Backup Quarterback

[dock581]

Fully agree with this but we still need a backup QB. My vote would be Brisket if he's affordable. If money is too tight take a fling on a low draft pick all Mr. Irrelevant!

spell check for Brisett!

 

[RG Murdock]

Tyrod Taylor. At least he can run a bit, given the Bills O-Line, that would be critical. The rest of the folks mentioned are as stiff as a board. 

[boco357]

Save cash draft and develop one.  If he goes down we're done anyways.

[chongli]

2 hours ago, dock581 said:

Fully agree with this but we still need a backup QB. My vote would be Brisket if he's affordable. 

 

Sounds like the yummiest option to me.

[MJS]

Getting a backup QB is not that hard to do. There are plenty of decent vets. Sign one of those who lose out on the QB carousel.

[chongli]

9 hours ago, VaMilBill said:

Honestly, I don’t really think we should waste too many assets or resources on backup QB. If Josh is hurt, we are probably going to lose based on how poor our defense plays when the game is close (which it will be with a backup in). We also don’t have a good running game so all the pressure will be on the backup. Dorsey won’t do any favors for that backup. 
 

what I’m basically saying is if Josh is out, we will probably lose so why waste resources on a backup when we have more pressing needs. We need to devote resources that can help Josh, not potentially fill in for him. 

 

7 hours ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Am I crazy to just say spend the money elsewhere on offense (OL, WR) first?  If Allen goes down for any considerable amount of time, is this team a SB contender anyway?  Isn’t there less of a chance of Allen getting injured to begin with, if he has a solid OL around him and weapons to throw to?

 

So SF loses QB1 and QB2 and doesn't lose a beat. Why can't Buffalo do the same if disaster strikes?

[msw2112]

Because SF has one of the top defenses and one of the top running games in the league.  Buffalo does not have either one (despite the defense looking good on paper).

Edited February 1, 2023 by msw2112

[VaMilBill]

31 minutes ago, chongli said:

 

 

So SF loses QB1 and QB2 and doesn't lose a beat. Why can't Buffalo do the same if disaster strikes?

Coaching

[buffalobillswin]

3 hours ago, The Jokeman said:

Bridgewater hasn't been any good since his rookie year.

Backup QBs aren't supposed to be good. Or they'd be starters.

 

Edited February 1, 2023 by buffalobillswin

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

11 hours ago, Yantha said:

God forbid Allen gets injured.

 

How should we address a longer term solution for backup QB?

Draft?  If so, do you see any later round gems?

FA?  If so, which QB would upgrade Keenum for a reasonable price.

 

The long term solution for most teams who have an established #1 is sign a reasonable priced experienced QB who's no longer getting any contract offers to be starter.  Bills should follow suit.

 

I read one lime the backup QB typically gets about a half dozen snaps with the starting offense each week.  So to me drafting a QB for backup makes little sense as he basically will never have got much of any experience. 

 

For those you sign a vet.  Teams that don't have an entrenched starter, it's different, then a rookie backup is OK when not 100% sold on starter.

[ghostwriter]

If Allen gets injured? Give me the worst QB on the planet so we finish in the top 10. We’re not winning a Super Bowl without Allen anyhow.

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Kyle Allen, Sam Darnold, Mike White, or Case Keenum again. 
 

Wouldn’t be shocked at all if Case signed up again. 

[Estro]

Mitch Tribusky will likely be a FA. Maybe he'll come back for $2.5M

[jkeerie]

5 minutes ago, Estro said:

Mitch Tribusky will likely be a FA. Maybe he'll come back for $2.5M

I just read an article on MSN that Mahomes' father said Chicago had told Mahomes they were going to draft him.  Then Ryan Pace decided to trade up for Trubiski.  Another reaaon for Chicago fans to further detest Pace.  I guess a few of us in the AFC can echo those sentiments.

[frostbitmic]

Fitz is probably ready to step away from Amazon for a year.

[Richard Noggin]

12 hours ago, Mango said:

Gardner Minshew, Jacoby Brissett, and Chad Henne are interesting to me. I have always been high on Heinike for this team. 

Allen has asked for and received Beasley, Brown, and Barkley by name. I would not be shocked to see Kyle Allen in house based on the same logic. Honorable mention to Darnold but I don't know if we can afford that one. 

 

I have expected the Bills to look into him eventually, given his personal relationship with JA17 and relative affordability combined with decent traits for a backup. 

[Yantha]

Thanks for all the opinions.  I for one would lean to the FA and get a solid backup as opposed to rolling the dice on a mid round draft pick.

 

We have to do better than what we have though, and I disagree with the sentiment that we're toast without Allen.  That shouldn't be the goal for next season.  Take steps to take some of that pressure off of one man next season.

 

I like the Trubisky idea.

[T master]

On 1/31/2023 at 8:31 AM, Yantha said:

God forbid Allen gets injured.

 

How should we address a longer term solution for backup QB?

Draft?  If so, do you see any later round gems?

FA?  If so, which QB would upgrade Keenum for a reasonable price.

 

I don't think a high dollar back up like Keenum is the answer if you look at what the Niners got this year with Purdy, then there was Cooper Rush, Taylor Heineke didn't do bad Typer Huntley is going to the pro bowl so this type of player may be a way to go but the Bills only because they don't have a lot of extra money laying around to play with .

[BarleyNY]

On 1/31/2023 at 7:24 PM, boco357 said:

Save cash draft and develop one.  If he goes down we're done anyways.

Yup. Allen, Barkley, a day 3 pick and a dumpster dive FA to give us 4 for our 90. Josh and another go to the 53 and one of the others to the PS. 

[Boatdrinks]

On 1/31/2023 at 8:06 PM, VaMilBill said:

Coaching

Some of it is coaching, but it’s mostly the high quality OL and DL- the overall defense is elite. Josh Allen is asked to do more than probably any QB in the NFL. He covers up a lot of issues.