McDermott Victory Speech

[Since1981]

McClappy uses the word “man” in the locker room but no place else. 

[26TrapDraw]

1 hour ago, transient said:

Did he take a TO before he gave the speech?

Nope he used them all

[LABILLBACKER]

Just now, Since1981 said:

McClappy uses the word “man” in the locker room but no place else. 

He struggles talking to his team in these victory speeches.  Yet he's more articulate as we saw in Hard Knocks, talking to team in the class setting.  Go figure?

[Simon]

34 minutes ago, QLBillsFan said:

You are correct sir I could not remember…and it was big my bad 

 

I thought the first one was unnecessary so maybe you just mixed them up.

Although I think McD was pretty comfortable with the fact that he wasn't going to need them to stop the clock trailing late.

[Beach]

nobody changes that clock.  they just wait til daylight savings.  

[CincyBillsFan]

1 hour ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

You shouldn't need victory speeches after playing the Saints. They should have buried this team by the half. 

You could tell Allen was pissed off the entire second half. After the TD run and the pass to Kincaid he looked right at the sideline. 

My guess is that Allen was pissed at himself. He shouldn't have been but the guy is his own harshest critic.

 

 

 

 

I liked what McD said because it is true.  Just look at the results of the first 4 weeks of this season.  Bad teams beat better teams every week.  And this has been true as long as Ive been watching the NFL and I was watching the Bills when they were in the AFL.

 

 

 

 

[chris heff]

1 hour ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

He can't play defense

 

Its hard to argue the 30+ a game isn't working, but Josh looks handcuffed in these game plans. Last year the pass set up the run. This year they are trying so hard to use the run first.  And everybody eats is costing the Bills feeding the ball to our best playmakers in Shakir and Kincaid. Coleman should be 3rd in targets well behind those two. Pats won with Gronk and either Edelman or Welker getting the majority of the targets. 

You forgot Hernandez, he had a lot of targets.

 

Too soon?

[BRH]

2 hours ago, transient said:

Did he take a TO before he gave the speech?

This was funny but did anyone notice the Saints ran out of timeouts with more than 5 minutes left, and the Bills still had one?

[nedboy7]

They dominate yet it feels like something needs to click. It’s an odd season.  The season we’re waiting for doesn’t need to fit a narrative.  Hopefully the D starts to click and I’m not even sure what to say about the offense but Cook is elite. He changes the game.  Josh seems to embrace this.  Yet a dominant WR that would change the dynamic.  Maybe not having one makes Josh more cerebral.  They are 4-0 and are solid as a team even with weaknesses. Their energy is palpable. 

[Reks Ryan]

2 hours ago, 17islongenough said:

Yes they showed it on the broadcast 

What they showed on the broadcast was that the Bills only had 10 men on field before the TO.  After the TO when the Bills Nader the stop it was 11

2 hours ago, 17islongenough said:

Yes they showed it on the broadcast 

What they showed on the broadcast was that the Bills only had 10 men on field before the TO.  After the TO when the Bills Nader the stop it was 11

2 hours ago, 17islongenough said:

Yes they showed it on the broadcast 

What they showed on the broadcast was that the Bills only had 10 men on field before the TO.  After the TO when the Bills Nader the stop it was 11

[4merper4mer]

2 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

You shouldn't need victory speeches after playing the Saints. They should have buried this team by the half. 

You could tell Allen was pissed off the entire second half. After the TD run and the pass to Kincaid he looked right at the sideline. 

I’m glad Allen was looking at the sideline after the touchdown.  My mom and dad taught me to look where I was going when I was maybe 15 months old.  Looks like Allen’s parents taught him the same thing.  After a TD , the QB goes to the sidelines.  I’m glad Allen wasn’t looking into the sky or at the ground when he was going to the sideline.  He might have bumped into someone or something and got hurt.

[Artful Dodger]

It was a transcendent moment for him when he started clapping and the entire locker room started clapping along in rhythm with him.   

 

After all these years as coach, he's finally coached up all the Assistant Coaches and the front office staff to clap along with him.  One of the truly great moments of his career.  And it took a win against the New Orleans Saints to do it.  

[Mike in Horseheads]

4 hours ago, Simon said:

 

I thought the first one was unnecessary so maybe you just mixed them up.

Although I think McD was pretty comfortable with the fact that he wasn't going to need them to stop the clock trailing late.

I thought they said we had 12 on the field for TO #1

[NickelCity]

4 hours ago, BRH said:

This was funny but did anyone notice the Saints ran out of timeouts with more than 5 minutes left, and the Bills still had one?

 

In the second half? They basically had to use them to try and get a three and out without too much clock running because they were down two scores. It was an intentional use of timeouts, not some sort of sloppy use of them.

[ganesh]

2 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

I thought they said we had 12 on the field for TO #1

We had 12 man on the field earlier when Bosa couldn't get off the field quickly.  We were docked 5 yards for that. 

 

The TO was taken because we only had 10 people on the field and the Saints had Big Men on the field by putting more TEs.

[GunnerBill]

8 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

 

Its hard to argue the 30+ a game isn't working, but Josh looks handcuffed in these game plans. Last year the pass set up the run. This year they are trying so hard to use the run first.  And everybody eats is costing the Bills feeding the ball to our best playmakers in Shakir and Kincaid. Coleman should be 3rd in targets well behind those two. Pats won with Gronk and either Edelman or Welker getting the majority of the targets. 

 

They tried to lean into the pass more in the first half yesterday after that second drive and look where it got us! James Cook HAS to be the featured piece in this offense. Because after Josh he is the best player, and by a long way too. He IS our best playmaker. The drive that put us up 21-10 after half is how this offense HAS to play. It isn't the way I'd have built the team if I was the GM but it is the way Brandon Beane has built it. Run James Cook, short passes and YAC with Shakir, then Coleman and Kincaid sprinkled in as intermediate pieces. Palmer, Knox and Hawes as nice change up pieces. 

 

In the second quarter (before the final possession after the INT to run out the half) they ran 11 plays, used Cook just twice, tried one other gimmick run with Moore and called 8 passes. That sequence was 11 plays for minus 6 yards. 

 

It should be beyond doubt at this stage that the offense is not just the coaches choosing to play this way. It's the way the Bills have to use the talent we have. 

 

Criticise the build all you like, that is legit. I still worry it will come down a time pressured drive in the playoffs to win the game and our lack of ability to go down the field will undermine us. What is particularly concerning to me is if anything happens to Cook. Cross everything we have. Because this style doesn't work if Ray Davis and Ty Johnson are your lead backs. 

6 hours ago, CincyBillsFan said:

My guess is that Allen was pissed at himself. He shouldn't have been but the guy is his own harshest critic.

 

I liked what McD said because it is true.  Just look at the results of the first 4 weeks of this season.  Bad teams beat better teams every week.  And this has been true as long as Ive been watching the NFL and I was watching the Bills when they were in the AFL.

 

 

Just watch the Chargers yesterday. 

Edited Monday at 08:44 AM by GunnerBill

[Matt_In_NH]

8 hours ago, wppete said:

Got to say McDermott not a great speech guy. Not very inspiring. Looks uncomfortable talking to the team. 

Hey let me tell you something men

[BRH]

3 hours ago, NickelCity said:

 

In the second half? They basically had to use them to try and get a three and out without too much clock running because they were down two scores. It was an intentional use of timeouts, not some sort of sloppy use of them.

 

Point is, the Bills didn’t even need their last timeout.  They used them when they needed them.  One of them eventually led to a punt and the other basically took points off the board.

 

[Cue the “but what if they DID need them later” wailing…. They didn’t.]

[The Jokeman]

10 hours ago, wppete said:

Yup he’s no Sean Mcvay.

He's no Mike McDaniel either.

[TH3]

11 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

He can't play defense

 

Its hard to argue the 30+ a game isn't working, but Josh looks handcuffed in these game plans. Last year the pass set up the run. This year they are trying so hard to use the run first.  And everybody eats is costing the Bills feeding the ball to our best playmakers in Shakir and Kincaid. Coleman should be 3rd in targets well behind those two. Pats won with Gronk and either Edelman or Welker getting the majority of the targets. 

It’s so hard to argue it’s not working….it’s almost like you can’t