McDermott not in Top 10 of NFL coaches per PFF.

[GoBills808]

I bet their next story is going to be how FG% decreases w distance

[Mat68]

My Stefanski rant.  Stefanski doesn't get nearly enough blame for dropping Mayfield in the trash for playing through a shoulder injury.  Putting all the blame on Baker for the lack of success that season opened the door for the Watson debacle.  How he is able to look like the savior while also creating the problem is disgusting to me.   Baker has played as a top 5 qb for the past two seasons.  Stefanski ran him off.  He needs to wear that but he is some how a sympathetic figure.  

[uticaclub]

34 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

Who, exactly, has determined that Beane completely busted on the 2024 FA and draft class? Can we wait until they have played some football  first before determining this? That seems like the prudent approach to me, but you feel free to be you. 

Last years class, not this year. It’s factual that none of the free agents or draft picks made in 2024 had an impact on the field last year. 

[SoTier]

12 hours ago, BillsFooteball said:

Well the suspense is killing me! Who is #32 and the only coach in the NFL you rank McDermott ahead of?! 

 

Andy Reid, of course.

[Buffalo Boy]

15 hours ago, SoTier said:

Sammy Sunshine strikes again.

[stuvian]

I would put McDermott after Shanahan. If Sirianni wins another one in Philly it will be interesting to see how much credit he gets. 

[folz]

5 hours ago, uticaclub said:

Last years class, not this year. It’s factual that none of the free agents or draft picks made in 2024 had an impact on the field last year. 

 

Some of you guys act like this is fantasy football. It is much more complicated for real teams and there is always context. Do you not remember that because of the Stefon Diggs trade and because we kicked the can down the road a bit to try and keep the team together over the previous few years (because we were close), the Bills were 41 million over the cap at the start of the 2024 offseason? How many great players did you expect the Bills to bring in under those circumstances? Everyone knew it was going to be a tight year without the ability to add any big names or whatever (while having to release/trade some mainstay players as well). The Bills decided to take the hit of the Diggs trade all last year, which severely strapped them in 2024 (but made things easier in 2025). Yet, they still won 13 games and made it to the AFC Championship in what was supposed to be a down/rebuild year because of lack of funds and aging veterans. 

 

So, yes, 2024 does not appear to have been a great offseason, but there is a reason for it. Plus, I would say that Mack Hollins, Keon (before the injury), Curtis Samuel (at the end of the year), Amari Cooper (sporadically), D. Carter (was coming on before his injury), and Ray Davis (631 yards and 6 TDs) were all contributors. And I think you could safely say that at least Hollins and Davis made an impact. They had 11 TDs combined last season (and did much more than just scoring).

 

Many teams can't maintain success through the inevitable reset year(s), but the Bills did. Almost seems like Beane and McD should get praise for that, not derision.

 

Edited 11 hours ago by folz

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

On 6/25/2025 at 1:05 PM, FireChans said:

absolutely dreadful WRs outside of Ladd. 

So you’re no buying the Joshua Palmer hype? 😂

[NeverOutNick]

He’s not a top 10 coach. He’s the head coach of a top 10 team. Better yet he’s the head coach of Josh Allen

[FireChans]

5 hours ago, folz said:

 

Some of you guys act like this is fantasy football. It is much more complicated for real teams and there is always context. Do you not remember that because of the Stefon Diggs trade and because we kicked the can down the road a bit to try and keep the team together over the previous few years (because we were close), the Bills were 41 million over the cap at the start of the 2024 offseason? How many great players did you expect the Bills to bring in under those circumstances? Everyone knew it was going to be a tight year without the ability to add any big names or whatever (while having to release/trade some mainstay players as well). The Bills decided to take the hit of the Diggs trade all last year, which severely strapped them in 2024 (but made things easier in 2025). Yet, they still won 13 games and made it to the AFC Championship in what was supposed to be a down/rebuild year because of lack of funds and aging veterans. 

 

So, yes, 2024 does not appear to have been a great offseason, but there is a reason for it. Plus, I would say that Mack Hollins, Keon (before the injury), Curtis Samuel (at the end of the year), Amari Cooper (sporadically), D. Carter (was coming on before his injury), and Ray Davis (631 yards and 6 TDs) were all contributors. And I think you could safely say that at least Hollins and Davis made an impact. They had 11 TDs combined last season (and did much more than just scoring).

 

Many teams can't maintain success through the inevitable reset year(s), but the Bills did. Almost seems like Beane and McD should get praise for that, not derision.

 

Curtis Samuel was the 4th highest paid WR that free agency period.

 

Him and Mack Hollins were signed weeks before Diggs was even traded.

 

So really this is completely misleading and revisionist history.

[Orlando Buffalo]

If a guy is top 2 in wins for a 6 year period any statement he is not top 1/3 of league makes you mentally challenged. Truly the greatness of Josh Allen does make winning an automatic, just like the Colts lost a lot with Manning. 

[folz]

2 hours ago, FireChans said:

Curtis Samuel was the 4th highest paid WR that free agency period.

 

Him and Mack Hollins were signed weeks before Diggs was even traded.

 

So really this is completely misleading and revisionist history.

 

Not sure what you are debating. The fact that the Diggs trade came after free agency began only enhances how strapped they were for spending dollars. Apologies for lumping things together (as one offseason) rather than laying out the exact timeline of everything in detail. The team was $41 million over at the start of the NFL year (so before the Diggs trade, which only made things worse when it happened). The team released a number of players and restructured a number of others, so they could "work around the cap" as Beane stated. So they would have some money to spend. [Note: Tre wouldn't be released until April 1st, Diggs traded on April 3rd.] In the end, the Bills were 22nd in free agency spending last year (they were worst in the NFL in being over the cap at the start of the new year). 

 

So, are you trying to say that they had plenty of money/cap room in 2024 and chose not to use it or used it poorly? Or that the Diggs trade didn't also affect their offseason (he was $3.2 million more against the cap traded than if he stayed---$31 million against the cap total--- and he had to be replaced with another player and their salary and cap hit)? So, not sure what you mean by "misleading" and "revisionist history." I'm not sure what point you are actually questioning or how Samuel being the 4th highest paid FA WR weighs into it? 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by folz