Sean McDermott end of season press conference 1/26 11am

[Shaw66]

5 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

When is Brandon up?

 

I love Sean but I know his press conference off by heart:

 

"proud of the players"

"it's part of the process"

"growth mindset"

"every year is a new team"

"some plays we'd like back"

"hungry and humble"

"people that love the game" 

There's more than that.   It's just that you have to wade through a lot of the predictable stuff.   

 

Comparing the Chiefs to the Bills, he said "bigger, faster, stronger."   There's a serious insight. 

 

When asked about Oliver, it was telling that he didn't say more than "we saw some good things from him."  Translation - he wasn't as good as we need him to be.  

 

Asked about Allen's kind of in-your-face response to a question about whether he had proved himself to the doubters, and about whether he's okay about what Josh said, Sean said "He's his own man."   It was interesting.  It's his philosophy - he's not Belichick, pulling strings on puppets.   We're all men in this locker room and we're all responsible for ourselves.    That was interesting. 

 

The whole thing about starting over was interesting.  Every year, start over, make your self as good as you can be.   They're not a championship runner-up trying to improve in some areas.  They are an organization trying to build the best football team they can be.   It all starts over every year.   And later he said it about players - come to camp with what you know now and make yourself the best football player you can be.  

 

And he closed with an advertisement.   He essentially said to the free agents out there that this is the best town in the league to play football, with the best fan base, and it's where you'll play the best football in your life.   If you really want it, really, really want it, we showed you this year that this is the place you need to be.  

 

Also, Diggs.  He said they were ready to close the locker room doors for their post game activities and someone told Sean that Diggs and Josh weren't there.  He went out to get them.  He said several times that Diggs was "very emotional."   He said that some people need to see that, want to see that.  He said that he has seen it, personally, and he doesn't need to watch it a second time.   Interesting insight. 

 

Yes, Beane almost certainly will be better, but I learn something about McDermott every year in this press conference.  

[y2zipper]

Interesting insight as always, @Shaw66. To an extent I like my press conferences dull. It correlates with being a well-round organization and having stability.

 

McDermott just doesn't going to come out and publicly criticize people but he does have degrees and non degrees of praise that he uses to describe what happens and generally speaking, the more specific he is the more he likes it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Reed83HOF]

2 hours ago, Shaw66 said:

There's more than that.   It's just that you have to wade through a lot of the predictable stuff.   

 

Comparing the Chiefs to the Bills, he said "bigger, faster, stronger."   There's a serious insight. 

 

When asked about Oliver, it was telling that he didn't say more than "we saw some good things from him."  Translation - he wasn't as good as we need him to be.  

 

Asked about Allen's kind of in-your-face response to a question about whether he had proved himself to the doubters, and about whether he's okay about what Josh said, Sean said "He's his own man."   It was interesting.  It's his philosophy - he's not Belichick, pulling strings on puppets.   We're all men in this locker room and we're all responsible for ourselves.    That was interesting. 

 

The whole thing about starting over was interesting.  Every year, start over, make your self as good as you can be.   They're not a championship runner-up trying to improve in some areas.  They are an organization trying to build the best football team they can be.   It all starts over every year.   And later he said it about players - come to camp with what you know now and make yourself the best football player you can be.  

 

And he closed with an advertisement.   He essentially said to the free agents out there that this is the best town in the league to play football, with the best fan base, and it's where you'll play the best football in your life.   If you really want it, really, really want it, we showed you this year that this is the place you need to be.  

 

Also, Diggs.  He said they were ready to close the locker room doors for their post game activities and someone told Sean that Diggs and Josh weren't there.  He went out to get them.  He said several times that Diggs was "very emotional."   He said that some people need to see that, want to see that.  He said that he has seen it, personally, and he doesn't need to watch it a second time.   Interesting insight. 

 

Yes, Beane almost certainly will be better, but I learn something about McDermott every year in this press conference.  

 

This was the best presser he has ever had IMO. You usually get a small nugget here or there, but he was as honest and open as I have ever heard him.

 

I'm definitely making note of the "Bigger, Faster, and Stronger" part for FA and the draft. I expect both lines to get evaluated

With Oliver I think he didn't say much more since he was playing out of position as a 1T and without Star, we didn't have another viable 1T. Let's face it, the entire DL was a disappointment this year. McD loves pressure with the front 4 and to have the other 7 in coverage, we could not do that this year. Hard to evaluate one player when the whole front 7 was injured and honestly was not good.

 

I heard this on WGR on my way to work this am: If we played the Chiefs 10 times, how many times do we win? 2-3 are we ok with going to the SB only 2-3 times with Josh while Mahomes goes the next 7-8 against us in the next 10 years?

 

Are we 1 player away? What about 2? or are we right there? If Cleveland won, we would likely be in the SB, which means we are right there. I think Beane and McD are looking for 1-2 more elite players, one on D and one on offense, gamebreakers

[Mr. WEO]

It's possible or even likely that McD is a great motivator but not much of a tactician. 

 

Bills need a tactician, less of a process/love motivator at this point.  

 

[thenorthremembers]

3 hours ago, boco357 said:

Who was that reporter that had the issues?

No clue.  But given, McDermott's history with reporters, he better get it together.

[Shaw66]

13 hours ago, Reed83HOF said:

 

This was the best presser he has ever had IMO. You usually get a small nugget here or there, but he was as honest and open as I have ever heard him.

 

I'm definitely making note of the "Bigger, Faster, and Stronger" part for FA and the draft. I expect both lines to get evaluated

With Oliver I think he didn't say much more since he was playing out of position as a 1T and without Star, we didn't have another viable 1T. Let's face it, the entire DL was a disappointment this year. McD loves pressure with the front 4 and to have the other 7 in coverage, we could not do that this year. Hard to evaluate one player when the whole front 7 was injured and honestly was not good.

 

I heard this on WGR on my way to work this am: If we played the Chiefs 10 times, how many times do we win? 2-3 are we ok with going to the SB only 2-3 times with Josh while Mahomes goes the next 7-8 against us in the next 10 years?

 

Are we 1 player away? What about 2? or are we right there? If Cleveland won, we would likely be in the SB, which means we are right there. I think Beane and McD are looking for 1-2 more elite players, one on D and one on offense, gamebreakers

Well, I don't know about best ever, but I agree.  You just have to listen carefully.

 

As for 1-2 players away, there will be more changes than one or two, but I think you're right - one of two elite players.   I'll put your thought together with a couple of things I've said.  

 

First, as I said, the end of the presser was an ad addressed to the elite free agents and others.   This is the best town in the country to play football, and this is the place where you will play the best football in your life.  What an incredible thing to say.   

 

Second, McD was saying it to people like JJ Watt.  He may as well have said "hey, JJ, you've got enough money.   Come him and play for $15 million instead the $20 you'll get someplace else, and you will play football the way you've always dreamed of playing football, with a team full of guys who want it as much as you do, and with coaches who will put you in position to win like you've never won before."  

 

Watt may be a pipe dream, and whether Watt responds to that message, I have no idea.  But there are going to be some free agents around the league saying to their agents "get me in a Bills uniform."

 

McDermott and Beane are doing exactly what they've said they were going do all along.  They're not done yet, not by a long shot.