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You seem to be under the impression that 1 game makes a coaching career. Name a coach in NFL history that hasn’t been pummeled in a game numerous times.

Apologies. When you wrote “if it's not Allen, which at one point I sort of felt, but no longer do, it's Sean”… I thought you meant you thought Allen was the problem but now think it’s Sean.

No offense, but how did you ever think Allen was the problem with this team? That is mindblowing to me

Ditto. As much as Chiefs fans (and even some ‘fans’ on this forum) refuse to admit, Allen would be everything Mahomes is thought of now, and more, if the roles were switched. It’s why I don’t care when they throw the whole “you traded Mahomes to us” attempted mocking at me. I think we got an equal, if not better, QB. Plus Tre White. That being said, Mahomes would be successful here as well. Just like Allen.

Fangio is an excellent defensive mind. Miami lost a lot of players on defense.

Best angle yet of Dawkins affecting Allen’s endzone throw. This was a TD if Allen had a fraction of a second more.

See, THIS is why it's harder for me to accept the losses. Before, we had below average rosters and journeymen QB's. I expected us to lose. Now we have a superman at QB, with a solid roster, and we are in very game. That causes me to be more invested and more desiring all those factors to lead to a win.

The alleged rib injury came in the Steelers playoff game. He was dropping balls for a month and a half before this.

This was my thought too... but this should only apply to routes. He shouldn't be dropping balls that hits him in the hands because he has a nagging hamstring (for example).

I feel the opposite. The losses are getting harder. I was able to deal with the losses during the drought much more easily.

See, I wouldn't call McDermott "dreadful" in the playoffs. To me, assessing his coaching does not have to be binary. It doesn't have to be awesome or dreadful. It can be in the middle. It can be "good but not good enough", without being dreadful. PS, I wouldn't want John Harbaugh or Tomlin as our coach.

I might be inclined to agree with you if the Chiefs had not been beaten in the playoffs 2 of the last 3 years (Bengals, Bucs). And it could become 3 of the last 4 if they lose to the Ravens on Sunday. Point being: It’s not as if the Chiefs are just winning against everybody every year. They lose… just not to us. This must be what it felt to be a Dolphins fan in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

That may be part of the reason for the phenomenon that I mentioned in a thread earlier this year. Only 5 coaches in the past 40 years have made their inaugural Super Bowl appearance after 7 seasons of head coaching (which is where McD is now). For anyone wishing to revisit that data, here is the thread: https://www.twobillsdrive.com/community/topic/248039-how-long-does-it-take-an-nfl-head-coach-to-reach-his-1st-super-bowl/

It’s been quite frankly forgotten about, but we were a fumble at the goal line away from being down two scores with around 10 minutes left in the game. And the reason for that is because McD decided to try a fake punt at our own 30-some yard line, needing way too many yards. It was a truly awful decision. That being said, I liked the aggressiveness. But I would have rather left your All-Star QB run that 4th down play than Damar friggin Hamlin. I guess my point is that we were about an inch in butt-to-turf space from being in another two score loss to KC in the playoffs.

People always like to draw this comparison but the big difference between the Reid and McDermott situations is that Reid had FAR more postseason success in Philly than McD has had in Buffalo. Therefore, it was easier to imagine Reid finally getting over the hump than it is to imagine that McD does the same. For example, McDermott just finished his 7th head coaching season. He has been to 0 Super Bowls and 1 AFCCG. By the end of Reid’s 7th season, he had been to 4 Championship games and a Super Bowl. Thats a big, big, big difference. Reid had proven by this point that he could make the Championship game with relative ease, and he had already been to a Super Bowl. McD has not shown that. That being said, I really like McD as a human. He is a good man. I truly believe that. And I believe the team respects him. But I can’t help but fear that he just doesn’t have it in big games.

About 500 (to make a living that is greater than the average American annual income). Judging by his traffic, Id guess he probably has 2x or 3x that many subscribers (that’s why I was curious if you had a reason to think the site was failing). I do find the whole thing to be pretty weird. He is a well respected journalist and was never known to be a hit piece writer in the past.

Do you have proof of this?

It actually pisses me off that we didn’t reach even a single Super Bowl during his tenure. Couldn’t have asked for better safety tandem. Sorry for swearing.

Bernard is the real deal. What a player. Listen to this story. He tried so hard to play in the Chiefs game that he cried when the Doctors told him he couldn't play:

You're clearly lost in this conversation. My "new age" comment was not in response, or in regards, to WhoTom or is his WW2 vet Dad. Tom and I were not even conversating in this thread until AFTER I wrote that post. You are confused. This also never happened. I said you don't condone switching teams just because times got hard. That once you pick a team (which the kid obviously did), you remain loyal to your commitment. Again, you are very lost in this conversation and are responding to items that you have a great misunderstanding of. Also worth noting that OP, who made this thread, greatly thanked me for my comments.

So you ignored what I actually wrote (in detail) about, because I started with "new age horse manure" and it "set the tone". Ok... I don't think it's intellectually honest to appeal to a concept that a poster did not advocate for, especially when you know that person clarified what they meant in the very same post that you're quoting, but I can understand the temptation. I've been there. Glad you're Dad taught you well. He sounds like a great man. I don't want to litter this thread with a debate though, so I'll allow you the last word.

1) You seem to have missed the entire last paragraph of my post. "I'm not saying you force the kid to sit in front of the TV every Sunday and watch, but if they ask you if they should switch teams, the answer in my opinion is “You don’t give up just because the road is tough”. What he/she does with that answer is up to them. But you shouldn’t advise them to give up, or give them an answer that condones the potential of changing teams just because things are difficult right now." 2) Being a jerk to your kid and verbally abusing him/her while he plays a sport has literally NOTHING to do with what we are talking about in this post. I'm not sure where you even drew the comparison.

Seconded.

I disagree here. The Bills were the far more "lucky" team on Sunday. We fumbled TWICE and neither went into the hands of a Chiefs player. Josh only had 1 bad pass all game, but it was darn close to being picked off. And then there is the whole fumbling through the endzone for a safety play. Bills got lucky a lot in that game. More than the Chiefs IMO. And i'm glad - we deserve some luck.