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You’re purposefully ignoring his mentions on ESPN, NY Times, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo, PFT, Adam Schefter, etc. Also ignoring his 1 on 1 interviews with dozens upon dozens of current and former NFL players. In the last two months alone, he has been with Kurt Warner, Orlando Brown Jr, Wyatt Teller, and KJ Osborn. Where do you think he got these sources? Why do you think they trust him? PS, Here is the NFL editor for USA Today talking about how good Dunne is: If you want to pretend that he isnt widely respected, that’s fine. It just makes you wrong.

At least this thread is outing all the McDermott burner accounts 😀

It’s OK to be wrong.

This post could be summed up as: “I won’t believe anything unless McDermott himself says it. Or at least a current assistant that will go on the record and talk about his current boss.”

If you listen closely, you can hear the faint echo of all the players/coaches sticking up for McDermott and stating that the article is full of falsehoods.

That makes sense. Organizations are credentialed (and therefore the employees). Not individual writers. For example, if Joe Buscaglia left The Athletic, he would lose his credentials and have to re-credential with whatever organization he went to.

Ahh, you're playing the semantic game. Ok, ill rephrase. The fact that he could find 25 coaches, players, personnel men and other team sources that were willing to say such damning things about a coach who has only been a head coach for 6 years... that speaks volumes by itself.

Show the proof...

Why do people think Dunne asked for credentials? He is a National NFL writer. Why would he ask for a Bills credential? I don't think Adam Schefter has a Bills credential either...

I'm not sure why you say these things when you're not actually sure. Dunne is extremely well respected. He was a National NFL Writer for Bleacher Report for nearly half a decade, a Packers reporter, and a Bills reporter. His writing has been sourced by the NY Times, Yahoo, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, etc. He also has an amazing number of sources. His articles from the past month include one-on-one interviews with Bengals Pro Bowl LT Orlando Brown, Broncos starting S Bell, the QB coach for Jake Browning, Texans WR Robert Woods, etc. He is in the top tier of writers.

He does. The article was based on the interviews of 25 players/coaches.

Even if this were true, the fact that he could find 25 coaches and players that were willing to say such damning things about a coach who has only been a head coach for 6 years... that speaks volumes by itself.

I have no doubts that the story is legitimate. 1) Dunne is a highly respected writer with an immense number of sources. He would not jeopardize his career to bash a random coach. 2) Much of what was written in the article is what we have seen and assumed for many years. It matches. 3) McKenzie publicly spoke about some of this. Those who believe its made up simply want to believe its made up.

is every whistleblower article a hit peace in your opinion?

It's fine not to care of course. I'm just saying, it's not just a reporter saying bad things. It's a lot of former players and coaches. And McD confirmed today that at least one big story from the story is true. I find what was written very credible, even if not provable.

I completely disagree. I am a huge reader of Florio's work and I have never seen Florio be anything but kind about the Bills. He tells it like it is, but he never bashes Buffalo. He routinely talks about how great Josh Allen is and his co-host, Chris Simms, is an unabashed Josh Allen fanatic. Florio does have some click-baity moments, but he is overall, in my personal opinion, the best NFL reporter.

Added one defensive starter: “When ***** hits the fan, I’ve seen him take over.” @GunnerBill, told you it wasn't just one time 😉.

This is the part that bothers me the most. And I 100% believe it because it jives with exactly what we all saw after 13 seconds. We all saw a head coach who REFUSED to talk about it. REFUSED to tell us what happened. REFUSED to take responsibility in any meaningful way. McKenzie publicly spoke out about how the coaches never even told the PLAYERS where the breakdown occurred. "Adversity reveals character in any field. Not only did McDermott insult the public by writing off 13 Seconds as an “execution” error. He never owned the defeat privately. He allowed it to linger, and that’s the danger with any trauma. There’s no way for anyone involved to move on unless it’s dealt with head-on. Unless the guilty party takes accountability. McDermott, as Go Long detailed, was the culprit. Yet when his decision to kick a touchback and his defense doomed Buffalo against the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round of the playoffs, there was zero accountability. To delusional proportions. One assistant coach remembers McDermott saying in the locker room that the offense scored too fast and left the Chiefs too much time. “It was such a ludicrous statement,” the coach said, “that it didn’t move the needle.” The next day, McDermott continued to point the finger. “You guys need to get away,” the assistant recalled the boss saying. “Recharge, reflect, and figure out what you can do better to avoid that happening again.” With that, he walked out of the room."

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I agree that Dorsey needed to go. However, Dorsey's offense left the field with 2 leads and never got the ball back. If the defense did their job, we would have been 7-3 when Dorsey was fired. In fact, I wonder if he even would have been fired in that case.

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Devils advocate: This post reads like someone who has an agenda to defend McDermott and will rebuke any source (let alone 25 of them) that display any negativity toward him. It’s a common theme to discredit an article by stating that it’s for “clicks”. Which in this case is especially odd, since “for clicks” is a phrase that indicates that the author wrote something inflammatory to drive click-traffic that increases advertising revenue. But Dunne doesn’t get paid for clicks (he has zero ads). If the only source you would accept is McDermott himself telling you that he is doing a bad job, then of course you will never get that. You’ll never see Dick Jauron admit that either. If this was anyone but Dunne, perhaps the theory of the big-bad-reporter being out to hurt the head coach for a couple advertising dollars would have some merit. But Dunne is as respected as a reporter as one could possibly be. University respected. Reports of McD having a bit of an a-hole side has been around since he was hired. He famously went off on a reporter after a practice for writing a negative article. That being said - who are we going to get that’s definitively better? I struggle to think of anyone. I love Ben Johnson’s offense, but he is definitively going to be better as a HC? That’s impossible to answer.

Wow. Tyler Dunne held no punches in that one. I feel bruised just reading it.

What impressed me from that clip is how pointed the media from other cities is compared to ours.

Yeah I get it. I do wish one of the media members asked him why the difference in handling of situations. Would be curious to see how he responded.