MJS

OK, can you imagine a scenario where it is ever appropriate to point a gun in a woman's face and say: "You should be popped in the face. I should shoot you now. The police can get me."? It doesn't really matter what happened. That's never going to be an appropriate response. The dude is unhinged. He should already be in jail anyway for knocking out another woman. He shouldn't be in the league. I agree with you on something. Pigs do fly!

If I was to move on from a coordinator, it would be Frazier. McDermott has taken playcalling duties from him multiple times over the years in specific games. When he does, it usually has fantastic effects and gives the defense a spark. McDermott is really good at coaching up the secondary as well. I personally think that he covers up a lot of inefficiencies from Frazier with his involvement. Separate Frazier from McDermott and put him on a team with an offensive head coach, and I would think he would not have as good of results in the regular season. I've also seen a real lack of evolution with this defense and an inability or unwillingness to adjust at times. Even if that is on McDermott, maybe bring in another coordinator who can inject some new life and new ideas into the defensive scheme.

Half the things you just mentioned are the GM's responsibilities. The head coach is like the COO of an organization. Firstly, they build the program. They build the coaching staff, including hiring the offensive and defensive coordinators. They decide the fundamental aspects of the team, such as style of offense and defense, aggressiveness, adherence to analytics, etc. They are involved in game planning on both sides of the ball (including tons of film study). They decide the practice schedule. They evaluate the development of players and help determine rosters and the depth chart. They hold coordinators, other coaches, and players accountable. They also provide leadership and motivation, and help spur certain players to take up leadership roles on the field and in the lockerroom. On game days, they are there to watch the clock, see that game plans are followed, provide direction to coordinators when needed, constantly gauge the pulse of the team and provide leadership and motivation when needed, and to be involved in key situations and ultimately make the right call. They also converse with officials to understand how the game is going to be called and make that known to the coaches and players. They throw the challenge flags. McDermott specifically has been poor at challenges, but he is one of the top coaches in the league at following analytics and making the proper situational calls (despite what clueless fans claim). He has a key, unfortunate choke with the 13 seconds debacle that is seriously hurting his record, but for the most part, he does a good job on game days (outside of challenges). I think Frazier is the problem on defense. McDermott has taken play calling away from him multiple times, and it almost always instantly improves the defense and provides a spark. That says to me that McDermott is covering up some of Frazier's poor performance as a coordinator, since McDermott is such a good defensive mind. McDemott trusts his coordinators too much, I think. People have been calling for his head for years now. If you don't see that here, you simply haven't been reading many posts.

Coordinators have jobs to do and you evaluate them like any other position. If you feel like they are chronically underperforming, and you believe they are a part of the problem, you should fire them and find a new one. Yeah, if you are just firing them to send a message or to have a scapegoat, that's stupid. But if you are not impressed with their schemes, playcalling, leadership, player development, game plans, etc., you fire them. It's totally possible for the problems on one side of the ball to be the coordinator's fault. Yes, ultimately the head coach has to answer for everything, but it's also up to the coach to make personnel changes when needed. Bringing in the right coordinators is a huge part of the job.

You obviously have not read much here. There is post after post after post about firing McDermott. And it just sounds like you don't understand what head coaches do. That's on you, not McDermott.

Rodgers is probably more like almond milk, or something. Milk would throw off his chakras.

I think McVay is too high. His luster has worn off for me. I also think you have Saleh and McDaniels too high. But I think you have McDermott in the right place. He is in that 5 to 10 range. Good coach.

I've heard this before...

I have to agree. I would not be opposed to moving on from Frazier. This defense needs an injection of new ideas and scheming. It has gotten stale.

Getting a backup QB is not that hard to do. There are plenty of decent vets. Sign one of those who lose out on the QB carousel.

"...watching you render the children"? What does that mean?

Fourth: he is 63 years old and been in the league forever. He is the definition of an old, retread coach.

I think you can hope Spencer Brown develops, but that shouldn't be the plan. They need to bring in a starter at RT. If Brown wins the job, fine. So far, he has been one of the worst starters on the team.

I guess we'll see in a couple of years. I think this regime drafts to develop players. They don't like to play rookies, even though a lot of them are forced onto the field. I think they draft guys planning to have them develop for a couple of years before they are really a part of the equation.

Pretty good.

Move Bates back to LG. That seems to be his best position. Dawkins could stay at LT. Then you do whatever you can to significantly upgrade RG and RT. Spencer Brown can be the swing tackle and hopefully develop more. Gabe Davis needs to go back to being the 3rd/4th WR. Draft a WR really high, or bring in a free agent to fill that #2 role. Heck, even trade for one if you need to.

The Bills have had a statistically great defense the past few years. They seem to struggle against the elite offenses, though, which makes sense. I think they are too rigid. They need to be more willing to change things up.

This is what I was going to say. We need finishers.

TJ Watt

What did they say? Was it just speculation, or was there some mention of it by coaches or something?

I don't know. Maybe everyone is smarter than me and they know how to recognize coaching in a game. I see the players and their performances. The PLAYERS were not good enough. I think we need more talent. The offensive line is bad. Gabe didn't step up into that #2 role. The defensive line wasn't getting pressure. Yeah, I think the coaches need to take a hard look at their schemes and be willing to make some significant changes. You have to be evolving constantly in this league. People can continue to dump everything on coaching, but it is far more obvious to see the lack of execution from the players to me. We have a good team, but the oline is a big problem and we need a few more pieces besides that. Heck, Josh Allen needs to play better too. Let's not pretend like he was playing his best ball in 2022.

Cincinnati is the better team. I think they surpassed the Bills this year, and I suspect they surpassed the Chiefs as well and are now the best team in the AFC. I think they got a little lucky last year, but there is not luck involved now. They are legitimately a contender and here to stay. It kind of sucks for the Bills because it used to be just the Chiefs as a hurdle. Now it is the Chiefs AND the Bengals. Buffalo needs to have a great off-season and come back next year stronger than ever. There's a lot to clean up on both sides of the ball, and I hope the coaches are taking hard looks at their schemes and implementing real changes. They need to evolve.

He also lost more games than he won. He was overrated. That's pretty good, honestly. Top 5 in TD's and top 10 in yards. The only thing amiss is that high INT number. The 90's were the sweet spot in the NFL. Defenses could still play, but you still had a ton of good offenses, legendary QB's, great running backs. Teams put up points, but you also had defensive struggles. I think the game was better back then, but it was also less safe for the players.

We have trouble beating Kansas City and Cincinnati in the playoffs. Those are two of the top 3 or 4 teams in the NFL. The Bills are still a good team, though. And the Bills seem to be able to beat KC in the regular season, too. We need to make changes to get over the hump, but let's not pretend like the Bills are a bad team, or even an average team. They are for sure a good team. But the talk of them being the best team in the league to start the season was not true, in hindsight. If we had a good offensive line, we'd be a lot closer.

Yes. Most definitely. But we are past that as a franchise. We need an AFC championship game win. That's the next hurdle. That's the only win that will mean something significant going forward. We have won about half of our playoff games under this regime. That's not what this team has lacked. Getting to the superbowl is the only legitimate goal now. This is just a ridiculously idiotic take. Just because the Bills didn't beat a top 3 NFL team in the playoffs doesn't mean they are now a below .500 team.