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Just think, Thurman had Barry Sanders on the bench behind him at OSU. Got injured as he tore his ACL... and when he returned...Sanders went back to riding the bench. Thomas fell to Buffalo in the second round, pick 40 because most teams thought he was overworked in College and all used up...also that knee injury. 7 RB's were taken ahead of Thurman in that 88 draft. The one thing Dan Marino never had at Miami was a Thurman Thomas at RB. John Elway didn't win a SB until Terrell Davis.

Really good. However, I'd feel better with the Bills moving on from their current DC. Perhaps it might not be the best move at the moment though. A lot of Bills fans are harping about that kickoff and the 13 seconds that followed. It's the Buffalo defense with the 13 seconds and not covering the two Chiefs only real threats in the passing game...and both caught passes.

Just think, If the Bills keep working the run game like they did the last few games of 2021. Nearly 500 yards of offense against that Patriots #2 defense in that playoff game Buffalo 29 rushes for 174 yards, 2 TDs & Allen 21 of 25 for 308 passing yards 5 TDs. A good power run game to go along with that Buffalo passing game and that Buffalo offense will be unstoppable. I'm really happy that the guy who always wanted to pass the ball...even when it wasn't working is gone. You know, like what happened to Pat Mahomes in that AFC Championship game.

Good point! I think the man just Kaepernick'd himself... He will never have another NFL HCing job again. Shame too, because he was a pretty good NFL HC taking that Dolphins team to a 10-6 record. Sweeping the Patriots is never easy.

Funny stuff... sadly, it might actually happen. Anyway, It was rumored that at times during this season that McD was talking about Daboll in a very similar fashion to the way he talked about Rick Dennison...and he fired him after the season. I also think that at half time of that Tampa bay game when the Bills losing 24-3 and looking very bad on offense. McD read the riot act to Daboll...either that or a well placed boot! To the 5 watt bulb Bills fans that think that McD is going to be on a hot seat anytime soon. 1999 was the last time the Buffalo Bills were in a playoff game previous to Sean McDermott being hired as the Buffalo Bills head coach in 2017! And the man took the Bills to the playoffs with Tyrod Taylor at QB. 😲The Bills leading WR that season was Deonte Thompson.

Good stuff! you had to know that the Bills were not gonna let this guy go to the Giants when their "unicorn" was advocating for him to be their new OC.

Why I've always emphasized the Bills to have a solid run game they can fall back on when the QB is having an off day.

Did Patrick Mahomes have a bad second half....YES! Did the Bengals DC put up a masterclass scheme on how to defeat Mahomes in that second half, YES! Mahomes, 4 sacks, no throwing lanes and the Bengals only pass rushing with three...Mahomes dropped back 24 times after halftime. He completed 8 of 18 passes for 55 yards with two interceptions, four sacks, and no touchdowns. All I was attempting to say in my earlier post was, as a head coach-OC, when you see that the QB (no matter how great he has been in the past) is having that much difficulty throwing...it sorta begs the offense to start running the ball more. Take the ball outta the QB's hands and let the RB's, defense control the game. Especially when they are only rushing with 3 defenders and dropping 8 into pass coverage. By running the ball more you also play keep away from the Bengals and eat up the clock! Oh, btw. That scheme that the Bengals used on Mahomes? You know where they got it from? From Bill Belichick, as he used it against Mahomes in that 2018 AFC Championship game.

This post was more fitting after last season and Josh Allen along with the offense did have problems early in the 2021 season. My take is the bigger problem with the offense is now with the NY Giants. Brian Daboll's failure to build a solid run game for most of the season led to a lot of poor performances against some teams. Anyone else recall that 6-9 loss to the lowly 2-6 Jacksonville Jaguars who had the 30th ranked defense. Josh Allen under pressure all game, 4x sacks on Allen while under duress the entire game. What was the answer from the OC? Just keep throwing, 47 passing attempts vs 9 runs from Buffalo RB's. Yes, the 2021 Buffalo Bills beat up on some bad teams and some with back up QB's, Miami, the Jets, Washington, Houston, NO Saints, Carolina with Cam Newton. However, that cover 2 shell defense was kryptonite to the Bills offense and the Bills OC had no answer. Teams had figured out how to stop, slow down that "one dimensional" Buffalo passing offense. Now, the Bills offense took off in the second half of that Tampa Bay game and didn't look back. Their offensive line play improved. The Bills OC finally decided to give the Bills RBs more than a few carries a game. I suspect that the new Buffalo Bills OC run a more balanced offensive scheme like we saw after that Tampa game. What the Bengals did to Mahomes was rush only 3. drop 8 into coverage. "By naturally clogging throwing lanes with eight in coverage, spying the quarterback, simulating pressure with corner blitzes, and allowing Bell -- and occasionally fellow safety Bates -- to roam free over the middle, Mahomes and the Chiefs were epically perplexed. It was a master class in proper defensive adjustment by coordinator Lou Anarumo, and his players executed fantastically." Let's hope that any new Buffalo OC will understand how to defeat that scheme.

Hopefully that crap is gone the way of the NY Giants. A lot want to blame Mahomes... With KC coaching, what happened to running the ball and playing good defense. Last time I looked Patrick Mahomes didn't give up the 21 points to the Bengals.

Wanna dissect it? https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/what-in-the-world-happened-to-patrick-mahomes-after-halftime-examining-chiefs-qbs-play-in-afc-title-game/ "After a nearly flawless first half in which he went 18 of 22 for 220 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions, Mahomes had a dud of epic proportions in the second half and overtime. Mahomes dropped back 24 times after halftime. He completed 8 of 18 passes for 55 yards with two interceptions, four sacks, and no touchdowns." "By naturally clogging throwing lanes with eight in coverage, spying the quarterback, simulating pressure with corner blitzes, and allowing Bell -- and occasionally fellow safety Bates -- to roam free over the middle, Mahomes and the Chiefs were epically perplexed. It was a master class in proper defensive adjustment by coordinator Lou Anarumo, and his players executed fantastically."

I really don't care how it happened... as I'm just ecstatic that it did happen! The Kansas City Chiefs are sitting at home watching the super bowl.

I have no idea why so many Bills fans are after McD's head for the playoff loss at Kansas City. Yes, he is the HC and responsible for what happens on the field. The HC has some control over his assistant coaches and that usually happens before a game and during halftime. The HC of the Buffalo Bills doesn't call the on field plays for the offense or defense. Those are by DC Lesie Frazier and OC Brian Daboll and it's up to the players to execute them. It looked to me like Patrick Mahomes has Buffalo's number on defense as they put up 552 yards of offense and that 13 seconds left FG should have never happened. That's on Buffalo Bills DC Leslie Frazier! I would like to see the "all-22" on exactly what the Bengals did in the second half of that Championship game to hinder, shut down Mahomes. Nevertheless, I'm hoping that Frazier gets a HCing job somewhere... so McD doesn't need to replace him.

The man has already been offered a few HCing jobs on other teams. I highly doubt he would consider a step down to any be teams OC... no matter how much money is offered.

Good lord so true. Leslie Frazier, you need a job as a HC somewhere!

If you talked to Brain Daboll just previous to the 2018 season starting...he was very high on Nathan Peterman. That 2018 Ravens team destroyed the Bills QB's and their OC had no answers. A 47-3 loss and Bills QB's running for their lives...literally. Nathan Peterman 5 of 18 for 24 yards, 2 INT, 3x sacks all in 2 1/2 quarters of that opener. Josh Allen entered the game in the 3rd quarter with 11:22 to go. 5 of 15 for 74 yards, 3x sacks. The Buffalo drives in that game, Punt, Punt, Punt, Punt, Missed FG, INT, Punt, end of half, Downs, INT, Punt, FG, Punt, Punt, end of game. That missed FG in the first half by Buffalo was setup by a fumble forced by Edmunds at the Baltimore 35. From there it went, penalty, incomplete, one yard run, sacked -5 yards. The Buffalo Bills finished that 2018 season 6-10 and mostly because rookie QB Josh Allen emerged as a decent running QB that was able to survive a very bad offensive line. Allen being the leading rusher on that years team that season. If Daboll is left to his own devices and doesn't hire some really good assistants... he will fail quickly in NY. His jobs life expectancy is so dependent on who he hires to support him.

Squib or no squib... after that kickoff the Bills defense didn't cover the Chiefs receivers and instead covered the sidelines...KO, touchback to the 25, 2 pass plays Tyreek Hill 19 yards, Travis Kelce 25 yards, 49 yard FG.

Especially after laughing it up and hugging his assistants after that win in Buffalo. What's da hoodie gonna do now? Just lost his OC to the Raiders and the director of player personnel in Dave Ziegler too.

Beating that Patriots 47-17 in that WC game! Shut those snobby NE fans up! Like Diggs said in Gillette stadium, you, you and you...STFU! Josh Allen 5 TD passes. Allen had more TDs than incompletions!

I've been pretty quiet about saying anything bad about Frazier, not like I was for Daboll. Glad he is now gone. Just kinda hoping some team would hire Frazier too. Think about it though, the entire NFL world watched what we watched with that supposed #1 Buffalo defense giving up 552 yards of offense to KC in that playoff game. Not only that, that last kickoff series in allowing the Chiefs to move the ball into FG range with only 13 seconds. Inexplicably, the Bills defense covered the sideline... but not the Chiefs two best receivers in Hill, Kelce. Giving up 41 points at home to a run first team with scruffy QB 11 of 20 for 106, RB Taylor 32 rushes for 185 yards and 4 TDs. Yea sure, #1 Defense. Something needs to change.

Yep, I agree. All I heard in the media was how Chiefs fans were cherishing those 13 seconds. I think they all thought after beating Buffalo is... all we gotta do is show up and we will win it all... That Cincy team though, week loss to the Bears, week 8 loss to the Jets, Cleveland swept them. But, in the playoffs, beat the Raiders, beat the Titans in Tennessee. I'm reveling in their loss

Pardon me as I simply couldn't watch that game. Great effing new the Chiefs lost

Don't hold your breath... If all Bills fans could see what happened with those 13 seconds...so did the rest of the NFL world. Jacksonville Miami...the only one left that gave him an interview...once. Houston Minnesota Las Vegas Raiders NO Saints

The kid is a unicorn. His arm, accuracy is as good as Mahomes...if not better. And no QB in the NFL can run and throw like him. Mahomes can run, just nowhere near as good as Allen. The Buffalo Bills are so darn lucky to have him! Many fans are concerned that McD will hire a Greg Roman type OC and run the ball more. No way! McD is not a fool as he knows the best player on the entire team is the QB, with that arm of his. Allen literally destroyed that #2 New England Patriots passing defense in that WC game with 5 passing TDs while playing a perfect game. The guy threw more TDs then incompletions!!! Overall performance grade of 100%! This stuff is what Buffalo Bills fans live for! My hope is that the Bills find an OC who wants to keep Allen in the pocket as much as possible while allowing the Bills RBs to do most of the ground work.

I never went anywhere near saying the coaching staff ruined my life... perhaps that's you! I can't watch the NFL network or ESPN simply because I don't want to listen to crap about the Chiefs for the next week. And yes, I'm hoping the Bengals beat them so I don't need to listen to them after next week. KC fans rejoicing in those 13 seconds. How Travis Kelce hated the #13 and now loves it, ETC. Statistically the 2021 Buffalo Bills were the #1 overall defense. Realistically, stats are very misleading. The Bills got that #1 ranking by beating a bunch of backup scrub QBs , backup QBs in Miami, Washington, Houston, NY Jets, Saints. Tell me how good that #1 defense was in giving up 41 points to the Colts, their RB 32 rushes for 185 yards, 4 TDs. Over 500 yards of offense to the Chiefs, 552 to be exact. The simple truth is that the 2021 Buffalo Bills were about to kick off to the Chiefs with 13 seconds left in the game, with a 94.3 chance of win probability. Bills QB Josh Allen played two near perfect games in the playoffs. It DOES suck they lost as we could have had a home AFC Championship game