Showdown with Pats is a judgment day for Sean McDermott, Bills

[HOUSE]

 

Mark Gaughan

 

It’s Judgment Day in a lot of ways for the 2021 Buffalo Bills on Sunday against the New England Patriots.

Actually, let’s call it Judgment Day, Part 1, since the final judgment on the Bills will be made based on what they do in January.

• Can Sean McDermott avoid being outcoached by Bill Belichick?

• Did Brandon Beane build a team geared toward beating the Kansas City Chiefs and fail to keep a keener eye on beating the Patriots?

• Can Brian Daboll find the right adjustments against the defensive wizardry of his chief pro football mentor?

 

https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/mark-gaughan-showdown-with-pats-is-a-judgment-day-for-sean-mcdermott-bills/article_d00ac162-6364-11ec-a9bf-6b672cd22306.html

[Inigo Montoya]

I would also like to add to the list of burning questions to be answered this Sunday;

 

*  Will Spencer Brown taunt a Patriots player to the point of tears?

*  Will Mac Jones get up after a scramble and triumphantly signal "First Down!" three yards short of the marker?

*  Will Bill Belichick's son make more goofy faces on the sideline?

 

[LeGOATski]

Buffalo Bills, Season 61, Episode 15

 

Greatest show ever.

[SydneyBillsFan]

1 hour ago, HOUSE said:

 

Mark Gaughan

 

It’s Judgment Day in a lot of ways for the 2021 Buffalo Bills on Sunday against the New England Patriots.

Actually, let’s call it Judgment Day, Part 1, since the final judgment on the Bills will be made based on what they do in January.

• Can Sean McDermott avoid being outcoached by Bill Belichick?

• Did Brandon Beane build a team geared toward beating the Kansas City Chiefs and fail to keep a keener eye on beating the Patriots?

• Can Brian Daboll find the right adjustments against the defensive wizardry of his chief pro football mentor?

 

https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/mark-gaughan-showdown-with-pats-is-a-judgment-day-for-sean-mcdermott-bills/article_d00ac162-6364-11ec-a9bf-6b672cd22306.html

 

McD being outcoached is a given, but there is no shame in that. He just has to coach competently - no wasted time outs, going for it on 4th and short in the Pats half, no stupid challenges, better clock management etc.

 

Beane needs to build a well-rounded roster with extra emphasis on offense to marry up with the talent he spent $258 million on. He can see where the weaknesses are, he just has to cut the dead wood, nail the draft (where he has recently missed a few) and make one or two BIG free agent signings.

 

Daboll needs to be less vanilla and more creative, although he is a bit limited with our OL - especially this week.

Edited December 24, 2021 by SydneyBillsFan

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

It's really starting to simplify for the Bills. If they lose to NE, they're more than likely going to be looking at needing either BAL or CIN to lose two of three.

 

BAL:

@CIN

LAR

PIT

 

CIN:

BAL

KC

@CLE

 

That's why this BAL-CIN game this week is so critical. Really need the Ravens to win. Then we would just need the Chiefs to beat the Bengals.

 

If the Bengals beat the Ravens, I think the Bills will miss the playoffs. CIN will go 2-1 with wins over BAL and @CLE, and BAL will also go 2-1 with home wins over LAR and PIT to close the season.

[downunderbill]

Relaaax we got this.

[CSBill]

I see the Bills player and Mafia with a lot of complaints about the national media, and pro-bowl voters, disrespecting them. That may be true, but when you're 8-6, you have given those disrespectors all the evidence they need to do so. In all this, the only people to blame is ourselves. Lossing to Jacksonville, lossing three games (Tenn, NE, TB) where you had the ball inside the 10 yard line with a chance to win in the last minute of the game--and not doing it, laying an egg against the Steelers on opening day, and being blown-out by the Colts on your home field. I know we don't want to hear this, but we have earned that disrepsect.

 

The bottom-line, the ONLY thing that will change their minds, WINS!

 

Win on Sunday, and WIN the next 2 Sundays, and a few WINS after that, and all that will change.

 

Just WIN baby, just WIN!

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

 

[RangerDave]

3 hours ago, SydneyBillsFan said:

McD being outcoached is a given, but there is no shame in that.

If every coach who got out-coached by Bill Belichick was fired for that, there would be no coaches left in the NFL after the last 20 years.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

3 minutes ago, RangerDave said:

If every coach who got out-coached by Bill Belichick was fired for that, there would be no coaches left in the NFL after the last 20 years.

Well, Bill placing envelopes stuffed with Benjamins in the officials' locker room doesn't hurt, either. 😁

"Hey!  I saw that!"

[HOUSE]

I think its a little un fair to judge McDermott on this weeks game. But it is what it is.

 

Get the clapper going and don't waste your time outs

 

The players will determine the outcome....

 

Ho-Ho-Ho

[Matt_In_NH]

4 hours ago, SydneyBillsFan said:

McD being outcoached is a given

Is it?  Boston media is hard on BB at times.....when they lose.  Buffalo media is hard on McDermott this year.....because they have lost more games than we all planned on IMO.   Fans do what fans do, sit back with their beers and donuts and think they are smarter than the guys at the top of their profession, I do it, we all do it.  But sometimes I think we should take a step back and give McDermott a little slack.  He is a great coach and leader.

 

Go back and watch the game in Foxboro last year when the Patriots brought up 10 men to rush and left the gunners uncovered....the Bills were coached, prepared and executed a fake punt that was not the plan on that play.  Who was throwing the tablet around because the guy on the other side was getting the better of him?  They converted that to a first down and went on to beat them down after that.  Who outcoached who in that spot?   That was 11 men being on the same page for a silent audible, that was coaching, that was being prepared.  

Edited December 24, 2021 by mattynh

[Freddie's Dead]

Ahnold is the Bills, Robert Patrick is the Cheats:

 

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13 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

Ho-Ho-Ho

 

Who you callin' a 'ho'?

[Talley56]

3 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

It's really starting to simplify for the Bills. If they lose to NE, they're more than likely going to be looking at needing either BAL or CIN to lose two of three.

 

BAL:

@CIN

LAR

PIT

 

CIN:

BAL

KC

@CLE

 

That's why this BAL-CIN game this week is so critical. Really need the Ravens to win. Then we would just need the Chiefs to beat the Bengals.

 

If the Bengals beat the Ravens, I think the Bills will miss the playoffs. CIN will go 2-1 with wins over BAL and @CLE, and BAL will also go 2-1 with home wins over LAR and PIT to close the season.

Interesting, the Bills may need the Ravens to beat the Bengals to help get us in.

 

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

I personally think the Ravens luck has run out and feel the Rams are more likely to win that game. 
 

However I’d rather The Bills handle their own business instead of relying on others. Basically we would be backing into the playoffs not beating any significant team. 

[JaCrispy]

1 hour ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Well, Bill placing envelopes stuffed with Benjamins in the officials' locker room doesn't hurt, either. 😁

"Hey!  I saw that!"

Looks like he’s using them backwards...😉

[SoCal Deek]

3 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

It's really starting to simplify for the Bills. If they lose to NE, they're more than likely going to be looking at needing either BAL or CIN to lose two of three.

 

BAL:

@CIN

LAR

PIT

 

CIN:

BAL

KC

@CLE

 

That's why this BAL-CIN game this week is so critical. Really need the Ravens to win. Then we would just need the Chiefs to beat the Bengals.

 

If the Bengals beat the Ravens, I think the Bills will miss the playoffs. CIN will go 2-1 with wins over BAL and @CLE, and BAL will also go 2-1 with home wins over LAR and PIT to close the season.

It’s really pretty simple. There are eight teams with a record of 8-6 or better but only seven playoff spots. So the question is if the Bills lose on Sunday do you see any of the other four 8-6 teams going 1-2? (BAL, CIN, LAC, IND). Each of them has at least one tough opponent including BAL playing CIN so that’ll cement the one we root for.

[Orlando Buffalo]

I am not one for hyperbole but I have not wanted a regular season like I want this one since at least the 90's. To beat them in their house with just as much on the line for them as us would make my Christmas .

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

20 minutes ago, JaCrispy said:

Looks like he’s using them backwards...😉

I see nuth-THING!  I know nuth-THING!

[hondo in seattle]

I don't think Beane intentionally built the team to beat the Chiefs - but not the Pats.  That's silly.  With 31 other teams to worry about, no GM would build a team just to beat one other team.  I do think Beane intentionally built a passing team: one that both throws the ball well and defends the pass effectively.   And the logic for that is simple: the NFL is more and more a passing league.   

 

The Bills weren't good at much of anything when Beane came to town.  He had to start somewhere and I don't think he's done yet.  He's not running around yelling, "Mission Accomplished - I built a Super Bowl team!"  But I do think he probably overestimated the quality of our OL.  And that mistake is hurting us.

 

We do have a matchup problem against the Pats  pass D.  Impressively, their pass D is as good as ours.  Their defensive strength may negate our offensive strength.   But when they're on offense, they can run the ball which is the Achilles heel of our defense.  

 

I hardly consider this Judgment Day for McD.   It is a HUGE game.  We really need to win.  But there's no shame in losing to Belichick.  Lots of other highly capable coaches have done it.  Losing doesn't tell us that McD is not the guy to (eventually) lead us back to the Super Bowl.