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TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Apr 27 @ 9:29 AM ET
Strong arm...good
He completed 1, 1 pass 40+ yards...1.
Because he is generally inaccurate.


Hey, we all want for him to succeed, but making excuses for bad results on the leading indicators is dubious at best.

- IonSabres


What about drops? What about poor route running? What about physically inferior receivers? Is that considered?
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Apr 27 @ 9:29 AM ET
What do you guys have to loooose by being cautiously optimistic?
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Apr 27 @ 9:31 AM ET
Nobody is going to change your opinion, or the others who think Allen is a bum and will be a bum, but all I and others are trying to point out is that opinion is far from a certainty.
- kingcong39


Absolutely true, no one knows for certainty.
I like the kid as a person, I want to pull for him
My beef isn’t with him...I do hope he has success.

My beef is with the Bills brass picking him there and all the capital expended to get what is likely, from many leading indicators (called analytics) that show he is probably 5 or 6 out of 6.
A known project, on a team that has not shown an ability to develop a QB in 20 years.
Coupled with they just signed a back-up QB to be his mentor.

It doesn’t look good, I’m sorry, it doesn’t.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Apr 27 @ 9:32 AM ET
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Apr 27 @ 9:32 AM ET
I know two of them farmer boys. Big dopes.
- TheSabresTaco

I hated playing those big bastards. Power eye student body left sweeps at me all game long.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 27 @ 9:34 AM ET
haters gonna hate
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 27 @ 9:35 AM ET
What about drops? What about poor route running? What about physically inferior receivers? Is that considered?
- TheSabresTaco

no, just like his senior bowl game with good wr's are not considered
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 27 @ 9:35 AM ET
I know two of them farmer boys. Big dopes.
- TheSabresTaco




glad someone got it
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Apr 27 @ 9:36 AM ET
What about drops? What about poor route running? What about physically inferior receivers? Is that considered?
- TheSabresTaco


Read the article.
It is clear you are arguing generalities, and rhetoric.
Is the article the gospel...not by a long shot.
Does it do a good job of clarifying the rhetoric with facts and comparisons to other QB over time, yes.
It is another perspective that supports the concern the doubters like me have.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 27 @ 9:37 AM ET
Absolutely true, no one knows for certainty.
I like the kid as a person, I want to pull for him
My beef isn’t with him...I do hope he has success.

My beef is with the Bills brass picking him there and all the capital expended to get what is likely, from many leading indicators (called analytics) that show he is probably 5 or 6 out of 6.
A known project, on a team that has not shown an ability to develop a QB in 20 years.
Coupled with they just signed a back-up QB to be his mentor.

It doesn’t look good, I’m sorry, it doesn’t.

- IonSabres

the bills brass looked harder at these 4 or 5 qb's then any other staff in bills history

that has to mean something, doesn't it?
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Apr 27 @ 9:37 AM ET
I took the L.
- Hatboro_Swords


Wish u were right though
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Apr 27 @ 9:38 AM ET
What do you guys have to loooose by being cautiously optimistic?
- TheSabresTaco


Nothing, when warranted.
He appears to be another Alex Nylander to me.

I want to get behind him, but holy crap the leading indicators don’t look good, and look worse when you strip away the rhetoric.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 27 @ 9:38 AM ET
Read the article.
It is clear you are arguing generalities, and rhetoric.
Is the article the gospel...not by a long shot.
Does it do a good job of clarifying the rhetoric with facts and comparisons to other QB over time, yes.
It is another perspective that supports the concern the doubters like me have.

- IonSabres

and if we posted 10 articles that post why allen will be a really good pro qb, your not going to change


sit back, wait until preseason and trust the process

gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Apr 27 @ 9:38 AM ET
Wish u were right though
- jdfitz77

RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Apr 27 @ 9:38 AM ET
the bills brass looked harder at these 4 or 5 qb's then any other staff in bills history

that has to mean something, doesn't it?

- homiedclown


Yeah! They took their time and still (frank)ed it up!

No...I'm Allen's biggest fan now. I hear he also has insane vision. That's right up my ally.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Apr 27 @ 9:38 AM ET
I'm not saying he will be great. I'm saying to give him a (frank)ing chance. Saying "he will suck" is an opinion based on past performances on a different team running a different system. Look at what systems can do for players.
- TheSabresTaco


What does “give him a chance” even mean?
He’s gonna be our QB regardless of my opinion

Why does me hating the pick brother you so much?

I can only say i hope I’m wrong so many times
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Apr 27 @ 9:38 AM ET
haters gonna hate
- homiedclown


And there’s it is...was waiting for it.
Lol
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 27 @ 9:39 AM ET
Nothing, when warranted.
He appears to be another Alex Nylander to me.
.

- IonSabres





this kid is a lot like big ben on the field


relax
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Apr 27 @ 9:39 AM ET

- gerbe75pts



Hahahaha
Here’s a depressing read

https://www.sbnation.com/...tats-analysis-comparisons
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Apr 27 @ 9:39 AM ET
I took the L.
- Hatboro_Swords


Hopefully 6 years from now we all can say thank God we took Josh allen
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Apr 27 @ 9:40 AM ET
the bills brass looked harder at these 4 or 5 qb's then any other staff in bills history

that has to mean something, doesn't it?

- homiedclown


Of course
Also doesn’t mean my doubts don’t have any logic behind them

I do hope I’m wrong though
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Apr 27 @ 9:41 AM ET
the bills brass looked harder at these 4 or 5 qb's then any other staff in bills history

that has to mean something, doesn't it?

- homiedclown


Well, maybe.
We’ll never know...but damn I wish I could see their board and been in on the discussion (listen mode only obviously) to see how they justified it.
My beef is not moving up, paying the price to get their #1 guy...it feels like they settled for #3.

gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Apr 27 @ 9:42 AM ET
Hahahaha
Here’s a depressing read

https://www.sbnation.com/...tats-analysis-comparisons

- jdfitz77


My brother texted me this morning saying we drafted a dumber Jay Cutler..

He's pissed that the Giants didn't trade the pick
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Apr 27 @ 9:42 AM ET
Watch that video I posted Taco. The comment from Simms about how many screens the other top QB's threw compared to him helped inflate their completion percentages.
- kingcong39

His short range completion % was still bad
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Apr 27 @ 9:43 AM ET




this kid is a lot like big ben on the field


relax

- homiedclown



Let’s hope so.
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