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there can't be zero punishment even if we don't fire him. what if mcdermott made a public apology to the fans and the team and admit that he was a bonehead for the 13 seconds? then, he outlines a plan to improve his situational game management. the pegulas will hire some nerd to write a software that simulates gameday decision making, and mcdermott promises to spend 8 hours a day on the simulator until it's ingrained into him and he instinctively and immediately knows the best decisions to make for every situation. so 13 seconds comes up again? his brain goes beep-bop-boop, squib kick and taking holding penalties to kill the clock. even the most heartless of us who want McD fired will probably accept a public apology and a plan of action to improve his loser instincts for situational game management. the more I think about it, the more I like it. a public apology that tells the truth of the bungling of the 13 seconds, and a realistic plan of action to improve. that's what allows this relationship to continue. otherwise, the fans and team won't ever fully trust this head coach again.

trying to think outside the box, maybe McD can stay but he has to hand over game management duties to someone else. just hire any of the top 100 ranked Madden players in the world, for example. so, for example, with 13 seconds left in tonight's game, McD has to ask some 13-yr-old pimply faced Japanese kid what to do. "I would squib kick, coach" maybe this sort of power sharing dynamic can win us the super bowl.

yup. maybe bills fans also take on the personality of our gutless coaches

we didn't close the gap. we leapt over it and beat the Chiefs. then 13 seconds of stupidity from our coaches happened.

You have to nip it in the bud now. By the time most Bills fans have figured out that he's a coach that will get us to the playoffs again and again but choke with his situational game management, we'll have wasted Josh's prime. Look, when we were in the midst of the long playoff drought, I would've killed to have a Marty Schottenheimer coach our team and change our culture and reliably take us to the playoffs. But now that we have Marty S, it's time to fire him and upgrade.

No one stops a healthy Chiefs team. We did exactly what we had to do: outscore them. What we need is better situational game management from the coaches to not blow a win in 13 seconds.

Jerry Jones on McCarthy and his other coaches: "“So I’ve got a lot to think about regarding these coaches. I’ve got a lot to think about regarding these scouts. I’ve got a lot to think about regarding various aspects of this organization." Say what you will about Jones but he's the superior owner to the Pegulas if they're not at least pondering like he is. Those 13 seconds are a fireable offense, period.

the Rams are the much more talented team. the lead will only grow in the second half.

Rams are just more talented, too. (at this point, with all the Buc injuries and absences).

Thank you. As you point out, historically you're basically printing money by betting on bye teams to cover the spread in the divisional round. But it's worth monitoring the trend over the next few years. As the NFL has become more finesse-oriented, the value of the bye might diminish because it becomes increasingly important for your skill players to stay in rhythm by playing a game than having the week off. (Green Bay and Tennessee sure didn't look in rhythm yesterday.) Whereas when the NFL was a much more physical sport, the rest and recuperation was much more important for bruised bodies, especially for the linemen, LBs, and RBs in the running game.

that was a hilarious pancake his guard received on the bullrush though. i agree there were a couple of sacks earlier he shouldn't have taken but not sure about that one

your buddy is a nerd who should be stuffed in a locker for his own good

if Burrow is on the Mahomes / Allen level, he will take advantage of this double possession. FG here, and TD first possession of the second half to go up 20-6 (2-pt conversion).

going for 2 was classic "a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing" don't teach meatheads analytics.

cowardly run by Cincy on 2nd down

that was a cowardly punt by the Titans beginning to think Cincy could win

guessing 27 to 3 Titans by the end. Bengals coach won't be able to recognize that this is going to be a low-scoring game, will take too many chances (not keep enough blockers in ), and the turnovers will flow.

yeah, but that's line play in general. unless this was his first snap playing football, no excuse there.

bengals o-line sucks. i want them in Orchard Park so bad

freudian slip. bills won't lose to them until next week.

just going off line movement - the point spread went from 3 to 4 - the Titans will probably roll. it's hard to move off the 3 and off the hook all the way to 4.

Kinda underwhelming. There were 3 questions asked about ranking teams' analytics, and the Bills didn't get mentioned for 2 of the 3 questions, and on the third question, the Bills got 2 votes which gave them third place. Most of it is just praising the Browns for their analytics. And if they keep Baker Mayfield this offseason, then screw their analytics. They suck.

it doesn't matter with a clean pocket but matters when you're getting pressured. if you have a rubber arm that can get the pass off at different angles to avoid defenders and find new passing lanes, it helps.

on Monday, they should be preparing for the Titans. what then? unless there is a league wide rule that bans these interviews until a team is knocked out of the playoffs, i get why they have to do it now.

Wolf is famous for his appearance on Jeopardy. Let's hope McD talks really slowly to him.