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The Bills can talk to him virtually during the bye week but they're not allowed to interview in person until after the Super Bowl.

I don't mind going for that at all, but you really really shouldn't put someone as unathletic as Stidham on a rollout.

The defense is the side of the ball that needs more help, and letting McDermott go is really the only way to make that happen. The argument has merit and I thought about it too, but I didn't really see a candidate that made sense for that aside from Minter.

I look at some of the early ones as more of staff interviews and less as head coaching candidates. The ravens did the same with some of their early interviews. They're obviously going to hire a head coach first, but I think they're shooting toward a first time offensive guy. When the rams hired sean mcvay, they paired him with wade phillips. The model here is that they seem to want a young, first time offensive coach, whose team is still in the playoffs, and they are going to supplement that guy with experienced coordinators. For example, i don't think brian daboll is going to be that next head coach, but I think he would make a good offensive coordinator hit a non play calling capacity if he wants to come back and work with josh allen. If I look at anarumo as somebody with super bowl experience as a defensive coordinator, there's good experience on both sides of the ball to supplement somebody like davis webb or Klint Kubiak. The upside to the McDaniel interview is that we are seeing that the bill's coaching job is very desirable even after the press conference.

I don't really have an issue with the process behind the decision to fire the coach. It had really become a situation where there just isn't any way to move forward with all of the same people. There's no easy way to go to the fan base and tell them that you think the coach came up short too many times, and I'm not really sure there was a power play. The meetings and disagreements inside the office are things that I imagine are normal, but they become drama when the team doesn't win and they decide to make a change. I'm at the point as a fan where I prefer the role of the dice to another year of mcdermott. I respect the fact that they are going to to try to win while josh allen is here. I don't know if they'll win the super bowl, but I think a lot of people could coach this team to twelve wins and a divisional. I also think there's a relatively good degree of self awareness from Pegula where he just doesn't have the capability to make the football decision by himself. Buffalo hired mcdermott when the previous gm was on the hot seat, and he led the search. Terry largely doesn't insert himself into the decision making. He had to come down for this one because both guys report to him, and as long as he goes back away and we don't hear from him, the bills will remain relatively good. As much as outside receiver is a position where the bills need to get a little bit better, we have all seen the team continually develop offensive linemen, running backs, a slot receiver, and multiple tight ends than can contribute and keep the offense productive. There are some micro issues, but the addition of cooks shows us that there's a space between she was like the guys that just didn't stay healthy, like Samuel and Palmer, and picking a good, route running veteran that can create the separation necessary downfield. The argument that I would make in terms of pro moving off of McDermott is that we haven't seen the same recycling on the defensive side of the ball. The major reason for the roster decline the past few years it's because for whatever reason, the defense has to repeatedly rely on plugging.In the same mcdermott, players that were here in 2017 when he was hired. Some of that is injury, but some of that is mcdermott's reluctance to play young players and it really results in a defense is that because of age and declining physical ability, doesn't really tackle as well as it needs to and has more injuries in critical moments. I don't know how much blame to assign to who because these horizontal reporting structures are always a little wonky, but my preference is to a team structure where the buck stops with somebody. Now we know who...

The cap sheet isn't actually terrible. There are some void year's where they'll eat dead money (Bosa, Milano, Ogunjobi, Epenesa), but there's like 70 million in space with obvious maneuvers. The 5 highest cap hits are restructure candidates.... Allen Dawkins Brown Oliver Knox (also a cut candidate) All pretty good players there. Pre June 1 cut candidates Samuel Bass Carter Rapp Post June 1 Taron Johnson Palmer

Their cap sheet actually isn't terrible at all. Rousseau and Bernard have been relatively bad investments so far, but there's also another 8 million for a post June 1 cut of Johnson and the natural roster churn is going to put the team in position to overhaul the defense, which is what they need to do. I would call it seventy eight million based on this write up because I would make the listed restructures and cuts without batting an eye, and then cut Johnson. Offensively, running it back is closer to the right idea than not. It's going to be really important to get the interior of that line right. I would probably want to retain McGovern to play center and try a depth guy at left guard, then resign cooks and send it. On defense, i like bishop and i'm set at corner with Benford and Hairston. Most of the resources and money should go toward revitalizing the front.

Agree. It's too much situational shrinkage and the team really fell apart after the OT interceptions. McDermott doesn't coach at the level of the others and it's too many points given up again. I'd be looking for better situational play and more physicality and better scheme on defense. I'd call Mike Tomlin and see if he wants to do it, but Brian Flores is another good name.

It's time for McDermott to go...

That is a colossal mistake from Allen.

You live with it because he's so good, but that sack play was a complete lapse from Allen trying to do too much. Get out of the pocket and throw it away instead of running twenty yards backward. Relatively good first half for the bills, even though the flaws are evident. Four possessions, three touchdowns and the game plan, trying to keep alan from being hit.Because the only thing that's really dangerous is the Brown's defensive line.

With weather eliminating the downfield passing game, there's no good reason to plan on being that aggressive toward the end of the half. I have no issue with the sequence, other than the penalty.

Exactly this. McDermott coached that last drive to both win the game and managed the clock perfectly. If I were in charge of the Bills, I'd cut him and look for another kicker for missing that.

I think the injuries are just hitting critical mass at the skill positions. Samuel, Kincaid and Palmer are three of the best 4 pass catchers and weren't there most of the game today. Moore and Shavers don't seem to be able to play and Coleman looks like a complete bust.

I totally support going for that and playing for the win. Where you lose is that there shouldn't be a critical, game-deciding play where Stafford doesn't get to try.