Nihilarian

Forget the Vikings OC and the 49ers DC. The guy the Browns should be looking at is the Titans OC Arthur Smith.

Oh, didn't you get the memo? It was all Josh Allen as he had an RPO and went pass crazy all on his own... Allen even called the run plays to Gore for around one yard a pop after that 14 yard run he had. The offensive coordinator is responsible for all those inopportune, costly O line penalties that set the drives back. Buffalo was 24th in the league in penalties in 2019 and most were on the O line. He is responsible for the O line with missed blocking assignments, not picking up free blitzes. When the Ravens, Patriots ran that cover zero blitz against the Bills there is usually more than one way to defeat that defense and yet the Bills didn't have an answer all game long. Yeah, that falls on the OC! Lack of discipline, lack of knowing and understanding their protections, blocking assignments. The offensive coordinator is also responsible for finding a way to make the run game work and if it stalls for a few runs you don't give up on it and go pass happy. Especially not with a young, inexperienced QB. No freaking way should the Bills OC had Allen throw 46 passes in that game with only 13 runs by Singletary.

Yep, this is exactly why I'm hoping he goes to Cleveland. (Literally laughed out loud at that bolded.) I had a typo, with Allen 24 of 26 when it should have been 24 of 48 passes. McD throws Allen sorta under the bus by saying Allen tried to do too much...kinda why I'm souring on McD at this point. I don't think he has one clue on offense.

The fact that the Browns didn't sign anyone just yet tells me they might just be taking a longer look at Stefanski and he might be their guy. JMO Like others have pointed out a lot might depend on how that Vikings offense plays against that 49er defense in San Fran on Sat. While others are still in the playoffs, 49ers DC Robert Saleh, Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy, Ravens OC Greg Roman who all have interviewed. Also, that if Daboll was their guy he would have been hired by now.

Break it down to the first half. 21 passes, 13 runs and Allen accounted for 3 of those runs. Second half, 3rd Next series,(1 pass, 3 runs with Allen left end for 19 yards and a first down.) Pass, run, run, Punt! 3rd Next series, (3 passes, 1 sack, 4 runs.) 1st, run, pass, Allen run, run, pass, run, sack -8 yards, Punt! One Allen run. 3rd /4th Next series, (4 passes, 1 sack, fumble) pass, pass, pass, pass sack fumble. turnover. Next series, (2 passes, 1 run) Run, pass, pass, Punt! Next series, (3 passes, 4 runs, sack) Pass, run, run, run, pass, run, pass, sack-14 yards on 4th down. Next series, (9 passes, 1 run by Allen 18 yards) Run, pass, pass, pass, pass pass, pass, pass, pass, FG. Next series, OT (7 passes, 3 runs all by Allen) run, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, run, pass, run, pass. Punt. 29 passes, 16 runs with 6 by Allen. Only 10 runs between Gore, Singletary all half. In fact, Singletary only touched the ball on a run 3 times in the 4th quarter and no runs in OT. From what I see is that Bills OC Brian Daboll was asking Josh Allen to basically carry the offense the entire game. Allen 24 of 46* for 264 yards passing. Allen the leading rusher 9 rushes for 92 yards. one receiving TD. Also, Daboll can't figure out a way to make a first by running the ball most times so it all went on Allen. Then on 3rd and 8 Allen gets sacked by Watt dropping back to pass. On 4th and 27 Allen sacked -19 yards. Opps, said 26.

The thing is, for Josh Allen to last in this league you don't want him to be a Lamar Jackson or Cam Newton. For the Vikings everything works off that power zone play action scheme. "The Vikings do an excellent job of disguising play-action, making it almost impossible for the defense to tell until the last moment." https://whodatdish.com/2020/01/03/new-orleans-saints-breaking-down-vikings/

I'm not torn, as I'd be ecstatic if he took the Cleveland HCing job! Shoot, as smart as he is he might actually do a good job there as HC, as long as he isn't calling the plays. What most Bills fans fail to realize is that this QB is NOT a Peyton Manning type who attended a big time college program (Tennessee)and was developed in that program. So throwing him into the NFL fire over and over is exactly what he needed to further develop into greatness. Allen basically needed to go begging to even get into a college scholarship and only one college in the entire country accepted him. That school was Wyoming and exactly how many big time NFL QBs have come from that college...none! Wanna know how many 1st round picks besides Josh Allen have come from that college since 1947? RB Lawrence Gains in 1976, Detroit, DB Arron Kyle 1976, Dallas. DT Ron Billingsley 1967. Yeah, that's it, three...and no other QB from that big time "Mountain West Conference." Wanna know how many times the Wyoming Cowboys have come in first place since 1999? Never! Josh Allen was a noted raw, developmental project at QB coming into the NFL, with a heart as big as the Wyoming sky with a burning desire to win. The problem as I see it is that Allen can be ruined by some overzealous OC in his desire to prove that "he" can be great. Over the years I've seen so very many really good college QBs ruined on bad offenses with bad OCs! Brian Daboll has never been good as an OC in building a good passing offense, ever! Four different NFL teams in six seasons and never had a better than 22nd passing offense and that was with Matt Moore in Miami. Daboll has never developed any young, inexperienced QB. Why do people think he will be able to magically do that now? If anything, Josh Allen is making Daboll look half way decent. What Allen needs is a ball control, run first, play action passing offense that will allow him to learn and grow as he develops without getting his confidence destroyed along the way. The Vikings power zone play action scheme under Kevin Stephanski would be a great scheme to develop Josh in. The Buffalo Bills under defensive minded Sean McDermott would appear to be the perfect fit for Allen as the Erhardt-Perkins offensive philosophy is supposed to be a ball control run first with play action scheme. With Daboll as OC that only gets utilized about half the time and in some games he literally goes passing crazy. Having Allen throw 48 times in that Texans game was utterly moronic. Especially considering the Bills had a 16 point lead and should have been pounding the rock with Singletary to control the clock.

McDaniel's is a bit of a squirrel as a HC and he proved this when he took the Denver job. Getting rid of Jay Cutler, drafting Tim Tebow. He might not like Baker Mayfield, who knows? Or, perhaps he wants a contract like the one the Panthers just gave Matt Rhule? Seven years, 60 mill?

You know who is another very very very smart man who works extremely hard...is actually quite brilliant and knows NFL offenses like no other? Chucky! That's right, Jon Gruden. He is he demanding type of HC/OC that wants his QB to be brilliant right along with him and know the play book backwards and forwards. So, at some point in a game he can call some obscure play from the back page of the playbook that the defense won't expect. Kinda the reason why he did so well with QB Rich Gannon and Gannon did so well under him. Or even QB Brad Johnson who was also a seasoned veteran. One thing to note, as smart as Gruden is, he has never developed a rookie QB from the start. Chan Gailey is another OC/HC who never developed a rookie, young QB and relied on a veteran QB like Fitz to run his offense. Brian Daboll reminds me of Gruden who needs a very smart, seasoned veteran QB to run his offense or otherwise it fails...and even then, the offense is often at times so complicated that all the other players on offense can't seem to get it to work properly. Bill Parcells offensive philosophy was to keep it simple. He would go over the offensive game plan each week and throw out all but around 25 offensive plays and tell his OCs to focus on making them work to perfection. Ex Green bay, Seattle HC Mike Holgren was also a perfectionist who would work an offense over and over until they got it right. Which is something I highly doubt Brian Daboll does considering Josh Allen's deep ball completion percentage. To those Bills fans thinking that losing Brian Daboll will somehow hinder Josh Allen's growth as a QB are very mistaken in my view. Should Allen get a new OC like a Pat Shurmer, Jim Caldwell, or even Bills QB coach Ken Dorsey. My take is the Bills offense would improve greatly as a result. If I'm the guy picking between Daboll, McDaniel's or Stefanski. I'd pick the later of the three. Although, I'm hoping that Daboll gets the Browns HC job.

Its clear that Daboll has been outclassed all season and it will be even more evident next year with better offensive talent. This season barley beating the bad teams and getting punked by teams we should have beaten, Browns, Patriots at least once and even the Ravens. Daboll was out coached by now unemployed Freddie Kitchens. Watching NFL network show how the Vikings OC kevin Stefanski drew up a game plan that the 13-3 Saints at New Orleans who just weren't ready for them and it all works off that play action power zone run scheme that is basically unstoppable with Dalvin Cook at RB. https://whodatdish.com/2020/01/03/new-orleans-saints-breaking-down-vikings/ Bills OC Brian Daboll is calling plays like he has an elite six year seasoned veteran QB and he doesn't! Perhaps in another fours years those plays might work if everyone on offense executes them perfectly. Still, calling for that many passes when the team already had a 16 point lead was mind boggling. Daboll doesn't have a young Peyton Manning behind center as he has a raw kid from Wyoming. Had Daboll worked the run game like he did against the Cowboys, Steelers against the Texans in the second half the Bills would in all probability playing in Kansas this weekend. Did I happen to mention that my favorite game to watch this last weekend was the Titans pounding the ball against the Patriots in New England. That Patriots loss took some of the pain away from the Bills loss. Knowing that the Bills record of four straight super bowls will stand.

Whats heartening is that the Patriots first lost to the Dolphins to end the regular season and then went down in the first WC round. Lovin it! So, with Brady aging and Bill Belichick looking not so happy the end of the dynasty might be very close. Things might get very tense in NE should Jimmy G and the 49ers win it all this year.

That ain't nothin! He was out coached by now unemployed Freddie Kitchens!! I've always had the frame of mind that McD is a good HC and knows what he is doing... Now after realizing this man let his OC go forward with Nathan Peterman as the teams starter for 2018. The OC also screwed it up most of 2018 so when the team got behind in points by as little as three, would go pass happy while forgetting about the run game only to lose every time. 6-10 Well, that things would change and the HC would have a sit down with the OC. That the Bills would find their run game and go with it this season. Only to see the Bills barely beating bad teams while losing to the future playoff teams every time, Eagles, Patriots 2x, Ravens and even the losing Browns. (The jets don't count) the ONLY team that actually beat Buffalo soundly were the Eagles. That sit down never happened and it looks like Brian Daboll has had a free hand to do whatever he wants. Question, how do you lose a 13 point lead to a team with the worst red zone defense in the league when you are in their red zone five times? By kicking four FGs? The Texans had the 19th defense in points allowed and 28th in yards allowed. The Bills OC had a brain fart of asking his young, inexperienced QB to throw 48 times while running Singletary only 13 times to be certain JJ Watt got a sack and a hit or two on Allen. If you go back and look over the season every time the Bills ran more then they threw the ball they won. Meanwhile almost ever time they threw the ball more they lost. Save that first Jets game. Now I'm in the frame of mind that its the head coach holding this team back with his bad, overpaid choice at OC. (I believe Kirby Jackson let it slip that Brian Daboll is the highest paid OC in the league.) This is deja vu all over again with Maroon and his choice of OC in Hackett. Probably going to end up ruining Josh Allen...there are only so many times you can throw a QB into the fire again and again. The (9-7) Tennessee Titans showed the 2019 Bills how to beat the Patriots 'IN' New England in their WC game. Will Buffalo learn?

The games that showed the biggest weaknesses on this team Eagles, Patriots, Ravens, Texans. The Eagles dominated both on Buffalo Bills lines...both sides of the lines need to be bigger, stronger, faster. The Ravens with that cover 0 blitz and Buffalo had no answer...Texans missed blocking assignments. The Bills need a Derrick Henry type of RB and power run game. Can this scouting staff find that big, tall "catch everything" special wide receiver in the draft? They missed on DK Metcalf. The 2020 Buffalo Bills won't win many games if they keep forcing Josh Allen to throw 48 times a game...especially when they have a 13 point lead.

Even when you think you know...you never know! So many owners want instant success and sometimes it works and sometimes it takes years to build a playoff team from a bad team. The Lions should have made a change! The Jags should have made a change and instead made Coughlin the scapegoat. Both the Cowboys and the Panthers made quick judgement with their coaching decisions and look what happened when Buffalo did that with Rex Ryan. In one or two year ALL those teams I mentioned could be indeed looking for a change at the top. These super rich owners are very impatient and want to win right away. In Jerry Jones case he might feel "his" time is running out and wants to win again right now! The NFL= not for long! To this point, the Browns have interviewed five candidates: McCarthy, prominent offensive coordinators in Greg Roman (Baltimore Ravens), Eric Bieniemy (Kansas City Chiefs) and Brian Daboll (Buffalo Bills), and standout defensive coordinator Robert Saleh (San Francisco 49ers). https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/report-cleveland-browns-want-new-coach-respected-by-these-players-more-than-anything/95-95713a59-897f-4d56-9aef-31bc0f3eefbf

Well, the owner in Indy does have a history and perhaps he knew something about Andrew Luck going forward. To me, Cleveland remains about the most dysfunction organization in the league with no end in sight for those poor fans. Washington is a close second and now Carolina is closing that gap with new owner Tepper.

My take is this is a very strange year. I would have thought more head coaches would be fired and we should see that next off season. Next year at this time something could be going on with Miami, the NY Jets, and even in New England. The Bengals 2-14 and Browns could be making moves again depending. The Jags 6-10, maroons time might finally run out. The Broncos 7-9, Raiders 7-9, Chargers 5-11 might all be changing regimes. The Cowboys and Giants might be regretting their recent moves. The Bears 8-8 and Lions 3-12 finally give up on two slugs. The Panthers 5-11, Falcons 7-9 Bucs 7-9 might all be looking for change depending.

Ahh this sucks, choice between McDaniel's & Daboll for HC...it ain't gonna be the latter. As for McDaniel's choice for OC in Daboll, I'mma prayin.

I don't hate that thought! Mostly because I've seen what happens when you hire a competent OC. I don't even know who Arthur Smith is and have never even heard of him. But what he did with Ryan Tannehill and that Titans run game this season I'd love to see him in Buffalo calling plays. That run game they have is the exact identity the Buffalo Bills needed this season. For the love of god look at what the Titans did to the Patriots IN New England in that WC game. This is exactly what Buffalo should have done to NE 2x, to Baltimore, to Cleveland. People keep telling me that running the ball with authority is old fashioned and outdated and yet look at what Greg Roman did in Baltimore with the #1 run game. Top running teams in 2019 in rushing yards per game, Baltimore-San Francisco-Tennessee-Dallas-Minnesota-Seattle-Indianapolis-Buffalo-Houston-Arizona-Philadelphia. QB Drew Brees broke all sorts of passing records along with his #1 WR in the league in Michael Thomas with 149 receptions! The Saints went 13-3 and where are they now?

Not only would the Bills have won the game, they would have dominated it! like 35-0. All those FGs should have been TDs. They get to 13-0 and for some inexplicable reason forget what to do when they have a big lead. Run the crap outta the ball and control the clock and keep the Texans offense off the field while also keeping the Bills defense on the bench nice and fresh. I don't know that a true #1 WR would have won that game with Josh Allen throwing the ball 48 times. There was absolutely no need to throw that much as Singletary with only 13 carries and why the was Frank Gore even on the field? Why did it take the last two games of the season to get Duke Williams involved? This wasn't Billsy, this was outright stupidity! There is only one guy I blame for this loss and for a lost season with a championship defense along with an underutilized running back.

Caldwell would make a great OC in Buffalo too...if leaves or in my dreams gets fired. If i'm not mistaken didn't he get hired as QB coach, assistant HC for the Dolphins last off season and took a leave of absence for some reason. Although he remained as a consultant.

This might actually be a good move for them! A lot depends on who he chooses as his coordinators.

Did he get the job...

I didn't want him either because of his lousy 3 cone drill and he could only one one route... Lots of teams got this one wrong, so I don't feel so bad.

The Bills were up 13-0 at halftime... so why in the world would you ask Allen to throw 48 times in that game? This with giving Devin Singletary only 13 carries all game with a 4.8 YPC avg. The smart move on offense would have been to start running the ball the entire second half, run the clock and play keep away. What the Bills did on offense in the second half was about as brainy as having Brian Daboll get some carries and asking Frank Gore to run the ball with 7 runs for 1 yard. There is only one guy I pin this loss on!

Btw that trick play with a throw from Brown to Allen for a TD is nothing new as Jim Kelly probably told him about it. The Bills ran that same play to the same side in the late 80's with RB Rob Riddick throwing to Kelly. It didn't go for a TD but it did go for a big gain. Trick plays are all well and good, fun to watch but they don't usually win games. What does win games is a formula to build a dominant running attack like the one that the Titans used against the Patriots in New England, knocking them out of the playoffs. A formula to build a passing game like the Patriots have to move the chains down the field to reach the red zone and score. What Brian Daboll builds is too complex and just not good enough to sustain drives. The offensive line has far to many penalties which is a lack of discipline. Players missing blocks or blocking the wrong guy. I like Frank Gore but he was more or less useless in that playoff game besides one run for 14 yards. Gore went 8 carries for 22 yards and take away that one run and it was 7 carries for one yard! Singletary with only 13 carries for 58 yards a 4.8 ypc avg was criminal. Why wait until the last regular season game and a playoff game to get Duke Williams involved? 48 Throws for Josh, Singletary 7 targets, 6 rec for 76 yards John Brown, 8 targets, 4 rec for 50 yards Duke Williams, 10 targets, 4 rec for 49 yards Cole Beasley, 5 targets, 4 rec for 44 yards Isaiah McKenzie, 5 targets, 4 rec for 23 yards Brutal down the stretch is about right. If the Bills worked the run game against the Ravens, Patriots like they did against the Steelers, Cowboys they would have beaten them along with the NY Jets to take the division. I'm hoping that some team steps up and hires Daboll away as HC. If not, this jackass of an OC will probably ruin him.