Maybe both. The issues were there but he expected to be getting a head coach job out of it so was on good behavior and was buying time. Or it could be he sees McD intruding in his offense and hurting his chances for a HC job.
I think the pressure has also got to them. Even early on when they were winning it felt the same. But what we don’t know is there other issues? Divide related to philosophies, decisions, vaccines, social media or who knows what. During the honeymoon phase those things can be marginal but over time it can different.
It’s starting to feel like there could be guys that don’t want to be here. The joy does not seem to be there as much as last year. Guys seem much more uptight. Not the lose fun group we have seen.
I can vouch for that. I was told how clueless I am in the offseason and again early in this season when I said the O is out of sync. But we have the best this and that so my who cares about what I am watching...
Oh how I miss the days when the division was assured and everyone was worried about the team not being ready for the playoffs because of all the easy games...
To me something seems off with Daboll. Never loved the guy but last year seemed to offer a glimmer of hope. This year he has become predictable and it seems like minimal effort is being put into the gameplan. Is he unhappy in BUF? Is he distracted? Pissed he didn't get a HC gig? Handcuffed? Who knows. I think he is simply not that good and we could do better.
I would say a little bit of both. Last year was not good enough to call it a Super Bowl or bust year going forward. But to say the trajectory has still gone up this year is wrong too. They were a better offensive team last year. This year the warts are showing. Allen is not invincible. The offensive adjustments this year has been a big mistake. They blew the offseason by not doing enough to address what many would say were obvious flaws. They would have been much better off with big name starters at the expense of the high priced back ups. The money invested in guys like Addison, Butler, Matakevich could have been spent on an impact OL or DL. Knox has been up and down but could benefit from another decent TE on the roster. Even the Williams / Feliciano bet could have been spent elsewhere. Drafting two DE's instead of going OL or RB. I feel like any one of these decisions would have helped this offense.
Not off course. We have already lost 5 gams and have 5 left. No arguing the team has regressed this year. And worse part it is the offense and coaching which should be improving still at this point.
And we knew they had Mac Jones that would be throwing the ball even if they tried. Not Brady, Rodgers, etc. There should have been zero fear of the passing game.
Can someone find out why we never sent hurry up when we had the wind? No urgency to maximizing both our plays with the wind and ne plays against it. Instead we play into their hands and run the clock down. It’s the stubborn I will beat them at their game instead of win with my game.