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6 as a HC, 2 as a DC. If you recall, his defense actually gave top tier QBs problems. The top QBs of the era had some of their worst games against BB and the Patriots in the playoffs, when it mattered most. Another way to phrase that is Belichick's defenses were actually effective once the playoffs and multiple super Bowls came around, whereas McDermott's defenses melt under the spotlight.

Colin Cowherd can be a little obnoxious at times in my opinion, but I do agree with something he says quite often, and that's a top QB paired with a defensive HC is a huge disadvantage for a few reasons... 1. If the offense is good you lose your OC to a HC opening and have to keep starting over 2. you're good enough to keep that defensive HC employed basically forever so you're stuck if it's a so-so situation 3. the game is so slanted to offense that having a defensive HC is nowhere near as beneficial That does not mean you can't win, but it's a lot harder than being paired with an innovative offensive minded HC

Huge mistake by the Chargers back then too... As far as McDermott goes, it's one thing to be saddled with a defensive minded HC if the defense comes up big in big spots (like Belichick's D usually did for Brady). Patriots defense made Peyton Manning, Big Ben, Rivers, and basically everyone else look ordinary at best the vast majority of the time. They got NE a 14 point lead in KC in the AFC Title game that KC couldn't recover from until it was too late. McDermott's defense wilts every postseason.

There is literally nothing that could realistically happen to cause McDermott and Beane to be let go. It just is never going to happen as long as Josh Allen is QB. We need to hope that Joe Brady is great but not so great that he gets a HC gig right away. With Allen they will win a lot of regular season games, and "you can't fire a winning coach!" Soon McD will be around long enough to be one of (if not THE) winningest Bills coach of all time. You can hear the arguments now: "you could do a lot worse than the winningest HC in franchise history!" I'm skeptical that this coach will ever get it done (winning a SB), because we have a defensive minded HC whose defense never comes up big in the playoffs for us. Our QB plays like superman almost every time and it goes to waste. That said, Allen will keep McDermott employed for the entirety of his career. And eventually the defense has to make the big 3rd down stop in a playoff game, even if just by chance. A bad throw, a drop, a great pass breakup at the right time. Or perhaps even a SACK when it matters from all that investment in the DL! Give McDermott enough kicks at the can and hopefully he'll lead the team all the way. That's kind of where we are. McDermott will never, under any circumstances, be fired as long as Josh Allen is QB and Terry Pegula owns the team.

Someone said he has big thighs which is good but 305 pounds is a bit skinny for a DT. Let's get this man into some local eateries for some off-season work!

Rodger is a mess

If the Bills are going defense at least get a big sloppy DT

Had to switch because they aren't showing the picks .. No bueno

I'm enjoying it so far, plus I assume no commercials

man, if the Bears play their cards right they got a ton out of one bad season by trading top picks AND still get their pick of QBs

the Bengals feel like the type of team that would have powdered coffee creamer in the meeting rooms

it feels like we're not getting value for our $$ It's still almost 2 billion dollars to build this thing, in WNY where land costs are nowhere near what they are in other places. There should be all sorts of "cool" touches and snazzy marketing and virtual fly throughs/videos.

some fall in love with WRs or DE... for me, it's all about 340+ pound DT's! I hope Sweat does a podcast with Aaron Rodgers saying the Earth is flat or something and we get him in the 4th round

plus, you know deep down that Brady wants to see Allen win because every one Allen wins is one Mahomes doesn't. Having Brady call our first ever SB win is going to be bizarre

Why is everyone so angry? Do you ever notice that? Everywhere you go, people are so quick to get nasty and confrontational.

I mostly worry about what this means for the direction of the team. I could see McDermott looking like the Jack Nicholson meme nodding yes maniacally at posts suggesting KC "won with defense" so we need to invest all our resources there and Allen will figure something out on offense.

Elite WR but injuries and age are catching up. If he was truly unhappy here then it's a win-win. I like Tomlin's saying: we want volunteers, not prisoners.

I hate this type of reasoning. Let's apply it to the defense instead: McDermott is a mastermind. A gem. "Best Bills coach ever" (LOL but ok). So let's make due with so-so defensive players on dirt cheap contracts and give Allen weapons on offense. SF gets to the SB and wins tons of games without a real QB because of skill players. Imagine in SF had a real QB? Brady got a couple Super Bowls with mostly elite defensive play, but overall didn't win without elite playmakers either. Edelman and Gronk were pretty damn elite, as were the guys in TB (Evans, Godwin, Gronk).

The thing I remember about the MNF opener was how down Allen sounded, starting off with the "same s--- different day" line really struck me. 2023 was a weird year for the team overall. Something seemed off (to me) all year about them. Might have nothing at all to do with Diggs but it did start with him having some sort of issue around minicamp and McDermott saying he was concerned. All that said, IF Diggs was upset about something and was vocal about it that doesn't mean he was wrong. It depends on the circumstances.

Football is far and away my favorite sport, so for me the Super Bowl is a holiday. Heck, we have a draft party the Thursday night of the 1st round every year. It's a show about teams picking players and I would rather watch that than the Final Four. But that's me. Football is a passion of mine, hockey I watch when the Sabres are good (so not for the past decade or so) and beyond that I might watch basketball if I'm bored and it's late at night but I don't follow it like I used to.

make it so

pending the results of the draft the Jets (if healthy) could actually win this division this year. they won 7 games without playing offense last season

fair point yeah, he was there forever it seemed like, and honestly the Bengals had some weird luck in the playoffs too

How can regular people afford 40K just for the right to buy 2 seats on top of that? I'm in the wrong line of work....

dumb question maybe, but does this mean 20K per seat, just for the right to then buy the seats? So 2 season tickets means 40K fee just to buy the tickets on top of that? Is it one-time?