DrDawkinstein

All it really comes down to is being able to make 1-2 more stops on Defense. That's it. The Chiefs Defense made 4.5 stops (I count a FG as .5). The Bills Defense made 3.5, with one of those being Mahomes fumbling on his own. We also didnt make a real stop the entire 1st half. If we made just ONE real stop in the 1st half, or one additional stop in the 2nd half, we win the game comfortably.

Maybe. Maybe he's following McD's guidance on how we want to treat those situations? Wont ever know. But either way, it all rolls up to the HC.

This is essentially what Cowherd is saying and why he blames McD. The buck stops at the HC. Anything that happens is because the HC allowed it to happen.

That is the answer. As long as Josh is here. So likely 6 more seasons. (And for some perspective, this was his 7th season. So we are halfway through his career)

And Andy Reid never won a Super Bowl in Philly. But the Eagles have won one and been to 2 since he left (now 3). Goes to show, sometimes teams need to move on from good coaches in order to take the next step.

Either way, they out-foxed our coaching staff. If the Chiefs had never done this before, where they show blitz from one side but send it from the other, and did it for the first time last night, kudos to them for setting us up. I wonder what twists, tricks, and new wrinkles the Bills tried to implement last night. Because it looked like our same ol formula that the Chiefs were more than prepared for.

If Torrence knows this, shouldnt Josh and our coaching staff be able to adjust to it?

Possible but unlikely. DeJean was a star in college with true blue chip talents. Bishop was just a guy who played ok. There wasnt much grooming of DeJean to do. He came in and played as his normal self. DeJean would have stepped right in as Hyde Jr., Bishop isnt even Hamlin Jr yet. But had Beane made another 1st round pick on Defense, with such a need at WR in a WR draft, the board would have imploded.

Yep. The Bills beating themselves was a much bigger factor than the refs. Play like we're supposed to and that spot doesnt matter.

He coached a Ryan Tannehill lead team to the #1 seed and Divisional round multiple years. There is much more to it than just W/L record. McD's looks great, mostly because he has Josh. Give Josh to a guy who can take Tannehill to the #1 seed, and who has out-Belichicked Belichick with situational football on multiple occasions, and see how it goes. What was Vrabel/McD's head-to-head record for the times they faced each other?

Vrabel. He is the anti-McD. Always has his teams playing as the bully, and is a master of situational football.

Ok, I understand you will have an excuse ready for every situation presented and nothing is McDermott's fault. Got it. You said the step backwards would be not handling injuries well and losing before we play the Chiefs. We've already dont that with McD. When we get bounced from the playoffs next year and waste yet another year of Prime Josh, you'll at least have exactly what you wanted with the safe decision.

ok, the 2022 season which was still lead by McD, and the loss to the Bengals that occurred on Jan 22, 2023.

Oh so you mean a step back in time to 2023.

What is the step backwards really look like? Given the state of the division and us having a Josh, we own the AFC East for the next 3 years. Playoffs is the absolute floor. So the step back will be?... Exiting the playoffs on bad coaching?

My counter would be that at least on Offense we have Josh who can raise the level of WR play, and offense wasnt the problem most of this season (30+ points being the norm). On defense, everything starts and stops with the DL and pass rush, and we have zero pass rush at the moment. Having a pass rush would have helped immensely in covering for Rapp and Benford being out. Not allowing time for WRs to get deep, or plays to develop.

I'll let you know when I start the collection for the billboard

Yeah but not because of us.

Interestingly enough, last year was the one and only year McD was the assigned DC. Maybe it's Babich that is having the DE crash inside. I'd assume so a spy or looped could come around that open left side. But no one is. I'd think, even if it was Babich, McD and his defensive mind would correct that. For what it's worth, a lot of teams rotate DL, and when McD was in Carolina he greatly reduced the rotation once they got 4 producing studs on the DL. Maybe he's been waiting for that to happen?

Well, nothing we say on this fan message board matters or affects anything really. We dont need to be thinking realistically since message board chatter isnt reality.

Someone pointed out in another thread, maybe even last night, Groot crashing inside numerous times and taking himself out of the play, and letting the QB get out around the right side. I saw it last night as well. But I also saw the same exact thing against Baltimore, Denver, and throughout the season. And not just Groot, whoever we had in at LDE. The fact it has been going on all year, and by multiple players at that position, tells me a lot of our DE/DL problem is due to scheme and design.

Agreed in general, but that doesnt mean the fans cant discuss it or want it.

I'm not comparing the teams or situation. I'm comparing what the fans knew at the time since the question keeps getting pushed back on us "Well who do you replace him with?" as if that is a trump card that ends the debate. We (us civilians) arent privy to that information. But we all can see a change is needed. The same we could in 2016.

I now he wont right now. Even tho he should have in 2021. And probably should right now. McD will get at least 1 more year, and I understand that. It's the safe move. It's also the weak move that will waste yet another year of Prime Josh Allen, and we'll be right back in this type of thread same time next year. How many more years of this should McD get in your opinion? 0-4 now. We wait until he's 0-6?

Who is this mysterious young DC/first-time-HC who will come in and end the 20 year drought with Tyrod Taylor as QB his first year? No one out there can do that. See, anyone can make that argument.