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I'm not a big McDermott fan but.. In fairness to him He did make the playoffs in 2017 with tyrod Taylor

Ok so we are just going to excuse, "touchdown, field goal, touchdown" 3 drives straight in the 2nd half? Even if the FG was off a turnover Like I said, it was a team collapse. Offence sucked, but defence also choked

When you blow a 16 point lead with 20 minutes to go, that's on the head coach. McDermott isn't a defensive coordinator. Hes the head coach and is responsible for everything, including the offence "puking on themselves "

It was both. Offence and defence choked. I Don't know why it has to be "one or the other". Wheen you blow a 16 point lead with 20 minutes to go, many things have to go wrong, and it ultimately stops with the head coach

Combination of Josh allen being wreckless and the defence getting carved in the 4th. It is not one or the other, it was both which led to the collapse

@GunnerBillwhat exactly do you disagree with here? I think even Mcdermotts mom would admit he messed up the 13 seconds game

And 13 seconds in 2021 And 2019 16 point blown lead to Houston.

Why would Tom Brady want to be a QB coach in the off season though? He makes what, 20 million a year broadcasting at FOX?

Seems like an easy question to me ... How can it not be Sam Aiken?

On defence Miami has had some pretty big turnover. No Wilkins, Howard or Jerome Baker, 3 key starters. (And Ogbah as a depth piece) On offence they are pretty similar outside of their o line as no Williams or Hunt returning. They remind me of the bills off season a bit where they released some veteran guys as they were tight to the cap. I Def agree about Tua. Hes not great, but he's a pretty descent QB who runs the system well.

Miami for me. A lot of people saying Miami got worse which is probably true. But on paper so did the bills. if you are looking at it from a Miami side, the bills on paper got worse at: -O line, WR, DE, maybe safety Where did the bills get better? Maybe DT depth Jets o line I think is still a mess and I don't see a rod holding up there . i still think its the bills division , with Miami half a step behind

I don't see Zack Wilson in your top 8...?

Overpaid but they had to do it in my opinion and that's where the QB market is now

Fair points. You're probably right and I'm definitely more negative than positive on Salah, but he has been dealt a pretty crap on offence. I do think flacco succeeding in Cleveland and not New York makes sense though. Browns have a way better o line, a much better run game, an offensive head coach and better offensive weapons. And let's be honest, a lot of luck as there were a ton of "yolo" balls thrown that somehow worked lol

I think the jury is still out on Him IMO. Last year he was given an impossible task with Zach Wilson at QB. I think that's more of an indictment on Joe Douglas to not having a proper backup QB This will def be a make or break year for him

He was especially bad in that green bay game. He legit could not throw in that rain. (And wasn't even coming down hard) Going to be a big problem for SF if they have bad weather games in the playoffs

Ya i dont get some of the tomlin hate around here. The guy got to the playoffs with Mason Rudolph last year

I do agree with that part as I think if the bills had their key guys, they probably win the game against them this year

There's definitely some truth with what you're saying about injuries affecting the result. However I do think there's more to it as well. 2021 against the chiefs in the regular season- Milano and Harrison Phillips were hurt And Bills defence played amazing and won on that Sunday night game . Then in the playoffs that year ? Ok Tre White didn't play which was a big loss, but Milano and Phillips played that game. And we know what happened. 42 points or whatever it was to the chiefs. So ya injuries were def a factor this year. But I don't think it's as simple as "we played well cause we were healthy in the reg season and didn't play well cause we were healthy in the playoffs". As the 2021 season didn't fit that narrative^

Haha so you're going to compare the 80s-90s to now?😂 It's literally apples and oranges. It's a passing league now, completely different to 35 years ago. You know this. This is not a McDermott rant. I was ONCE again responding to a comment saying it's different than andy Reid's situation. You were the one commenting on my post bud. I don't even understand what you're trying to say in your bonus note. I've read it 3 times and have no idea what you're trying to prove there. In no world is Josh Allen a problem in the playoffs though. The defence is the one letting the bills down and yes, coaching. That's not a rant, it's a fact

My overall point is Andy Reid has always been an elite coach. The thing missing for him was having an elite QB to put him over the edge. And when he got an elite QB, he now has 3 rings Tying this back to the bills: McDermott has had an elite QB for the past 4 years but hasn't even been to a Super Bowl. So I don't understand the comparison when a few of you said "Maybe McDermott is like Andy Reid and just needs more time to figure it out". Maybe he will. But it's not a comparison in my mind because what's changing for McDermott? He has an elite QB already. If you disagree all good. But hopefully you at least see my point

Very good post and well put

So now Mcnabb is in the same breath as Jim Kelly and Marino? . i honestly don't get how you don't think Mahomes is the biggest difference in Andy Reid's career lol The lightbulb didn't all of a sudden go "on" for Andy Reid after 20 years. The lightbulb went "on" because he has a superstar QB. I really dont get how you even dispute that. Take Mahomes off the chiefs and replace him with let's say Dak Prescott or whoever you think is a QB in the 8-10 range and he would have 0 rings still. KC won what, 0 or maybe 1 playoff game without Mahomes in the Reid era? And that's with Hill, Kelce etc

So we are comparing a top 10 QB in his era to one of the best QBs of all time🤦‍♂️ We will agree to disagree like you said last night sir, all good.

All fair points and I don't dispute that . But will you admit that the biggest thing missing for Andy Reid was having an elite QB? Where McDermott has had an elite QB for the last 4 years.