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Youre right. It was a failure of coaching.

That’s the odd thing. McDermott and the coaching staff had the entire TV timeout (after the TD with 13 seconds remaining) to come up with a plan. It would be slightly understandable if he had to think on his feet. But instead, he had time to formulate a plan and simply failed.

Thanks. Wish I didn’t have to make it.

Yeah, that about sums it up.

Great coaching is typically comprised of a mixture of situational game awareness (see: game theory), as well as traditional X’s and O’s. You can not have one without the other. McDermott is a good coach but his achilles heel is often in his game theory and situational game awareness. Lets examine the final 13 seconds while thinking through each decision and how game theory can be applied. 1a) Pass Rush: In football, teams rush the passer in an attempt to force a quick decision by the QB, resulting in less time for receiving options to get open. Due to this, teams often rush 4 or 5 defenders. 1b) Game Theory Analysis: In a situation where a team needs to drive 35 yards in 13 seconds, the QB is already forced into making a quick decision. Therefore, using situational game awareness, we can hypothesize that 4 defensive line rushers are not needed in this situation, as the very limited time left in the game will force the QB’s decision making far more than your pass rushers can. 1c) Potential Solution: Rush 2 defensive linemen. Why even bother with only two? Because you want hands in passing lanes. Pick your two most intuitive linemen that are best at getting their hands in the air and tipping passes at the line. —— 2a) Pass Coverage: In football, pass coverage is designed to limit the opponent from moving the ball through the air. Traditionally, this can be accomplished via man, zone or a hybrid scheme. Penalties such as defensive holding and pass interference are your enemy, as this results in the ball being advanced down the field which negates your objective. 2b) Game Theory Analysis: In a situation where a team needs to drive 35 yards in 13 seconds, they must pass the ball. This makes the opponents offense one dimensional and gives the defense an advantage. With only 2 defensive linemen rushing the QB, you are left with 9 players in coverage. Since there is no need to diagnose a potential run play, linebackers are less needed here as well. Defensive holding is the defenses friend in this situation, as time is NOT added back onto the clock in the case of a penalty. The time is simply gone, and the offense is only 5 further yards down the field. 2c) Potential Solution; Place 8 defensive backs and 1 coverage LB in pass coverage. The coverage LB gives a hard shove (read: hold) to Kelce off the line of scrimmage and plays man coverage on him. Behind the coverage LB is a defensive back bracketing Kelce’s route. This delays Kelce’s route and double covers him. On the other side of the field, 6 DB’s cover the 3 WR’s that are lined up in a bunch formation. There are 3 “up” DB’s and 3 “bracket” DB’s. The “up” defensive backs are in man to man coverage with the WR’s while the remaining 3 DB’s are bracketing behind them (this is essentially modern day double coverage). The result is that each receiving option is double covered while leaving 1 safety back deep in a support role. 2 DL 1 LB 8 DB (7 in direct coverage and 1 safety) . . . . . . . . . . . This is just one option, and may not even be the best option. But it is better than what was used. In summary, I value McDermott as a quality coach but hope he spends time this offseason evaluating his game theory and practicing scenarios that will make him more prepared for the next situation.

We should have had 2 or 3 d linemen rushing. Not 4. With 3 d-linemen, you can double every receiver on the field. One can hold/shove them at the line. The other brackets behind for extra coverage. It was really poor defense.

This is not a rare tactic and something the Bills should have used. To let Kelce just run off the line of scrimmage and no one touching him for 30(?) yards is unacceptable.

Squib and you win the game. Its that simple in my opinion.

Perfect conditions for both offenses.

A national sales tax would in no way make up for income tax. I am very open to a national flat tax though.

Hate to break it to you, but your SS number is already all over the dark web.

Admittedly, this was my first hope. That he was sharing some secret he knew about the Chiefs lol

Never realized Buffalo had so many comedians. This entire thread is lame jokes lol. I really do wonder what was said or who he talked to.

Fiest person to pay me $500 gets this sweet screenshot!

I just don’t agree. Our stadium is only 1,000~ seats from the median stadium in the NFL.

90% of our non-suite capacity would be 30th in the NFL.

This is considered a “packed” stadium by some on here… Only 18,000 empty seats

You’re not a real fan unless you sit in a recliner.

Absolutely. I do recall that. And there were plenty of games where we were not saved from blackout. Many a game we’re listened to on the radio with Van Miller on the call. 95% of people 18 or older are vaccinated. I don’t think the mandate has anything to do with this.

You may want to see an optometrist.

StubHub is only a tiny fraction of the market. Look on the #1 ticket site - TicketMaster…

I realize that many people mock dome threads - myself included - but I generally like the discussion that ensues. I hope the mods don’t start locking them all. They’re a good time.

LOL! Yeah, not sure what they were thinking but probably not going to find anything of substance open that late.

Wow. Some people can’t admit they’re wrong even when faced with indisputable evidence. That is no where near packed. The game was going to be blacked out (yes, a playoff game, blacked out). The NFL had to give the Bills 2 extensions past the usual cutoff in order to find six different companies in the area that would purchase several thousand seats in order to lift the blackout. In the end, 18,101 seats were empty. Thats nearly 25% of the stadium - empty. It was not almost filled. There were over 18,000 empty seats and that was even AFTER companies bought several thousand seafs.

I don’t know about that. This photo is from the Super Bowl run. Divisional playoff game against the Raiders. Thousands of empty seats.