HomeskillitMoorman
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Tough break for Von that they cut the list off at 5. I'm sure he was next.
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5 hours ago, JustHewIt said:
No idea what the answer is but I agree. I was watching a YouTube video the other day of the JA's first 200 touchdowns, and it was striking how easy we used to make the red zone look under Daboll in a way we don't really seem to see anymore
Those 2 seasons the offense was so much fun to watch. They needed more of a run game for the postseason brand of football but the passing game was so much better.
I used to actually not mind at all, sometimes even love when we'd get holding or other penalties to make it 2nd and 20 or 2nd and 25 just because we could watch Josh sling it.
Things have just been different, harder over the last season and a half or so.
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I think what would be great for him is to hire a coach he knows...maybe has even worked with before in different capacities...maybe with some experience...perhaps even Carolina ties...
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Haha what a **** this guy is, after all the things he said about Trump. Fell right back in line as most of us knew he would.
On 1/17/2024 at 10:08 AM, Big Blitz said:
Because they see fake polls like this and think Trump is really going to win this time
They’re convinced of this - they’ve been seeing these polls since last year’s indictments/Democrat election interference to make Trump a martyr.
It has absolutely nothing to do with DeSantis - who by the way showed well above the fake Iowa polls.
It will be the same in NH.
I mean I'm not a Conservative or Republican and I think Trump is probably going to win. I don't think that's the delusional part of this.
DeSantis's campaign was a failure though. He's very obviously now trying to get back in good with Trump to get his endorsement for '28 but I think that's going to go to Vivek.
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Just now, stlbills13 said:
No Burrow. Weaker KC. Finished the season reasonably strong. Mahomes comes to Buffalo. Purdy or Goff waiting on the other side. I know this team wasn't dominant bur yeah I kind of thought it'd happen
Yup. This was a great opportunity. The field is most likely going to be tougher next season.
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49 minutes ago, RkFast said:
The decision to go for that play is on McDermott. But A LOT of critique here is on HOW the play was run. McDermott coaches the ST now? He sets up the formations and assignments in ST? Thats news to...well...literally everyone.
Are we going to blame McD for Billy Buffalo not getting his suit drycleaned before the game now? Can we PLEASE keep the arrows aimed at McD to the ones he actually has responsibility for taking?
So you think the Head Coach has no idea what the play design is on a fake punt, especially with that much on the line? He just told his ST coach - "Hey draw up a fake punt, I don't care what it looks like, but we're going to use it in a really critical spot in the game. Thanks."
He's the HEAD coach. It's bad coaching whether he had no idea what the pay looked like or he did and still gave it the green light. And when there was confusion and Hamlin lined up directly behind the snapper and gave the whole thing away...yes, as a Head Coach, the guy with the power to call timeout...he should have.
Also, if he gave that much unchecked power to a ST coach...what does that say when he's almost certainly about to fire that coach? He gave a coordinator who he knew was in over a head that much possible sway with the season on the line?
How does any of this look good on McD?
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5 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
That is your opinion. Barring the obvious - 13 seconds - I don't agree.
What about the blown lead against the Texans? Giving up 38 and 42 points in consecutive years to KC when the D was relatively healthy? Or having so much trouble stopping Phillip Rivers and the Colts and needing Josh to be a superhero that day, or almost losing to Skylar Thompson? Or getting shredded by Cincinnati last year?
McD's defense gets gutted in these big games against top teams on a consistent basis, healthy or not. Like you mentioned for 13 seconds, his in-game coaching is also a problem.
So in your opinion...what is it exactly that McD does bring to the table if his defense that gets a heavy amount of resources can't stop anyone when it matters most, he's not a good in-game manager, and he obviously has a hard time identifying and hiring good coordinators given the evidence of how many he's having to fire? With another ST coordinator firing likely on the way here.
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33 minutes ago, Dr.Mantis_Toboggan said:
I agree with the age sentiment, but we keep electing guys older than him to run the “free world”, this is just a game. I’d do it for 3-5 years, besides our best years as a franchise were with Marv who was pushing 70 himself in the Super Bowl years and everybody knows late 60s in the 1990s was like being in your late 80s now, or so I hear.
I mean I don't agree with the first part either, for either guy on either side, obviously age can be a factor.
I'd take him over McD for sure. But someone like a Ben Johnson makes so much sense.
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35 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
Feelings don't matter. Results obviously do. But so do the reasons behind the results.
But how do those reasons as whole for all of these playoff disappointments line up favorably for McD? They don't at all.
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1 minute ago, Bruffalo said:
The cap isn't as bad as many are making it out to be. Beane knocked it out of the park this draft, although Dorian Williams had some struggles.
A solid offensive draft, a little cap restructuring, and the Bills will be very competitive. Joe Brady will get the chance to implement his system as well.
It's the HC holding them back, honestly.
I would say even if we're essentially punting next year and bringing McD back that we should do some due diligence and interview other possible OC's to see if someone better is out there than Brady...but I don't even now if McD knows how to evaluate that.
We're already looking at probably another ST coordinator firing and he has no DC left. His history with coordinators has not been pretty.
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3 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:
Reid and Mahomes have been a wrecking ball in the playoffs. Kelce is a mismatch for almost all teams no matter how you draw it up. I get McD doesn't produce same results in playoffs but find me a coach who has stopped the KC offense in the playoffs and I might say hire him but tbh none have. Just cuz you replace a guy doesn't mean the new guy is better, just different.
The Bucs and Bengals both have.
And it's not necessarily "stopping" them, it's even just mitigating some damage on them. Or even making a stop or forcing a Hail Mary with 13 seconds left.
And even going beyond that...what's the point of having a defensive head coach if his D's get lit up in the playoffs consistently like McD's have? He hasn't been good at hiring coordinators as we've seen, with most likely yet another ST coordinator firing coming up and he has no DC left to fire and probably another search has to be done for an OC here.
If we're resigned to this idea that we can't stop Mahomes and Reid at all, shouldn't we be hiring the best possible offensive coach as HC to try to win the shootouts against them? What we're doing with Josh right now isn't sustainable, we can't win unless he's 100% perfect. The Chiefs don't even demand that of Mahomes.
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Just now, HappyDays said:
I know it won't happen, but I can't stop thinking about how amazing it would be to get the Twitter notification that Terry Pegula has made the difficult decision to relieve Sean McDermott of his duties. That is the one thing that would give me real hope for the future.
As of right now I have no hope for next year. I'll watch and enjoy Josh Allen play football like I always do but I already know deep down nothing will come of it under this regime.
It's maddening that we're wasting the best talent we've ever had here. Maybe the best we'll ever have in our lifetimes. All for a coach that doesn't actually excel at anything.
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3 minutes ago, Dr.Mantis_Toboggan said:
Belichick is sitting right there.
He LOVES 17.
You know he wants to stick it to Kraft.
He’s beaten Mahomes in the playoffs in Arrowhead.
I have confidence with a QB like Josh he would build a monster defense to support his QB, idk why, but I think he’s got some experience in how to win with elite QBs.
idc that’s he 72 if his mind is still sharp.
I don't know about Belichick because of the age....but I just wanted to comment that we don't even need a guy who can build a monster defense...just one that can even be decent in these big games and mitigate some damage. It would be a big improvement if he could even come in here and just do that.
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31 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:
Anyone looking at the IR and injury reports knew that a Chiefs victory was probable.
And let's think about coaches for a moment. Each team has a Big Four: HC, DC, OC, and STC. But you can simplify this and look at the Duo. A defensive HC needs a good OC. An offensive HC needs a good DC.
The Duo in KC is Reid and Spagnola. Both are recognized savants at their craft. Combined with Mahomes, they're the reason the Chiefs get to the AFCCG all the time.
Our Duo is McD and Kid Brady (interim). And despite our best defensive players being in the hospital ward, this game came down to a FG that should have sent this game into OT.
Our Duo nearly beat KC's legendary Duo despite our bloodied and bandaged roster. We weren't outcoached.
And this loss didn't prevent a run at the SB. Did anyone seriously believe this beat-up defense could've beaten the Ravens if we had defeated the Chiefs?
Who hires the OC for us? A big part of being a HC is recognizing and finding good coordinators and coaches. If you're saying that's an issue, whose fault is that?And McD's side of the ball has failed us in these big games and moments for YEARS. We were relatively healthy in 20 and 21 and gave up 38 and 42 points in those games. Allen was outstanding in 2 out of these 3 games and we lost both. McD's side of the ball couldn't even hold a lead with 13 seconds left.
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6 minutes ago, peterpan said:
I mean, it’s Mahomes and you have to score EVERY SINGLE DRIVE to expect to win. And our punter was injured. Sooooo yea I was expecting a fake punt and I’d have even dialed up a surprise onsides kick myself
It's not that mode of thinking that was the problem. It was a very poorly designed play and the confusion and the way he was lined up was a dead giveaway. At that point a good HC would have audibled out of it or gone for it by giving the ball to Josh.
But McD has no feel for the game whatsoever. It's a huge problem.
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5 hours ago, SCBills said:
-WC Loss to the Houston Texans. We weren't ready. Second half collapse, but Year 2 Josh Allen. Not the end of the world.
-AFC Championship Game vs KC. Defense was handed an early lead and proceeded to lay an egg. But hey, we're making strides and weren't ready for that moment. But we're on the right track.
-AFC Divisional Game vs KC. 13 seconds. Abject failure that falls directly on the coaching. We'll apparently never know where the disconnect was in those final moments, but ok.
-AFC Divisional Game at home vs CIN. No show all around. Damar Hamlin, mental exhaustion... ok. Fine.
-AFC Divisional Game at home vs KC. Defense is an absolute dumpster fire. McDermott leading that Defense. But we have injuries, so... Spags had injuries too, and managed to make life difficult in that second half, but ok...
Playoff wins over Miami with a backup QB, Pittsburgh with a backup QB, Baltimore, New England and Indianapolis.
Every year, aside from 13 seconds, he's had a valid excuse. First two years, building, making strides...
But then 13 seconds happened, and our Defense has been an absolute liability against the Bengals and Chiefs.
He gets next year, I'm sure, but there can't be anymore excuses. Valid or not.. he's used all of them up. We talk about needing luck yet NE ran the AFC for a decade + and now KC is doing the same. It's not luck, as much as we want to pretend it is. And when we watch Allen play Mahomes.. it's not the QB. So what is it? Rhetorical question, because we all know.. and he's out of excuses. Valid or not. You can't have one every year.
I was with you on your other post but this one is back to the same old nonsense.I won't even count the first 2 playoff losses here, although I do think he did a couple of stupid things vs the Texans. But fine, whatever, it was early on.
AFCCG his D got lit up and he went ultra conservative with his punts and FG on 4th and shorts in favorable positions while his D was getting blown away. Not a valid excuse for him personally. Not saying the players are exempt from accountability, but this is a post about evaluating McD and he was horrible in that game himself. And if you remember the Colts game, we needed a superhero effort from Josh because McD's defense had a ton of trouble against Rivers and Reich/Sirianni's scheme and we also got a couple of gift decisions from our guy Frank.
We all know 13 seconds. Completely, 100% on him. And even earlier in that game in the 1st half we went pretty conservative against a KC secondary that had injuries. He again had trouble breaking out of his in-born conservatism.
Last year his D still got smoked. Josh's worst postseason game for sure, would've been tough to win regardless. But again, this is an evaluation of him, and his side of the team and his D dropped the ball once again. And we almost lost to Skylar Thompson before that.
Last night - D was awful once again. Terrible call and design on the fake punt and everyone knew it was coming when we could see the confusion and where Damar was pretty much gave it away...and he still pulled the trigger on it. If we're gonna go for it right there, just give it to Josh or you have to have something much better in place.
These are not valid excuses. On a sole evaluation of him, he has been incredibly awful in the postseason. He doesn't put in the work to improve himself.
I know you're saying you want him gone and I agree...but this is still going way too soft on a guy that has nothing to offer or bring to the table and has buried us.
11 minutes ago, DuckyBoys said:Tough loss to swallow but I felt it coming. We got several lucky bounces to have been that close at the end Defense was toast and once again Chiefs made adjustments in the 2nd half and we did not What sucks is Mahomes didnt even play particularly well and we still were short
Yup. Allen was great and had to leave his heart out there. Mahomes was solid and that was enough. And that's always going to be the case with McD here.
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2 minutes ago, Don Otreply said:
Would you like a tissue for your tears of inadequacy?
Not more than I'd like a paddle to teach you that Participation Trophies don't mean anything
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Yup, we're throwing it away on a coach who is completely in over his head in these big games and moments. This is worse than Babers to be honest. Babers never had championship talent or close to it. That's not necessarily defending Babers, he had trouble recruiting at SU and it is a tough place to recruit football but obviously there was better out there.
But McDermott's failures have been with what most coaches salivate over having, especially obviously at QB. He has not improved at all as an in-game coach, his D gets lit up in every big game and moment, and he still panics late in games and even at times at the end of halves.
3 Divisional Round exits in a row, especially when in 2 of those games he got an all-world performance from his QB, is a massive failure.
3 minutes ago, 4thandGoal said:or Fran Brown will be just like Dino Babers
It's possible...but Fran's already recruiting better than Babers did. And what did we have to lose by firing Babers?
That's probably what I don't understand the most about this. What are people afraid of losing with McD? I literally can't think of anything.
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It was the epitome of McD. Unprepared, poor design.
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4 hours ago, warrior9 said:
It's because our coach sh**ts his pant in these games.
He's also never won on the road in the play offs, so I believe you are wrong.
Yup. McD is trash at Home or on the Road. We can't hide from him.
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Just now, FilthyBeast said:
Mahomes/Reid are the perfect match just like Brady/Belichik, even though some still try their hardest to discount the latter.
Regarding McD/Allen....they are obviously good enough to win the division title and get to the 2nd round of the playoffs. But convinced more than ever that's the ceiling and for JA17 to take the next step it's simply going to have to be with a new head coach.
But regarding your point about playing 3rd string QB's the last few years....you really have to wonder if this duo would even have made the divisional if they played better competition so to speak. The Dolphins probably should have won last year in Buffalo and going back to the 2021/13 second season they faced Mac Jones in the first round and we all know he's probably destined to be nothing more than a backup in this league as well.
Yeah the teams we've actually beaten in the playoffs have not been very good ones, except I guess the Ravens in 2020. And even that year McD's D got lit up by the Colts and it took a superhero effort from Josh and a couple of coaching gaffes from our good friend Frankie on their side for us to survive that game.
McD is an incredibly horrendous postseason coach. He is completely outclassed by good coaches and top QB's.
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1 hour ago, phypon said:
Thank you for saying that the way you did. Reid with McNabb is completely different than Reid with Mahomes. And Reid's record with less is still better than McD's. You just did a mic drop with that post. Even at the worst of times for Reid it's still not even close.
Yeah I just don't understand the comparison at all. Reid showed his chops and what his strengths were even during his playoff struggles. Yeah he was a terrible in-game manager...he's probably now not even that good of one...but he was obviously a talented coach on his side of the ball.
McD's side of the ball has absolutely destroyed us in these big games. I mean we're losing games where Josh is playing lights out and McD's D just can't get stops. Even when we were relatively healthy we gave up 38 and 42 to KC in the other two games.
I don't understand what people feel that McD's strengths are. We can't even mitigate damage, let alone bottle up top QB's in the playoffs and he's not a good in-game manager. I honestly don't see what people are so afraid to lose here.
1 hour ago, The Jokeman said:I get people want a change and I said it as such last night. The issue is who is going to be better? Also looking at the list of UFAs we are going to lose quite a few guys on defense which could be detrimental to this team's success if we elected to find an offensive minded HC which most here seem to feel is needed. We can put blame on McDermott but truth be told this team never lost a single game by less than 6 points this season which to me an amazing accomplishment especially with how are defense not been the same since Week 4. We lost yesterday because the Chiefs had a better kicker than us, is this McDermott's fault? No as prior to this year Bass felt like a top 5 kicker in this league but he struggled all season. Missing a 44 yard field goal on your home field and with the wind was simply inexcusable and only one guy to blame and it's not McDermott but Bass. If people want to blame McDermott for leaving too much time on the field, sorry that is on Josh Allen who all game played the small game until the 4th quarter when he seemed to be taking chances for the "kill shot" when we were winning by doing just the opposite. Is this on McDermott? No, again I blame a player for that.
What about last year's playoff game when we got blown out? Or the 2 years before that when his D gave up 38 and 42 to KC? These 3 games vs KC would all be blowouts if not for top echelon performances by Josh that unfortunately are completely wasted. McD's side of the ball gets destroyed in these games every single time. And obviously McD DIRECTLY blow the 13 seconds game himself. We literally had this coach cost us a season.
Why do the McD apologists here not ever have him accountable for any of that?
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1 minute ago, DrBob806 said:
C'mon now, that's kind of crazy. There's a long list of great QBs that never won a title. Off the top of my head:
- Marino
- Moon
- Tarkenton
- Fouts
- Kosar
- Esiason
- Cunningham
- McNabb
- Ken Anderson
- Rivers
There's a sad reality Allen never wins one. Elway didn't win one until his 15th season. Sucks to write that, but it's perspective.
It's not something to shoot for though. Clearly this isn't working with McD here. There are a lot of examples of great players in every sport who needed a new coach to get over the hump.
And there's quite a few of those guys I would not put on Allen's level.
The worst part is, Allen has played fantastic in 2 out of those 3 losses to the Chiefs and we've come up empty because of our coach. It's not like he's had 4 pick games in those moments.
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48 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:
As much as I like and respect McD, and the players clearly do too, I can’t shake the feeling he isn’t what this team needs and the team should look to “mutually part ways”
KC proved time and time again that a top flight offensive system and elite QB can hide/overcome areas of deficiency.
Not to mention the last 2 seasons we have played a couple of 3rd string QBs in the wildcard.
I don't like or respect McD at all...but I appreciate that even if you do, you can see reality.
Titans to hire Bengals OC Brian Callahan as new HC
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Not really a huge deal for them. It would be great if someone hired their DC away, that tandem of Taylor/Anarumo is a solid part of why they're good .