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Josh Allen is ahead of schedule, says QB coach Jordan Palmer

Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen is ahead of schedule says QB coach Jordan Palmer.

Each NFL offseason, Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has worked with Jordan Palmer. The one-time former Bill himself in Palmer describes himself as a “quarterback consultant” which means he’s pretty much an offseason coach for NFL QBs.

Allen isn’t alone in working with Palmer, plenty of others do, such as the Jets’ Sam Darnold and the guy who’s going to be the first-overall pick at the 2020 NFL Draft, Joe Burrow.

At the NFL Scouting Combine this week, Palmer made an appearance, making the rounds seeing as he’s working with some rookie QBs as well as vets, such as Burrow. It’s well known that Allen works with Palmer, so Palmer jumped on the Bills’ radio show on Thursday and provided a status update on Buffalo’s signal caller.

“He’s ahead of where I’d thought he’d be right now, by the way,” Palmer said. “I was chirping all draft, telling everybody how awesome this guy is going to be. With that being said… because what’s interesting about Josh is he never took over and dominated and won a single game at Wyoming…

“The question mark is, was he going to be a gamer [in the NFL]?” Palmer continued. “Is what (Allen) has proven is that [his game] does more than translate, he’s getting really good at winning games, managing the clock, managing situation football, completing balls that need to be completed, making plays that weren’t there.”

Well, situational football? Kind of, we still remember that attempted lateral to Dawson Knox in the playoffs, but that’s still just an example of how Allen is certainly a “gamer” in the NFL. He’s proven that and has the fourth-quarterback comebacks to prove it.

But, Allen’s not perfect. Ahead of schedule still means that the Wyoming product is probably… a middle of the pack kind of QB and there’s things Allen has certainly improve upon. Palmer admitted that.

“I think everybody has some throws they’d like back,” Palmer said.

For Allen? That’s a lot of deep balls. Palmer said improving that’s been a focus this offseason and he’s seen improvements in it thus far. But Palmer also broken down a deep ball in an interesting light, describing it as something not only on the quarterback.

“It is absolutely a two-person deal. A lot of it is what you’re seeing and what you’re doing and what you’re feeling… but I do think the feel you have throwing to guys is a piece of that,” Palmer said.

“He’s throwing it to a moving object and they all move differently,” Palmer explained.

The QB coach said Allen has never ever blamed any of his targets for his struggles. But these comments certainly shine some thought on what the Bills might need next. A bigger deep-ball threat for Allen.

Based on what Palmer said, that’d be a useful thing for the Bills to invest in this offseason, and perhaps with another year of seasoning, Allen will start connecting on some more deeper passes to John Brown & Co. next season too, just based on more reps. A positive outlook for Buffalo’s boy.

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Jordan Palmer heaps big praise on Joe Burrow after pre-draft training

Joe Burrow’s trainer has some interesting thoughts on the potential Bengals QB.

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Jordan Palmer has been a point of frustration for Cincinnati Bengals fans this offseason.

Through no fault of his own, Palmer has been thrust into the spotlight by questionable national narratives simply due to his last name.

Palmer is a prestigious pre-draft quarterback mentor who Joe Burrow elected to train with this offseason. Despite Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson and a host of other big names turning to him, speculation suggested Palmer’s connection to his brother, Carson, would result in his bad-talking the Bengals to Burrow.

But Jordan is merely focused on the prospect and it’s hard not to get excited about what he sees in Burrow, as he told Albert Breer on the MMQB podcast:

“Those are things where I think there’s a gap in both of those categories between Joe and anybody else I’ve ever been around. I am … unbelievably impressed with him going from completely irrelevant to pandemonium everywhere he goes. … He’s just handled it like a 42-year-old dude who’s been doing this for years. It’s confidence and maturity – this strange concoction of the two of them that I just haven’t seen before.””

This interview neatly coincides with Burrow drawing rave reviews from his combine meet with Mike Brown and the Bengals, before even more reports came out saying the same thing.

And for what it’s worth, T. J. Houshmandzadeh — also helping train Burrow this offseason — has said nobody there would have a reason to say anything bad about the Bengals.

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A closer look at Jordan Palmer, who is helping Joe Burrow train ahead of combine

Here’s more info on Jordan Palmer, who will be linking up with Joe Burrow this offseason.

Potential No. 1 pick and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is doing pre-combine training with Jordan Palmer.

The Palmer name might give Bengals fans some pause for obvious reasons, as Jordan is indeed Carson’s brother. T. J. Houshmandzadeh is helping too, by the way.

But beyond the last name, Palmer is also one of the most respected quarterback gurus around.

Jordan played four years at UTEP before carving out a lengthy NFL career, even joining the Bengals for a few seasons. Post-football he’s taken up training quarterbacks.

Palmer linking up with a prospect like Burrow (or vice versa) isn’t by chance. In recent years, he’s worked with a long list of top names including Patrick Mahones, Deshaun Watson, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen and Daniel Jones.

The journey took Palmer to big-name places like the Elite 11 and EXOS in California.

As early as 2014, Palmer was already helping players with the pre-draft process while still continuing his NFL career.

“I played in five NFL offenses and learned five systems,” Palmer said in 2014, according to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune. “I have taken the universal concepts, universal protections and formations that you will find in any NFL offense, and I built an offense. I am installing it, not just to learn the offense, but to teach them how to learn an offense. What you don’t do when you are learning an offense is stare at the playbook and try to memorize it.”

In 2018, Palmer elaborated on how important this process is.

“They’ve played football from fifth grade and can have careers until they’re 35,” Palmer said, according to USA TODAY’s Lorenzo Reyes. “This is the only three months where they can focus on personal development. No school, no teammates, no other distractions. With the right coaching, there’s no reason why they can’t get 20% better.”

This prep Palmer does for players isn’t exclusive to rookies either. Buffalo sent Josh Allen back to him last offseason to work on footwork.

“We respect and trust what Jordan does out there,” Bills head coach Sean McDermott said, according to Sal Maiorana of the Democrat and Chronicle. “I think that relationship is a good one. It’s important that (young players) work with the right people. We’ll be in touch with Jordan and make sure that we’re synced up there as much as possible in terms of terminology, technique, things that we feel like he needs to work on. Josh already went out there equipped with much of that when he left Buffalo.”

Interestingly, Palmer is more concerned with his quarterbacks finding the right team fits as opposed to going as high as possible.

“I don’t care who goes first, I care that these guy go to the right situations,” Palmer said, according to Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times. “The end goal is to get them ready for their rookie year. I couldn’t care less where they get drafted. Deshaun Watson was the third quarterback taken last year, and two teams traded up to take quarterbacks other than him. As soon as he was taken by the Houston Texans, which was the goal all along, none of it mattered. He went to the best spot for him.”

That might strike some Bengals fans as a concern, especially after Carson’s experience with the franchise. But as noted in our breakdown, it shouldn’t.

Palmer has also made media appearances in the past and it’s fun to get a good look into his thought process. A good example is when he explained why rookie quarterbacks are suddenly having so much success right away:

If nothing else, it’s nice to get a look at some of the details surrounding Burrow’s current pre-combine training. This one goes far, far beyond the last name and should be an encouraging point for outside observers, nothing more.

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Joe Burrow picks Jordan Palmer for pre-draft training

Joe Burrow has made a big 2020 NFL draft decision.

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Joe Burrow has decided to go with a familiar face as his pre-draft trainer by choosing Jordan Pamer.

Jordan, brother to former Cincinnati Bengals first overall pick Carson Palmer, has carved out a successful post-NFL career by training top prospects.

Normally this wouldn’t be major headline news — Jordan is a star in the training world. But the Palmer connection makes it more interesting than usual — and Carson just had an interview where he wasn’t too kind to the Bengals.

And after that Carson interview, Burrow went out and said he wants to play for a team committed to winning Super Bowls.

Is all of this connected? Loosely. But there are two big takeaways. One: Burrow’s in great hands thanks to Jordan. Two: It’s going to be a long, long run to draft day.

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Jordan Palmer says Josh Allen’s deep ball could be among best in 2020

Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen could have one of the NFL’s best deep balls next season, says QB coach Jordan Palmer.

widely-respected quarterbacks coach Jordan Palmer has worked with Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen since the build up to the 2018 NFL draft.

Since becoming a pro, Allen has continued to work with Palmer and is going to do so once again this offseason, he confirmed following the season. He did the same last offseason, too.

In Year 2, Allen saw improvement in his accuracy. Many were critical of that during his rookie year as he only completed 52.8 percent of his passes. In 2019, that number jumped to 58.8 percent in 2019.

Now in 2020, it’s onto the next issue in Allen’s game. Palmer told the Buffalo News that he knows that issue is Allen’s deep ball. It was very inconsistent in Year 2, and Allen needs to improve there.

Saying and doing are two different things, but Palmer said he’s confident Allen’s deep ball will be more than better in 2020. It’ll be among the best in the NFL.

“I think the big gap from his first to second year was anticipation, throwing with more anticipation, which is where I think he grew a ton. I think the theme for this year will be the deep ball, because it was well-documented (that he struggled in that area), controlling that. So based off what I’ve seen the last few years, I would just assume that he’s going to come back and be one of the best deep ball throwers in the league next year,” Palmer said. “I see the way that he addresses issues and moves on.”

Palmer will be the first person to start helping Allen improve on his deep ball this offseason. Then the Bills’ QB coach, Ken Dorsey, and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll will take over once NFL teams start gearing up for another season.

Palmer indicated three steps he’s going to have Allen working on: throwing mechanics, the QB’s mindset and his footwork in order to jump start things.

The Bills, as a team, must help Allen as well by improving his playmakers around him. But whatever the remedy might be for Allen, if his deep ball accuracy does improve in 2020, that’ll likely put his completion percent above 60 percent in Year 3, which would be another step forward.

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