Perry Turtle

The Bills were 8-8 and 7-9 under some pretty horrific coaching by Ryan, yet it was a "miracle" they got to 5 wins this year? It's only a miracle because Beane and McDermott made the roster older and slower in the off season. If McDermott believes the Bills are in the hunt, and if there is a process, he should have started Taylor against the Chargers, Chiefs, and Patriots. If the Bills lose those games, then give Peterman a chance by starting him at home against the Colts. That would have been the patient move. That would indicate a process is being followed. Instead we have the current mess. There is no process. McDermott has no master plan. He's proving himself to be an average coach who is winging it. He's in over his head.

Pretty damming stuff in the article, especially on the Bills running game and their rushing defense without Dareus.

Which one of those guys fits McDermott's profile? I have a sinking feeling that the reason he passed on Watson last draft was because he had Peterman in his back pocket, a guy who fits his narrow profile of the type of player he wants on the team.

If McDermott is making any decisions based on the reaction of the media, he should be fired now. And making a decision isn't enough in the NFL. Coaches who make good decisions are praised and have long careers. Coaches who make bad decisions get criticized and eventually fired. McDermott is on run of bad decisions, and he's being justifiably criticized.

Naming him head coach is the only way to bring him back. Unless the Eagles fire him because he gets caught snorting on camera.

Teams just figured it out. Instead of forcing passes into the outside zones, they're taking plays underneath in the center of the field. The Bills pass rush is a basic as it comes. The DEs never stunt, never twist, they just take the outside lane and get pushed past the pocket. There's no middle push by the DTs and few blitzes. This defense is a bunch of sitting ducks and the coaching staff hasn't reacted to it. They sit back and hope for a turnover. Offenses realize if they protect the ball, they can drive all day long against McDermott's passive schemes.

I think the point is that this current coaching staff is worse than a coaching staff that just about every Bills fan couldn't wait to kick the curb.

Cowher was 64-32 before he had a losing season. He built up enough capital to make it through a couple of losing seasons. Why don't you use Lewis in Cinci or Fisher in St. Louis/LA to make your point. That's more like the path McDermott is heading. Better yet, use Jauron's four years in Buffalo.

And Philly also has a good defensive coordinator...

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Hard to see that coming

He's not reading this board?!?!?!?!?!

Here's how Pegula should pick his next GM/HC. Get his pro scouting staff to rate the current players on the team. Take that list into interviews and ask each candidate what is their plan for the top five players on the list. If the candidate says, I'll trade half of them, end the interview. If the candidate says I want to put them into a system that has no connection to their skill and talent, end the interview. Give the job to the guys who come up with the best plan to develop the guys already on the roster.

Isn't Steve Reich the chicken wing eating champion of the Great Lakes Region?

Yeah, since the third interception.

Yup

No, because Taylor.

They had a top 10 pick this past draft and a whole board of QBs to choose from. McDermott decided to punt the QB position to next season for some stupid reason. Maybe he'll trade back in the first round to get that HB/FB hybrid to replace Tolbert.

Even is McDermott is able to draft "his guys" on defense, does anyone in Buffalo want to watch a passive cover 2 defense the next three years? Wouldn't you rather watch an attacking, blitzing defense than this bend-but-don't break crap?

Let's take a look at their QB decisions (since that is the most import decision a front office makes) In the draft, passed on every QB other than Trubisky, including Deshaun Watson. Re-signed Taylor when they could have escaped his contract Put Taylor in a west coast offense, the worst scheme match possible Decided that a 5th round pick was ready to take over the QB position, on the road, while the team is 5-4 Every one of these decisions look to be wrong. How much confidence does anyone have that they will make the right decision next year?

No, we needed to sign Woods, Watkins and draft Watson. We decided to go the "culture" and "process" route, so now we tank. By the way, the first thing that goes into the sh***er right away during a tank is culture and process.

Great, give an unqualified guy 3 years to prove what's obvious to everyone 3 games into the season. You think the Bills would be better with Ryan's 3 year as coach right now? You think the Bengals are better for giving Lewis 9 years? How bout the Rams giving Fisher all that time to prove himself? If a guy proves he can't handle the job, fire him and bring in someone who can. Again, McDermott has done nothing but drain the roster, miss on the best QB on the draft, install the most passive defensive scheme since Jauron's Buffalo days, destroy the running game, and made a horrible in-season QB change decision, which is going to lose him that carefully cultivated locker room he touts. Fire him now. Bring in a football czar to run the draft and a coaching staff that will implement an attacking defense. The franchise will be better for it in the long run.

I hope he's fired for it. This guy is a disaster. Drains the roster of talent; passes over the top QB in the draft; implements a passive defensive scheme; destroys the #1 rushing attack in the league; replaces a bad QB with a terrible one. This guy is a fraud. At least we can enjoy watching cap space and future draft picks the rest of the year.

Well he has a bunch of Chargers. He's doing a great job of getting the ball to them.

You realize that throwing picks is the WORST option out of the four things you mention, right?