Gimme your 53

[Essex Johnson]

(08-28-2022, 09:36 AM)pally Wrote: FWIW....From Jay Morrison in The Athletic.  He ultimately went with Allen because of his game experience

• Starter: Joe Burrow
• Backup: Brandon Allen
• Bubble: Jake Browning
  

Analysis: With local product and feel-good story of the preseason Drew Plitt released a few days ago, this one felt academic going into Saturday. But for the third time in three games, Jake Browning outplayed Brandon Allen and staked his claim to the backup job (although Allen left the opener after one series to be evaluated for a concussion).

After the game, The Athletic’s Paul Dehner Jr. asked Taylor if Allen is the backup, and the coach gave a 49-word answer, none of which were “yes.”

“Those guys have competed all training camp,” Taylor said. “We’ve got a lot of confidence in Brandon. He’s got years in the system. He does a really good job operating our team. I think both of those guys have done a nice job, done what we needed them to do.”

Not sure stats make this an obvious outplay Allen 11-15 for 130  vs. 19-24 173 1 TD especially when you add in the penalties and pressures of 1st half and playing 2nd team vs 3/4th team and if it was still a ? about Allen for Taylor going into 3rd game, Allen stepped up to that pressure and performed well last nite