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2 hours ago, Rampant Buffalo said:
Before deciding whether McDermott is a good head coach, it's worth at least asking the question: is he a good defensive coordinator? If he is, why did Andy Reid fire him?
Look at the Eagles game. In the first half, McDermott did an outstanding job, and held their offense to 3 points. But then in the third quarter, he switched to a soft zone/prevent defense. He simply allowed the Eagles to complete 8 - 12 yard passes, without the defense contesting those. It was as though he was grimly determined to remind Eagles fans why their team had fired him. The Eagles scored every drive once McDermott started doing that, ultimately winning the game.
Which Sean McDermott did we get in our playoff losses? In our four most recent playoff losses, his defense has generated a total of seven defensive stops. Seven defensive stops, in four postseason losses to the Chiefs and Bengals. This past Super Bowl, when facing the Chiefs, the 49ers defense generated, you guessed it, 7 defensive stops! Their defense accomplished in one game, what McDermott's defense has in four. A large portion of Josh Allen's career has been expended, without any Super Bowl rings to show for it. The primary reason for that is McDermott's soft zone/prevent defense, which the Chiefs cut through like a hot knife through butter.
"Buffalo has finished all but one of its seven seasons under McDermott with a top-10 defensive unit, finishing first in total defense in the 2021 and 2022 campaigns"
Top defence 2021-2022 and Top 10 every other year. If the article is correct Its not a question I would ask.
I think he is a good HC. Time will tell if he is proven to be a great SB winning coach. Im sure he is closer than other HCs employed today.
If he was fired today he would have a job tomarrow and I would rather have the playoff births with him than venture into that unknown territory. People talk as if giving him the boot ensures a SB victory because we still have Josh.
To many absolutes in some peoples takes. Not saying firing Mcd and hiring a different HC isnt the SB answer but why try to fix what isnt broken. Playoffs every year? Sure sign me up because one of those years things just might fall into place.
No you dont fire him until its clear this team trended down and Josh looks like his current back up.
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On 6/17/2024 at 3:19 PM, JakeFrommStateFarm said:
What if Diggs gets the game winning TD and the Texans are behind until late in the game ?
Then McD's bend and break defense comes to the rescue again and gives up the Game winning TD to Diggs.
No one will remember Josh's 400 yard 4 TD game. Espn Sportcenter will broadcast endlessly the Diggs "Winning TD" and the Diggs interview after the game.
So in a sense, Diggs could have the better game.
When I looked it up, it said he was good for 8 tuddies last year. So it could happen the way you described but if hes still good for 8 I am not sure how worried I would be that one of those would be the game winner against his former team.
Although I do believe your scenerio is the only way I think Diggs shows up on my radar at all.
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I just want to speak on the Jets because I see people thinking they will make noise. I wanted to say it last year and wish I did, but the Jets are a joke and Rogers was nothing but desperation and ticket sales.
I don't count last year because Rogers was injured but I promise you I thought it was going to be bad but im saying it now. Itz going to be bad.
The other thing I saw some one mention why our HC isn't getting more heat under the seat. Dude broke the drought and has been playoff bound ever since. You dont fire a person in that situation. You fire bad HCs who are in charge of crap teams with bad records. Im getting tired of people who question my playoff caliber HC. Turn in your fan cards till the guy is fired ok? At least chill out with the song and dance until the thing falls apart enough to know its a real problem and not one you make up because of personal desperations.
Lastly Dorsey deserved to get fired at least some what. It wasnt scapegoat level. He was fired it got better. All you need to know.
Other great stuff in this thread I can think about but needed to touch on a few bad takes.
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16 hours ago, folz said:
I'm a little late to this party, so I'm just going to throw in a couple of random thoughts/arguments I had reading the thread.
First of all, for all of those posters sick of people using Reid as some sort of comparison, it is just as annoying for posters to keep saying we should have multiple Super Bowls or be in the Super Bowl every other year at least just because we have Josh Allen. And since we haven't been, it means McDermott sucks or can/will never get over the hump.
HOF Dan Marino, HOF Jim Kelly, HOF Fran Tarkenton, HOF Warren Moon, HOF Dan Fouts, Donovan McNabb, Philip Rivers, Steve McNair, Matt Ryan = 0 Super Bowls
(future HOF) Aaron Rodgers, (future HOF) Drew Brees, HOF Brett Favre = 1 Super Bowl each (You could actually kind of add HOF Peyton Manning to this list as he was dragged along to his 2nd Super Bowl)
So, let's just look at the current or soon-to-be HOFers on those lists. That is 9 Hall of Fame quarterbacks (four of which, at least, you could argue as Top Five All-Time QBs). Combined, they played 154 seasons of NFL football and yet have just 4 Super Bowl rings between them. That's 150 seasons with no rings for these HOF QBs.
Just having a great QB does not guarantee Super Bowls.
Now you could counter by saying, yeah, well if they didn't have good coaches, it's the same thing as the Bills situation. But in case you forgot, here is a the list of their head coaches: HOF Don Shula, HOF Marv Levy, HOF Bud Grant, HOF Don Coryell, HOF Tony Dungy, Mike Holmgren, Sean Payton
Winning a Super Bowl is not as easy as some of you guys think. Just because you have an elite QB, does not guarantee Super Bowls, even with a HOF coach. There are so many factors to a football team and how their season plays out, plus lady luck (in regards to injuries, lucky bounces of the ball, etc.). There is context to every situation.
And second, as far as getting over the KC hump, yes, we lost to them three times, but I don't see beating them in the playoffs as some insurmountable task. This is the way I kind of look at the three playoff games vs. the Chiefs:
2020: Bills first real taste/test in playoffs, KC was just the better and more seasoned team (both players and coaches); Beasley on a broken foot, and a bad knee; Diggs with an oblique injury; and the refs allowed the KC DBs to hold and manhandle our receivers all game long (just rewatch how unbalanced it was officiating-wise, now some of that too could just be a little lack of playoff experience and knowing that the refs let more go in the playoffs---but it was pretty bad on the refs part, imo). Not saying we would have won otherwise, just another factor. But, the Bills just weren't ready yet for a playoff-seasoned KC team as an up-and-coming team.
2021: The infamous 13 seconds. One of the greatest playoff games ever played. Let's face it, whoever had the ball last was going to win that game...both defenses were gassed and had been gashed all game. Those two offenses that year were just perfection. Yes, you can blame coaching all you want, but it's on the players too. And what if we won the coin toss? What if he missed the 48-yard FG? Etc. Plus, you can question coaching decisions for every single team that lost a playoff game in the history of the NFL. Sometimes things just happen. How many playoff miracles are there, where the losing coach gets blamed? Lots. And how many NFL coaches post-1960 are perfect in the playoffs (have no losses that can be questioned)---Zero. Reid was blamed in Philly for bad game mangement and every one of his losses was questioned. Time to get over 13 seconds, it happened, and it's in the past. But this game was obviously a complete toss-up as far as the argument of us "getting over the KC hump" goes.
2024: Bills injuries: No Matt Milano, No Jordan Phillips, No Tre White, Taylor Rapp (out), Christian Benford (out), Terrell Bernard (out), Baylon Spector (out), Poona Ford (out), T. Johnson (playing after concussion the week before), Rasul Douglas playing through a knee injury, Gabe Davis (out), Sam Martin punting with a bum hamstring, it was only Micah Hyde's 2nd game back after being out all season, it was Daquan's 4th game back after being out 10 weeks, and whatever the heck was going on with Stefon (whether it was injury or he just quit on the team---21 yards and no TDs on 8 targets with a fumble).
And we only lost by 3? That seems more like a plus for coaching rather than a minus, even though it still sure sucked to lose.
This post is great. Its something I wanted to say but just couldnt put it all together like this. The Bills have been in the mix and I feel that is worthy enough to have faith that it had pontential to happen.
Not sure about next year. Hopefully it all clicks out the gate but I am a little worried about that. Ill worry about KC if things seem to be in order after a few games.
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Nathan Peterman. If a team can't really win at least make it entertaining. I know Tyrod believers still exisited and they didn't want to listen but it was funny, so it was fun. Tyrod put me to sleep. Peterman made me laugh.
People act like it was some huge mistake to play Peterman. I still think it was worth a shot at the time.
Going all in on Aaron Rogers and having him flatline 4 plays in is a huge mistake. Russel Wilson and Deshaun Watson are huge mistakes.
I hope it makes sense.
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I love McDermott as a HC. I think he has grown as a HC. I respect his process. The last few runs had real Super Bowl potential in them if you ask me.
The team has been playoff caliber. Josh Allen didnt want to date Taylor Swift and thats not on coach.
Put some faith in this guy he deserves it.
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4 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
Certainly better than last year. I think last year was Josh's worst since he broke out. And I am not talking about the offense. I am talking about Josh. He was less consistent with his fundamentals and his decision making was more erratic. Not that he was terrible compared to his peers. He still played like a top half dozen QB. I don't think he was top 2 or 3 in 2023 though.
I am not saying he will have a career year but I don't discount it. If the weapons around him step up I could see a big bounce back.
This is about or around about what I was thinking. I was thinking he took a break on whatever he was doing before the season that had him playing s tier.
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5 hours ago, DJB said:
He can’t afford to slip in the shower and hit his head again
Needs to secure the bag
After seeing how Tua was layed out in those games with his fingers curled up he should secure the bag.
I could never feel right giving him a contract based on strength of the damage that dude look like he took.
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Will Drake Maye be broken by the Jets and Bills defence? In my opinion yes.
Will Keon Coleman make at least one acrobatic one handed catch next season? Imo Yes.
Does rolling Rogers out really give Jets fans hope? I hope not because Imo it shouldn't.
Dolphins being scary? I really hope not.
The team retooled. How mad will Bills fans be if the road to playoffs is rocky?
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I would just let the draft fall to me and hope it goes my way. Make a move if it makes sense to secure a player that fell to me. I do want top notch WR but not at crazy costs.
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I've always had the view that I like Diggs. I respect his grind to be great. I won't forget the way he sat out on the field after that KC game. It looked like a person who cared a lot. I respect his competative flare and appreciated goofy little things he did a few times.
The way it ended wasn't ideal. This isn't the outcome I would want. I trust in this regime, with the understanding that they have some flaws and I have no crystal ball. At least I know stuff gets shaken up and thats a sign of people not getting stuck on losing ideas.
So bring the pain and thin the weeds. Rebuild stronger and figure it out in this next few runs. If not then it was a good run but Ill have to side with the win it all now crowd.
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Need Henry Ruggs to do a scared straight program. Don't have to look far back to see examples of situations you dont want to be in but roll the dice on.
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Ill care more about how people feel about our HC when we dont make the playoffs every year.
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That Playoff game would of humbled me. I wont have to wonder what happens when you depend on dude. I love Diggs for the record but he isnt that special imh.
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Going to have to wait and see how thing go throughout the off season. I wouldnt disagree that coaching needs to tighten up and they need an athletic freak of nature WR who lays out for everything and makes miracle contested one hand catches.
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I won't say much other than that KC game had to be humbling. I feel like he was featured heavily to start the game and it didnt go well.
I've been thinking he isn't a ture WR 1 for awhile now but I wasnt going to say it.
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I like Brady and will be ok if he gets the job. I agree that the Bills should be looking at other options as well to cover all the bases.
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3 minutes ago, Gunsgoodtime said:
Honest question. Would you prefer to bring back Mcd with his solid win record in the regular season and complete failure against the Chiefs every year or to bring in a offensive minded coach to help the offensive? It's a very real question right now with so much failure with Josh Allen as your qb. Let's get real here
I would answer your question by saying I would prefer to have not gone into that game with so many injuries.
People worshiping at the KC alter like they smoked us. They might have a slight coaching edge but they barely won.
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It would sell more tickets than win games.
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I enjoyed the game honestly. Heart breaking ending. The injuries on D looked to have a huge impact. I will give them a little credit because plays got made that kept it a game.
I liked the game plan and honestly if the D wasnt so banged up we might of had the edge for a win.
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3 minutes ago, Einstein said:
Then you must have the wrong game on lol.Ravens have more yards, more first downs, more yards per play, better third down efficiency, more sacks, and a higher time of possession.
With all that the Ravens are tied.
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Bringing back memories of seeing dude run for no yards in Buffalo. Texans came out sloppy on O.
I dont fear the Ravens, bring them on.
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My gut feeling was the team almost didnt make the playoffs and managed to win the division. I feel better about the situation than I did before that is for sure.
I feel the Chiefs are not as strong as usual but if the Bills are not productive enough at stealing time and scoring points the Chiefs will take advantage of being allowed to hang around.
If the Bills don't dominate and the score is close then I fear prevent defense and playing not to lose and will probably lose.
The only team that can beat the Bills are themselves.
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I think McDermott is a great head coach. Like Josh Allen I take the good with the bad because the upside has been better in my honest opinion.
It doesn't matter how you feel because chances are you will have to live through the complete collapse of the team before you ever see McDermott fired.
How would Buffalo perform with Kirk Cousins?
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I was getting desperate to get Kirk before Josh was drafted. Glad it didnt work out the way I wanted.