Expectations were thin entering the 2018 season, then the year prior, as most understand what it takes to groom a rookie quarterback in the NFL. Adding to that, many scouts (outside of Buffalo)

criticized

the move to draft Allen given his history of inaccurate passing. Starting the season on the bench, Buffalo chose to go with Nathan Peterman (over Allen) to start the new campaign, a choice that didn’t last long as coach McDermott pulled the cord quick and threw in his rookie gun slinger.