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My post wasn't serious. It is interesting the myriad reasons people don't like him... several different responses.

What makes you think he hasn't? Do you think he just came up with the hand clapping by himself?

Not sure why everyone hates Mike McDaniels. It's truly widespread. I know there were the comments about the AK, the near brawl at the St Joe's football game and a few other things but c'mon people... give a guy a chance. It can't be easy being someone's famous uncle.

Earlier? Yes I remember thinking that after Paul Seymour retired in 1977. Those were the days. What time is it? It's really dark outside.

Yes Denmark is quite beautiful. I've never been to Ifedi but I hear there are a lot of Germains there.

Not sure of your major malfunction but it seems clear you need a new playmate. Have at it and have fun!

I'm trying to get a clear and simple explanation from @BADOLBILZwhy he feels it's necessary to question my intelligence. If a person is being attacked as I am, shouldn't there be some justification from the attacker? I've called him on it and he's now being evasive instead of clear.

Wow. First you call me an idiot and now you're saying I'm dumb. It's weird being the target of an unprovoked attack... but I hope you feel better.

Let me get this right... As a service to other readers who can't get behind the paywall, I provide a synopsis of the article with no editorializing or opinions... just a summary. You are now calling me an idiot and alleging that I don't understand the nature of NFL coaching and other similar professions?

Again, there's no doubt that Chad Kelly grew up in privilege but is that his fault? Certainly he had no control over what family he was born into. While I believe in personal responsibility... I wonder how Chad Kelly was raised and how many of us, if raised the same way wouldn't also be douche bags. Yes, I'm implicating his parents, uncles, etc. For instance, his uncle was at a high school football game with him nearly getting into a group brawl. There's a general tendency among all people: to look down on those who have publicly committed bad acts. to believe that they have higher character than those who have publicly committed bad acts. to believe that they would never make those same mistakes if put in the same situation. The most obvious example of this behavior is the common criticism of pro athletes who blow all their money and end up destitute. From what I've seen I believe most of us would end up doing the same thing if given the "opportunity." JMO.

If you read the piece it makes more sense. He even says he likes Belichick as a coach (despite the sub .500 record). Also many people believe the key to Belichick's success was drafting Brady in the 6th round and that without Brady, he's just another football coach. Anyways, here's an excerpt from the piece for those not inclined to click: "Buffalo rebounds. There are things I don’t like about the Bills—but there are things that worry me about every AFC power team. Stefon Diggs is great, but will he be all-in for 17 weeks, which is essential for this team? Will Josh Allenrein in his uncharacteristic Red Zone mistakes from last year? I think the football world looked at the 27-10 divisional playoff loss to Cincinnati as the beginning of the end for a team with looming cap issues. I looked at it as a bad day to have a bad day, and give credit to a great gameplan by defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo of the Bengals. I say Allen returns to more efficient form, Von Miller provides a late-season defensive boost and they finally get off the schneid in Kansas City in the playoffs. Allen’s too good, and too determined, to let the end of 2022 leak into 2023." What no one here has mentioned yet is that King picks the Bills to lose to the Eagles in the Super Bowl.

The OP has a fair question though I'm not a big fan of dragging Teller into the discussion. Will it be viewed as a mistake to trade away Boogie Basham (especially for almost nothing)? Basham had his best preseason so far and I for one was excited to see how much he improved. And though I was happy when we drafted Epenesa, I would rather have traded him than Basham. I hope McBeane got this one right though I'm a bit worried that they didn't.

Kudos to you looking up no QB playing QB coaches. That had to have taken a bit of time. Interestingly (at least to me), the two people considered the most brilliant offensive minds in the NFL, Andy Reid and Kyle Shanahan didn't play QB either. Reid was an O-lineman and Shanahan was a wide receiver.

For me it really has nothing to do with who he's related to, Not that I always succeed but I've been trying to get out of the business of judging others. Besides, what's the worst thing Chad Kelly's ever done? On a related topic have you see the recent stories about Pacman Jones? Do his recent actions change the way you feel towards him?

Giving a fully-guaranteed $230 million contract to a PR nightmare who hadn't played football in a year was surely weird move.

I never met the guy and being the nephew of a sports celebrity probably has its downsides... I wonder how he was raised. He's certainly made some bad decisions but I can't judge him.

That's why I said, "It will be interesting to see his play in this defense."

This was a good laugh. I actually like Jarrett Stidham quite a bit and wouldn't be surprised if he started some games for the Broncos. The times I saw Davis Webb play QB he was always in reverse... moving away from the line of scrimmage. He never learned to climb the pocket but it looks like he's climbing the coaching ladder. Little-known fact... Davis Webb is the brother of touring pro Ty Webb.

Has he committed some unforgivable sin that makes you prefer to dislike him forever? Not one for redemption stories?

As you suggest it's hard for any linebacker to show well behind a poor defensive line. Kirksey has played nearly his entire NFL career on poor defenses behind poor defensive lines. The best lineman he's ever played with is probably Myles Garrett who isn't the type of space eater who makes a LBs job easier. By and large Kirksey has played on bad defenses behind bad defensive lines. It will be interesting to see his play in this defense.

I was giving a synopsis of the article... not sure what you're getting at.

I have not seen people around here giving McDermott a free pass. Most of the comments have been that the Bills defensive failings in key playoff situations is on him... accentuated by the fact of him calling strategic time outs to poor results. The only credit I see people giving McDermott is that he's doing the right thing by taking over the defensive helm and graphically taking responsibility for that side of the ball... removing any separation between himself and accountability.

Here's an excerpted/shortened version of Dorsey's weekly regimen based on the Buffalo News article linked below: Sunday: After the game Dorsey walks over to his office and watches the All 22 to do a post mortem of the game just completed. He takes notes of course. Monday: In the office by 6:45 am. Offensive Coaches meeting at 8 am where his assistants present their player grades from yesterday's game. "Later" Monday is a full offensive meeting with players and coaches. Dorsey goes over the good and the bad. Afterwards he "pops into" the positional group meetings spending most of his time in the QB meeting. After that he attends a team meeting run by McDermott. After this meeting the entire staff is now focused on the upcoming opponent. Dorsey then has his weekly media availability at 3 pm. "Monday night" the staff is working on 1st and 2nd downs and which base run and pass plays might work. Dorsey oversees the pass game and OL Coach Aaron Kromer oversees the run game. Early in the week: Dorsey receives analytics reports from senior director of football research Dennis Lock, and talks game situations with assistant quarterbacks/game management coach Marc Lubick. Completes watching every game the upcoming opponent has played this season. Tuesday: Most of the players are off but the coaches and quarterbacks are at the facility. Dorsey spends time talking with McDermott to get a defensive perspective on the opponents D and also with Josh Allen about what plays they like and dislike for the week's opponent. He also has conversations with his coaches about what they feel will work. By mid-afternoon 1st and 2nd down play calls are finalized and the staff turns its focus to 3rd down planning. Wednesday: 8 am coaches meeting to finalize points of emphasis for upcoming practices and review the practice script of plays with the emphasis on red-zone plays. The opponents personnel and general schemes are presented. The meeting breaks and positional group meetings commence. This is followed by an on-field "walk-through period" and then another meeting, and then a 12:30 practice, another coach’s meeting, another full-offense meeting and then individual position meetings. Afterwards the coaches watch the practice video together to finalize the playlist. The players are excused in the late afternoon but the coaches continue by reviewing “What if?” scenarios – if the opponent does this, how will the Bills block it, where will Allen go with the football, how will the receivers and tight ends adjust their routes? They call them their “rules.” Next up is the red zone. Says Dorsey “There is the element of never feeling like there is enough time in the day.” Thursday: In the 90 minutes before the 8 am offensive staff meeting, Dorsey double-checks the Thursday practice script to make sure the right things are being emphasized during individual drills, and uses highlighters to mark plays already practiced and those still on the docket. Then there is an offensive team meeting focusing on blitzes, and then another meeting devoted to the red-zone package. From late afternoon into the night, the coaches script the Friday practice, make sure the red-zone plan is finished and go over two- and four-minute drills, short-yardage, goal-line, and back-up-to-their-own-end-zone situations. Late Thursday night, Dorsey is back in his office organizing his play-call sheets for the game: which first-and-10 play he prefers in the red zone, go-to calls on second-and-long, the plays in third-and-short, -medium and-long. Friday: The team has a morning walk-through before staying on the field and starting practice at 11 a.m. The aforementioned specialized situations are installed and practiced. Post-practice, there are no meetings with the players. The coaches do meet and "you’re trying to subtract plays (from the game plan), instead of adding plays because there are no more practices to work on it.” Dorsey tries to leave the facility by 6 p.m. Friday and spend time with his wife and two daughters. Saturday: Dorsey starts with another offensive staff meeting in the morning to go over the play-calling script. He continues to stress collaboration. The Bills usually have an 11 a.m. walk-through that Dorsey said centers on “true situational stuff,” like two-minute and short-yardage. After the walk-through, if it’s a home game, the players are off for several hours until reporting to their team hotel. The position coaches use Saturday afternoon to work ahead on the next opponent, and Dorsey will take one last look at how he constructed his game-calling sheets for “final touches on the plan.” https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/ken-dorsey-buffalo-bills-game-preparations-nfl/article_73640ee6-444f-11ee-bb15-5b2c7e37403b.html

One can only hope... If you have a subscription, here's the link: Yes, the only thing that jumped out of the article for me was this: “If you get to game day and haven’t slept, you’re no good to anybody.” There's definitely a point of diminishing returns as far as all the hours that these coaches put in. At some point it's counter-productive.

Not to mention the rest of society. On the other hand you never know what might grow when a seed germinates.