[Is it time to move on from McDermott?]

20 hours ago, MJS said:

I legitimately believe McDermott is a really good coach and I would be bummed to lose him. That day might come eventually, but I have always been a fan of McDermott.

 

The defense lacks talent and difference makers. And previous years had key injuries in the playoffs.

The defense is built EXACTLY the way McDermott prefers, the scheme is what's lacking 

18 minutes ago, Cray51 said:

 

So all of your excuses point to him being an hc that does absolutely nothing. So we'll be fine without him

[Is it time to move on from McDermott?]

3 hours ago, zow2 said:

I think McDermott is OK,  i'm starting to think he just doesn't have the tools on defense.  The Eagles DLine just came in and said we're better, we are dominating you.  The Bills have no ability to do that no matter how well McDermott coaches them up.  Even when Mahomes got a pass off, the Eagles DB's were aggressive and not giving them anything easy until it was garbage time.

Beane is on the clock to make this a Super Bowl level defense.

It's the scheme not the tools

[Opinion: Bills SHOULD hire Doug Pederson as assistant HC]

12 hours ago, JohnNord said:

I’m not sure that Brady really needs the help.  If anything they’d be wise getting a new voice for the defense 

Joe Brady has like 8 plays, he needs the help. A new defensive scheme is more important, but that will never come while stuck with mcd

[Is it time to move on from McDermott?]

Bills are 1-3 the last 2 years when scoring under 20, in games started by Allen. KC had 4 wins just this year scoring under 20. Defense continues to fail. Change the coach

[Real Story behind the Buffalo Bills playoff woes. Josh Allen has every right to be Mad.]

Might be the best chance Allen ever gets, and it came in a year where he had to make relevant players out of ty Johnson and Mack Hollins. Just sad

[1/26/25 GAMEDAY AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Bills @ Chiefs Post Game Thread]

1 minute ago, BillnutinHouston said:

 

Because the TE dropped the ball?

A TE dropped a desperation heave, caused by a defensive call McDermott would never have the guts to make. It's supposed to be his calling card, but every damn year it's worthless. It's enough 

[1/26/25 GAMEDAY AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Bills @ Chiefs Post Game Thread]

1 minute ago, Bferra13 said:

He's back for better or worse 100%. 

I know, but he shouldn't be 

[1/26/25 GAMEDAY AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Bills @ Chiefs Post Game Thread]

I know it's a popular drum to bang on here, but that should be it for McDermott, that's not hyperbolic. He will not win a championship, flat out

[Can You Continue to Move Forward if Your Defense Relies on Turnovers to Succeed?]

7 hours ago, KentuckyBillsFan said:

My god, we held them under their season average and we mostly contained the best RB in football. The defense was fine. It's never going to be elite but it's playing well enough to win a SB if Josh plays well IMO

It is a valid long range question, due to one statement from this post. It's never going to be elite... Why? Why with the staggering resources put into it every off-season won't it ever be? Can we HOPE it's enough to get em through? You bet. Is it foolish to hope for/expect more? No

[Personally, this Ravens matchup is my "McDermott Game."]

Mcdermott has shown growth. And maybe he's able to ride it out for 8 quarters, but he's final piece of growth, the hardest one for many coaches. The style of play he knows and loves, is of a bygone era. Every off-season has been spent putting capital into an antiquated system. Especially with the direction the league is headed. Maybe they hoist the big one in spite of it, but he still needs to adapt 

[Bills vs Ravens Divisional Round]

1 hour ago, PSUBB86 said:

I don’t see how this isn’t the night game on Sunday. Josh Vs Lamar. Huge ratings. 

Gonna be Saturday night I'd bet. Whoever wins Monday night has to play Sunday, and they'll go for the Saturday ratings 

[Bobby Babich Going Forward]

Mcdermott is the problem. He's always been the problem. Coordinatitor is irrelevant 

[McD will be the scapegoat to hide the real issue this week]

14 hours ago, Cray51 said:

Fans are already piling on McD for his end of game decisions (accepting the penalty with 5 minutes left and the TO after the sneak).  I think there is fair criticism to both plays, however those two decisions are NOT why we lost the game. 

 

Defense today:

11-15 on third down conversions (was 11-12 with about 5 minutes left in the game

1-1 on fourth down

0 sacks

38:30 time of possession for the Rams

457 total yards allowed

 

The game wasn't lost in the last 5 minutes, it was the poor playcalling by Babich and execution in the first 55 that really hurt us.

Guess what the defense is him too, his tired, old, uninspired, undersized scheme, that folds like a cheap suit to even the smallest amount of offensive creativity. 9th verse same as the 1st

[**tickets are spoken for (by a Bills fan) GO BILLS!**]

8 hours ago, That's No Moon said:

I tried to explain that to Stephen Hawking one time, but he just wouldn't listen.

This right here, as a guy in a wheelchair, is an all time comment on this board 🤣🤣🤣

[So....what's up with the D?]

Literally the same thing as every year, vastly undersized, non creative scheme 

[Playing in Reverse]

I've made suggestions on this board before that the Bills coach in reverse. Overly timid when it's close, hyper aggressive when in front 

 

Allen is essentially the defense too, if he gets cooking, the blitzes come, part of that is teams being one dimensional for sure, I'd just like to see it mixed in from time to time in other situations.

 

Now it's offense too, ineffective 1st down up the middle runs in the first half, but open the flood gates up 2 scores.

 

It's all just a little infuriating . Any chance we finally find the right mix when it counts?

[Does Josh have too much say in personnel decisions?]

20 minutes ago, damj said:

Josh wanted Beasley back; we resigned him.

 

Josh wanted Dorsey as OC.

 

Both of those moves made sense anyways.

 

But Josh wanted Coleman, and perhaps a WR with better separation ability was a better choice.

We don't know that josh wanted Coleman over everyone, just out of what was left. They gave him table scraps, and so far Coleman is progressing fine, there's a spot for him in any offense, we need separators, but it should have been previously addressed 

[10/6/2024 - Bills at Texans post game thread.]

It's a perfect cycle, give Allen no help, blame him when he doesn't score 30, when he nearly got killed multiple plays and was throwing to grocery baggers, than draft a defensive lineman. Brilliant 

[10/6/2024 - Bills at Texans post game thread.]

Got absolutely shredded in the first half, an injury gave him the luxury to put more people in the box to stop the run, because in 8 years he's never been able to do it any other way. And yes the offense did fail TODAY. But if you're best outside weapon is Mack Hollins, because every year just one more DE will do the trick, despite the SCHEME being the problem, then this is bound to happen. Fire his ass

[10/6/2024 - Bills at Texans post game thread.]

9 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

He turned this pathetic bunch of third string defenders around to bring us back into the game. 

His scheme is 3rd string, the players aren't even relevant. Unless he hit nico Collins with a crowbar, he did nothing 

[We are set at WR. Maybe we’ll grab one in Round 6.]

Only in the delusional 1995 mindset we have going does a 60 catch wr answer our issues. Because more d lineman will finally fix it.. also in this scheme, zero need to spend any high value resources at safety. Our starting safety next year should be the 6th rounder

[Another reason to fire McDermott]

Resources to offense, the pivot Sean will never make because it would require actual accountability from him. Step 1 this off-season, trade Milano 

[Chiefs are just better than the Bills]

34 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

But the 49ers beat them. The 49ers should have lost to both the Packers and Lions. They didn't play well but the 49ers are better than both teams. My point is, if the 49ers had lost one of those games, it just means those teams were better on that day, not that they were the better team in general 

But the argument you're trying to make, between the Bills and KC, if it happens every time what does that mean?

 

You're making the wrong argument. Your eyes should tell you two things. That Mahomes and Allen aren't far apart at all, the only separation is the hardware, but that means everything. The 2nd thing Your eyes should tell you is that KC is lightyears better than the Bills in every other way, the gap is laughably wide, and last night was all the proof you need 

[Chiefs are just better than the Bills]

14 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

Do you think the 49ers are a much better team than the Packers?

Frankly? No. The gap between teams isn't that big. Love is an emerging star. Inexperience and coaching were factors that day. Just like yesterday. And in the AFCCG and the Bills game 

[Chiefs are just better than the Bills]

8 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

Not beating them in the playoffs doesn't mean we're not better. I would argue we were better team in 2021 in 13 seconds and I would also argue we were the better team this year. We should have won both games against them. Shooting yourselves in the foot doesn't mean they're better 

Regrettably that's exactly what it means. It's just not in the way everyone thinks. The players are much closer to equal, but being a team that continues to shoot itself in the foot is a reflection on coaching. And the Chiefs don't just have better coaching than the Bills, they have the NFLs best coaching, while the bills have bottom tier coaching