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Just like you have provided proof that Peko doesn't belong on an NFL roster compared to Stars play.

You're slowly growing into 26 territory. Start posting your opinions for a change as well.

Because for the 1,000th time I disagree with his opinion that Star played much better. Joe dug a hole by immediately blaming Star for the poor run game, then did a 180 with an A- score. That's crappy journalism.

Difference being is that I provided full clips and my own opinion, as opposed to reposting someone else's tweets. Pot meet kettle. I can make an argument that individually they played worse against Dolphins, but lucked out by playing a much more inferior team. They were no match against the Eagles who totally outschemed them. As proven on the 65 yd dash, Pederson was always one step ahead of McDermott.

Because I hold professionals to standards in their jobs? It's irresponsible for him to light the flame that Star stinks one week, then pull a big never mind the following week, when Star essentially played the same. The only difference is that the supporting cast didn't show up for the Eagles game.

What if you engage with foreign governments to commit that fraud?

You provided detailed playcall explanations of what an average 1Tech DT is supposed to do, which describes Star to a tee. You've skirted the issue that the marquee FA signing last year and the 2nd highest paid defender should do more than occupy space. BTW, there were plenty of instances of OLs blowing up Bills' LBs on Sunday. Aren't the LBs supposed to stay clean in this scheme? Nor have you explained exactly how Peko's play is that much worse than Star's. Says the guys who admits he doesn't watch the replay or the All-22.

At this point, this is the defining moment of McDermott's career as a Bills' coach. His future rests on Josh Allen becoming a real NFL QB. Like it or not, but he will always be compared to the two stars who he passed on.

He was in Carolina and was scouting Josh

Every team scouts the top QBs. Do you wonder why Beane had his eye on Josh Allen since his sophomore season?

That means that he had access to the Panthers' scouting notebook (as hinted by Bills picks in that draft). Who was running that draft? Who agreed to trade No. 10 for a pick in '18, when it was known inside the building that Whaley wouldn't be around for that pick? Why blame Pegula, when there are rumors that he was in favor of Mahomes? Everything about the 2017 draft screams that McD was in full control. If he didn't do his due diligence on the top 3 QB prospects, that's all on him.

I'm happy with the record. I'm not convinced that McDermott has earned anything beyond being a mediocre head coach. The two thoughts can coexist.

With the benefit of knowing that success in this league depends solely on landing a franchise QB, and knowing that the team that hired you has had a franchise QB drought for 2 decades, your inclination should be to devote every second of those 3 months to determine whether Trubisky, Mahomes or Watson are worthy of a No. 10 pick.

Same logic as lazily bringing up a midseason record without providing any context. Debatable facts are that McDermott has apparently brought discipline and accountability to the team, yet his team is at the top of mistakes and penalties, and has been getting worse since 2017. Fact is that his record is around 500, but his teams get overwhelmed by top competition and barely survive against weak opponents. This was an interesting time for McDermott to get snarky. You expect to see a quantum leap in year 3 of a coach's tenure. Yet despite multitude of draft picks in 3 years and a slew of free agents this year, you still see a team that squeaks out wins against very weak opponents and looks pretty bad against strong opponents.

You do realize that the same comparison was used for Jauron?

Why isn't it an apt comparison? Jauron is a famously mediocre head coach, who once presided over a 13-3 team. What has McDermott done so far to prove that he can be an upper echelon coach? The team is 5-2, with squeaky wins over bottom feeders and looked inept against a roiling Eagles squad. They have yet to put together a complete game on both sides of the line. That smacks of being average.

Same context as introducing a mid-season record against some of the worst early stage competition in the history of the franchise.

Dick Jauron once went 13-3

0-2 against teams with a winning record

This is one of those games where the stats are misleading. Eagles got 100 rushing yards from one run and 35 from Wentz's scrambles (ie passing downs). Bills could not defend Eagles' passing game where they picked up the key 1st downs to put the game away.

Define "through the air?" Realistically, the Eagles beat the Bills with the pass, even though the longest completion was the 38-yarder to Jeffery

All joking aside, that was uncharacteristic of McD, which hints at possible dissent at the deadline in the front office. There was zero reason to offer that to the press, considering it's his GM who's been the most active in the trade market over the past decade.

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That's my main beef with Joe B's analysis. Star does not have up and down games where he dominates in one game and then lays down in another where he gets an A- for Eagles and a F for Dolphins. He's consistently average/below average game in game out. I also don't see that much of a drop off in DL play when Peko is subbed in for him, so the narrative that Star is a key cog of the DL, while Peko isn't practice squad-worthy also flies out the window.

Star had a very good 1Q where he actually won man to man battles and directly disrupted a couple of plays in the backfield. That's the base expectation from a $10 million DT. He essentially disappeared for the rest of the game. The double team wasn't specifically aimed at Star, but at anyone lined up at 1Tech. Peko was facing the same double teams.