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No question that it should have happened after 13 secs, there is no one that can explain and excuse the biggest collapse in NFL playoff history. It also showed who McDermott was, he is not a leader because rather accept as the HC he should accept the blame, instead he threw his kicker and ST'S assistant under the bus. Look at the crying he was doing after the Denver loss, kept saying he was standing up for Buffalo, when really he was looking to protect and present excuses for yet another defensive collapse right after the Bills had kicked a FG and had a 4 point lead. That 3rd and 11 was a perfect example of his whimpy coaching , can you imagine what Sprags from KC would have sent after Nix on that 3rd and 11 with just over 2 mins left up 4 points. Just glad it's over and we will finally see a new defensive scheme after 9 years of watching soft zones and playing not to lose in crunch time

I think a majority of fans wanted both guys gone and if they had to pick one of the two would have preferred Beane gone. There is no chance of McDermott returning, the Bills would be the laughing stock go the league. You don't fire a guy and then bring him back after plenty of friction stories of McDermott and Beane have been released. The reality is the Bills need better gamely coaching , especially in playoff games and that has not happened and this is totally on McDermott including the worse collapse ever 13secs

Sean McDermott wasn't good enough last 6 years: 6 playoff trips, 6 playoff losses in those losses: 33.2 ppg allowed #29 in defensive success #27 in defensive EPA/play. You're not winning playoff games when your defence is giving up 30 plus points and your focused on running the football. Only way to overcome your terrible defence is score fast and score often. That is why taking our time on second to last drive which we chewed up clock and only score 3 points with 4 min left was not good. It should have TD or FG drive as quickly as possible so you don't just leave 4 mins left and Broncos can chew it down to under a min left. Make sure there is around 7 mins plus and that game ends with us having excellent opportunity you score TD.

Just thrilled and so happy that McDermott is finally gone, he should been fired after 13 secs and now we finally have a fresh start.

Good HC and took this team as far as he could, I wish him and his family the best. I'm sure he will be coaching next season with his resume

I had a feeling after Kromer announced he was retiring yesterday that something big was coming. For me this is great news and gives me a pick me up after tough loss to Denver. I'm excited because we will get a new coach and finally do away with Mcdermott flawed defensive scheme, just tired of watching year after years QB's carve us top with almost never seeing an amazing shut down playoff defensive performance. Look at the teams the won this weekend, 3 of the teams that loss could not score 30 points and in every playoff years teams jack up 30 plus points. Mcdermott was too stubborn to hire a defensive coordinator from outside of the franchise and just change the scheme

Once defences have time to prepare for him because of more tape, I expect he will fall off next season. I still remember Herbert's first few seasons, he was total lights out and now look at him. Flash plays and then trash

Nope I'm good with him as HC, only 38 got something our Tua. Great young offensive mind

Mike Mcdaniels or Gruden

Sure two scrubs that are on the team because of McDermott , you can add Benford/Hamlin/Lewis

Are you taking about Denver's DB and arm grabbing Cooks?

I don't like Beane, but Beane is not controlling the calls in these playoff games. I'm sure Beane understands he needs to do better in roster construction, but was he drafting players that McDermott wanted. Did Sean want guys that are not as big or fast but smart and could understand his defensive system. The defence just never never held up their end come playoff time. How many times did we give up 30 plus points in playoff games ? End of the day it may be good for both sides because McDermott will get hired as a HC and the Bills can find an offensive minded HC who then goes & hires the top defensive cordinator that has a totally different scheme. I also think the problem may have been Mcdermott refusing to bring in a new defensive cordinator because he his belief in his continued failed one

End of the day they were not consistent, you can't call one and not the other because Denver DB was grabbing Cooks's hand and arm.

I thank McDermott for his time in Buffalo and wish him and his family the best, but I think he was just wasting Allen's prime years and focusing on being a run first team. His defences were always terrible despite endless draft picks and cap money placed on the defensive side of the ball. It was the right move at the right time because you now have the best job opening in the NFL.

It's passing league and you need to practice throwing the ball enough during the regular season so you can carry that into the playoffs. Teams that advanced in these playoffs did so passing the the football. McDermott got Brady to move towards being a run first first team and we had the #1 run offence in the NFL, what good did that do for us? The fact is the Bills kept Shavers on this team because he is a great blocker , again McDermott's obsession to run the football and receivers being able to block for the running game. In the game we lost, you have Brady wasting first downs in OT trying to run the ball and we were just getting nothing and falling behind the sticks. When we got a first down after Davis catch and run on another 3rd and long the playbook should have been pass first . As for running the ball so we can protect Allen more during the regular season, he finished this year with more sacks/hits & various injuries in his career. The Bills need to do everything possible to get this team back to being a pass first team and take advantage of Allen while he is still in his prime. I'm even open to trading Cook if that means were getting back a true elite #1 receiver or maybe a top 5 draft pick to draft one. Again you had no team that advanced in these playoffs that did so because they had a great running game and made massive big plays running the football. Eric Dickerson was one of the best pure RB's in league history and his teams never made it to the SuperBowl. Not saying having Cook is not a good thing, but Cook needs to be a secondary option after you pass the ball because almost all our scoring drives were usually over 5-6 mins and we had to be perfect to get 7 points. Just like our second to last drive to put us up 4 points, another time consuming drive that ends with a FG. You want to win these games, you try and score 7 points quickly as possible there and then there is 7-8 mins left and your defence is not put in a bad situation where there need game saving stop. You know your defence is not stopping a team that knows they have 4 downs to get a first to score a TD Even if Denver scores, we have plenty of time to run full offence. The goal next season should be getting as many possessions during a game as possible, have receivers that are capable of getting behind the defence and not just some 32 year old Cooks. You bring in Cooks who has speed and all of sudden he becomes Allen's favourite target because he can get separation and behind defences. We need 2 more guys like that and put Hawes in the backfield as extra personal protector for Allen.