dave mcbride

With regard to OC, I suspect Josh Allen is going to run the show, not McDermott or Beane. He’s far more valuable than either of them, and at this point I believe they can’t really do anything without Allen’s say-so.

Your last sentence is a contradiction in terms.

Again, this has literally nothing to do with his talent as a playcaller. Literally nothing.

Yes. Exactly. The two positions are not the same. Steve Spagnuolo was a total failure as a head coach (he had a bad team, but whatever), but are we to declare him a joke because of that?

That has literally nothing to do with offensive playcalling. Keep believing that all the way to a Bills wild card appearance this season and no home playoff games.

He had TERRIBLE quarterbacks. He had Tim Freaking Tebow in Denver, for chrissake. The Raiders 2022 offense was actually pretty good as well (12th in yards, 12th in points, 8th fewest turnovers surrendered, 6th in yards per drive, 8th in points per drive), but their defense was awful (26th in yards, 28th in points, 32nd in turnovers forced). Regardless, if you are making an argument based on "blah-blah-blah BRADY" without looking at his scheming success (which should include this season), then I don't know what to tell you. There is not a coach in the NFL who doesn't think McDaniels is an elite OC. Not one.

Anyone who thinks Josh McDaniels is a joke doesn't really understand football. His ability when he was with Brady to dramatically and successfully shift game schemes based on opponent from week to week over the years is unmatched in recent history.

Nicely done, but you gotta include sack rates and fumbles. He had 5 fumbles last year and is on pace for 9 this year.

There not a snowball's chance in hell that Saleh would be a viable candidate to replace McDermott: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SaleRo0.htm. He has had a few good years on the defensive yards-allowed side for both SF and the Jets, but the points given up are a problem, even in SF, where they finished 25th, 28th, 8th, and 17th in point allowed per game. I know there is the context of the Jets ownership, but I don't see how Pegula could ever successfully sell Saleh to this fanbase given that McDermott's defenses don't give up many points at all. I mean, they are kind of a shitshow this season, but they are STILL 11th in points given up. Since 2019, they have finished 2nd, 16th, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 11th, and 11th. SF's defense this year is 21st in yards allowed and 15th in points. Sure, they have injuries, and that should be taken into account, but so does everyone at this point.

I am not the biggest Davis fan, and Jax clearly overpaid him. But these playoff numbers over seven games are pretty insane. It wasn't just the 13 seconds game either. Factoring that one out, he still had 273 across six games and averaged around 20 yards per catch with 2 TDs. And of course the 13 seconds game SHOULDN'T be factored out. It was against the highest level competition on the road.

Agreed, I think it deserves its own thread like Kubiak. It’s buried on page 17 of this one and I suspect a lot of folks will miss it as a consequence.

Thank you. This is a lot more convincing than Kubiak. And Simms was a better player at the QB position than position Kubiak, for what it’s worth. Watch the Chris Simms video in this thread at the top of page 17. It is to my mind more convincing than Kubiak.

The Bills would likely have ANNIHILATED the Bengals at home in the 2021 season. The Bengals barely beat a bad Raiders team, somehow beat the Titans despite being outplayed, and were on their way to being utterly blown out by the Chiefs until Patrick Mahomes had the worst half and OT of his career — yips-like, even. The Bengals’ o-line was awful, their D was worse in 2021 than 2022, and the Bills’ offense at that point was unstoppable. I truly believe they would have won by 20 or so points and then beaten a decent Rams team in the SB (and bear in mind that the Bills blew out the Rams in LA in their very next game after the SB - the 2022 season opener). That Bills offense in the postseason that year was playing probably the best stretch of offense in franchise history.

I don’t know. I am guessing data is out there, but there is a lot of it given how long that format lasted.

Yes, all true, but the kicker for me is that on a percentage basis, the new kickoffs have five times the rate of concussions as regular scrimmage plays. Players aren't sprinting 40 yards down the field anymore, but they're sprinting 7-12 yards before contact and can build up a full head of steam in that window.