Man that is called learning.
The kid outperformed any expectation we had when he got drafted. He got a full season of hands on including a playoff game in the frigid cold.
If Hyde does not make a great play then that was a TD. In the future he reads that safety and looks him off to keep it man to man or does not throw in that direction. That is called learning.
With another year of engulfing the playbook and getting stronger and hopefully a go to guy at receiver we will have the QB we need.
If in your mind one bad play gets you thrown to the curb. Then I hope you live by the same set of rules
No. No.
Every mistake by every player in any year is a learning opportunity. He ain't different.
You don't get to baby the quarterback. He made a mistake at a CRUCIAL point in the game, in an area that folks have REPEATEDLY pointed out he's deficient in. That's not misreading a defense. It's not making some social media gaffe with a new spotlight on you. That's not failing to practice or condition accordingly.
It was 7-0, on FIRST AND 10...
We make that, they say oh **** the pats are slinging it. We miss it, its 2nd and ten nearly halfway down the field and we just threw it deep and somebody on the bills sideline takes note of that play and that we're changing it up from the last time we beat them.
How often does bb preach about situations? If it's 3rd and 12 in the third quarter or something... and we're down two or three scores... sure, throw it right where you think he can catch it. Our chances of winning are much lower in that situation anyway. But in that situation, you have room to lead him on and fight another play.
It was an underthrown pass. An underthrown pass is an underthrown pass in high school, in the back yard, at alabama.
I'm not saying throw him out. I'm saying he doesn't get to have the general management of the team centered around him and his skillsets, because we don't know if he's that good yet. I'm saying QB is still a developing position that could go either way. I'm saying we have enough at te, and if nothing pops out at wr then let it be. If mac can't make them better, then at the end of next season you keep him and overcompensate for that, or you keep looking at QBs. Trade for Dak or something.
That changed the complexion of the game. Had we answered right back at them and scored, its 7-7, the bills coaches know Mac's good but don't know if he can throw or if BB IS WILLING TO LET HIM THROW (mind you their first matchup he threw 0 times), that's a strategic positioning that affects the game after that.
We set them up to go up 14-0.
Most analysts and folks on this board said... they go up by two scores that's ballgame. And it was. We allowed them to relax and let Allen do his thing.
Situations.
