Coach Tuesday

He needs to work on his upper body strength and his assertiveness generally. Contested catches were an issue (except for one particular catch) and he would’ve benefited from working the refs in a few games to get some calls.

Do you by any chance have a side piece named Kelci? Your unique autocorrect has been giving you away lately!

As for Whaley at least he swung for the fences. He just missed. He had no real idea how to build and run a football team but he tried to collect talent for his coaches to coach. Everyone failed at their jobs during his tenure - including ownership.

You’re playing against Tiger Woods in his prime. You have two choices: hit it down the middle and hope he has an off day, or try to hit the snot out of the ball and maybe go down swinging. Beane and McD trend towards the former. It’s a middle management approach to sports that doesn’t really do it for me but in McDermott’s defense, he has gradually learned to be more aggressive and ruthless. Sunday was an unfortunate step backwards. I really hope we never have to see that approach again.

It sounds like he was right? McDermott decided during the week before the game that his team couldn’t run with the Chiefs and he never really put his players in a position to win. You’ve got to hope he learns from it and that his players have a short memory about their coach not believing they could win.

One of your best.

Dude just had the best quarterbacking season in franchise history. It’s his third year. He has so much God-given arm talent he has not yet had to even begin to master his short game. He will have to adjust and why wouldn’t he? It’s the easier part of the game to get better at as a QB. That and understanding how to use a running game (checking into the right runs etc.) will take him to Grand Master level and extend his career. It will happen probably as soon as next year.

Maybe? Take a look at how Todd Bowles defends the Chiefs in two weeks. Might end up with the same result but I guarantee he won't sit back and let his guys get punched in the mouth repeatedly.

And no one with two eyes thinks that defense is capable of beating an elite offense.

Good writeup. Bad look for the new DL coach that he couldn't get ANYONE to improve their play, and several regressed.

He absolutely cannot play NT in a 3-4. He was misused in college. He doesn't have the length for LE in a 3-4.

Sure seemed like the Chiefs knew the playcalls and had the perfect coverage/defense every single time.

Where would Oliver go in a 3-4? OLB?

The Bills’ coaching staff will get a front row seat from their couches in two weeks to see how more experienced and/or aggressive coaches scheme up KC. Brady will know what to do against tight man coverage and late safety robber rotation, and Bowles will have a far more aggressive plan for Mahomes than McDermott and Frazier did. They should take notes.

I guess another way of saying it is: if Edmunds is “perfect for this defense,” maybe the defense needs to change.

I don’t see them completely changing their defensive scheme, @colin

The internet. Megaphone for all kinds of deranged ideas.

Kamara. Secretly a power back despite the size and juking.

I have no problem being patient and actually developing young players which is a marked change from the Ralph years. But there’s a limit. Not saying we’re there yet but it’s soon. Usually with young players you at least see flashes of greatness - they’ll make “wow” plays out of athleticism and instinct alone. Haven’t seen many of those with Tre. He’s got the athleticism. I don’t think he has the instincts. His brother is the same way in Pittsburgh by the way - they, too, have been mystified by the lack of flash plays out of their Edmunds.

Can you point to a single game-altering play he made in 2020? He's a zone/cover linebacker. Any interceptions? Any tipped balls that led to others' interceptions? How about a blown up screen pass at a critical moment, any of those? Did he shut down a single tight end? (No, the Bills were at the bottom of the league in covering tight ends in 2020.) He was playing injured, sure. Since then he's gone from bad to serviceable. It's great that he makes the defensive calls but they're sacrificing a lot of playmaking to have a guy who can make the calls.

Please cease.

McD needs to apply that killer instinct to his roster. He trusts his guys too much. He has become more ruthless with coaches (firing Castillo was a true sign of growth) but he is still learning how to accept nothing less than excellence in all facets, players included. Erring on the side of letting the guys who got you there play in the game is a noble idea. It’s also idiotic. Err on the side of doing everything possible to win. That’s The Way. He trusted his injured players to play well enough and he trusted his players, generally, to get the job done in vanilla schemes on offense and defense. That’s why he’ll be watching the Super Bowl on his couch. He needs to become more of a jerk. Stat.

This guy. Legend.

Kelce accounted for almost 40% of the Chiefs’ passing game and he was wide open on most of his catches. This is inexcusable.

Kelce accounted for nearly 40% of Mahomes’ passes. He was wide open on almost all of them. This is completely inexcusable.