dave mcbride

It was pretty soft. But I'll take it.

He didn't pick off any passes vs the Chiefs but was obviously a difference maker (in a good way) in that game.

Hyde has a significantly bigger wingspan - an arm length of 31.5" to Bishop's 29.75." That's significant. The Bills have always prioritized long arms for their DBs. Bishop doesn't have especially long arms, but in my opinion was a hell of a player at Utah and an excellent prospect. I really liked the pick at the time. I always figured he'd eventually get it. He was a smart player coming out and the college game is so different. Learning the safety position in the Bills' D is going to take some time for any rookie.

The interesting thing about that pick is that it may well have saved the Bills three points. It was effectively an 11-yard punt (given that it was 4th down), and TB got the ball at their own 32 instead of the 43. They then went 25 yards and punted from the Bills' 43 yard line (rather than attempting a 61-yard FG in windy conditions). If he had knocked it away and they had gone 25 yards after that, they're at the Bills 32 and in makeable FG range. Classic hidden yardage play. At the time, I said that while people will focus on the fact that he threw a pick, it was significantly better for the Bills that the defender caught it instead of letting it hit the ground.

The end zone throw was extremely short and a bullet. Plus there was some fog of war going on given the scrum between Allen and Davis. That's an acceptable non-catch in my book. That throw was the definition of a heater.

I would guess a late sixth or even a sixth-seventh swap to a team that may have had a second/third round grade on him but as a big slot. Sean Payton likes those sorts of players. It would seem to me that his ceiling is as a Marques Colston-type slot. Not suggesting he'll get there, of course, but that's probably his ideal position.

I mean, after all this, you gotta punt it there. Jeez. Painful coaching to watch.

Yeah, but it is just bad decision-making. He did this vs SF in the 2024 NFC championship game and it cost the Lions a Super Bowl appearance.

I feel like Dan Campbell will never get to a SB given his situational coaching vs. good teams in big games. You cannot always go for it.

My son had a slight break of his arm (hairline fracture) after a scooter accident when he was four and then had a clean, shattering break of the same bone of his forearm one year later that required surgery and a big cast. The first injury, despite being a break, was overcome fairly quickly. Not the second one, though.

You are so right. The reaction by the person who tweeted this ridiculously negative response to this polite and apologetic interview is pretty insane.

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.