Coach Tuesday

They are trying to fix third downs.

McD hasn’t yet gotten this hire right for some reason. They need to modernize their entire operation on Teams and quit clowning around with inexperienced hires.

Amazing how many folks' views are shaped by McDermott's idiotic jet lag planning.

Traveling internationally to see the Bills is an absolute blast and I can’t wait to do it again.

He’s doing better than many folks here…

IMO this is his most likely destination. If he can stay healthy - big if, since McVay has been slamming him into walls for his whole career now - he could replace Kelce and extend their window a bit.

His own GM put him on notice last week.

Reed might want to stay in NY and learn from Aaron Glenn.

I think Dart makes a pre-draft rise similar to Bo Nix last year.

Elam was in many ways more of the same. Yes he was a projection but he was considered to have a high football character coming from a football family. Similar to his brother who was also a first round pick who missed (and similar to the Edmunds brothers), Kair Elam was just a pick who didn’t pan out. He still might if he regains confidence.

The house sets the odds for themselves. If you think the game is rigged you’re saying you don’t believe the odds are accurate.

Again - if you truly believe the league is fixed, don’t bet on games. It’s stupid of you, and losing gambling revenue is the only way the league will get serious about fixing officiating.

I think it’s somewhat more complicated (as it almost always is). Beane hasn’t hit enough home runs for sure. But part of that is because they tend to take an insecure approach toward player acquisition where they prioritize football character over other traits - such as talent and speed. They draft and sign players as though they’re not confident in their ability to fully coach them up - high floor/lower ceiling. Mack Hollins, Taiwan Jones, it’s fine to have a few guys like this but the Bills under this regime seem addicted to them - they overrate the “coach on the field” quality. Rightly or wrongly George Pickens was off their board. They don’t draft guys like that (or at least grade them much lower). McD has shown he can coach players up, they’ve got a great leadership structure and a cohesive locker room - the time to take some risks on talent is long overdue IMO and that’s as much a McDermott insecurity thing as it is Beane’s crappy player evals.

Just not correct. Lots of film breakdowns out there. Bernard guessed wrong about where Andrews was cutting and it left him wide open. Bernard has struggled a bit in zone this year compared to last year for whatever reason. Still was a beautiful peanut punch.

The rock-kickers and the loons have been out in full force this week.

Pretty sure they play Nickleback at Guantanamo to make them talk.

Also JFC was it weird for anyone else when he referred to the “13 Seconds” game?

Gambling will have to be the impetus for change if there ever is any.

Question for those of you who are sure it’s all rigged: do you still bet on games? If yes, um, are you insane? The NFL will only fix the officiating problem if it keeps bettors on the sideline. Period.

He definitely needs to get stronger at the catch point and be able to fight through more arm tackles than he did this past season. Also needs to improve his zone awareness. It’s definitely both.

Whole lotta rock-kickers in this thread. Nothing about this PC was novel or surprising; a chatbot could've written it. It was fully on-brand with his usual post-season milquetoast approach. There is no cause for any increased outrage as a result of this - this is Beane being Beane. My takeaways: - Keon did not push himself hard enough through and on the back-end of his injury, they are disappointed with how he ended the season and told him so, and he has a big offseason ahead. We all saw this ourselves. - Kincaid needs to develop his play strength. He's a tough guy in terms of pain management but soft at the catch point and block point and they want more from him. - Von is Gone. - Hamlin probably gone too if they can upgrade. - Corner will be a major offseason focus.

Humanity: the Series Finale.

The Bills’ best chance at the #1 seed is probably a hope that the AFC West continues to improve. There are now four competent coaches in that division. Kelce very well may retire this offseason which also helps. But the Chiefs won’t stay idle and their pro personnel dept has been running circles around Beane’s for years now anyhow.

The Chiefs exploited every single one of our tendencies - including, most critically, our coaches’ tendencies to over-plan around the other teams’ tendencies. It really was checkers vs. chess on the coaching side.

We have an elite QB who unfortunately is the second-best QB in his conference, during his era. We have a good but not elite coaching staff. Facts.