Billsfan1972

Maybe because some of us have had enough of McD and didn't buy a lot of what he said from day one and have seen results on the field and then his response afterwards to think it is phony or disingenuous? Now that does not mean at all that McDermott doesn't mean well, did not handle the Hamlin situation wonderfully and does not want to win. As fans though regardless it has been a tough year and yep a lot of vitriol is directed at McD, and this article encapsulated what many here have thought, particularly about his handling of the offense. Heck it barely scratched the surface of how the Bills are 6-6 and that there is no doubt that McD's Defense has not made the stop when needed late in games.

The broken record comes just as loud from the McD camp.

Too much a friend, he had to go....

Perform because you are embarrassed that you are 6-6 and are better then that and you still owe KC. I certainly if the Bills win, won't think they "Did it for McD". I am sure he has some loyal supporters who will think that way, but I'm sure it is not unanimous.

Know the player and how to react. I guess with Dorsey in the Pressbox it was McDermott's responsibility to scream at his "Franchise" QB? I thought the Offense was Dorsey's responsibility? I bet McD was screaming at him for not playing "Complementary Football" and putting "his" defense back on the field.🤣

If this from Part 3 doesn't piss you off about McD..... Then I guess nothing will..... There are two distinct versions of Josh Allen this 2023 season. One is fun. One takes off on the run — “The crowd loves it!” Al Michaels professes — and holds the football over the goal line while staring down a Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback. All at full speed. This version gets a Cincinnati Bengals safety to leave his feet with a pump fake, points, laughs and runs in for a TD. Flag ‘n fine, be damned. Meanwhile, Sean McDermott, spits on the turf and purses his lips. Fifteen yards lost on a kickoff likely means more to the Buffalo Bills head coach than any momentum gained by his backyard quarterback rediscovering himself. This version, at rain-slopped Philadelphia, rams through Reed Blankenship at the goal line, chucks the ball against the backstop and — flanked by teammates — swaggers right into the teeth of those trash-talking Eagles fans as if welcoming a dark-alley fight. The TD launched a tour de force for the quarterback: 420 total yards, four touchdowns. “No. 17 is just a different bird,” said one friend and former pro teammate. “He’s wired different. He’s not like most of these quarterbacks. He wants to make dick jokes and run into people.” If Buffalonians could create the quarterback they’ve always desired in a lab, it’s exactly this. But then, there’s the other Allen. The pale, stupefied, knockoff version who trudges to the sideline after an interception vs. Denver with McDermott screaming in his ear. Unlike his boss, Allen does not come remotely close to assigning blame. Doesn’t embarrass receivers on national TV. Doesn’t snipe into earholes on the sidelines. Doesn’t kindly remind the public what McDermott said back in March when, in truth, it’s fully within his rights to alert your attention to these trainwreck comments. When, in reality, this is everything a former Bills assistant coach meant when he said this team is forced to “overcome the head coach.” Everything a former teammate meant by McDermott serving as a drop of “poison.” A smart coach does everything in his power to accentuate the first version of Allen. Realize you’ve been gifted a Marvel character at the most important position in sports and let him fly. Then, there’s McDermott sitting down with NFL Network last March. He made it abundantly clear that Allen needed to siphon these sorts of plays out of his game. “I don’t think that that’s a healthy way to play quarterback in this league,” said McDermott, in a video posted by the team. “It’s really undefeated that things are going to happen when you play that style, that brand of football. So, we’ve got to get that adjusted. It’s never going to go completely away but it has to get to where it’s workable. I don’t want to take his personality away from him as far as that goes. His signature. But there needs to be an adjustment in that style of play.” Manually warping the “style” of your most valuable commodity should’ve slotted in as the 2,789th item on the Bills’ offseason agenda. But this was no surprise.

In part 3 confirms exactly what many of us think McD has done with Josh Allen. He's made him a shell of himself and made him second-guess everything and frankly has no idea who he has. Yep complementary football at it's finest. Funny some of us have been saying this for a long time.

This wasn't off the cuff comment made in a bar after a couple of drinks to friends. This was a well thought out speech he gave to his players. If you can't see the big difference, what more can I say?

He's inferred it numerous times this year, while heaping praise on his defense. Where have you been?

Except you forget according to McD it's all the offenses fault.🤣

https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/ty-dunne-sean-mcdermott-josh-allen-9-11/ Per Dunne, McDermott at times appeared “jealous” of the relationships between his players and his assistant coaches. One example: Chad Hall played wide receiver, was much closer in age and — clearly — has a gift for managing egos in his room. The Bills receivers loved Hall so much that they bought him a truck for Christmas in 2020. An objectively touching moment that Isaiah McKenzie shared via Instagram. In the dark, in the rain, you see Stefon Diggs and Andre Roberts lead Hall out to the driveway with a beanie over the coach’s eyes. On the audio, Cole Beasley says that this was originally Gabe Davis’ idea and that they all chipped in. It’s impossible for any sane person to watch this heartwarming video and not feel happy for Hall. Obviously, this coach had made a profound impact on those receivers’ lives — why anyone gets into coaching in the first place. But Sean McDermott? Oh boy. Sean McDermott was not pleased. One source described this as “a dark day at One Bills Drive.” Not only was the head coach pissed that players were gathering as a group during Covid, McDermott told his staff he pays them to be a coach. Not a friend. Other coaches could not believe his cold response. They had never seen anything like this in their careers.

Lamar was brought up. What was funny is how upset Orlovsky was & he didn't get a chance to rebut. McD too probably has cost Allen a # more TDs. Now what too was missing Turnovers by other QB's and that this year the difference is only 3-4.

Yes Allen was awful vs. The Jets, but the winning points came in OT courtesy of the ST, which was the point. When you leave the field with the lead <2 mins, the expectation is that the Defense will do it's job. Another thread where this has been debated over and over.

The first thing I see is 4 African Americans disparaging JA. What does that make me????

Because you went on about how admirably the defense has played. They have given up late leads (<2 minutes) in 3 games the Bills lost, didn't make that one stop needed at the end to give Bills a chance when down a score (and ST lost game 1).

Thank you for your OPINION Duly noted.🤣

Again are you one of those going on about what a wonderous game the Bills D played allowing Jax 500+ yards? Yea yea yea injuries, but 500 yards!!!!!

And when the Defensive minded HC has his hands up Dorsey's ass, that doesn't help either.

And how exactly do you know? Like me you have no idea, just an opinion. I however can promise you 99%+ of coaches wouldn't have screwed up 13 seconds or had 12 men on the field vs. Denver. Everything else is just an OPINION. Just like some of us think McD is not a good coach (something I have stood behind from halfway through season 1).

I'm sure Jerry Jone's opinion of McD if he was the owner of the Bills, would be very different then Pegula's and there would have been no McD's job is 100% safe article last week.

And I will disagree and thought his development was way too slow and they should have done a better job the first two years in allowing him to succeed. Am I right? No one knows, but that is my opinion. I made the statement on another thread that "why couldn't Allen have been thrown into the fire and given the "keys" like Stroud". I was given all the excuses in the world, and maybe Allen wouldn't have been as successful, but I think he would have been farther ahead. However if McD was coaching Stroud I am 100% convinced he's be no where near performing as he is now as McD would preach "complementary football" and not letting him pass as much. No 300 yard passing games the first three years McD coached. That is just an unbelievable stat, that no modern day coach has ever approached (95%+ of teams do it by accident at least once a year). Do you not remember how many blow-outs there were McD's first two years and the complete inability to comeback if down 10 points?

I want none of them. The point is I'm not a football junky and knew absolutely nothing about McD when he was hired. I watch the game and have enough knowledge to decide whether he's doing a good job or not. The in game decisions are often horrible and 13 seconds & 12 men 100% inexcusable. He was however the Bills coach and I was going to cheer him on. I quickly lost faith in him and he has done nothing to restore it.

Stop it, just stop it. Rex may have been a lousy coach, but his last year was pretty much the exact same as McD's first year (save the miracle playoff birth). Rex did not have Allen. No Allen and the Bills would be lucky to be .500 with McD (and I'm being that generous because all the people here telling me how good a coach he is😉).

It basically tells you only an idiot would use that analogy and think it appropriate. Now a comedian trying a joke in a club "Let me tell you, you really need to applaud the coordinated efforts of those terrorists on 9-11, that was some serious sh!t and went pretty much according to plan until those Americans on flight 93 screwed up the plan and fought back" and yep watch it bomb. But the head coach to think this is a good teaching moment????

Hope it works, because last week we were told he was 100% safe. Very few have anything at all personal against McD, they just don't see him as a coach who get's the best out of his most important asset, which is Josh Allen. Add to that the coaching blunders and what will never be lived down, 13 seconds and what may cost them the playoffs this year (12 men), one can go on and on about. I never bought into the Process and that first year a lot of religion talk. He completely lost me with Peterman, showing he didn't give a damn about the offense. I couldn't stand three years of terrible offense and I certainly have disagreed with how he handled #17 from day one. Sorry just look at the Diggs situation and you know it is McD at the root of it. But win a SB (or 2-3) and all is forgiven. However this 9-11 story is national and the utter stupidity to use 9-11 as a teaching/inspirational motivating speech is telling.