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That’s his forte though. McD is from a defensive background, I find it hard not to assume that McD is not at fault here, his defenses are trash. Why keep him around? Why not hire a HC from an offensive background to work with Josh? First it was 13 seconds and then we get blown out by the Bengals, let’s not try to pretend like our defense is the Steel Curtain or Legion of Boom here.

Understandable. Bills fans have a bully mentality at times, I’ve caught the short end of it as well. I would love to see Terry moderate a debate between Beane and McD, whose at fault here? In my mind, I find our defenses to be completely underwhelming and that’s on Coach McDermott. Let’s not pretend like McD has no pull in who we draft. Edmunds and Oliver, those are his guys, let’s not try to bury that fact.

Is it the players? Or is it the coaches? What do you think? Could Edmunds or Oliver go elsewhere and suddenly become dominant? Wouldn’t surprise me personally.

No to all three.

Fire McD and Beane • Hire Brian Callahan as HC. Let him pick his GM, OC and DC.

Love Poyer, but I think he’s cooked.

Sure he can win a Super Bowl, as a Defensive Coordinator maybe.

Would you consider Brock Purdy to be a franchise QB? That’s what a highly proficient offensive innovator can do with a scrub QB. Belichick can’t even make 1st RD QB Mac Jones look good and at least Belichick can actually field a really good defense, McD can’t.

I don’t think so. We have a mediocre coaching staff all around, especially on defense which is supposed to be McD’s specialty. I think we’re good enough to get to the playoffs though but that's only because Josh is a great QB, without him we would tank.

I find it aggravating that Frazier gets all the heat but we quickly forget that defense is McD’s forte. The buck should stop with him. I understand it if McD doesn’t quite understand our offensive woes but defense? C’mon, that’s weak. Btw, Payton is a terrible choice. If you want a coach from an offensive background you want either Brian Callahan or Frank Reich. Payton only won one ring with HOF QB Drew Brees and he had him for two decades.

I disagree about Tre White but I agree with you on all the others. If we trade Oliver we could free up $11M as well, not saying we should, just throwing that out there.

How many Super Bowls did he win with Brees?

Instead of trying to one up you I’m just going to point out what I do like. Risner would be an excellent addition, he’s a draft prospect I liked years ago before the draft and I’m pretty sure he can play some tackle too. Would love to have him. Quessenberry would be a great signing as well, so would Boettger. Nice depth and could probably do well in spot duty. How do you feel about Broderick Jones the LT from Georgia? Im thinking he would be an All Pro at guard.

I love McD, he comes across as a phenomenal person and it is very plain to see why players love playing for him but there is a reason why he was the only coach in the divisional round that came from a defensive background. The bottom line is simple, Josh Allen will have no stability as far as coaching is concerned so long as McD is the HC. If we have a great season next year someone will poach Dorsey from us. Heck if we fired Dorsey and hired Frank Reich to be our OC and we had another great season he would likely be poached also. So long as we have a defensive minded HC we will have no stability on offense and there will be a constant coaching carousel. Don’t hire Frank Reich to be our OC, hire him to be our HC! Or better yet, poach Brian Callahan from the team that brutally kicked our ass in the playoffs. Love McD, good coach, wonderful human being but we need to move on.

Sometimes you’re the hammer, sometimes you’re the nail. This is Buffalo we’re talking bout here, we do tend to have a herd mentality here.

He is a good, not great DT, so long as his contract reflects that I have no problem with him staying.

Wow. Should be a lot of fun!

I love Saquon but we need hogs up front more than anything. Take that money and sign RT Mike McGlinchey to sure up that right side of the line and draft a couple interior guys RDs 1-3. Also keep in mind that we can re-sign Singletary at 1/3 of the cost of Barkley and Singletary has less wear. My FA wishlist • Mike Gesicki, TE, Miami UFA • Mike McGlinchey, RT, SF UFA

I’m not sure if “stung” is the right word. Mentally I feel that we’re at a crossroads. On one hand we have a coach that can consistently get us into the playoffs, but on the other hand he’s probably not good enough to win us a Super Bowl, but once again, he’s still a “good” coach, but I do as a Bills fan fear that we may fall off into the abyss if we hire a lame duck coach in his stead.

I kind of get the sense that Jordan Phillips has played injured all year, so I would love to have him back at the veteran minimum. I also think that Devin Singletary would be a good option for us at $5M/yr if he’s interested.. Other than that, I think I would let everyone walk. I’m also ecstatic that we have so many free agents on our OL. Good riddance! Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out. Buffalo needs to revamp this unit and then some. 330lbs minimum should be the weight requirement for anyone we draft or bring in.

My friend, this puts us at a distinct disadvantage. If we win a Super Bowl or if we simply have a good year, Frank Reich is gone, some team will hire him away from us. This would be a reoccurring theme for Buffalo if McD remains the HC. You’re better off just making him our HC so Josh at least has some sense of stability.

Off the top of my head, I would like either Brian Callahan or Frank Reich. Callahan is ridiculously overqualified to be a HC. He’s worked with Burrow, Carr, Stafford and Manning and was successful with all of them. Pay this guy $10M/yr to come in and be our HC. (Frank Reich would be my last ditch option.)

Mike Gesicki would be a great upgrade as far as our slot WR position is concerned. That was a glaring weakness for us all year long I thought. McKenzie is not the guy we thought he was and Beasley, as much as I love him is just way too old at this point. Allen missed having that smart, move the chains, physical, find the soft spot in the defense kind of weapon I thought. Give me a slot WR and give me another outside WR to compete against Gabe Davis, preferably in the 1st-3rd rounds. If we expect Allen to be the “franchise” which I think he is, give this guy a solid OL and I’m talking 330lbs minimum as a requirement for every player on our line, like heaviest line in the league kind of big and get the guy some more weapons and a running attack!

Problem is, if we keep McD, it will be more of the same old, same old. If Allen has a great year our OC/QB coach will continue to get hired right from underneath us. Hiring an offensive mind like Brian Callahan or Frank Reich would provide Allen with long term stability as far as the system we run and coaching goes. Also I do not think that McD would be willing to dump Frazier nor Dorsey anyways. Fire them, start over. We can afford to bring the brightest minds in at this point. Give Allen a QB connoisseur to work with. The one consistency that just about every team had in the playoffs this year is having bright, innovative gurus on the offensive side of the ball to go with their franchise QBs. Time to move on.

Don’t know, it’s very hard to predict. For all we know we’ll have a new GM/coach within the next month.