The Josh Allen era in Buffalo is officially underway. The rookie quarterback will get the nod under center for the Bills in Week 2 according to Chris Mortensen of ESPN (Twitter link).
Allen will replace Nathan Peterman in the starting lineup. Peterman earned the job due to a strong preseason, but fell flat on his face in Week 1 against the Ravens, mustering only 24 yards on 18 attempts. Allen came into the game in the third quarter and while he wasn’t great, he was clearly better than Peterman.
It’ll be a tough test for Allen’s first career start, as he’ll be facing a Chargers defense that has a ton of talent. Luckily for him, it appears that Joey Bosa is unlikely to play. Since the Bills faced a brutal slate of defenses to open the year, it was assumed by many that the plan was for Allen to sit the first few weeks, but they apparently felt they couldn’t wait any longer.
In what’s almost certain to be a rebuilding year for the Bills, this move makes sense. They can give Allen as much time as he needs to develops and ride the ups and downs with the rookie. The fanbase likely would’ve grown antsy and impatient quickly with Peterman’s struggles, so it’s natural they’d make the move ahead of the home opener.
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Who’s running the Bills? Sasha Brown and company?
And they thought Peterman was a better option than Tyrod Taylor.
They should have just kept McCarron and released Peterman. The dude is awful.
Yea why not keep McCarron? Allen will be awful as well
No way a 5th round pick producing 5th round results? Some Bills fans were so high on Peterman last year and thought he was a steal
Time to roll with the rookie and let him grow.
Remember Aikman’s tough first year? Worked out OK.
Remember D Carr’s 1st year? That dude was crushed by the Texans.
Aikman didn’t play in buffalo though
Ryan Fitzpatrick was a former Bill and while Buffalo was busy getting annihilated he was passing for 4TDs and over 400 yards….ouch!
No receivers, no running game, no offensive line. What could go wrong?
McCoy is a decent RB but he has no support. Buffalo spent less than anyone on payroll this season so they will be in the hunt for worst record.
“Billieve” lol. In what?
Bills must be big Bo Dallas fans
“The fanbase likely would’ve grown antsy and impatient quickly with Peterman’s struggles”
I was at the game on Sunday, they already have. Not future tense.