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Probably wouldn’t work. They need a new approach. I like McD’s disciplined approach, but it hasn’t exactly worked. I’m on the Daboll train given his history here and the type of guy I think they need to change the atmosphere a little bit. I could even live with McD/new DC/appropriate OC (Joe Brady if the year ends well) if they want to wait a year on a guy who they think is right. But if they’re gonna clip McD, they better have a plan as to who comes in next before he’s terminated.

Disagree on the horse collar. It was there. So was the hit to the head on Kincaid and the DPI on Sherfield. Frankly, and objectively, I thought the Brown play was a fumble. It was bang-bang, but he had his steps and pulled the ball toward his chest. Fumble all day long. It’s been a crappy year for officiating. Picking up the ineligible man flag against NE might keep us out of the playoffs, as might the very odd Sutton call against Denver. Then again, had we actually made a couple of plays in either of those games, or simply counted properly against Denver, we might not be in this mess.

Me. We were dominating that game. I still can’t believe we lost. I saw the writing on the wall with the FG at the end of regulation (every Bills fan knew that he was going to hit that kick) and then a gassed defense in OT. It was sadly reminiscent of 13 second. Allen was dealing and playing out of his mind, and the D gave it away.

That assumes he has a choice.

This gets us back to offense v defense friction after 13 seconds. It’s going go be a problem until the D starts to close tight games or until McD leaves.

I’m fine with moving on from McD, but there better be a plan as to his replacement when he’s canned. We don’t have time for someone to learn on the job. I’d even be fine with bringing McD back next year if the preferred replacement is currently unavailable, with the idea that McD hires a DC, lets the OC (probably Brady, at this point) do his thing, and simply is the HC.

Allen did not choke last night. Not at all. He was phenomenal. The idea that he is somehow responsible for this after putting up 400+ yards plus four touchdowns on the road in driving, cold rain against the reigning NFC champs and the current market leader in the NFL with an OC who is in his second week on the job after a mid-season change is patently absurd. And this was, what, the third time this year he walked off the field ahead and the defense blew the game (NE, Denver, Philly). Win two of those games and we’re sitting at 8-4 and absolutely in the mix. This year is squarely on McD. He bit off more than he could chew and here we are. Both things can be true. Frazier was a problem, and now McD is a problem. McD simply failed to solve said problem.

I learned from last night's loss. McD overextended himself by being the DC this year. He did a great job here. But it may be time for a change. Lesson learned.

The Emmanuel Sanders signing in 2021 makes more and more sense as time passes. The O-line was tremendous. We're staged for a quick turnaround next year. That group (probably minus a Morse/Bates switch) is back, and with the QB, WR1, RB1, and TE1 we can keep it going on that side of the ball. Agreed on McD. Everyone else has taken a fall. I don't think he's a great end-of-game coach, and that problem has been exacerbated by his wearing of the DC "hat" this year as well. He overextended himself and hurt himself in both areas. But for the 13 seconds disaster I'd think he'd be safe. Now, however, there's nobody left to blame for the end-of-game failures, and what I see as a significant credibility problem should he return. Farwell and Frazier left. Dorsey was fired. Sean's the last man standing (for now). *Perhaps the one thing that might save him is if he turns the offense over to the new coordinator, hires a DC, and brings in a bunch of younger personnel on the defensive side of the ball who haven't been around to listen to his schtick for seven years. Maybe the youth and willingness to prove in those younger players makes it work next year. Maybe. But I really think we need an offensive guy who knows our personnel, knows the routine around here (that shouldn't be destroyed), has the respect of the locker room, is someone with whom franchise QB1 wants to work, and isn't learning on the job. It's almost like we had a guy like that around here before who left for the Giants after the aforementioned disaster.

Unless the Delorean gets struck by lightning it isn’t happening. He’s washed.

Me. Replace Reich with Brian Daboll and I’m game.

Said this in another thread. I don’t get it. He had a front row seat to how it can be done. And if we’re saying it, you can bet it’s a topic of conversation in the locker room.

This. Josh is going on a heater, and we’re still going to miss the playoffs because of those three nonsense losses. I give McD a pass for last year. Frankly, landing that plane where he did was kind of a masterpiece. But we’re still not over 13 seconds, and we just keep finding a way to screw things up. There might be too many scars with this guy to run it back with him next year.

This post is kind of why I’m ag peace with this year. Mid-year, I thought Allen was broken. He’s not. He’s back and, with the right parts around him, we can contend every year. I think today might have been the beginning of the end for McD, though. Maybe he runs the table. It’s plausible. But we can’t waste another year of Allen in a guy who, time and time again, does not get it done.

I’m with you. I get the idea of letting the ball sit there and get wet. But two timeouts and the ball at the 25 with roughly 20 seconds left can definitely get you into FG range. Might even work with less than 20 seconds. Like, say, 13 seconds.

Gilliam fills probably three roster spots. Core ST, FB, and TE3. As far as ST blunders go, the KO in 13 seconds wasn't even a personnel issue. It was coaching/communication. And, I agree on punting this year. Not good.

The way to address part of that issue is to not kick off very much and to ask Bass to kick it out of the end zone when we do have to kick off. Sherfield hasn’t really had (or, I suppose, earned) a chance on the offensive side if the ball. The Hardy signing looks incomprehensible.

I think Isabela probably is up to cover kicks. Ingram obviously is up for Jackson. I wondered if Hamlin would just step in for Rapp, and Isabella might see some offensive snaps. But maybe Isabella simply is up given the possibility that Lewis has to play more defensive snaps with Hyde and Johnson hurting.

It's basically just ammonia. And it wakes you more alert. I use it, too.

Yeah. Like he sees it too and wants the funk to end.

Those losses the pats and the broncos are really going to hurt when we miss a WC on a tiebreaker,

If you’re running off Josh Allen to keep Sean McDermott then you are effin deluded,

That was my impression during the presser. Way too polarized. McD tends to find a way out of sticky spots, but this time it's going to be tougher because he's a DC and a HC and this mess is probably the biggest one he's faced during his tenure here.

Or to immediately tackle every eligible receiver on first down.

The issue I have with this is that the discipline and structure for which McD is known is totally lacking this year. And, that facility does not strike me as a particularly happy place, not only this year but for maybe the second half of last year, too. If we’re rolling into the playoffs every year at 11-5 with structure and discipline and happy warriors I can live with the idea that it might take us 10 or even 15 years to have the chips fall such that we win the whole thing. What I can’t live with is a coach with no answers and the malaise at OBD. Part of me wonders if everyone simply became too comfortable with each other and lost the drive that a young Josh Allen had, that is, the burning desire to prove everyone wrong. In the life cycle of a franchise QB there’s typically a couple of “generations” of teams—he gets a shot at it with a few different groups. This group, and I think the point is obvious, is done. So now it’s time to retool around Josh and the o-line (probably save for Morse) and a few other players (Diggs, should he stay, Kincaid, Cook, Oliver, Bernard, Milano, Rousseau, and Benford) and see what happens when we get some young, hungry, fresh blood in the mix.