Coach Tuesday

I am honestly wondering if McD thought the Chiefs were either down by 4 or had no time outs left. Why would you leave the middle open and guard the sideline? There's no rational reason to do it situationally - something went seriously wrong.

The Pegulas are not serious people so I don’t expect anything to come of this. To be clear I don’t think Sean should be fired - but he should absolutely be put on notice that his coaching staff failed in key games/moments this season and more is expected. But that won’t happen, the Pegulas are casual fans who are just along for the ride.

I’m really wondering if McDermott had a full-on brain freeze and thought the Chiefs were either out of time outs or were down by more than 3… something went seriously wrong. There are high school football coaches who would’ve coached better situationally there. It is shocking.

Here is what some anonymous coaches had to say in today’s Athletic: Coverages didn’t seem to matter at times, but they did in the final 13 seconds. “How about the pass to Kelce to set up the field goal?” the offensive coach said. “What was that corner doing? He was five yards outside Kelce and just watched him run inside there. I mean, they’re protecting the sideline, but they had timeouts. You can’t protect the sideline when they had timeouts. It was situational football that was bad. That happens when things get tight.” An exec with experience playing quarterback said he could see that play unfolding before the snap. “I’m sitting here saying, ‘They’re going to throw it to Kelce on the other side, and they’ve only got one (defender) over there,’ ” this exec said. “I said, ‘I can’t believe they’re going to let it happen, and he’s going to be able to run for 20 or 30 yards.’ And if I can see it on TV before the play starts, I can’t believe they let it happen.”

They’ll probably fire the ST coordinator as a sacrificial lamb but otherwise there won’t be any consequences from last night. McDermott is Mike Zimmer with a better QB. He’s well-organized and focused but lacks elite intelligence or strategic thinking. That means he’ll need elite coordinators and he doesn’t have those right now although Daboll is close. McDermott’s natural tendency is to avoid risks and wait for the other team to mess up. His players on defense have taken in that mentality - they would rather sit back and wait for the contact than aggressively attack the ball. Hence getting dragged for five yards routinely. This is the personality of their coach: do your job, stay disciplined, hope for the best. Frankly above all else it’s just - lame. But at the end of the day, always remember these guys are basically high-achieving gym teachers.

Wish we had the Josh Allen of head coaches.

This. Another playmaker or two on offense. Get Beasley and Sanders off the roster and bring in another tight end for nights like tonight when Knox has the Sucks. Add speed on the edge and two more actual NFL-caliber corners. MAybe take back Taron’s extension if he hasn’t signed it yet (kidding but he’s been pretty bad since he reupped).

Eh stop wallowing.

Also fair. The only real differences between these two teams are speed and coaching, both advantages for KC.

Edmunds’ head was on a swivel for most of the night but he made a couple good stops in the 4th. But team speed remains a problem on both sides of the ball. They need a fast playmaker somewhere in that front seven.

McD is a scared little boy hiding under his blanket. That’s just who he is and who he’ll always be. He secretly likes to abandon aggressiveness due to “game flow” because it’s his natural state. He’s a human wet blanket, and Frazier is his Mr. Smithers, that meek enabler.

They coached scared all night, that’s McDermott’s core personality. He’s afraid.

End of the day the defense lacks a single great player - not one. Good players across the board but zero game-changers despite all of the draft capital and free agent spending. They lack a single elite talent except perhaps Tre. Diggs was invisible on a night where he faced scrub CBs and backup safeties. Beasley spent all season bitching about rules then dropped two passes and slid down short of the sticks like three times tonight. He’s washed and his act is beyond tiresome. Good riddance. Playcalling on offense was uninspired and coaches coached scared on both sides of the ball, like they didn’t trust their team. This team has the personality of its head coach - afraid to go for the jugular. Except JA17 who is the greatest QB I’ve ever seen. I’ve never appreciated an athlete as much as I appreciate rooting for him and it’ll be a joy to watch him dominate the league for the next 10-12 years. Too bad his coaches won’t match his intensity.

Knox has also had a brutal game.

Taiwan Jones is not worth a roster spot.

Mario Addison is a corpse.

McDermott is a coward at his core. He’s a scared little boy hiding under his blanket. That is who he is and no one will ever convince me otherwise.

Edmunds’ head is spinning already tonight.

Ok but throwing 1 yard passes to Knox and Gilliam isn’t exactly scrambling the Chiefs’ game plan.

Dane is a disaster tonight. Major offseason need.

Anyone else have The Stomachs?

This is what I’m expecting from the Chiefs. Lots of blitzing and press coverage to try to force mistakes.

Saw an interesting mock draft this week that had the Bills taking Jameson Williams who may slide to 32 because of his ACL tear. If they could somehow add a playmaker of the Deebo mold, their offense would become borderline unstoppable and they’ll have little need for vets with dead legs.

Why does Jimmy think he can throw those outs to the right? He cannot.

Check out the article I linked to.