Doc Brown

Can he do jet sweeps?

McDermott just basically said there's no way in hell.

The offense performed well in the 13 second game. The defense allowed 552 yards and 42 points. That's the side of the ball that got him the head coaching job. Top it off with not squib kicking it and two abhorrent defensive calls. It's his worst head coaching performance of all time. IMO. I know we need a sacrificial lamb but this was more of a spread out loss. He was the main reason we lost 13 seconds.

It's a good case for the worse regular season loss of McD's tenure given the stakes. The Dolphins obviously rallied around their coach after the GM was fired. To me the postseason is just a different animal and 13 seconds was just a complete abortion of late game management by McD.

The question was is this McD's worst loss as a Bills coach? There's plenty of regular season games over the years that come to mind (@Jax, Ind, @Jax (England), @Jets twice, @Atl) that were just as bad. Thirteen seconds was absolute coaching malpractice that I believe cost us a Super Bowl.

I thought we played poorly.

No. 13 seconds will always be McD’s worst loss.

Did you even read the article? Florio never never said that. He even acknowledged that he benefited from a 17 game regular season schedule and the playoffs are what matters the most for McDermott. However, let's give them one loss a year for the last five years. He'd still accomplish this feat if he went 12-5 this year. Two things can be true at once. He's a very good regular season coach and has created a winning culture for this team since he got here in 2017. He specializes in defense and this defense has let us down five years straight in the playoff losses against Mahomes (4x) and Burrow (1x). This is just another thread in the endless McDermott conundrum talk and none of it matters because Pegula isn't firing McDermott any time soon.

I'm surprised teams don't blitz more. Last couple of years. It's obviously risky with man coverage and Allen possibly escaping for a big run up the field. I was a little surprised by these numbers. 2024 Blitzed: 0.19 EPA per dropback (9th), 17.8% DVOA (9th) Not blitzed: 0.31 EPA per dropback (2nd), 30.8% DVOA (3rd) 2023 Blitzed: -0.06 EPA per dropback (34th), -9.0% DVOA (25th) Not blitzed: 0.14 EPA per dropback (2nd), 32.9% DVOA (2nd)

I'm still trying to go through Beane's brain here. "Ok guys. Allen exploded when he had a smaller type WR who can create instant separation. We know Josh is a visual thrower who needs to see the separation before pulling the trigger. Let's get the exact opposite WR."

It's a great question and shows there's no easy path. For me, it's REALLY hard to win three road games in a row against good teams. Especially when we'd pry face the #1 seed in the divisional game who would have two weeks rest. Give me the home field and a bye week. There's a chance Baltimore, KC, or Indy would get knocked out in the WC round and we wouldn't have to play both BAL and KC.

Two first round picks is a win for the Jets. Especially one that needs a franchise QB.

Garbage time stats time.

How Bout Them Cowboys

Uncharacteristic mistake by Pickens there.

True

Excellent coverage by the Cardinals. I agree with Aikman and you take the field goal there.

That kicker sucks.

I don't want to tell Eberflus how to do his job but maybe man coverage against Harrison Jr. isn't the greatest plan in the world.

Somewhat differently but I don't see him as content with the roster as evidenced by the trades for Cooper, Douglas, or Hines the last three seasons. Two thirds isn't chump change. Beane to me is somewhere between the two extremes of ultra aggressive and ultra conservative. My guess right now is he's seeing if we can add a DE or WR at the deadline. I don't expect it to be a major name though.

Geno Smith against that defense? He already threw two picks.

I think most people took them week 1 but I like your way of thinking. Edit: -My bad. I accidentally read week 11 and thought they were playing the Chiefs.

I'm pry taking the Bills next weekend and I'm terrified.

McDermott just confirmed it. Really sucks but next man up.

McDermott sending five on that Hal Mary and Mahomes doesn't even get it to the end zone. He's learning.