Coach Tuesday

He did have a few splash plays which may have resulted from freelancing because he shot through gaps so fast. But he mostly has looked pretty bad. He was the one head-scratcher pick for me last draft, he’s old and maybe at his ceiling - I don’t have high hopes for him but he does have a high football character so who knows.

Agree. After the Baltimore game there were like 250 posts complaining that McD and Brady didn't just keep tush-pushing into the end zone and now folks are saying we shouldn't have done that yesterday. They just needed to execute those better. Edwards had his worst day in a Bills uniform and it came at a terrible time.

I mean, since they aren't ever going to move on from McD unless the wheels totally come off, yes, they can (finally) build a modern offense that can put up 40 points + against top defenses, but they also can fundamentally change their approach to high-leverage games and moments. For whatever reason, every single year, in elimination games McD adheres to a philosophy of "stick with what got us here, just execute it at the highest level" as opposed to throwing in new wrinkles and bucking tendencies. And every year it fails. Even with their underinvestment in offense, for two years in a row they were in a position to win the game on the final drive - and failed, largely because the other team was able to attack their tendencies. Plus there is still something about Allen in those moments (not always, but often) where he seems to veer from the game script and tries to win the game on every down, as opposed to methodically taking 3-4 yards per down. But these things have happened every year under McD and they're much easier to fix than firing McD (which Terry will never do, nor perhaps should he given how bad he is at hiring executives if the Sabres are any indication), and easier than changing the entire asset-allocation approach to the offseason which for whatever reason Beane cannot and will not do.

Really unfortunate that he hasn’t worked out. He’s just not very good.

Running backs drafted by Beane: Singletary Moss Cook Davis Receivers drafted by Beane: Coleman Shakir Justin Shorter Gabe Davis Isiah Hodgins There’s your issue.

The problem is that it’s actually two problems: they under-invest in offense and their limited investments underwhelm, because they’re bad evaluators.

They lack team speed more than anything else. They just haven’t prioritized it.

Coaches didn’t have a good plan. Line got out muscled in short yardage situations. Lack of team speed esp on defense was noticeable. And once again the league office did itself zero favors with those who question the credibility of the whole operation. Just a disgrace all around.

The coaches didn’t come in with much of a plan tonight. But they lack team speed and the Chiefs exposed that, plus their o line lost the battle upfront in critical downs. And that spot non-reversal was a typical BS call from a league that has zero credibility. Fun season. You have to feel for Josh. He wasn’t perfect tonight but he deserves better than this.

I do suspect this has occurred to Babich on his own…

Great thread.

If Benford can’t go, that’s basically all she wrote.

Just don’t try to run it back with Russ.

Ugh.

I think I called a Raiders oddball hire in your coaching predictions thread!

I was more confident for Baltimore. This weekend has me worried - I think the Chiefs might buck their season trend and try for an all-out aerial assault. Stopping the run is about numbers and attitude; stopping the pass is about pass rush win rate and back-end talent and I don’t know about our chances there… talk me off the ledge.

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41-24

I worry about whether Kromer would leave too. He would be tough to replace.

They made a conscious decision to try to limit their own mistakes and try to force the Ravens to make mistakes. It worked. Not the approach I would take against the Chiefs.

Joe Douglas basically gave him to us for free so that we didn't have to compete with other teams to sign him. Malpractice.

I also think that McD is a relatively slow processor which contributed to the issue.

Agree but it’s kind of like that (Seinfeld?) joke, why don’t they just build the whole plane like the black box?

Dane Jackson is a more likely signing.

Garbage. Turn in your internet credentials you’re done.