HomeskillitMoorman
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16 minutes ago, Koko78 said:
Are you thinking of the idiot from some East Aurora website?
Haha yeah I think that's where it was from.
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I believe it was Joe something, but I remember the absolute frenzy it caused. I'm not even sure he was a writer, but I think he had a website and claimed he had a source that said Cowher was coming here. I think he even ended up doing an interview with Sal C.
I don't know why I was thinking about this, but it's bothering me that I can't remember the guy's name.
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Haha, he claps even more than they show during games.
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47 minutes ago, Starr Almighty said:
Kirk Cousin Career Stats
Record In Primetime Games: 5-13?
Record vs Winning Teams: 4-24 ?
Record vs Winning Teams This Year: 0-5 ?
Career Road Record: 12-23-2 ?
Career Record On Monday Night Football: 0-7
Fire John DeFilippo its clearly on him
Wow! That's even worse than I thought.
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1 minute ago, blacklabel said:
So much for those young, innovative offensive minds, haha. I think Frank Reich probably had more to do with Wentz' monster season in 2017 given how he's completely revitalized Andrew Luck's career right now.
Looking at the Vikings scores this season, it seems that when the offense is clicking and putting up points, the defense isn't clicking and they're giving up more points than their offense is scoring. And then if their defense is mostly getting the job done, the offense is non-existent.
Kirk Cousins is a bit overrated, IMO. He holds the ball too long, takes a lot of sacks and fumbles way too much. Over the past few seasons he's averaged 10 or 11 fumbles per season. And he can be really inconsistent. He'll catch the hot hand and complete something like 10 of his last 12 passes and then he'll follow that up by completing 1 of his last 9 or something.
Cousins is way overrated. To me he's always been a paper tiger. I've rarely ever seen him play well when it matters or in pivotal parts of games.
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Feels like there's something up with Zimmer. Norv quit because they didn't see eye to eye, and then there were rumblings this year that it was going on with DeFilippo.
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52 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:
I think the important question is whether he will change. I think we've seen plenty of examples of his conservative approach to the game. Conservative is good, but only in moderation. He has to recognize that winning require aggressive play AND aggressive play calling.
McDermott studies his own performance. I think we will see a change in philosophy as his offense improves and his understanding of whatnot takes to win is refined.
I think you're more confident that he knows where those shortcomings are more than I am. I'm not sure he thinks he is overly conservative or thinks there is something wrong with his ability to manage the game or the clock. While I think he's a better coach than Jauron in other ways...I do think he has some extremely similar traits when it comes to those things. Situational awareness is also an issue.
I remember a game between the Bills/Pats during the Jauron era the year Brady was out for the season, it was either the last or one of the last games of the season and it was a super windy game in Buffalo. Both QB's were having a ton of trouble throwing and the Pats led 3-0 for most of the game with neither offense really being able to do anything all day. There was a play in the 4th quarter where it was 4th down and long for the Patriots from inside their own 20, only up 3-0, where the Bills brought in the punt team only to see the Pats keep their offense on the field and line up. Jauron, thinking they might actually snap it, panicked and called a timeout. Belichick was literally smirking on the sideline, almost like he himself was incredulous that he actually got him to use a timeout there.
I honestly think the same exact thing would happen to McDermott if that situation arose today. I think he's a prepared coach in terms of teaching, but I don't think he knows how to deal with game situations as they arise. And when they do, it feels like he's always going to take the conservative approach.
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9 minutes ago, Bill_with_it said:
Ive said it. Hes been coaching for less than two years head coaching experience. Hes made mistakes that other young head coaches have made too, however , their talent on their team have bailed them out. Hes made alot of mistakes and I think if you had the opportunity to ask him he would state ao. Talent makes a world of difference, especially in coaching and the decisions a coach makes. It cant be taken as in well the rams coach does it so its the golden standard. If your team is struggling to move the ball and its before half time and your game plan is innecfective, with the talent the bills have on hand its a very smart move to goninto to half time and adjust instead of risking a dropped pass, turnover (int), or a failure for your rbs to pick up a first down to turn the ball over to the opposing team and put your defense back on the field. However, if you had the rams offense, saints offense, or chiefs offense, then thats a higher probability if converting based on playmakers alone, not to mention the comfortability of the hc with the oc, the comfortability with the players in a non first year system, etc.
thats what many of you fail to realize the context of the situation isnt being taken in consideration. Nothing is similiar between those teams other than they play in the NFL and they are allowed to have 11 players on the field at the same time. Thats were the similarities end. Thats why you are likely never to see an aggressive play style from our coach offensively until the offense is more consistently producing.
To me this is a cop-out because Allen the last 2 games has been good enough to beat those teams, and McD still coached the same way.
And there's no excuse for bad clock management no matter how bad the team is. Those situations with critical thinking are not going to change if we do add quality talent to the offense and become a good team. If anything, they're going to intensify.
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1 minute ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:
It's a minor miracle he didn't cost us the snow game last year vs the Colts. 4th and 1 from the Colts 41 with 4 minutes left in OT and you punt??!!?? When a tie essentially eliminates us from playoff contention.
That wasn't even the biggest part of that near-debacle.
After the game he said something like, "I'd rather tie than lose"...meaning the Head Coach, the LEADER of this football team didn't know that the team needed the W over the tie to stay in playoff contention. Scary stuff.
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1 minute ago, Mark80 said:
Guess I missed the part where McDermott started calling the offensive plays. Strange, I thought that would have made more news.
Maybe you should be blaming Daboll for the play calls, not McD? Whether to go for it or not is on McD, but not the actual play calls.
McDermott's the head coach, he knows what's being called. The coordinator is an extension of him.
I'm always amazed at how people think the head coach should be blameless for so many things. Offensive play-calling, special teams, etc. There's a reason why he's the Head Coach. Do you also only blame Bevell for the Seahawks gaffe in the SB vs the Pats?
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2 minutes ago, Bill_with_it said:
His coaching also got us to the biggest game this franchise has seen ina quarter of a century, with a cap strapped team, a lame offensive coordinator, and a very mediocre set off offensive playmakers. Give him more than 2 seasons of head coaching experience and see what happens. Here is the thing an aggressive play style that you yearn for that you see happening with other teams (chiefs, saints, rams, etc) there is a reason it works for them; I’m going to go out on a limb and state that hopefully you can see the differences (plural) between our team and theirs that would make it easier for a head coach to put the game on the line by risking an aggressive play style that isnt needed at that point in the game.
I think one this is one of the fundamental differences in how we approach this. It was fun in the moment...but 9-7 and one and done in the playoffs really doesn't mean anything to me. No matter where you are as a franchise or how long it's been since success, the end goal should always be Superbowl/perennial legitimate contender. That means having the right guy for that kind of goal. I don't think coaching to keep it close instead of winning is going to bring and keep this team at that level long-term.
I'm not asking for this team to win this year, in fact I've said a million times that I don't care about the record at all this year. I'm just looking for progression in important areas. I don't see it with him. Yeah, this isn't a good offense. But Allen was good enough yesterday to give him more of a shot to close that game out. Instead, McDermott played for a field goal. It's not even like he coached for a field goal with 30 seconds left. There were over 2 minutes on the clock.
And what about all the blunders with clock management he's had? That has nothing to do with the team's talent deficiencies, only his own.
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4 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
My point is that all coaches do what you are complaining about and they look a lot smarter when it works
its not working this year because the offense is horrible and special teams is beyond horrible
No, they don't. Not all coaches are inept with game and clock management. I'm not even saying we would have won the last 2 weeks with better decision-making, but we would have had a better shot, which is what your head coach should be giving you...the best possible shot to win. Things like giving away possessions at the end of the half is going to look just as bad if we become a good team as they do now.
McDermott is still going to have to manage the game and clock if we become a better team next season. In fact, he's going to be in more close games and tight situations and have more decisions to make. What we're seeing now is a troubling indicator of what could come when he's faced with all that.
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4 minutes ago, The_Dude said:
Wait, you think McDermott is going to get the team to a "big game?"
If Allen is the real deal, we'll get to a big game. That's the magic of a franchise QB.
The goal should be the Superbowl though. I know 9-7 with a one and done playoff year goes a long way here, but I don't really care about that. It's more big picture for me.
3 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:My point is if we win nobody is compkaining
That's a short-sighted way to look at it. Does that mean nothing needs improvement if you have a winning record?
And yes, I would still have issues with the way he manages the game if we had won yesterday, because bad game management is still a negative over the long haul.
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20 minutes ago, st pete gogolak said:
Isn't the question every owner and GM should be asking themselves is "can I envision this coach holding up the Lombardi Trophy?" Honestly, as much as I liked Marv Levy, after the third Super Bowl loss, the gross embarrassment 50 point blowout to the Cowboys, there was no way I could envision Marv winning a Super Bowl. Honestly, can you envision McDermott winning a Super Bowl? I can't.
It's tough to see that, for sure. Can you imagine him in a couple of the spots Pederson was in during the Superbowl? Probably takes a FG instead of Philly Philly, and punts at midfield at 4th on their last drive.
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2 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said:
Lets be clear. I'm not pronouncing Zay is a #1. I'm not going to crap on Zay because of the game yesterday.
KB and Clay have had horrible seasons. They are probably the main factor (beyond rookie yips) Josh has the worst completion % in the league.
The best Completion % in the NFL is Drew Brees at 75.7.
Phil Rivers had a near perfect game the other week and his completion % of 69.4. Tom Brady 65.6 %.
Last years bust is this years best performer.
I trust Foster more than I do Zay. I think he's at best a #3, a decent slot receiver.
Not all throws are going to hit receivers in the numbers and yes every QB is going to have some drops from players, but when I watch other games, I see quality players including rookies and 2nd year players make catches that ours routinely can't, and that includes Zay.
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13 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:
Do ppl understand that the talent of the team is not good in a rebuilding year?
nobody questions the decisions of the hc when they win but we are not winning this year
take a deep breath and realize the team is not going to win this year
What does that have to do with his horrific game management skills? We've seen good, competitive teams get sunk by poor game management.
I wouldn't have cared if we lost the last 2 weeks if McDermott had put this team in the best position to succeed. He didn't. We're not a playoff team either way, but it's still a problem going forward. That's something that can hurt you even if you have a good team.
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3 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said:
Let me know when we play in a big game.
If Allen turns out to be the real deal, which it looks like he could...we will be soon enough. Anytime you have a legit franchise QB, you're going to win some games.
I'm not sure the team will be put in the best position to win if it happens though.
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2 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said:
Not a good day for production for sure.
On the realistic side not the reactionary side - Youze guys is funny.
Yes, he had drops. Zay wasn't targeted that much was he? Some passes were not all that catchable and that bullet to the chest. I heard that POP on my TV. I'd love to see you jokers catch that ball.
What fantastical takes some of you take LOL
If your standard for a legitimate starting NFL WR is that they can't be expected to make plays that people on this forum can't...it's going to be incredibly easy for them to fill those spots. We won't win at all with guys like that, but they'll surely pass your test. Pretty low intellect stuff there.
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4 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:
Where do people get this conservative narrative from? Bills aggressive all the time, going for big plays, trick plays, long balls, etc. We are among the leaders (if not the one with the most) in taking shots down field.
Everytime a play doesnt work out this board paints this narrative that it means something specific. The last thing I think on a Sunday is that this team is “conservative”. We take more big shots than most teams. We unfortunately aren’t talented enough to convert as many as we would like thanks to bad OL protection and low quality weapons to throw to.
McDermott's game management is EXTREMELY conservative. He didn't want to go for it on the Jets 36 when we had an injured kicker and then we ran it twice on the 2nd to last drive in a tie game from the Jets 23 and gave Allen 1 play. He was coaching for a FG. And as others mentioned here, he was waving furiously at the refs to run the clock when the Jets were in our territory down 3 with 2 timeouts...we didn't need the clock to run there, we needed it to stop to have more time on our possession as the Jets were very likely to either tie or take the lead there.
Everything he does in his game management is about just trying to keep the game close, he doesn't go for the throat to win the game.
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4 minutes ago, xsoldier54 said:
You do realize that he doesn't call the offensive plays right?
He knows what's being called, and if he doesn't...that's a problem in it of itself.
Coordinators operate under the head coach's philosophy and influence, they are an extension of what the head coach wants.
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3 minutes ago, eball said:
He's killing me. How do you look around the league at what aggressive play-callers are doing and still have this mindset? It's mind-numbing. I hope somebody has his ear and can get through to him. Maybe having more talent on the offensive side of the ball (and an NFL-worthy OL) will give him more confidence?
Anyway, it's my single biggest issue with the team right now. Well, and Crossman.
You would think...but the problem with that thinking is Allen was good enough to win that game yesterday, and we still saw the same McD. It looks like this is just who he is, and it's a problem.
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4 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:
That drove me nuts! The Bills needed to clock to stop, and he's begging them to roll it. What was he thinking??
That's a pattern with McDermott. He's probably hoping for a missed FG there instead of thinking about the fact that the Jets are most likely to tie or take the lead, and that we're the ones who need the clock to stop for our last possession.
He does that all the time, whether it's at the end of the first half or end of the game. Zero situational awareness whatsoever.
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Just now, CuddyDark said:
The offense allowed 46 to take cheap shots on their QB and offensive players all game and no one stood up to him. They need an enforcer to take care of players like him. Also 33 bullied the receivers all game and no one was tough enough to push back against him.
I was talking about this after I saw the Hauschka cheap shot, but someone mentioned he had a cheap shot of his own, I haven't seen that play yet.
But in general...the biggest example being last year with Gronk on Tre White, which is one of the dirtiest plays I've ever seen in my life...this team does not stand up to players when things like that happen. I'm still mad about that one and I'm not usually one to care much about things that happened in the past.
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McDermott.
I won't say that we would have won if not for him, but coaching to keep it close instead of winning is not going to work most of the time in this league.
Also it was his decision to keep Crossman, and the special teams unit is ultimately still under his umbrella as a head coach...it's still McDermott's responsibility.
What was the name of the infamous writer that said Cowher was coming here back in 2010?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Found it! Joe Logan!
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/05/report-cowher-meeting-with-bills-again-today/
This moron actually found a way to get Schefter and some other big name NFL reporters to acknowledge him for this. Good times.