DrDawkinstein

I think evn Kromer would agree with this too. He is an OL Coach and should be an OL Coach.

Absolutely. Folks should not miss the fact that, for all of Beane's poor drafting, the GM is picking guys to fit what the HC wants. McD's scheme wants small LBs who can cover. So that's what Beane drafts. And that's why they are always injured. McD wants to load up his defense, so that's what Beane drafts and ignores adding playmakers to the offense. If we had a McVey-type coach I guarantee we wouldve traded up for a WR in the 1st by now, even if it meant selling the farm. The GM may be shopping for the groceries and ingredients, but the HC is putting in the food orders that dictates what the GM buys.

Arthur Smith sucks and they should know that. As for defense, if McD was serious about winning a SB and being a pure HC, he wouldve jumped on the chance of bringing in Brian Flores 2 years ago, or Jeff Ulbrich this year. It isnt a mystery or rocket surgery to find good DCs. But McD wants a yes-man to run his out-dated, soft scheme. Sure theres a chance he picks wrong on an outside hire, but at least theyre trying to get the best instead of just Peter Principling a bunch of no-name first timers to stroke his ego of building his own coaching tree.

Dorsey was NOT a proven anything. He was FIRED from QB coach in Carolina and sat home without a job for 2 years before McD brought him into Buffalo. He was a huge question mark and had a short leash when he managed to land the OC job. Any positive stuff on Babich was just team PR on hyping up McD's protege. They were both "first timers" in their jobs while proven and known quantities were available. But McD cant handle strong, proven coordinators (as proven by how both Dabol and Frazier ended up). As for the McD quote, it doesnt take much to dig up plenty of interviews where he talks about it. He doesnt exactly quote "run first, conservative passing game", but he absolutely alludes to it by talking about the run game, being balanced, etc, etc.

I'm pretty sure we had league record LOW injuries McD's first few years. I seem to remember thinking in 2020 and 2021 how lucky we were to be one of the most healthy teams through the season and going into the playoffs. But that was before we loaded the team with smaller draft picks too. As for technique, it's a bit of both, but I blame more of it on the coaching because all these players managed to be so good in High School that they made College programs, and so good in college that they got drafted into the NFL, so I cant believe that they never knew how to tackle previously, or somehow forgot. I think something is wrong with the scheme and messaging that has guys out of place and taking bad angles and using bad technique.

At this point, yes. When he took over the reins from Dorsey he got to call more of what he wanted, and even to begin last year. But much like neutering Josh, McD has managed to neuter Brady too so he fits his conservative, complementary philosophy (aka "dont expose my defense") Bunch of Eunuchs running this show.

Brady was technically an outsider. He just happened to be on staff to promote. But wouldve been the top name to go get at the time. Point stands on Dorsey and Babich tho. They are/were both McDermott home-grown from scratch coaching assistants that McD mentored and groomed for years to get them ready to be Coordinators. Babich especially. Shows how good he is at that...

Crazy because he looks much bigger than Bernard and Williams out there.

You look better in a bikini than I wouldve guess.

Vrabel wont let that happen. That's a McDermott thing.

We draft small on Defense. Ed is small even if he's strong. Milano is small and he's our biggest LB. Plus, our lack of technique on open-field angles and lack of technique on tackling opens us up to injuries instead of being the ones to deliver the shot.

No, Hard Knocks is the least of our worries. We could use some more hard knocks instead of never tackling in practice.

Yes, there are other bad coaches in the nfl. So what? You're agreeing McD is no better than any of them? Overlooking the Dolphins shouldnt even be part of our discussion as it should never, NEVER happen.

His brand new 6-year contract just started. So his options are slim outside of directly pushing Terry for a regime change. Which I'm for.

Fireable offense in itself.

Agreed, and why I'd be willing to keep Beane (or even prefer it) if we could move on from McD. The HC is always very influential in who gets drafted. Maybe not down to specific guys, but McD and the staff are OBVIOUSLY guiding Beane on things like smaller LBs that can cover, and whatever else fits his schemes. Heck, Whaley's best ability was to constantly shift the type of guys he was drafting to fit the ever changing needs of our coaching carousel. If moving on from McD means cutting Beane too, then at this point, fine. But I'd like to see what he'd do with a different influence. Someone Offensive minded, riding him harder for actual WRs and playmakers.

I think you just found the closest thing we have to an "identity". Unfortunately. If it were 1 or 2 star players, then that's on the individual players. When it's the entire team in all 3 phases, that's on the coaching. No one is asking for "extra" motivation. But if they show up this flat and unprepared to play against a division rival then something is wrong in the building.

Brady never won a SB when they had Moss and Welker. When they were winning SBs, the Pats had guys like Deion Branch, Troy Brown and Julian Edelman and Chris Hogan. But they had great coaching to go along with it. Not to say we couldnt use better WRs, or that it isnt a factor. But winning without them has been done before.

Neither of those were as bad. The Vikings was a hard fought game and we were in it the whole time. The Jets was a bummer, but we bounced back from that season opener as there was still time. Today was rock bottom of a downward spiraling trend.

I dont disagree that the coaching prospects are worse this year than they were a few years ago (with Harbaugh, Payton, and Vrabel available). But I do disagree that we cant make a change. (Terry WONT, but we still could and should) I like Kubiak too. Gotta be an Offensive HC and an old, "former HC" DC. Seems to be the formula for success.

Probably should have waited until the end of the game for this. 29 still wouldnt have done it.

He's a good coach at making a bad team good. He simply cant make a good team great. Time to go. (Years too late)

Vrabel owns McD and now the AFC East for as long as he's in NE. It was a nice run... to no where.

Absolute garbage. You cant convince me McD still has the locker room. His message is obviously stale, and/or the players finally figured out that he aint it and his schemes suck. Time to go.

What costs more? Cleaning up this mess that is probably insured in a number of ways, or proactively spending the capital to replace an entire fleet of jets? The knew the risks, and I'm sure had these costs analyzed and baked in.