Chaos

McDermott has no reason to lie about this. He clearly made the decision himself. Needed an immediate distraction from the 12 men on the field coaching mistake, after two time outs were taken that could have been used to make sure things were organized for the obvious play.

asinine post

Was Dorsey responsible for 12 men on the field?

McDermott's Bills is the most accurate description.

Is there a single serious fan who thinks that that McDermott does better end of game management than they could. He is truly horrible at that particular part of coaching. I can't even think of a HC in NFL worse at that aspect. In fact I am curious if anyone has any candidates for worse than McDermott at end of game management.

McDermott knows what the difference is between weeks 2-4, and the no rythm offense since then.

Half way through the game my wife, who substantial sports coaching experience, asked me "do the Bills coaches watch film?'

Fortunately, our QB compensates for the turnovers as well as the NFLs other turnover machines, Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrows.

I think what really matters with the offense is if Brady is better than Dorsey at not letting McDermott meddle in the offense.

We have had our blood letting. Time to move on. How badly will the Blills beat the Jets this week?

I think it’s nearly guaranteed that the dumpster fire we are seeing on the field is more important than secret, hidden behind-the-scenes stuff

Interesting take you might be right

One of the commentators mentioned that Cook was held out because he had lost his composure. Not as punishment. And was re-inserted when he regained his composure. If true that seems like a legit reason to hold him out.

My prediction, even if the Bills lose out, is that the Bills organization that gave McDermott a large extension this past off season will push the narrative that “Even Hall of Fame coaches have bad seasons. The great ender of droughts deserves a rebound season”

Like McDermott firing Dorsey

If the Bills advance to the AFC championship game , yes. Else no.

McDermott can’t build a defense or special teams unit that can close out games. This has been the case for many years. We can win games when Allen is super man. Shaking things up in the hope and prayer Allen can be Superman is McDermotts only card to play. He has no competence to help the offense on his own.

If the new OC does great it shows McD can’t assess offensive coaching talent properly. If he does poorly, it shows McDermott is useless with regards to the offense.

Wow

This can be statistically demonstrated. Only 4 teams had passer ratings over 100 last season. If one arbitrarily says a game with a passer rating over 100 is an elite QB performance, the Bills have had 18 such games out of 43 played including playoffs. In those 18 games, the Bills are 16-2. In the other 25 games they are 13-12. BTW 18 of 43 games is a high percentage of elite performances.

The view is very likely to be “even HOF coaches have a bad season, he has earned the right to see if he bounces back “

So your saying, you like this year's play from Allen better than his record setting prior years?

In fact based world, it did not work. In real life, the rushing around caused the Bills to have 12 men on the field instead of 11, moving the Ball five yards forward and giving them two chances to make the kick.

The amount of rushing on second down and distance were not materially changed by fourth down. Not at all. We simply used up the timeouts.

A common theme between both games is that in the end Allen and the offense did just enough to give their team a chance to win. Patriots game was the same situation. A difference is that in the Jets game and the Patriots game, the Bills actually had controlled time of possession (or nearly even). Last night Broncos dominated time of possession, which is on Allen to a large degree. I am Allen's biggest fan. In the scheme of things he is easily far and way the best part of the Bills team. But last night was a dud.