BuffaloRebound
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That blue line is for the defense in the neutral zone. The blue line for the offense would be on the other side of the football where the centers head is. There’s basically a foot/foot-and-a-half no man’s land where the ball is. Toney was at least a full foot Offside. The side ref that threw the flag couldn’t even see the ball because toney was so Offside.
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Just now, Goin Breakdown said:
My thoughts after the game were that KC adjusted at the half and buffalo didn't do good enough to respond. Josh did a couple josh things and the defense held up.
Agreed. Felt like Spagnuolo had Brady figured out in the 2nd half.
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No getting bailed out by refs tonight AJ
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Martin had some good punts. The 17-17 punt that went 50 yards and landed out of bounds was huge. Neal might be worst gunner in the League right now. Even on good hangtime punts, he’s 20 yards from punt returner.
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Just now, VaMilBill said:
Siran with awful SA
Par for the course. He’s terrible.
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9 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
I don't care if you read the article or not. What I care about is people posting false information. You cannot speak on an article that you didn't read and spout stuff out there that is factually incorrect. There were more than just 2 people and it doesn't matter that some remain anonymous. They remain anonymous because if could affect their jobs. People have a right to do so. Its very common in the media.
and yes, there were a bunch of positive comments. Thats kinda the point. People think its entirely one sided when it isn't. Not everything said was bad. You want to make up ***** about his article that you didn't even read and believe what you want to believe just because you are a McD homer.
I posted nothing false. I’m trying to get to the facts. 25 sources… 2 were guys who put their names to what they said and admired mcdermott. There were other positive comments. ‘Former player’, ‘ex assistant’, ‘friend’… this type of reporting means the same 3-4 people could be the source for all the negative comments. So they want to remain anonymous to protect their jobs but have no problem hiding behind anonymity to potentially harm mcdermott’s job. Sorry, they are cowards.
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1 minute ago, Scott7975 said:
Well you obviously didn't read it either. Some of them did allow their names to be published and some of them had good things to say about McD. Really people, if you have not read the full article, do not spout stuff about what you don't know. Thats how fake facts come into existence.
I’m not paying $8 to read anonymous quotes from kooks like Quinton Spain, Cole Beasley and Jon Feliciano. Clearly you subscribe and pay money to read this guy’s stuff. Somebody who read the full article states the only 2 guys to put their names to what they said were Lee Smith and Dimarco who both had positive comments. How do we know the other 23 wasn’t mostly positive comments mixed in with the kooks above and 1 or 2 disgruntled firmer assistants?
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2 minutes ago, eme123 said:
At the end of the day 25 former players, coaches, and staff decided to give their two cents on what an aweful person mcdermott is. What is really amazing is not one of these 25 people was willing to offer their name with their thoughts.
2 did, but they clearly admired McDermott. It’s the Feliciano, Beasley, Quinton Spain, Levi Wallace, Hughes’s of the world who don’t have the guts to put names to their bitching.
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20 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:
Why would they feel one way or another about it?
Because they clearly have high regard for McDermott based on these quotes and were part of a story that trashes him even if they didn’t.
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29 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:
“Me and Sean got along great,” Smith said. “No one wants the Buffalo Bills to be better. No one wants to do it right more than Sean McDermott. He’s not that guy that’s going to be meeting a player for a beer after practice or after the game. He’s a worker, man. He’s a worker. He’s the boss. He’s obsessed with growing and being great at the boulders and not the pebbles.
“The only thing that matters is being consistent, being genuine, and having a damn good locker room.”
Added DiMarco: “He didn’t serve in the military, but he has that wrestler’s mindset of just: ‘You’re part of a team, look like the rest of everybody, go out, play your ass off and celebrate and do whatever you want after the game, after we get the job done. But until the job’s done, enough with the cute *****. Go succeed.’ Which you can’t argue with.”
Thank you. Appreciate this.
So the only 2 willing to be named spoke positively about mcdermott. Wonder how they feel about their quotes being used in a story that concludes McDermott doesn’t have what it takes.
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14 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:
There are zero named sources and to expect differently is naive
Why? We aren’t dealing with nuclear secrets here and classified information. If you’re going to crap on a guy at least have the balls to put your name to it.
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3 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
While I agree about comparing sports reporting to anything as serious as Watergate, I also think you are just arbitrarily drawing lines as to what you deem "good sources" vs "bad sources". Spain is a joke, but he's hardly the only source. If any of Chad Hall, Jerry Hughes, Lorenzo Alexander are in there (which is likely), that's decent enough for me. There's enough positive in the article to show it wasnt just a bunch of Spains being bitter.
Since I’m not paying $8 to read this, only thing I’d be interested in is the named sources in the article
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1 minute ago, Einstein said:
This is like asking, “why did Bob Woodward spend so much time investigating Nixon”.
Journalists follow stories. If there is a story brewing of people not liking a head coach, he follows it.
You ask why he didn’t get Allen or Milano’s opinion. He wrote in the interview that he tried, but the Bills won’t let him “in”.
You’re someone who won’t believe the story unless McD yells in your face “it’s true!”. And that’s fine. But its nonsensical IMO.
And there is some positive stuff in the article. People just aren’t paying attention to it.
Any comparison to Watergate reporters is nonsensical. Talk to people who matter. Not Quentin Spain and Chad Hall. Interview guys who left and came back line Shaq Lawson. That’s real reporting.
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2 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
There's a ton of positive stuff in the article if you actually read it. Some of it even in the free parts. I quoted this yesterday as an example:
"His intent — players repeat — is pure.
The coach who ended the Bills’ 17-year playoff drought realizes how badly locals are dying for their first Super Bowl. The quest consumes him.
“He never, ever, ever does a damn thing with any other intention than to empower and grow the Buffalo Bills franchise,” this ex-Bill said. “That’s a fact. Now, whether or not the *****’s going to work or whether or not the players are going to receive it well? That’s a different conversation. But it doesn’t come from an evil ‘Sean McDermott wants all the praise and all the credit.’ He genuinely wants every person in that organization to thrive and win a lot of games to the point of exhaustion.
“All he wants to do is help that team win. Now, that’s the truth.”
Yes. And the only thing that makes headlines is the 9/11 story and 25 sources.
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1 minute ago, Einstein said:
He was a Bills reporter for only 2 total years. That is 1 year between 2010 and 2011. And 1 year between 2015 and 2016.
McDermott was still in Carolina when Dunne reported here
The entirety of McDermotts tenure in Buffalo, Dunne has been a national NFL writer … but he hates McDermott for some contentious time he had with the organization BEFORE McDermott arrived?
Nonsensical.
Then why is he spending so much time on McDermott tracking down and interviewing the Jon feliciano’s and levi wallace’s that nobody cares about? This guy spent countless hours collecting negative stories from anonymous sources who are no longer here. Get Josh Allen or Diggs or Milano’s opinion. Not a collection of end of roster players who are no longer here. Then spout some 25 source number, 20 of which could’ve said positive stuff. All the negative stuff could be coming from the same 4-5 guys. When he does the same exercise for every current NFL coach tracking down coaches and players not brought back, there’d be far worse stories than poorly worded 9/11 motivational speeches.
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4 minutes ago, Einstein said:
Agreed.
Looking back on the situation with a greater understanding of McD based on the article, I wonder if McD was jealous of Daboll’s relationship with Allen.
I don’t think McD is a bad man. I really don’t. I believe he is not able to relate to people like he wishes he could (which created some insecurity). I can relate to that feeling. He likely doesn’t even realize that he is a problem.
For 25 different people to speak out against a coach is alarming. No other head coach is being bashed other like this. None. Zip. Nada. Zero. This is abnormal. There is clearly an issue here that is not happening (at least to this level) elsewhere.I don’t know. Any head coach who’s been around for 7+ years will have at least 25 guys who left unhappy. And are all 25 sources actually bashing mcdermott? Difference is a psycho reporter tracking down everybody with an ax to grind.
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This Dunne person is basically lighting himself on fire and so is every person used as a source in this article. I’m sure guys like Beasley and Feliciano don’t care. But guys like Levi Wallace probably shortening their careers because every NFL coach knows this could happen to them too. End of the roster guys who run their mouths ain’t worth it.
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Zero respect for people who trash someone and are afraid to put their name to it. Shows no character. Probably one of the reasons they’re no longer here.
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6 minutes ago, BillsShredder83 said:
this is redic. look im ready to move on from mcd, but this whole 9/11 thing who caresssssssssssss
he misspoke while talking on the fly, and obv wasnt praising hijackers. yall have never said anything dumb while trying to make a point?
DONT SAY YOU HAVENT, BC I READ DUMB S*** ALL DAY ON HERE
fire him for the momentum cooling off. but to assasinate the mans character like this actually makes me sick
Completely agree. Whatever the hit piece’s author is trying to accomplish, it’s backfiring. I prefer to move on from Mcdermott, but this makes him more sympathetic. Who hasnt said stupid things to prove a point? This is also the man who had the character to pull his team off the field after a teammate basically died on the field. Character assassination ain’t gonna work against mcdermott who’s shown he’s a good man. Keep it to football. Author and all the malcontents he interviewed are clowns.
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13 minutes ago, NoSaint said:
we will wait for the flood of folks defending him.
morse unfortunately has an uncomfortable interview coming at some point
Daboll was allegedly pretty unhappy when he chose to leave. Is he scorned as a disgruntled ex too? You can’t pretend there aren’t red flags and warning signs that support this potential narrative.
I said weeks ago that there was some energy around the team as if players lost faith in him
Let’s ask Wyatt Teller, Zack Moss, and Zay Jones to comment on Daboll anonymously and see what that article looks like. Heavy is the head that wears the crown. I don’t think McDermott has what it takes to win a Super Bowl but that article is a hit piece. 2 things can be true at once.
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I don’t disagree with the conclusions, but sourcing a manifesto like this with the isaiah mckenzie’s and quinton spain’s of the world has me actually defending mcdermott. Every NFL coach who’s been around for 7+ years has accumulated a list of disgruntled ex’s . So out of 300+ players, coach and staff mcdermott has had the last 7 years, one psycho reporter has religiously tracked down anybody who might have a beef with mcdermott. Reporter comes off as unhinged.
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11 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:
Doesn’t Knox isn’t a bad football player, if he’s healthy he has always been a positive to the asset to this offense. The previous 2 seasons he has been a 70%+ catch rate guy with 4 drops each season. Remember the thread asking where all the ‘wow’ catches had been?
I have zero doubt Bills rework his deal to lower the cap hits the next two seasons, he absolutely should stay on this team.
Agreed. He’s a nice guy to have on the roster. Problem was always the contract. He’s a max $7-8m per year guy. Give him $10-15m guaranteed over the next 3 years in exchange for pay cut. Nobody is paying him north of that if he got cut. Honestly, he’d be lucky to get $6m per year on open market.
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3 botched calls by refs in the last minute. Brutal.
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I bet he tells his wife he was only at the strip club because they have good wings too.
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Patty is not happy... Boo Hoo!
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The blue line view falsely made it look like his foot was barely Offside. That wasn’t the correct line for the offense being Offside. He was easily a foot to a foot and a half Offside. Blatant.