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no blame on McDermott ??

Certainly. Like I said, he'll be on a snap count the first week he plays, cycling in for White. He'll get more and more the following weeks, if it seems like he's comfortable and performing well. But the idea that "Tre needs to be watching the game from the sidelines" implies taking over for him full time. That's not going to happen immediately. We're 2-3 weeks out before he starts getting some in game reps and then probably another 2-3 weeks before they entrust him with starting over White, if that happens at all. Here's hoping though.

But did he really ever master it? Had some big moments down the field against man coverage (which is something the team needs now for sure). But was kind of Coleman-like against the zone and on option routes and with identifying pressure and whatnot. Had difficulty adjusting post-snap, and was therefore super inefficient. His habit of "clapping" his hands together to let Allen's heaters clang off him was basically the WR yips. Total degradation of fundamentals.

Ballsy 4th down play call.

So I guess Stroud is just bad now? Also watch the LT on this play for an easy laugh:

So stopping the run means they fit the scheme? Do you even know what the scheme is and what McD wants from safeties? What's adorable is people coming up with these dumbass ideas with no understanding of how just plugging multiple guys in that have no experience in the system, scheme or training camp to get in the playbook and know their roles and reponsibilities and trying to incorporate them on the fly is somehow just simple like changing a light bulb. That GIF is exactly what you are suggesting, which is why you have been called out for the same thing by virtually every other poster in this thread. Especially for safeties which of you knew anything about how the Bills play D, safety is the hardest position and Poyer said it took him 2 years to get comfortable fully with things.

And the last two games were anyway on the offense. They ***** the bed. I doubt it. Leg injury means they are not running..which means their cardio is off; I can't seem them put him on an NFL field without the proper conditioning

I also think he’s more to blame for the struggles than most here are willing to admit, but if I had to put a percentage on it, I’d say the passing issues are 35% Joe Brady, 30% Josh Allen, 20% WRs, and 15% OL.

Good god the guy is a first round pick w lightning speed. Put him on the field, sign a vet who still can play, and get rid of Tre. Just him being on the team at this point is bringing the entire team down.

But not many teams are beating the Bills by running the ball when the pass D was that lock down.

It isn't an "adorable joke". Regardless of whether they're Zone defenders or not, the idea that we're going to add 3 players into the lineup, halfway through the season, off the couch, and that's gonna fix things is definitive Madden thinking. That's not how the NFL works and definitely not how McDermott works. And you're just pulling "I've heard of em" names. Again, Simmons isn't the same guy. It would be like fans of another team saying "Jordan Poyer would help us at Safety!". Simmons, like Poyer, is done. He was *bad* in Atlanta last season. Age has caught up to him. There's a reason no one brought him in while Safety play has been poor for many teams. And again, Asante Samuel is recovering from SPINAL FUSION. There's a chance they look at the CT scan and say "you shouldn't play Football anymore". Even if he is cleared, I don't see anyone jumping through hoops to add a guy mid-season who has been on the couch, not so much as working out for over a year.

I mean, someone’s gonna need to try and stay with Worthy…

The goaltending, which was supposed to suck, has been stellar thanks to Lyon (2.44 GA .924 SV%) Our 2 big goal scorers, Tage and Tuch, have been pretty much MIA. Lots of differences, same results.

Fields is afraid to throw the football. You can’t play QB at any level that way. Shane Buechele is better. Maybe we can trade him to the Jets for one of their defensive players. On that note is their a worse back 7 talent wise in the NFL then what we have? Seriously. Thank you McBeane for putting this trash unit together. How can you talk Super Bowl with this group on defense? UGH!!

This somewhat contentious decision has been forgotten of late, even with all the angst over Babich's defense. "Chose wrong" isn't easy to declare with certainty, but also isn't easy to rebut. This is a weird way to say Frazier coached multiple top-5 defenses over a 4-year stretch (and it might have been 3 out of 4, no?)... I also did not disagree with moving on from Frazier at the time. Quite the tea being spilled here; I've not heard this before. Has anyone else? (This does align with my worst case suspicions of McD's leadership in the locker room.) I heard some player yesterday admit post-game that a big TD play call had just been installed the day before, and that the TD was actually their first live rep of it... And while they were NO FLY, they were kinda YES RUN by comparison, at least with respect to avg Y/A. Game scripts probably helped cap their rushing yards allowed in many games.

It seemed that they were rotating in Dorian Strong in for a few series in each of the games before his neck injury, and I'm pretty sure I saw JaMarcus Ingram rotate in for at least one series in the Atlanta game.... If they ae willing to rotate in Ingram, there should be no reason they won't be rotating Hairston in for Tre as soon as he is ready......he might not replace Tre right away, but he will certainly be sharing snaps.....maybe only a series or two at first, but if everything goes well, his playing time will increase from there.

Very fair assessment. Pressure is good, sacks are better. 2nd CB has been bad, S play bad, CB 1 is playing average along with slot. All adds up to not good enough. You have to question if this D scheme is sustainable in the current NFL. But that is what McD does.

Welp, this farm will be raided, workers deported, business shut down.

Seeing as they have the Panthers as their next game it may be a good game to get him up to speed on some things before the rest of the season comes along fast as it will .

If he’s physically ready to play and our secondary is playing like ass again anyway, you never know. As long as he’s not risking hurting himself, does it really matter if Mahomes is completing passes on Tre instead of Max?

Comey's lawyers raise a real legal issue, not just a filing made for publicity purposes. Please try to pay attention instead of being mesmerized by Anna Bower. Like me.

I agree. Would I love him to get some playing time, especially if we are up big against the Panthers, sure. He's had 4 practices in the NFL, 0 preseason games. The likelihood that they'll throw him out there against KC with under two weeks of practice are extremely unlikely.

This answer is adorable. Whitehead is good at stopping the run which at the moment we can't do. Samuel and Simmons are great in zone which is what we play. Does that mean adding them would absolutely work? not at all but to say what you said makes no sense. They fit the need. I think you gotta take a shot at 1. You were dying to write the Madden joke so bad that you didn't even realize the players fit the scheme.

Don’t have to pass when you can run all over a team.