Rochesterfan

Yes but saying he did not deserve any votes and if you think he deserved a vote you are a massive homer is wrong. It is not being a homer to think that he should have gotten a vote or two as part of the consideration - he did a heck of a job.

The issue is that this was being discussed in another thread - with the article already linked. The OP did not like the way that was going because once again the BN released a very poorly worded teaser tweet and that caused issues. Josh should not create a thread linking a pay article for his own company. That would be like cover1charging for his service and then linking his coverage - it should be against the terms of service. If someone else wants to link the article or if Josh wants to defend the writers that is fine, but do not link a pay article with no discussion- that is slimy. My biggest issue is this is not the first time a BN article has a teaser sent out that then Josh has to come and defend the coverage because the teaser makes it sound worse and does not meet the point of the article. The issue is they need to do either a better job of tweeting out teaser material or accept the criticisms that come with poorly worded tweets. It happened with the race article and with a McCoy article where the tweet made it sound like a major issue and Josh had to provide better contents to understand it better - to me that is a huge part of the problem - they send out click bait leads and then get upset when people have not read the article get mad. We saw it with Hap just a week or so ago. Maybe the BN needs to do a better job at the click bait or maybe they need some new writers that are not so cynical and already leave a bad taste in people’s mouths.

I would disagree with this - he did not deserve to be COY, but he deserved consideration. I personally think top 5 coach of year candidate for McDermott. I think they got got it right with McVay. I also think Minnesota, Jacksonville, Philadelphia- all should have gotten looks just like McD. Suggestioning he should get a vote or two is not being a homer - trying to argue he should have won may be. I thought the NFL got all of the picks right - no real surprises - wish Wentz had stayed healthy because I think he could of been MVP, but he didn’t.

I agree - the stuff I have seen have suggested the Browns were willing to trade for Smith and perhaps do a short term deal, but I do not think they wanted a 4 year extension (my opinion). The Browns are drafting a QB - that is why the new GM is there. They would not have given Smith that extension and waste 4 years of QB time at that cost - again my opinion. The Redskins were not in a place to get a top guy - so the four years for Smith makes more sense - play him and in a year or two draft a guy.

I am not sure I believe this. The league does not allow trades until the new year starts and Kirk Cousins at that point woul not be under contract. Alex Smith can happen because he still had a year left on his contract, but there are rules for guys that have been franchised. Unless there is a window that Washington could sign him before the start of the new year and then trade him afterwards - this seems phony. Even then there would be potential salary cap implications unless the contract is written specifically to prevent that with the trade - such as base pay to start the year - signing bonus after the trade.

Between this and the press conference thread - you have a ton of people just looking to make crap up and try to fit it in and throw blame everywhere. The Bills are trying to screw Eric Wood - or maybe if he retires before the start of the new season they do not have the cap space and would have to recoup. Maybe by waiting they can work together to make sure he gets what he needs. Maybe the conference was delayed to allow his agent and the NFLPA work with the team to find the best possible solution- it does not have to be nefarious. Maybe Gil Byrd was let go (similar to Dennison) because he was not the first choice and a guy that McD really wants became available. This is a business and sometimes in your initial hire you settle and good teams look to upgrade - it does not mean McD did not appreciate his staff and does not make them racist as some seem to suggest. Everyone calm down and let thing play out for a bit - still lots going.

Wait come on guys this is legitimate- you just need to add 2+12+28 - see all the two’s to know the Bills and Rams are going to rescind the Sammy Watkins trade because Beane is willing to let go of a sure 2nd round pick to try and get a 3rd round Comp pick in 2019 to prove to Bills fans that he understands the value of Comp picks. Come on this is all so clear.

This makes no sense at all Marshal Faulk whined about it on the NFL network itself originally- why would CBS or Fox keep a complete lid on it. Besides there are a bigger percentage of former players out of the league and you hear next to nothing - you don’t think something would come out with disgruntled former players either on the team or playing that team. Real tin foil hat stuff here. Agreed - we known Belicheat is well known for taking his advantages to the edge and then well beyond into cheating territory - they have been repeatedly caught and punished for that and it would not surprise me if something else is found before the end. I just do not believe it is a league sanctioned thing or that the league in anyway condones or pushes the Pats to win - that to me is crazy. If you told me there is a bad ref - much like basketball- I could believe that maybe, but it does not happen with one crew and there is no way 1 single ref could have that much impact - even if it is Riveron in NY - to impact enough games to make a difference.

I would love love to see this happen, but I think you are very wrong to assume any amount of sensors could have any kind of accuracy calling a game. There is just no way. How would it decide catch versus non catch - at what point would it know and at what sensitivity are things set. The Pats fumble is a perfect example - it was clear the ball was loose, but when his knee was down he had the ball pinned to his leg - what algorithm is going to be able to decide if he had possession or not - there was pressure - so to the sensor the ball was in possession. A sack could create a similar situation with a fumble, but the ball in between two bodies and sensors can feel the pressure - it would not know if it was the QB or the Defender putting that pressure on. Embedding sensors in the field cause another issue as fields change throughout the game - a grass field gets torn up in spots so how do you keep it calibrated correctly - also you get games like the snow game and there may be 5 inches of snow on top of the field and that will have huge implications on calls. Someday maybe when the game is played with robots and in a cyber field maybe this will work, but I do not think it is anyth8ng close to usable for the foreseeable future.

This has been going on for years and there is no conspiracy. Better teams get better calls. Fans of teams that lose complain. There is nothing worth noting here. In the 90’s The Bills and the 49ers got more calls not because of a grand scheme - they were better teams and when a play was close things broke their way. People can complain about the calls, but for example Pittsburgh and the TE - based upon the current rules - they got the call correct - so it was not a conspiracy it is a guy falling down that lost control of the ball. The NYJs game - you have the TE lose control of the ball before scoring and by the time he regains control he is in the air and lands out of bounds in the end zone - it was the correct call again - it sucks, but it was correct. People complained mightily about the Miami fumble and the player touching it out of bounds - was that a league wide conspiracy also or was that the league getting the call right. Heck even the Benjamin play if you legitimately look at it was very borderline and I can understand why it was ruled the way it was - control of the ball is always the issue and there is no way to conclusively get that right - it is almost always a judgement call.

Agreed - I am guessing they will work on stretching and placement in his pre combine work and it will be bigger when they measure at the combine. One of the biggest issues I have with the combine is how everyone gets specially prepared for it. It is why the wonderlic scores of QBs like Marino and Kelly look so bad compared to guys coming out know. These guys take tons of prep tests and work on their weak spots and if a top end QB has a lower score today - that is a bigger issue than 20-30 years ago.

Yes because we almost won the Super Bowl the last 2 seasons with all of that talent. Oh wait - we missed the playoffs- how can that be with all of the talent we had - maybe they are not leaders and the team lacked leadership. Maybe the talent is not as important as character. Maybe a troll is a troll and we get to read garbage like this. Goodbye!

Based upon your above scenario - I would probably wait, but Rudolph would not be horrible. I do not want anything to do with Jackson.

Exactly - you basically eliminate the big play - anyone that is beat just tackle the WR. This is especially true at the end of the game - it would have killed the end of the Saints game and probably the Baltimore/Cincinnati game that got us in.

Just heard this - Crazy, very interesting to see if they are looking at McDaniels or what they are thinking. It would suck for them to go all in and not get what they need.

Horrible take - all the way. The Bills organization made a statement - the incident is under investigation and they are backing RI story at this time. It sounded to to me like it was discussed internally with RI and others and they found nothing and are now waiting for the NFL to review all of the sounds. It sounded to me like they handled it appropriately and at this point people are just leaping to conclusions based upon his past. Others have stated they did not hear it or nothing was said - so why not wait for the final verdict rather than going off before things are done.

Come on that does not fit the narrative of hate. The man can coach - he may be a jerk, but he can coach. Taking an underachieving team from last year and now they are in the Championship game. He was not a guy I could like -ala McD- but the guy could coach.

And why is 26 covering the short out at 10 yard when even that gives them nothing. A more standard quarters defense covering 4 across would have been way more appropriate. That seems like a very bad defensive call knowing the game situation.

Absolutely not, but watching him trying to slow down and get in position to make the tackle and not hit him early - I think his body got messed up - his head was up as he was getting there, but he should not have ducked his head totally. Again it was a split second thing and the way the timing was off for him - I just think he blew it bad. I just do not think it was a sign of anything - just something that happened at the worst time for that player. I will blame the coaches for not having a better deep coverage available. I think overall the coaches should get a bunch of blame, but that poor kid is going to get crucified by the fans for that play and he probably deserves a bunch of it.

He is running full speed - I don’t think he could just stop. He realized how early he was and did not want a penalty.

I don’t think so - he has been making good tackles throughout the game. Looked like he realised he was early and and was trying to avoid him to prevent the DPI. This is why you make DPI a spot foul. If it was only 15 yards they go for the interference every time. I am sure during the time-out the coaches stressed no PI and just tackle them in bounds. The ball hung and he got there early - could not have PI - so ducked and in a terribly unlucky play took out his only other defender. I think it was a bad play and be bad luck, but that was not him trying to hit the WR like that.

This is exactly it - if he gets there early it is PI and they are in field goal range. I think he realizes it and tries to avoid him figuring there were 2 Saints to make the tackle. Then he takes out the one with the best shot. This will make them sick to their stomach watching that play.

How do you feel Teef? (About the hire not how you feel in general - do not need to know that!)

Agreed

I do not know if it will be better or not - he sounds like a great teacher which is very important to McD. He also has cut his teeth with some of the best coaches in the world and that is important. Where I will agree with Maj is based upon his history as OC he is worse than Dennison. His rankings in both passing and points are lower than Dennisons and he really showed very little most of the year at Alabama. I understand that he has had garbage at QB to work with, but so has Dennison and at least Dennison has had some success as an NFL OC. So we can all sit and argue whether he will be better or not. Since he has not developed any QBs at any levels - this makes the hiring of a QB coach that much more important. I think Daboll will be fine, but he is not the guy I want developing my young QB. If they get a nice QB coach then this hire will matter less, but if they do not get someone to develop the QB - then this hire was probably a mistake. That is my opinion.