HomeskillitMoorman
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I'm rooting for the Ravens. I want for other QB's to get there and get past Mahomes so maybe Terry can see that the problem here is McD and that other teams are able to get over this hump.
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1 minute ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:
Defense doesn’t win championships anymore, just helps survive when a QB has an off game.
For the most part that's true. But they can also mitigate damage. Or at the very least put a team away with 13 seconds left. McD can't even do that.
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1 minute ago, Buffaloflash said:
Injuries aren't McDermott's excuses, they're McDermott's facts!
Anyone seriously thinking our secondary was going to stop Kelce, Rice and Pacheo is and was delusional.
The only chance I gave us, was if we scored on every procession, we might be able to squeeze out a win. Didn't happen, so on to next year.
Stop and think, we were 6 and 6, 3/4 way through the season. We had two playoff home games. This was the best the team could do, I ain't mad. Stop crying with a loaf of bread up under your arm.
You're basically giving credit to the team for blowing early games to bad teams.
And lets dive into McDermott facts, shall we? What happened in the other 2 playoff games vs KC when we were relatively healthy and gave up 38 points and 42 points. That's including that time when he completely botched the end of the game with 13 seconds.
How about when we were getting gashed last year as well? Or almost lost to Skylar Thompson? Or when old man Phillip Rivers came into Buffalo with the Colts and they were able to do pretty much whatever they wanted and we needed an elite performance from Josh just to squeak by?
McD's defense ALWAYS gets lit up in these big games. This wasn't some kind of anomaly because of injuries.
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2 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:
I think if we had a HC who ran an elite offensive system, we would have a dynasty.
Yup, look at Kyle Shanahan getting to a SB with Jimmy G and now one of Purdy or Goff will be in the SB. Even Sirianni made the SB and it was close. Our clown of a HC can't get past the divisional round with an elite QB.
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Yes.
But I disagree, McD is not a good coach. He has an elite QB who overall has played great in the playoffs and has his side of the ball get lit up in every big game and moment, and is a horrendous game manager.
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4 minutes ago, Mango said:
What about it 2 years ago? We blew it.
Last year we were paper tigers on both sides of the ball.
For the most part I was higher on this team at the back end of the year than either of those other two. This one hurt, but this wasn't a "McDermott was protecting his precious defense" game. The defense was a seiv and needed to be kept off the field,
Mahomes and co. didn't win by 4 because they took their foot off the gas. They lost by 4 because the Bills kept their possessions to a minimum with long sustained drives. I am confident that Buffalo wins that game fairly easily with a healthy Milano, Bernard, and Douglas.What I'm saying is you're trying to excuse McD because of the injuries, but his D's have gotten lit up by KC in the playoffs even when they have been relatively healthy. I think someone said that in the last 4 postseasons in these games in which we've been eliminated, we've forced a total 7 punts? That's astonishingly awful. That's his side of the ball that he has poured many resources into.
It would be hard to find a coach that's consistently worse than him on his side of the ball when it matters most. I can't think of any.
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2 minutes ago, msw2112 said:
I don't think that McDermott is perfect, and I realize this is a subjective discussion and mostly opinion, but McDermott lead a team with Tyrod Taylor and Nathan Peterman at QB, with a 17-year playoff drought, to a playoff berth. After drafting a great QB, he's elevated the team to one that has double-digit wins every year and has 4 straight division championships. This season, they've beaten playoff teams Dallas, Tampa, Kansas City, Miami (twice), and Pittsburgh. They won 6 games in a row with the season on the line, winning the division, securing the #2 seed and 2 home playoff games. They did that with McDermott serving as defensive coordinator with a defense that's been decimated by injuries. They played Super Bowl Champion Kansas City very close in a one-possession game. Free agents are willing to sign with Buffalo, a bad-weather rust belt city, often for less money than they could get elsewhere.
Are there better coaches? Sure. Is Andy Reid one of them. Yes. Might Jim Harbaugh or Bill Belichick be better? Maybe.
The statements that McDermott lacks a single strength as a coach and has zero redeemable qualities are extreme and ridiculous.
You basically want to give McDermott his flowers for making the playoffs. That was nice for when we sneaked in with Tyrod...in that season where McD played for the tie and admitted he had no idea a tie wouldn't help us, showing again his completely lack of preparation that he has always had and still does today...but that is not the same standard for when he has an elite QB.What about the fact that McD's side of the ball, with the incredible amount of resources he's had, gets lit up in EVERY big game in the playoffs? You're acting like this year was an anomaly because of the injuries...it's not. They were terrible last year, and the other two games against KC when the D was relatively healthy we gave up 42 and 38. That's not even mentioning 13 seconds in which he LITERALLY cost us the season.
McDermott is 5-6 in the playoffs, 5-5 with Josh, 0-3 vs the Chiefs, 1-5 against the top QB's we've faced in Lamar, Deshaun, Mahomes, Burrow, and his defenses have given it up big in every single big moment and game. And that record is with Josh having played for the most part great in the playoffs. Just think about that, you have an elite QB that's played very well in the playoffs and he's 5-5...because a defensive coach gets his face rammed in every single January, especially by his daddy Andy.
Just a simple question...how do you look at all of this and say "I want more of that!"
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3 minutes ago, Mango said:
McDermott or not McDermott, we have no money and we have to get some quality rookies high in the draft this year. Next year the offense will have to ball.
That said, for the 2024 playoffs, that defense was a mash unit. We are rolling out with backups/injured players at nearly every back 7 position. And not just backups, guys that were 4/5 on the depth chart at their position. It was brutal.What about when the defense was much healthier 2 years ago and McD's D gave up 42 to the Chiefs? The year before that when they gave up 38? And lets be honest, the Chiefs put the brakes on in that game because it was over. They could've put up 50 that night.
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2 hours ago, Don Otreply said:
Things could certainly have gone far worse this season, we were essentially firing blanks as we struggled to get to six and six, to turn that around and get as far as we did was an accomplishment Imo.
Going forward, I hope to see a couple of above average receivers added to the offense to compliment Diggs and Shakir, I don’t think Davis is back with us next season, even if he is back we need fast and quick wide outs that run a full route tree, well that’s all I’ve got this morning, be positive my fellow Bills fans, it’s not the end of the world.
GO BILLS!!!
To say this team with an elite QB who played lights out in the playoffs accomplished something with a Divisional Round exit is a loser mentality. But unfortunately with the McD apologists...this is the standard.
Other teams with elite QB's are targeting SB's. We are targeting playoff appearances.
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5 minutes ago, Warcodered said:
Kincaid, Shakir, hopefully a healthy Diggs, and a rookie WR/who they bring in no way they don't do something. Allen seemed locked in on those skill guys in the press conference his frustration is extreme. Plus continuity on an O-Line that actually performed well, I wouldn't be surprised if the offense was very good next season.
I think so too about offense...but we know the script if McD's still here. The offense will once again have to be perfect for multiple postseason games to win in spite of McD's defense getting lit up, which we KNOW will happen in big games and his in-game managing. It's a bad recipe and probably not possible.
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5 minutes ago, msw2112 said:
McDermott is a good coach and he deserves to continue based on the results he's gotten the last few years. That said, I do agree with the above post that things may be getting stale and a new regime might bring some good energy to the team. Maybe he's Tony Dungy with the Bucs (or the Marty Schottenheimer) of his era and they need another voice to get over the playoff hump. On the other hand, maybe he's Andy Reid who suffered through years and years of playoff failures before finally getting over the hump and subsequently having amazing success.
I don't think that keeping him shows that Pegula doesn't care about winning the Super Bowl. It means that Pegula likes having stability and continuity, annual division championships, playoff appearances, and a chance to contend every year. Maybe one of those years, things will break the Bills' way (injury wise, or a critical bounce or call during a close playoff game) to get them over the hump.
For those who say he's a bad coach, the record speaks for itself. They Bills win double-digit games every year and he was even able to squeak into the playoffs with Tyrod Taylor and Nathan Peterman at QB. They've bounced back from adversity and won a lot of big games. He held a defense together with scissors and duct tape this season, given all of the injuries. So yes, he's a good coach. Is he good enough to win a Super Bowl with this Bills team? I don't know.
Back to the original post, I am a Michigan grad and a huge fan of the team. I love what Harbaugh has done there and he was extremely successful in San Francisco. If I knew the Bills would be able to hire him, I'd consider him an upgrade over McDermott. Harbaugh just has a better track record. He's done more at multiple levels than McDermott has, so if the Bills were to guarantee replacing McDermott with Harbaugh, I'd do it. That said, I just don't see him coming to Buffalo, so I think the question is moot. I don't think that there are too many coaches out there better than McDermott (although Harbaugh is one of them), so sticking with a proven winner is not sexy or exciting, but not a terrible choice either.
What big games have we won? Definitely not a "lot". We have been on the losing end far more in big games with McD here.
How can he even be remotely compared to Andy Reid? The "playoff struggles" you're talking about with Reid in Philly were with McNabb who was not as good as Josh and those "struggles" entailed 4 straight NFC championship game appearances and a SB appearance. I won't even count the Tyrod year or Josh's second season against McD here...lets just look at his last 4 seasons - 1 AFC championship game and 3 straight Divisional Round exits. This is nowhere near comparable.
He absolutely does not deserve to continue. He has had the majority of resources on his side of the ball that gets lit up in every big game. Literally every single one. His QB is playing lights out in some of these games that we are on the losing end of because of McD, one with 13 seconds that you can literally chalk up directly to him. He has not improved at all as an in-game coach for over 7 years. He's not good on his side of the ball and he's not a good in-game manager and he takes most of the resources for his side of the ball.There are MANY coaches that could do better with what we've had than him. We will never win big with McD here because he is one of the worst coaches in this league that has been bailed out time and time and time again. But you can only go so far with that, as we've seen.
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3 minutes ago, Success said:
It's all relative. We can all see how coaching around the league is.
Reid is way better - but he's better than everyone. There simply are not a lot of good or great coaches in this league.
McDermott has clear strengths, imo. The team is always prepared & motivated, and he gameplans well. Every single loss is close - so close. We do not get blown out. We'd be taking a chance hiring someone else, unless it was a proven guy like Belichick. Which I would support. I think this team would win a SB with BB.
There is absolutely nothing to back up what you're saying about McD though.
We got blown out in 2020 and last year. And look at the amount of points his defense is allowing in these "close" losses you're talking about. 38 to the Chiefs the first time, 42 the second time, 27 yesterday in a year where they've been at their worst. The Bengals basically put the brakes on after they skewered us last year or that would be higher too. We also had a lot of trouble with the Colts in 2020 and we almost blew a game to Skylar Thompson last year.
I have no idea what you're talking about when you say we're always prepared and motivated and that he gameplans well. Where is the evidence for this? We've been an unmitigated disaster in the playoffs on his side of the ball and with is in-game coaching. Especially this "preparation" part. McD is incredibly unprepared for big moments in the game. You got none of that from 13 seconds? Or not going for it on multiple 4th and 1's in 2020 when we couldn't stop KC at all? Or running an extremely poor designed punt fake last night? That's only the tip of the iceburg with this guy, and you know that. He has put in absolutely no work into improving himself as an in-game coach for over 7 years now.
There literally isn't a strength that he has as a coach. Literally zero redeemable qualities. He's bailed out by having an elite QB that has had to do more with less because McD's side of the ball gets lit up in every single big game.
This whole thing about him being a good coach is a totally false narrative that nobody really has any basis for.
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7 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:
Josh will become Mike Trout
Yup, but it's even worse. The best individual players in baseball don't have the kind of impact that the best players in the NFL do, especially at QB. Trout only comes up to bat 3-4 times and will probably get walked in at least one of those at the end of games.
We have a guy that plays great in these games (for the most part) and the coach on his side of the ball NEVER comes through even after hogging so many resources for his group.
It's actually hard to have this level of failure in the playoffs considering what Josh has done, but McD has achieved it.
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Just now, Success said:
If we make the switch - I'd go Vrabel or Belichick.
I think McDermott did a good job this year. He really isn't a bad coach. But it just feels like we might need a change. It's unfortunate, but there is baggage w/ "McDermott's Bills" now. A change at the HC position would give us a bit of a new lease, and some fresh energy.
I don't get this either. How is he not a bad coach?
He has an elite QB that has played great in the playoffs outside of really 1 terrible game last year and still can't win even with the incredible amount of resources he's been given on his side of the ball that is a sieve every time we play a top QB in the playoffs. We've taken 3 Divisonal Round exists in a row, he single-handedly choked away the 13 seconds game. He hasn't learned anything in 7 years as a coach, he makes many of the same exact mistakes. He has trouble evaluating coaches that will make good coordinators. He has no clue what to do at the end of games after all this time.
I honestly don't get it how people see him as a good coach. His side of the ball can't stop anyone in big games and he's a horrible in-game manager. There is nothing special about just making the playoffs with an elite QB. Most coaches could easily do that and many would have done more with 17 here.
I'm really struggling here to see where people get this notion that he's a good coach.
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3 minutes ago, Mister Defense said:
No, it was one of McDermott's best years as a coach. This team does not nee a reload or redo, but some more pieces now that they clearly have two of the best coordinators in the league.
This is so delusional. The guy is 5-6 in the playoffs with 3 straight Divisional Round exits, can't beat elite QB's in the playoffs, is 0-3 vs the Chiefs in the playoffs while directly contributing to a complete chokejob that cost us one of those games himself...and you guys want more of this? It even goes beyond that with how many resources have been poured into his defense that gives it up in every big game and moment.
How do you look at all this and say "I want more of that!"
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He's a Mid. Just like most of the guys on our D-line are. All those resources poured in for nothing when it matters.
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We should. Most of the coaches available would be significant upgrades to McD.
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3 minutes ago, NoSaint said:
I’ll be honest, I didn’t understand burning time down to 2 mins without even lining up to see if we could get an advantageous look- presumably because our goal was yo have the ball last
and then come out of the 2 min warning with two fast shots ensuring that KC would have no worries with time and we would almost certainly be screwed if they scored.
it seemed very jumbled philosophically.
Right, we gave up a precious extra play to burn clock when that wasn't even the end game "strategy". I have no problem with taking the shots because you have to get into the end zone, that's the first priority there to me. But then don't waste that play on 1st down.
But this is part of the big problem here. McD has no real end game strategy. We have far and away the worst head coach in the NFL who consistently gets bailed out...but it's not going to happen against these elite teams as we've seen over and over again during his era.
We absolutely can not win big with him here. i don't see how so many fans or Terry just don't see that.
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38 minutes ago, Success said:
I see so many comps to Rivers & the Chargers now. Great QB, good team - but can never get over the hump.
Maybe I can't get past my own bias, but I see Allen as an all-time great. Rivers was never that. It's so hard for me to imagine that Allen won't get over the hump at some point and win at least 1 title.
The comparisons I prefer are Peyton Manning, who was owned by the Patriots until he wasn't, and Michael Jordan, who lost to the Pistons 3 times in the playoffs before finally besting his nemesis and moving on to become a 6-title legend.
And if you were around at those times, you'll remember that the narratives were the same for Manning & Jordan as they are for Allen right now.
Jim Kelly didn't start going to Super Bowls until he was in his 30's. There is so much hand-wringing about Allen in the media about "will he ever?" and all that. He's 27.
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If McD is back it’s punting another year of his Prime. We might actually waste this guys career. It’s devastating.
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4 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:
The ST coach has been walking dead for months … could have won the SB and he would still be goneSure, but no accountability for the guy that hired him and who knew what that horrible play was and called for it anyway.
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Can't wait to see the ST coach get scapegoated for this and people defend McD saying he's just the Head Coach, he has no idea what all of the coordinators are doing, it's not his fault!
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There's just a large chunk of people here who will ride McD no matter what. No matter the endless postseason blunders and failures.
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4 minutes ago, Success said:
What else can we do?
We have, at least, an informal family here in Buffalo. I feel pain right now - but I know there are thousands of people right there w/ me.
Allen is still young, we'll always have a window while he's playing. There is a rich history in sports of great players who kept hitting a wall year after year, until they broke through.
Just keep hoping. And stay away from the media. I made the mistake of checking Nick Wright's initial reaction - what a wonderful example of a sore winner. But it will be a brutal week w/ the ending being a wide right kick. Just steer clear. Life is still good. We still have Josh Allen.
I don’t see how we can have hope with this coach still here though, that’s the problem-
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McDermott will scapegoat himself using injuries as an excuse
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Surefire of what? Being "able" to get to the Divisional Round with an elite QB?