consistently and tried to run backwards at the first sign of any pressure. He had pockets to step into plenty of times and failed to do so. That is the definition of rattled. People don't want to admit what their eyes are seeing because they cross their fingers (and close their eyes) and hope he ends up being good. I hope he ends up being a fantastic QB too but it doesn't prevent me from seeing the obvious - the kid looked in way over his head yesterday and was rattled from the 2nd quarter on. This team is going to ruin Allen (cue all the fans who claim you can't ruin a QB) by instilling in him the idea he can't stay in the pocket and has to continually break out to make plays. He did this at Wyoming and he's doing it here. His footwork (which is the cause of his inaccuracy) is never going to improve under these conditions. I'd rather suffer an entire season with Peterman than throw Allen in there and destroy his confidence and hinder his ability to improve his footwork. And if the Bills insist on sticking with him, for the love of God establish a running game and set up a screen game that can build his confidence little by little.

I didnt see too many, ‘give the kid a break hes still learning’ statements for Peterman. But they're all the rage now. I guess patience for a young QB only applies to first round QBs. Both QBs are young and are nowhere near ready to start yet thats where this Bills’ roster sits at the moment. Allen should be sitting this year but the Bills’ front office outsmarted themselves and now we have a young QB that is learning how to get the pocket jitters. The Bills are following the blueprints for how to ruin a developmental QB.

When healthy he is an average WR, which is better than just about any WR on the Bills roster.

He is. He’s able to get playing time on a team with way more talent than the Bills but somehow he isn’t good enough for this team?

His instinct is to take off running after 2 seconds in the pocket whether there is pressure or not. Often times he has a pocket to step up into but he wants to run to his right time and time again.

He got away and was out of the pocket. Throw it out of bounds and take the FG attempt

The rookie reasoning is sound when it’s about the game being too fast or he can’t read complex defenses. It doesn’t cover making ridiculously stupid decisions.

One of the knocks on him was “hero ball”

Wtf

He needs to stop running into pressure. There is a pocket stay in it and make a throw

Allen looks horrible.

Thankfully so because he made the decision to throw into double coverage.

Even when they’re open Allen misses them.

Cobb being out defiantly helps the Bills but Geronimo has developed into the better WR anyway. Its just a matter of time before he takes over Cobbs role permanently.

You think you’ve found objectivity on a Bills’ board? It’s just a different team they can’t see clearly...

The Bills held Baltimore the less than 4 yards per carry. The Ravens avg. 3.4 ypc on the day. Of course, that was lost in the abosute atrocity of the rest of the day.

Biggest win since the Bills' last win. Week 16 vs. the Phins when they needed to win in order to keep their playoff hopes alive.

I want to see better ball security in the pocket from both. They need to learn just to put the ball in their gut and make sure they don’t lose it.

Until a QB does it consistently over the course of multiple years it’s too early. Any talented QB can have big games, consistency is what makes a guy a franchise QB.

Add Milano and that looks about right.

Watching Rams/Chargers makes me miss Robert Woods. Solid target, great blocking and just and all around good WR.