Coach Tuesday

This is the weekly pregame thread and some of y'all be wrestling with each other in the dirt. C'mon.

33-9

This is kind of obvious though. I would think it's assumed that if a trade happened it would have BB's buy-in, and Harris would be writing him a market-setting extension check.

Will never understand you uniform dorks.

He absolutely can and should start over Jackson, who doesn't seem to like tackling in run support.

That's what I'm saying. And then volunteer that information to the rest of us, just announcing to the world that your football takes are basically worthless.

LOL the folks posting "Who?" and "Never heard of him!" - do you all watch other teams ever? This guy can play.

Wow they have Bosa and Young off the edges. Damn.

Bills fans every trade deadline...

Right but a coach can help his team get looser or tighter, depending on what is needed. From today's Athletic - thought this was interesting feedback from some unnamed executives about McDermott: Injuries to all three levels of a once-dominant Buffalo defense make clear what the Bills could use as the trade deadline approaches. They could use a corner, a linebacker, perhaps a defensive tackle. That is the simple part of the evaluation. A more existential question: Why does this team appear to be perpetually under stress? Nothing seems to come easy. The Bills often appear tight. I think we’re going to find out over the remainder of this season and beyond whether the Bills’ very good, very successful head coach, Sean McDermott, is a great one. The intensity McDermott shows on the sideline and in general is part of his nature. It’s part of his success. Is it what the Bills need right now, as they try to cut back on the stress points? Does McDermott have another gear? These thoughts came to mind while watching the third and fourth quarters end during the Bills’ 24-18 victory against Tampa Bay on Thursday night. When everyone expected Buffalo to let the third-quarter game clock expire, the Bills hurriedly snapped the ball and took a sack. The fourth quarter turned into a fire drill: a killer penalty, a ball bouncing off a helmet into Mike Evans’ grasp for a late Bucs touchdown, a Hail Mary that Tampa Bay had a shot at converting. Just another week for the Bills. They entered the season set on showcasing a more circumspect Josh Allen, only to have him suffer four turnovers on national TV against the rival Jets. They had a home game moved to London, and when they got there, the Jacksonville Jaguars had already been there for two weeks. The Bills never had a chance, losing big. Much has been written about some of the bigger-picture stressors in Buffalo. The final 13 seconds at Kansas City in the playoffs were rough. Team owner Kim Pegula’s debilitating heart attack and safety Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest fall into another category. These would be difficult things for any coach to navigate. “I just think that team has been through a lot,” an exec said. “They remind me of a team that won it twice and is trying to do it again, like they are barely hanging on.” It’ll be fascinating to see McDermott, who counts Andy Reid among his mentors, lead his team from here. Only Kansas City, New Orleans and Baltimore have as many regular-season victories as Buffalo has since McDermott became the Bills’ coach in 2017. “Some of these guys like Doug Pederson look relaxed in the games, going for it on fourth down, running Philly Special when their quarterback suggests it, and the team can play accordingly,” a veteran coach said. “You want them to play opportunistically and loose. Kansas City looks like they have fun. They are running ring-around-the-rosey. Buffalo does look like they play tight in some of the big situations.”

Williams would do little to help the team this year.

I will settle for forcing a punt, something I am not sure McD’s defense is capable of against Burrow.

It does if you watched the game. One TD pass was dropped. Mahomes was running around extending plays but had nobody to throw it to.

No receiving options besides Kelce

Ankou’s release from the bottom of the Falcons’ roster being celebrated by an entire fan message board is without a doubt the greatest thing that has happened in his career and he likely doesn’t even know about it.

I just want him to be better prepared before the ball is snapped. That’s all I’m asking. I prepare very hard for my job even though I am pretty good on the fly.

I suspect you won’t, because he now has a “back issue.” Probably from diving onto and sliding off of Stephenson on the game-clinching drive on Sunday. Phillips must be the all-time NFL leader in flop-related injuries.

It’s really this simple: Either you need playmakers with YAC ability, OR you need to let Allen run, OR you need Allen to win before the ball is snapped. Right now they have none of the above. They installed a quick-passing offense and upgraded their running game but they lack playmakers and Allen isn’t putting in the work to win pre-snap, and he’s heeding their directive not to scramble. I blame him somewhat. But they could’ve made life easier on him by adding actual playmakers. Beane and McD are a couple of gym teachers (no offense to our Brothers in Tracksuits on this forum). They simply fail at making and executing Big Planz. Preparation. By now he has seen all of the different defenses. He basically admitted that he doesn’t watch a ton of film because he’s decided that defenses play him differently than other QBs, the implication being that he can just figure it out on the fly and/or power right through whatever they’re doing. It hasn’t worked for the past three weeks.

24-6

Sunday, after they scored the go-ahead TD. Fire is not the issue. It’s putting in the work to be great.

This is the first year since his rookie year where he seems to be baffled by the defense’s presnap adjustments and motions, and where he seems to just drift directly into pressure multiple times per game. HE IS NOT PUTTING IN THE WORK

What I’ve been saying. He is not winning pre-snap. He’s trying to pick the lock after the ball is snapped and is struggling to figure it out on the fly. To me that SCREAMS a lack of film study and preparation. I love Josh Allen. Josh Allen is dogging this season.

Hopefully they hand out stick 'em gloves.

He is dun-zo.

Put him on IR.