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That's fair as the grass isn't always greener , to your point. But at some point you got to make a change if they don't get to at least a Super Bowl. If you keep McDermott- Imagine wondering , "what if", If the bills never win a Super Bowl and you had Josh Allen at quarterback . That's a tough pill to swallow

I think for a lot of McDermott fans, it would take them not making the playoffs for at least one season, probably 2. (If someone is a big McDermott supporter, correct me if I'm wrong of course) As the argument is always "it could always be worse and the grass isn't always greener".

Shaq actually didn't rush the passer though. He was responsible for the back. If brown stayed in, he would have rushed. But Chase Brown went out for a route and Shaq followed him. So it was actually a 4 man rush to the quarterback if you watch that clip again

Ya last 2 minutes of the first half, but not last 5 minutes. Last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter gets stopped out of bounds

I thought it was before the first half also a few years back, but it's actually just the last 5 minutes of the game which was surprising to me

He won't win it unless they somehow win the division and get the 1 or 2 seed, and if the rams somehow falter. If I had a vote, I would personally have him 2nd now behind Stafford. (Even though Maye is comfortably in that spot)

I think the issue is some games are protected by the TV networks

Correct. Ya just more the zone in general. I just don't think you can do that against Joe burrow consistently, as it's just too easy for someone as smart as him Of course you got to play it sometimes, as even the most man dominant defences in the nfl are probably around the 40-45% man mark or whatever it is

I really don't have an issue with the game plan after the first drive. My problem was the first drive and playing way too passive. After that they were more aggressive. They got beat at times and I can live with that. But I can't live with Joe burrow just chewing up zone time after time Fair- but at the end of the day they weren't pressing, outside of the first 3rd down conversion. Maybe disguised press looks , but at the end of the day there was a ton of cushion for the most part on that first drive

I'll have to re watch that first 3rd down as maybe I missed that. Ya I am saying it loosely. Essentially what I mean is they are playing zone coverage with lots of space off the receivers and are playing over the top. correct me if I'm wrong of course but that's what it looked like to me and Olsen mentioned that 2-3x on the opening drive also

I do think it's a bigger game for the patriots though. Bills don't really have a lot of pressure as they are pretty firmly going to be a wild card team barring anything crazy happening. Pats are playing for the 1 seed, and it's still a measuring stick game for them to see how really good they are. I think it will be gut punching for the Pats if the reigning 5X afc east champs came into their building in a December game, and made a statement

When did we send a pressure on the opening drive? I honestly don't remember that at all. Looked like they played some man coverage with 2 safeties on the first 3rd down when Higgins converted. Everything after that looked like soft zone. Greg Olsen even called them out on it , especially on that 3rd and 7 around the 20-25 yard line.

Yep. Under no world is it acceptable to just sit back on your heels and let a team pick you apart for half the quarter. Especially knowing that Joe Burrow absolutely kills zone coverage

Yep I did, I think Houston had 5 plays their opening drive? Pretty hard to judge from that. I would almost guarantee that Spags would send pressure if there was a big 3rd down on the plus side of the field on that opening drive

Ya I'm not saying you're wrong, but I just don't know if I agree with that logic. Spotting a team 7 points while them taking 8 minutes of clock to open the game, can be the difference of winning or losing a tight game in the playoffs. To your first comment though- Ive never or rarely seen a Spags coached team open the game that passively