Maine-iac

A defensive coach ripping a defensive coach about their offense. Sad thing is if either one of these ding dongs could actually get teh defense to play defense for 16 games we might have been in the playoffs in the last 3 years.

Great write up, it does beg to question though ........... how the hell did we do so well on defense the first four games? Were offenses still installing all their plays? Why don't we use the screen game more on offense? Not even looking for TD's but when they are stacking the box and rushing Taylor I don't see why we don't have a better swing pass game. Even if it's 3 or 4 yards I'd take two of those and a 3rd and 4 over two negative runs any day.

We would still need a decent 0C, an o-line, legitimate WR's actually playing in games, and a defense. I'm all for drafting a legitimate QB prospect. Paying a bunch of money for a free agent on that list aside from maybe Brees or Carr is going to make little difference on this team with the current problems.

If you can tell me that it isn't doing what he's being coached to do I'll buy what your selling but you can't. It's easy for Dennison to say we wanted him to throw deep on third and long except Dennison is the reason it's 3rd and long and he only has two receivers even run routes past the sticks. It would be stupid to make that throw. Taylor is a product of the coaching. Taylor is being coached not to run. I think the offense is being planned in a predictable and conservative manner and they're effectively coaching away the most dangerous elements of their players. Draft a QB next spring .......... go ahead but we sure as hell better find a better 0C or it will not matter.

See this is where Belichick has been so much better than other coaches. He doesn't have a "thing" he does. He has some base like he starts out with a 3-4 and Brady but in a game setting he changes and changes quickly to what ever it takes. If you show a base defense he'll come out with 4 rb's and line them all up as WR's. He plays chess with everyone and he wins at it. 0n defense I saw us make in game changes earlier in the year and go from getting gashed to shutting teams down. I think McD and Frazier can do that ............ or could do that. Again the loss of Dareus might have changed that. The stark contrast to that is on offense. I have seen none of that from Dennison and the offense.

Decent article from PFF "This season, Taylor also showed that he could succeed in an offense that wasn’t built around his unique skillset. The Bills under their current regime haven’t run the exotic option looks or run/pass options (RPOs) they did over the past couple of years, and yet Taylor continued to grade well and be efficient. When the defense was playing well, the team was winning games. As soon as that defense began to get gashed, Taylor isn’t the quarterback that can overcome opposing offenses in a shootout, but that’s like replacing your air conditioning unit because it can’t keep your house cool when the back wall collapses – not really addressing the root cause of the problem." https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-statistical-case-for-tyrod-to-remain-starter-in-buffalo?utm_content=buffer13fbf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=nfl

Hey we're 7th on special teams and that's not nothing ...................

That was 3rd and goal from the 7 and instead of a successful pass play to get us closer or score we took a sack and it was then 4th and goal from almost the 20. We were down by 6 so we would have won. If the refs hadn't screwed us in the first half, and Carpenter missed, we could have kicked a field goal and gone into overtime also.

I have the video and VLC video snaps. Pretty much just Mills getting toasted. He does it at least once a game. Then he almost rips Taylor's head off.

It isn't a Taylor or Peterman thing it's a Mills thing. Don't let the two pictures fool you. Taylor was flattened in less than 2 seconds.

What I do not get and you seem level headed enough to entertain my craziness ........... can you really completely contain Taylor. I want to preface this though. If you have a conservative and super predictable coach pounding it into his head to stay in the pocket and make the throws then yes, you know where to find Taylor. If you had a coach with an ounce of creativity tell me you couldn't get Taylor out of the pocket a few times for a few big gains a game. Taylor rips off 2 or 3 runs of 15 or 20 yards and now rushing 5 and using cover 3 isn't such a good idea. I still can't figure out why the screen game is working better in these situations also. Put 4 WR's out there and let McCoy run routes underneath it. Not swing passes, not dump offs, let McCoy come out one side and flash back through the middle. You get the feeling that Dennison brings a very small tool box to work on Sundays and only plans on using 2 or 3 of the tools in it. You watch NE and the offense changes 3 times in one qtr completely based off what personal the defense has on the field.

If the defense is crap because Dareus got traded there's no answer for that. If it is as simple as "gap integrity" then McDermott better get his on it. As far as the offense Dennison either needs to get canned or find some inner creative bone in his body. Come out and throw the ball from a 4 WR set every down. How about a good old fashion screen game, remember the one Gailey used to kill other teams with? There are things that could be done to be better. What is frustrating is that, at least on offense anyways, I don't think Dennison is capable.

He was lucky he didn't get picked off in the Saints game. All the Chargers had to do was look at the tape. He stares down his receivers. I highly doubt they thought he was ready or that he gave us a better chance to win. I think they believe they can mold a QB to their liking. The stuff Tyrod does with non-existent recievers and bad pass protection he should get a medal for. They'll find that out and it will probably be too late.

Zay Jones has figured out how to catch footballs. That's a plus.

but but but it was gap integrity. So all of a sudden we went from stuffing the run to not being able to fill a gap. In one weeks time. Funny it seems to have coincided with the Jags all of a sudden figuring out how to stop the run.

I hate to even use his name but do you think Belichick would be "evaluating" a 5th rd QB who just threw 5 picks in one half of play. That kid would have been on the first bus out of town. You have to start with good coaching and if McDermott hasn't figured out that Dennison can't produce then he's going to be "evaluating" hit "process" all damn year. Go watch other teams. They get guys wide open. They get easy passes and good running lanes. Dennison took Manning who had just thrown 94 TD passes in two years and had him benched by the end of the season.

I think they made a few moves too many, at least for this season. Every move right up until trading Dareus seemed almost genius but they went to the well one too many times. Dareus left and the defense left with him. No defense means the games aren't even close. Tyrod can get you a play or two in a close game. McCoy can get you a play or two in a close game. We aren't going to win games where the other team is scoring 30 plus points and certainly not if they are doing it on the ground. They got full of themselves and walked the team over the cliff for this season. Then next season ........... what then? Literally rebuilding the roster? Getting that franchise QB? Dennison will groom him on offense? When was the last great Dennison QB, maybe Schaub in Houston 2012? I think it got good and then it got out of control and maybe it's all a little bigger than McDemott can handle right now.

Like someone else mentioned "Peterman does throw a very catchable ball".

I think they know the Dareus trade has effectively ended their season. They are shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic. Without any defense they're just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. Peterman was never going to score enough to win with this defense. Worse yet that might be why I think he could actually start again next week. They know this defense is incapable of winning most games. If they don't know that Taylor gives them the best chance at winning when the defense is playing well then they shouldn't be coaching. If the defense can't stop anyone then why not start evaluating players. If they think the defense can get better then we'll see Taylor next week.

Can we bring back Gailey and Schwartz as coordinators? Actually I've always had a decent amount of respect for Frazier. I think they got a little too cocky when they traded away Dareus and are paying dearly for it.

Thompson should be starting. Crazy comparison but in Carolina Ted Ginn stepped up. Doing well in N0 now. He's not a "great" receiver but every team needs a deep threat. Thompson has produced whenever we get him on the field.

Great we'll tell the stat guys to adjust accordingly.

People keep saying things like "both QB's were bad today" and "Tyrod was so bad in the Jets game". Let's get one thing straight. He was bad in the N0 game. Not throw 5 picks in the first half bad. He checked it down when Dennison wanted him to throw into double and triple coverage.

I"ve heard that and duly noted ...... but the guy sucks. He was awful in Denver and he's awful here. It's one of those cases where you can't even really evaluate the "talent" because he's so bad at creating anything with the plays.

Given that Dennison ruined Peyton Manning the answer might be yes when it comes to his offense. Dennison hasn't done anything worth writing home about since 2012.