![]() Like I said before, EJ Manuel is 6-foot-5 and 238 pounds. This conversation drives me crazy because thinking that the team needs Josh Allen because of his physical attributes is just absurd. Why wouldn’t that be able to happen for a professional athlete? If you move from the north to the south or south to the north, you eventually get used to the climate in which you are now living. People can adapt to weather and climates around them. 9xTLe88YLu- Nick Veronica April 25, 2018 Nonsense, local meteorologist says: Buffalo's temps and wind are very comparable to other NFL cities. If you've been reading about the #NFLDraft, you've heard that the #Bills need a QB who can throw in Buffalo's miserable weather. Nick Veronica of the Buffalo News tweeted this out as well, further comparing weather in Buffalo to other cold weather cites. It does not matter the size or arm strength of the quarterback, it matters how good your quarterback is. ![]() Reviewing all of this information, it does not matter if the Bills play at home or on the road – they lose games at both places when the weather gets cold. Miami – WinĪway games: 11/2 at New York Jets – Loss // 11/19 at Los Angeles Chargers – Loss // 11/26 at Kansas City – Win // 12/24 at New England – Loss // 12/31 at Miami – Loss Miami – LossĪway games: 11/7 at Seattle – Loss // 11/20 at Cincinnati – Win // 12/4 at Oakland – Loss // 1/1 at New York Jets – Loss Jacksonville – Win // 12/11 vs Pittsburgh – Loss // 12/18 vs. New York Jets – WinĪway games: 11/12 at New York Jets – Win // 11/23 at New England – Loss // 11/29 at Kansas City – Loss // 12/13 at Philadelphia – Loss // 12/20 at Washington – Loss Green Bay – WinĪway games: 11/13 at Miami – Loss // 12/7 at Denver – Loss // 12/21 at Oakland – Loss // 12/28 at New England – Loss Miami – LossĪway games: 11/10 at Pittsburgh – Loss // 12/8 at Tampa Bay – Loss // 12/15 at Jacksonville – Win // 12/29 at New England – Loss I also took a look at which games the Bills played in each of those months home and away and if they won or lost those games. Judging by that data, the weather in Buffalo isn’t as cold, wet, or windy that many may have thought. This is what I found in terms of average temperature (degrees in Fahrenheit) /wind speed (MPH)/amount of precipitation (inches) in each of the three months since 2013 (courtesy of November I took a look at the months of November, December, and January – which would bring the inclement weather that analysts allude to when saying the team needs the Incredible Hulk at QB. To combat idea of the big quarterback with a cannon of an arm, we need to take a look at what the weather is like in Buffalo during the colder months. He didn’t succeed because he wasn’t those things, he didn’t succeed because he just wasn’t good. That’s the problem for the Bills and their quarterbacks over the years they haven’t had a good one! EJ Manuel is plenty big at 6-foot-5 and can throw the ball plenty far. It isn’t about a quarterback being big or throwing a football far, it is about a quarterback being good. It absolutely drives me crazy because it just isn’t true. ![]() I firmly believe that the narrative that a big quarterback with a strong arm and big hands is lazy and infuriating. ![]() Three, they see a position need and don’t take the time to analyze what the Bills need between the ears. Two, they saw the snow game from last year and thought it was like that every single day here (to be fair it has been and it is April). One, these analysts have never been to a Bills game. This type of analysis means several things to me. When most national analysts talk about what the Bills need in a quarterback, nearly all of them say the same exact thing: “With the cold and the wind in Buffalo, they need a big strong guy that can play in the elements.” With the quarterback conversation being at the forefront of this year’s draft for the Buffalo Bills, draft analysts have predicted where certain players will end up due to character traits, scheme fits, personalities and so on. Draft analysts, color commentators and media members alike have talked about what type of quarterback is necessary to play in Buffalo: tall, strong armed, big. ![]()
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