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    Throwback to Another Horrible McDermott Decision

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    1 hour ago, Juice_32 said:

    I’m envious of your memory, maybe I have too many kids or something. I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night.

    Huh - I'm 60 years old and this game - and the way a miracle catch by a journeyman WR  saved the season and covered McD's ass for a brutal choke job on his part - was the first thing I think of when I think of his gameday failings.  13s in KC too, obviously, but the Snow game hosting Indy was really inescapable in how bad McD could be.

    Bills @ Benglas Game Thread - 1st half

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    Just now, HappyDays said:

     

    Seriously though, if we're going to have a defensive minded head coach shouldn't we expect elite defensive play calling? There are several DCs across the league that are better than McDermott. So what is the point of giving him the top job?

     

    Right - maybe one that wouldn't require a roster full of 1st round picks on D to put up D numbers.  Any idiot can coach an all-star team.

     

    Beane has put nearly all the team's investments into the defense and genius McDermott still can't succeed.

    McDermott detractors

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    I think it's legitimate for McDermott to be on the hot seat, though I'd be shocked if he were fired this year.

     

    He's a defensive head coach (not the successful trend these days) who (with his GM) put nearly all of their resources into the defense, and though they get to excellent levels of seasonal statistics, they don't look good consistently and against good teams and QBs.  Even with all the injuries the D-line by itself had two first round picks playing Sunday, with Tremaine behind them, and White and Elam at CB.  They stunk. 

     

    Meanwhile Allen lines up with literally ZERO 1st rounders around him on offense.  Cook and Dawkins are 2nd rounders - everyone else is lower.  Want to count the former 5th rounder Stephon Diggs a first round pick they spent - (in lieu of Jefferson - ouch) that's fair Diggs makes ONE - that's it.

     

    Part of what that means is I'm less inclined to judge Dorsey even though he left a lot to be desired.  He's working with a lot less.

     

    Frazier needs to go.  As far as I'm concerned he cemented his dimissal with his comment last week that the first Bengals game wasn't enough of a sample size to make adjustments to.  Oh really??  They were moving up and down the field against the Bills defense for half a quarter before Hamlin went down - it was pretty obvious there were issues on how the Bills were playing D against Burrow and his collection of 1st and 2nd round WRs.

     

    The problem with firing Frazier and not McDermott, of course, is that Frazier is running McDermott's defense.  McDermott's already confirmed to have taken over play-calling duties at least once.  If they jettisoned Frazier, does anyone think the way the defense is designed would change?

     

    But with all the investent, the defense for years has repeatedly shown to be vulnerable to being run over by strong running games AND vulnerable to good QBs picking apart the soft zones.  If McDermott's scheme is so good, why does it need so much talent to play perfectly to be any good?  Shouldn't he be able to coach up lesser players??  Why the heck do we need two 1st rounders playing CB when we hardly ever line up in man?  

     

    SO I could totally see Frazier being fired, but he'd be a scapegoat.  

     

    McDermott is the Marty Schottenheimer of our times.  Not a bad coach by any means, but clearly also not a great coach likely to get to a super bowl.

     

     

     

     

    9 minutes ago, Ray Stonada said:


    Did the Bills play well after Damar Hamlin went down? No. That was 21 days ago. It's weird to me, because most of this board said they would understand if we couldn't recover.  Well, we couldn't.

     

    They looked exactly the same against Cincy before Hamlin was hurt.

     

    9 minutes ago, Ray Stonada said:

    Remember: half the board was convinced Brian Daboll was killing us and if they would only fire him we would be unstoppable. Turns out he wasn't the problem.

     

    He was replaced with a new OC who was the old QB coach and really didn't change that much from the prior scheme, but in fairness to both of them - the team has not invested much at all in the offense.

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    Jerry Sullivan crosses the line. Comments against women.

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    8 hours ago, Limeaid said:

    Jerry has always liked to stir the crap to get reactions appealing to least common denominator,

     

    Now he stirs it with his arm and licks his hand clean.

     

     

    He should be reporting on the Browns and be best buddies with Deshaun Watson.

     

    In other words, he's a troll.  Always has been.  I like to think I did my part getting him tossed from the BN.  Needs to be tossed period.  Does he still have a press pass?  

    This place is so cathartic after losses.

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    1 hour ago, MarlinTheMagician said:

    The only thing that really sticks in my craw is rushing 3 when we have them 3rd and 22 and had just sacked Tua.  Should have brought the house - Tua had all day to sit back their and llet Waddle run between our back-up safeties.  How about we help the young guys out by letting our pash rush get after him, at least bring the four lineman and one backer.  We rushed 3, if I saw it right, and that I can't believe.  Geesh.  

    Yeah that annoyed me greatly - didn't have to blitz, but only rushing 3 was stupid.

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    We don't know when, but we know who the Bills will play during the 2022 season.

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    15 hours ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

     

    Rather large variables as every 4 3 years repeats for same conference teams, but every 5th 4th year for other conference.  So only completely mostly (14 of 17 games) repeats itself every 12 years.  Believe that holds true now even with the 17th game thrown in.

     

     

     

    Formerly 2, now 3 of the games are based on where you finished.  The two in-conference divisions you don't match with you play the team with the same finish place.  That's how NE was playing Indy and later KC nearly every year.  

     

    The new extra out of conference game is also against a team with the same divisional placement.

     

     

    Do you take a corner in the first?

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    5 hours ago, billsbackto81 said:

    Depends on who's left when we pick.

     

    If Gardner, Stingley, McDuffie and Booth are gone which is more than likely I'd look towards WR.

     

    This year they need to trade up to make sure the right guy is there.

     

    They don't have the roster spots to make use of a bunch of rookies anyway, and we really don't want them starting the season with Dane Jackson and Siran Neal as the starters, do we??

     

     

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    Josh Allen funny bit at NFL Honors show

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    1 hour ago, Utah John said:

    Allen definitely did NOT whine about OT. He said the rules are the rules, and if Buffalo had won the coin toss the Bills would have been the ones celebrating.  Classy and NOT whining.

     

    Yeah - this obviously wasn't his idea.

    10 minutes ago, Bimmer323i said:

    He did win us the game in regulation and our idiot *ussy head coach lost it for us…

     

    Or someone who reports to him he isn't willing to throw under the bus.

     

     

    1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

     

    That was obviously scripted, but I have to admit, Josh's hand gestures, facial expression, and timing were flawless there.

     

    Would like to see him get more of the advertising love as they see him shine in public.

     

    Tell me again why we have to watch Baker Mayfield every 5th ad?

     

    Time to add a new State Farm discount I say!!  

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