Scott7975

Yeah we are going to have to retool for sure. Thats kinda part of the reason I think it's time for McD to go. He built a good foundation here and got us some good wins. Unfortunately, he didn't get the complete job done while contracts were on the cheap. Retooling with McD will just be a defensive retooling. It kinda needs to happen but at the same time wtf... its time to build around Allen 3 seasons ago min. It's time to stop with this 200 man defensive rotation, cornerback rotation now too. I think when a team needs to retool and it's on the fence with a coach then it's the best time to get that new coach in there. That way new coach can retool the team in his vision instead of wasting another year with someone else's vision.

McD actually talked about this exact thing in one of his pressers. Probably why they made that article. Conveniently McD left out the part about who told the FG crew to go out there instead of keeping the base defense in.

Well that gives us an easier shot at a wc. Hopefully our offense turns it around. Bad time to be bad.

I've been saying it all year. Josh not running with the football is hurting this offense. Thanks McD.

Im not talking about that but that stuff is there occasionally. Josh hesitates too long and then it collapses. What I am talking about though is he has gotten to the sideline and there has been daylight in front of him that he could easily run for that first down. In the past he would have done so. Now he doesn't. Since you bring it up though... his passes on the run are not very good this year. They used to be money. Now they are misses.

Welp, I am not pushing any narrative. The offense was not doing well this year other than a few games. Something needed to change. Dorsey was the change. They aren't changing QBs. Over the last 6 weeks the offense has scored 20.5 ppg. That would put them around 20th. I don't care what DVOA and EPA say. Points win games. The offense doesn't score enough and turns over the ball too much.

Yeah, those numbers all look nice but I would bet over the last 6 weeks this team ranks near the bottom in scoring and protecting the football. Advanced stats are nice, but scoring and protecting the football is what wins football games.

It's a possibility. I dunno if it's real or not because they keep that stuff in house even if it is real, but it's possible. Even if he isn't all that hurt, last year he had to learn to change how he threw the ball because of injury. If thats healed then he probably needed to learn how to go back to throwing normal because of that. He definitely hurt his shoulder this year and then aggravated it in another game too. Whether that is still effecting him I don't know. Josh would never say if it did. He just says "we're good." One thing I do know is that him throwing on the run used to be dimes. It was his money throw. He has been missing those throws all year. There has to be a reason he is missing them. Sometimes his downfield throws don't seem to have as much zip on them either. I dunno if he is consiously trying to take some heat off them or trying to maybe throw with a littl more arc and less velocity but some of them just don't look like the same Josh throws. He didn't suddenly forget how to throw the football. Either it's in his head or ...

here is a thought I had for a while but haven’t shared. when I first started playing guitar I would copy stuff to the point I was robotic in playing. I would get everything down and play everything note for note just right. It didn’t sound very good though. It was just really robotic and lacked soul. It wasn’t until I loosened up and just played. Played with some feeling and emotion that it sounded good. I feel that way about Dorsey’s offense. I feel that way about how the players are playing this year. The offense might be good but these guys have had this business like attitude coming into the season. Josh and his “I’m just focused on football” and such. It’s not fun for them. They are just robotically running the offense. Dorsey is a robot teacher and speaker. They just need to get back to playing football. Bills football. Not robotic football.

not true. There are many times he could have run for a first down easily this year and he has elected to throw a bad pass instead.

I dont think they are going to come out of their looks at all. They have the deep ball covered and other D is having a fairly easy job covering the underneath pretty tight. I know, I know, that guy on the screenshot is open but people have a hard time understanding how fast the defender is actually going to get there. McD's defense has made a living off of swarming to the ball. Not so much this year as the tackling has been piss poor, but he has. Yes, the underneath stuff needs to happen but they give that stuff up for a reason. No team is going to consistently move the ball 80 yards 3-5 yards at a time. Too much potential for mistakes. Especially with the slow ass people we got that can't really get much separation to begin with. Josh running the ball or even us picking up 7-8 yards a carry consistently might get teams out of it but right now I don't think thats going to happen.

Cover 1 basically going over all of Josh's ints.

You mean the 12 men on the field thing? I read that Floyd was the guy that didn't come off and was supposed to.

It's going to take me a minute to process this. Sub-culture of the culture processing the process.

Another coach. It isn't my job to figure that out. People act as if McDermott is the only coach in the world that can lead this team. Is it possible we get a worse coach? Yeah, but it's also possible we get a coach that is better. McD isn't god.

No. I think he is a good coach but I think he has gone a little mental this season and he has no answers. I also think he wants the wrong thing with the offense. Josh's problem this year is mental and I think that directly stems from McD being in his head and wanting to run the offense a certain way. I think McD took the special out of Josh. Time to go.

This is what makes Josh special and elite. If you want a QB that just checks down every play just because it is there then you can just get Trent Edwards back.

I hope not

I'm thinking Diggs is elite, Kincaid is very good and may be elite with time, Cook can be explosive if they get him the ball in space, Shakir has been good. Davis is Davis. He is boom or bust but can make explosive plays and has many. Harty or another guy off the bench, who knows as they don't use them and when they have they aren't used well. It doesn't take elite play design to have explosive plays but the play design we have this year isn't really geared for explosive plays or very good usage of our guys/Josh. Like it might be a good offense, but it isn't clicking for these guys. They need to do better. Our talent is better than the Chiefs this year. Probably better than what the Chiefs had last year too.

Oh please. Enough of the “we don’t have no talent” stuff. No, we don’t have Hill but there is enough talent to utilize on this team. Would I like better? Of course but there is talent here.

I don’t hate Mahomes at all. I singled him out because he is a current QB and the best. I also know that his ints have been around the same as Josh last year and this year. you originally said that his ints have come down over the course. Obviously they haven’t. Now you are moving goal posts and trying to make up some narrative that I hate him. You lose.

You actually had me until the "Sincerely, McDopey" hah

Not sure I agree with that. You don't need Hill speed to get guys downfield. Just the right play design. One thing I did agree with in Warners video was that Josh from shot gun really isnt taking that drop so he is ready to throw the ball long before those long developing routes even happen. It made perfect sense watching the tape while he explained it. As far as YAC... yeah we don't have great guys but the offensive system itself doesn't seem to really give good opportunity for YAC. Lots of curls, comebacks, and outs to the sideline. Lots of "stop here" and wait for ball. YAC comes from guys catching the ball on the move. Most of our catches are not like that. They are mostly standing still catches or headed out of the sideline like catches. At least from some of the stuff I seen anyways. Some of the ones included in that are probably balls tipped at the line and things like that. "A lot" were not just terrible throws and decisions. Some of them for sure were though.

I've been banging this statement all year long. Other thing is Josh is no threat to run. Even when he thinks about running it, it's too hesitant and too late. Defenses know he isn't going to run it no more so they don't even have to worry about it. His throws have been hesitant. His throws on the run have been bad this year which is odd because he excelled at that. It's just mental. Its coaching in his head. I think that is McD personally and Dorsey just coaching as McD wanted. Dorsey had more problems and I agree with the fire, but I think it does stem further up the chain.

They have mostly been decent. They have bad plays and when they do they are really bad. Like the lineman might as well not be there bad, but they have also been very good too. It's weird. They just aren't consistent. It isn't just Brown either. Everyone on that oline has had bad moments. I thought they played real well against Denver but I dunno how good Denvers pass rush is because I haven't watched them at all.