It would be Andy. He made a bold move of shipping his veteran QB Alex Smith to the Nations Capital and went with a Sophomore QB who had played exactly in One NFL game. They put a lot of faith in the QB's ability and made a huge gamble that paid off. Andy deserves to be the coach of the year.
He does have a Franchise QB and a cornerstone on his DL. Makes things easier for the coach. He struggled as an interim HC for the Bills
The biggest gripe with Daboll is his inability to get Shady going. A great RB is the best friend for a young QB. This crap of putting everything on Josh's shoulder is way too much to ask the rookie. Daboll should put Shady in space instead of trying to run between tackles all the time. At least they can use his ability to catch the ball and run...this is what NE does day in day out
hindsight is 20-20...If Buffalo News had written this article 2 years ago at the time the Bills passed on Frank Reich, I would have given them credit.
Anyways, the sample size for going 5-1 is too small to suddenly think that Reich is the next McVay
We really cannot analyze our WRs (other than Benjamin) as they have played with 3 QBs in TC and 4 QBs in the regular season in 10 games...You cannot get any consistency with that kind of plan. The fact that Jones has got more catches in spite of all these major distractions tells me that he can be a good player for us and his commtiment to this team is 100%....We still need a replacement for Benjamin..but with Foster and McKenzie stepping up it may not be too bad.
Frank Reich was interviewed by the Pegulas...I am sure they did their due diligence.
Also, the pressure on Frank here would have been way too high...He is held in high regards here in OBD.
The biggest gain I saw was his ability to throw the ball beyond the 1st down marker on 3rd downs...We have had too many QBs at OBD (including Tyrod) who threw inside the LoS and hoped (prayed) that the WR will get the first down!!!!! If Allen can show consistency on those throws, we have a good QB on our team
The Jags Defense is not the same as the Jets...The Jags front 7 is a blue-chip group. Our OL had no chance against them. Allen had very little time to make those throws...and Daboll did not really help. He left his rookie QB exposed to all those hits.
The Jaguars have a fantastic front seven and they were bringing in the heat constantly. The OL couldn't stop them on every play. Hence, so many penalties. At least they did not make the dumb varieties before the ball is spiked.
I think we have beaten this to death...Nate was almost a rookie QB having pretty much redshirted in 2017. The mistake Sean made was to not have started McCarron at the beginning of the season and let Allen learn...Remember, Allen was the most raw QB among all the 1st round picks but also probably with the highest ceiling. The mistake was in starting Nate and not having a backup plan.
Or they should have simply chosen to have Allen play through 2018 and gain experience...They chose not to..but did not follow the process in keeping Allen on the sidelines.
He forgot the catch to Benjamin, the couple of 3rd down strikes to keep the chain moving >
I think even more impressive was how Allen accepted the kudos. He could have been like the Hoody and given a cold shoulder. Josh Allen is a class act.