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Yeah that was pathetic, honestly... I clicked (of course the goal of the writer) expecting to read that Daboll came across the table at someone in a meeting but turns out he said he would take playcalling away? I mean come on

The season needs to play out still. We could go all the way still. HOWEVER, if it doesn't look good and the offense struggles and we exit the playoffs early, especially if it's against an up and comer team and not KC again, do not be shocked if McDermott and Beane are let go and Brian Daboll is the new HC.

just gross, no thank you

Bills can also very easily get to #1 seed by ripping off a few wins in a row and KC beating Denver and Indy One thing that playing with this tool proves: so much football left to be played and so much can still happen The Chargers, Bills, Patriots, Broncos, and Colts all have viable shots at the #1 seed

I've got the Bengals leading their division at 6-6 after all week 13 games have been played, and the only "iffy" result was Bengals over Ravens on Thanksgiving.

Bills by a billion this week. Book it! This game is nowhere near as important to the Bucs as it is to us. That division is awful and they have a ton of injuries. This is one they'll just want to get past and never really think of again. This is going to be a steamroller of angry Bills players and coaches tired of being written off and criticized, miserable weather, Bills badly needing a W and the Bucs more so "meh" in terms of the effect on their season, and the biggest equalizer in sports: the NFL narrative buster effect. I've often thought that football especially is such a mental game and these players are all the best of the best, even on so-so teams and even the backups. What makes great teams and players great is consistent focus and execution. That's where the narrative buster effect comes in. Player A has been distracted, not totally into it, maybe not always giving his all. He hears it week after week until it hits a boiling point: Player A needs to be benched. He's a bust! So he locks in. He's already one of the most physically gifted athletes on the planet, or he would not be in the NFL. But now pride kicks in and he goes 100% into the game prep. As a result, he has a great game. Narrative busted, and everyone is so shocked. Same thing with teams overall. Fire the coach! OC is terrible! Defense can't stop the run! They're having a fire sale! It's going to be a cakewalk! And a 6-2 perennial contender gets dominated and blown out by a 2-7 team that just fired its GM and traded one of its best players. It's because not everyone is focused 100% all the time. When they are, LOOK OUT.

I get annoyed by usurper teams! It's our turn dammit! I know that's not how it works, but it's one thing to lose to Mahomes or Burrow or even Jackson if that came to pass. That's bad but I can live with it on some level. But watching the Colts, Patriots, Chargers or Broncos jump ahead in line and have these great exciting contending teams while we run a HS offense is too much.

It's just processing... sometimes these things get hung up in the system I do wonder what happened to the barrel.

Beane and McDermott want to build the 2015 Panthers. Beane has mentioned that team specifically in comments, which proves it's on their minds. IMO the see Josh as a version of Cam, only this time they won't ruin his career by having him take too much of a beating early on. That sort of explains most of their philosophy. The only major difference is they have never found their MLB equivalent. Other than that, they want a superman QB, jags at WR, and lots of resources spent on defense so they can scheme it up. McDermott is distancing himself from Beane so he can avoid the blame, but I think it's clear as day where the philosophy comes from.

Ravens have some tough games coming up, including 2 Burrow Bengals games, Patriots, Packers, and Steelers twice if you want it (Pittsburgh always plays them tough even when they're bad) Every one of those teams will be playing all out to win because they need the W's for division races, seeding, etc. It's no guarantee that the Ravens suddenly became inevitable If they are some juggernaut and beat all those AFC teams then it just helps us

Trade 3 first round picks to the Rams for McVay. He would love the snow up here

I used to be a huge Marty fan and defended him all over the place. The Football Life episode on him was awesome. It showed that Chargers/Patriots playoff game where Brady threw the game ending INT but the idiot Chargers DB started running with it, fumbled, and NE got it back and went on to win. The kicker was they showed footage of Marty pre-game saying to that very same player "when you catch the game winning INT, just go down and don't go running all around!" Both laughed. In the end, the guy did exactly what they coach joked about not doing, and it's the final example of "Marty can't win the big games" It's cruel irony.

Daboll's Giants team is an example of mindless aggression. It plays VERY well with football players, who want to hit, attack, be aggressive, etc. And there is a time and place. But it also leads to needless injuries (Dart has had like 12 concussions in 5 games or something) and also turnovers and sloppiness. When it does work it looks great and seems like fun, but it's out of control and now the rookie QB has serious injury concerns halfway through his first season. You want controlled aggression like the Lions or Eagles. Not pedal to the medal hell or high water approach.

the Bucs are so freaking toast this week... I would be absolutely shocked if the Bills didn't win this game by 10+ points, but they absolutely will win it.

Patriots will lose to Green Bay and or the Ravens We'll have a chance to pass them by

Plus what else could McDermott say? Yes, I'm thinking about firing my OC mid season and hiring a guy I didn't get along with but I'm not sure if I want him here or if he would come back. If that doesn't happen we'll probably stick with Joe.

If he wore a Waddle jersey it would have been legendary

Anyone buy the story that McDermott really wanted/wants WR help and is frustrated with Beane? I think this is the offense McDermott wants in terms of philosophy. Low event football. It works a lot especially because there is a lot of awful football played around the league.

Thanksgiving vs the Ravens is the goal apparently That AFC North race is going to be fun to watch If Bengals beat the Steelers this week their NE game is not that important because they have the Ravens twice and Baltimore has so many losses already that they'll be playing for a real shot at the division

Love is very up and down. He reminds me of Fitz. When he's on he's close to unstoppable but when he's off he is a mess.

Sirianni made that a lot harder on his team than need be A couple drives before the end they passed twice and stopped the clock both times. Run both times and Green Bay has to burn all their timeouts and then your defensive stop ends the game.

I think Belichick ends up somewhere like Arizona with Daboll as OC

Something similar happened in the GB Dallas game and they barely had the chance to tie it. Not a long pass but terrible clock management

An old fashioned, hard hitting game with some drama at the end Gotta love it!

Wow talk about anticlimactic