Mikie2times

I mean Reid had been to 4 conference championships and won one by year 6. Then he didn’t go onto do better things until he left and Mahomes came along. That was almost 20 years later from when he started. But it all started only two years after he had Mahomes. Cowher had won a conference championship in his 4th year. Like Tomlin, he had awful QB’s most his tenure, but did a great job turning that into something. His Super Bowl came in the 2nd year for big Ben nearly a decade later from when he started. Dungy needed two separate teams and nearly a decade to get it done with his second team. Once he had Manning it took five years. Even with his one trophy those Colts teams have to be one of the most underachieving of all time. In the case of the Eagles, Bucs, and Steelers they all won Super Bowls in five years or less of these coaches leaving. Bucs and Steelers nearly immediately. The Colts went to one and lost the following year. All of these coaches accomplished more way earlier than Sean has. In many instances with far less at QB, but when they did get a good QB they won it rather quickly. It took all of them a very long time to finally get to that point, some not even on the same team and when they did exit, those teams won Super Bowls very quickly. So I don’t know if your examples are things we should be trying to emulate. To me they’re more cautionary tail and what we want to avoid.

I just meant with this iteration. That was a very meaningful game for me. Certainly remember when we used be at our best in the postseason but that was a long time ago

You don’t think it’s the defensive system we have and our inability to adjust? I have posted this a few times now. Burrow is 17 of 17, for like 180 yards and 3TD’s on opening drives vs us. Including the Hamlin game. That can’t be the players can it? We will see these games again in the postseason, which most of you view as super negative take but how can’t one land on that conclusion? We have seen the normal dose of them this year as we did last year. The flareups when we play respectable teams. We have given the Colts, Bengals, Chiefs x2 top 3 offensive performances on the year when they faced us in the postseason. So in the context of the entire season of games they played, top 3 vs us for playoff football. 4 different teams, 3 different years. Arguably the only competent defensive performances we have in the postseason were against Mason Rudolph and Skyler Thompson (despite allowing 30+ points we did play well). Then Lamar with Greg Roman in Gail force winds. We are 3-9 when we allow 30 or more points since 2020 and 15-21 when we allow more than 21. That is the split we will be living in for the playoffs. I know, I’m not a fan, I’m negative, I’m a horrible person and I kick puppies. It’s impossible for me to pin this all on the players and if that’s something that even could be done then somebody really needs to look at Beane (not saying that’s the case, just saying)

Watching how incapable you’re of seeing an opposing view without going into one of your tirades is turning into one of the highlights of my experience here. Bravo 👏

We allowed 179 points in these games and we have Josh. So when McD gets exposed it usually ends in a pretty wild competition.

What is the biggest seeded team we have beat in the playoffs?

Totally agree, but would give the nod to Bruce for now. Josh playing QB is more impactful, but DE is still a big time position and he’s looked at as either first or second all time by basically everybody. The 90’s are also why this current iterations Wild Card victories and the fans that celebrate them like championships is just infuriating to me. This franchise has probably the best non championship run in the history of the major US sports. It’s about a championship. We have everything else. Nothing can make this team better than those 90’s teams without a Super Bowl.

The Dolphins are below .500 vs winning teams since 2020 excluding games against us. They wouldn’t be winning any division in football regardless of the Bills

Right? How I could you top the Kelly years as far as success without actually winning it. It’s one of the greatest non championship runs in the history of the 4 major US sports. Wild Card wins just don’t really scream success to me like they do to so many others on here. Said in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. We have a hall of fame QB. Most the drought era coaches would win a wild card game and this sorry division

We might not beat Miami.....

Let’s assume we do as bad as it gets and that’s what happens. So you’re saying we couldn’t win a wild card game with those guys and Josh Allen?

I don’t believe we have ever had two in one year have we?

So much of our offense is off schedule. It’s hard to give all that to Brady. But I do think he’s done a great job focusing our offense on being a two point team vs the three point style we used to play. Josh didn’t need more reason to play Favre ball. This system really balances him.

We will be ready, wouldn’t surprise me if we get the W

Not gonna lie, I support the escalation of his nickname

The 9 guys on the punt is what he was talking about.

These takes will keep aging like a deuce on a hot day with bad ventilation

So your concern Is about how they played in a game we can’t even reach, In a world where Ben Johnson forces his head coach into going for it on 4th down. Credible take my friend.

Sure, it was mostly meaningless as far as the final outcome. But I take something from it as far as future outcomes.

They will run out of nearly any down and distance because they know they will go for nearly any 4th down. The screen game is damn impressive and the play design is just unreal at times. They ran like an in route / corner for the Thanksgiving game, never have seen it in my life. Jet sweeps, offensive lineman throwing. Creative as all hell. Bill Walsh had good players as I recall. Is that punishment now? Is Josh not good?

Best one for he week 🤣

So you’re not impressed with the play calling of Detroit? It’s just a good offensive line?

Fielding 9 players does seem a bit excessive with those odds

No reason to think vs better teams with our history so far

It was never as good as some made it out to be and it’s not as bad now. The point of this thread is we have been here for several years now and it was as if the last 3 years just erased itself with another promising regular season start. Beat the Chiefs? Well, we have also done that each of those years. Super Bowl favorites? Yup, we have done that before as well. As others have pointed out, it takes 4 straight wins in the playoffs to win a Super Bowl if you don’t get the bye. How is this team capable of 3 closely contested games against KC, Baltimore, Houston, Pittsburgh, Chargers, and Denver? All anybody says is KC, but think about 3 straight wins vs that group? KC is only one of them. Our team, in the history of the McD era, has nothing to show it’s capable of that type of stretch. In many ways we are just looking for one singular win against a non wild card contender in the playoffs. But….But….But….Baltimore with Greg Roman in a wind tunnel?!!! That is what we have. Our greatest win after 5 consecutive divisional titles. One divisional playoff win. Then early exit after early exit justified by the greatness of a player that everybody on this forum says is not as great as our QB. Year after year, we underperform our advanced rankings. Then watch as our defense get completely outclassed. If you point it out you’re a “McD” hater. Whatever the hell that means. Anti Bills, not an actual fan, far worse if you ask a few in this thread. Read this thread and you will find it all. Maybe most of us are just tired of the regular season championships. The defensive collapses. The late game mismanagement. It’s non stop and never ending, masked by divisional titles against 3rd tier teams and a hall of fame QB cleaning up the bulk of it all. Perhaps the most hilarious take in this thread is Sean developed Allen. I guess we can just give the HC credit for QB success even if he has zero history coaching any offensive skill positions. I’m sure it was McD going over Josh’s footwork, mechanics, and reads as a younger player grilling him to be more like the players he’s never coached before.