If anyone listens to Locked On Bills, Joe Marino had Ross on, he explained his position. I understand some of his reasoning but some of his "facts" don't add up to me. He gives credit to Kevin Stefanski for making the playoffs and winning a playoff game with a lesser roster. Most of the reason for the low ranking was 1) lots of good coaches in the NFL, he considers McDermott a good coach, 2) playoff failures is the big driver to him, he made the point that McDermott has one of the best 3 QB's in the AFC and the Chiefs are in the AFCCG/SB routinely, Bengals in the AFCCG last two years and one SB and the Bills have one AFCCG appearance, no SB's to speak of. I can listen to that to a degree, I think the 13 seconds debacle and lack of adjustments for field condisions vs Cinci deserves a lot of criticism. However, I also think the overall body of work shows he should be ranked much higher, but it is clear what needs to happen for him to be considered a great coach. He challenged Bills fans to consider if McDermott is a problem and most of us probably have some blinders on.
Some of his weaker arguments was the "Bills lost to the Jets" that cannot happen. This is nonsense, all teams lose games in the regular season and against teams they should beat. He gives Daboll a 8 ranking for a 9-8 record, he like McDaniels and he was 9-8. McDermott took a crap team to a 9-7 record with Tyrod and made the playoffs....he did say that is the "best argument for McDermott", but he admitted recency bias is strong with his approach. He thinks the coach in Atlanta would have won more in Buffalo and McDermott would not have gone 7-10 with Atlanta's roster, this is a joke.
In conclusion, he made some good points and some in my opinion awful points. I believe McDermott is strong in his position, the seat is not warm and he has done a great job of building this team, they need to take the next steps. I think McDermott has evolved a tremendous amount since taking the job, he was so conservative early on, and now one of the more aggressive coaches in terms of down and distance, going for it etc. I believe he is going to make the D more aggressive now also. I am all in with McDermott even though I know not everyone feels that way.