Why doesn't McDermott call the Defensive plays full time??

[The Jokeman]

1 hour ago, MikePJ76 said:

Dallas is putting it out in the media that Matt eberflus is on thin ice.  He is a proven coordinator and former head coach and they are flirting with firing him at DC before the halfway point of the season.

 

Dallas and Buffalo have both been battling injuries on defense and both look awful.  
 

Buffalo is standing by babich.  Not sure which philosophy is better but I guess we will find out.

Eberflus' defenses in Indy weren't all that great, not sure why I'd go after him. 

[MikePJ76]

1 minute ago, The Jokeman said:

Eberflus' defenses in Indy weren't all that great, not sure why I'd go after him. 

I'm not asking them to sign him I am saying his defense is just as bad as Buffalo's and it seems like the jones family through their media buddies are putting it out there that he is on thin ice.   

 

In Buffalo McDermott said no changes coming.  I am just pointing out the differences in approach here.  No idea which one is right.

[The Jokeman]

Just now, MikePJ76 said:

I'm not asking them to sign him I am saying his defense is just as bad as Buffalo's and it seems like the jones family through their media buddies are putting it out there that he is on thin ice.   

 

In Buffalo McDermott said no changes coming.  I am just pointing out the differences in approach here.  No idea which one is right.

The difference is Jerry Jones thinks he's the world's greatest owner and his son is the best GM ever. Thankfully Pegula stays out of things as Wilson used to meddle all the time and and yeah I'm going to get hate but he was a horrible owner. I get people are upset we lost and how we looked the last two weeks but it happens to every team. The question is if we can recover from it, I for one think we can as going to get PEDs guys back who are more NFL proven then some of our recent depth toss in if Hairston comes back it will add a dimension we lack now on D which is speed. Toss in we've seen things like this happens in seasons before and we've righted the ship then. 

[NoName]

McD called plays the year before Babich was named DC.  I don't know  that McD did all that much better than Babich. 

[TwistofFate]

Because then there is no sacrificial lamb to offer up. 

 

 

[Nihilarian]

In his PC McD stated he did NOT take over the playcalling in that Falcons game. They made the right adjustments in the second half, but still they looked undisciplined at times in the first half.

[ngbills]

Yes scoring wise the D was better. But...

 

Bills O had the ball for 11 minutes of Q3. That helped the D. Then in Q4 ATL had a FG blocked and milked the clock away to put the game away. The Bills D forced two punts in the first half and two in the second half. A big part of the difference was really just the Bills having longer drives and ATL playing to milk the clock. When it counted they could not stop them in Q4, so not sure they could have if the game was more of a shoot out. 

[Big Turk]

I guess it's a fine line of deciding whether it's a case of a new DC having to "learn on the job" in some ways or a DC that just isn't very good and isn't making progress.

 

Only McD knows that for sure.

[bigduke6]

this team is terrible at making in game adjustments to what the other team is doing.  always has been.  there are teams out there that dont have to wait till halftime to figure out what the other team is trying to do,  then theres the Bills.

[nedboy7]

Marino talked about how bad the game plan was for a blitzing defense.  It’s odd these guys don’t know strategy better than a podcaster. 

[BRH]

One of our patterns has been that we let the other team march down the field on its first drive, presumably so we can "see what their gameplan is," lull them into a false sense of "hey, it's working" security, and then we adjust while they continue to beat the same drum.

 

I have to believe that other teams see that pattern and the easy counter is to do one thing on the first drive and then switch it up the next time you get the ball, and keep switching it up, staying one step ahead.

 

I'm not good enough at X's and O's to know whether the Pats and Falcons (and maybe to some extent the Saints) did that.  But my sport is baseball and that's what good pitchers do, switch it up the second and third times through the lineup.  

 

Anyone have any thoughts?

[Allen2Moulds]

Good OCs/DCs, maybe have small learning curves out the gates, but not after 26 games. That's more than enough time to sink or swim, and bobby is sinking. Brady didn't do much better this game, but he at least has a better track record of correcting his mishaps. 

 

I would classify Brady at this point as average - slightly above average, and Babich to somewhere between below average - terrible.

[BVBILLS]

I never appreciated that Mc Clappy didn't bring in a experienced play caller for D. It's almost like they are all Mc D "process" guys.

[Lionel Hutz]

Because like all good leaders, he needs to have a guy to throw under the bus when it's time to shift the blame for his failures. 

[LABILLBACKER]

12 hours ago, BeastMaster said:

If this is true, then Babich has to be relieved of his duties

 

That would make it multiple seasons where McDermott had to step in and call plays

 

It's a major indictment on both Babich, and also McDermott because he keeps the guy around

Because he's the one hiring the incompetent DC's.  He should've been calling our defense since 2018.  Let him take the responsibility if he's such a defensive guru.

[Delete_Delete_Delete]

McDefense wasn’t a beast with Clappy McFlanders calling the plays, but don’t get it twisted, it was miles ahead of the 💩 Babich has been putting on the field these last two years.

 

Is some of that personnel based? i.e McFlanders having Hyde and Po instead of dog 💩 in cleats roaming the secondary IS a huge difference- Sure, but I don’t think it excuses things like giving up 100 points in two weeks last year, or not being able to stop an anemic Chiefs offense in the AFC Title game, or the train wreck that’s been unfolding before our eyes for the past 6 weeks. 

McFlanders McDefense won’t be scaring anybody, but it might be borderline respectable with him actually calling the defense, with a lot more bending than the outright breaking we’ve witnessed under Babich.

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[NewEra]

Because he was focused on being the best head coach he could be in my opinion

8 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

14 play 4th Q drive allowed wasn't "markedly better"

The defensive performance in the 2nd was most definitely markedly better than the first.  

[The Jokeman]

1 hour ago, nedboy7 said:

Marino talked about how bad the game plan was for a blitzing defense.  It’s odd these guys don’t know strategy better than a podcaster. 

Hindsight always make guys look more intelligent. I respect Joe as a podcaster but last I checked he's never coached at the NFL level.

[nedboy7]

1 minute ago, The Jokeman said:

Hindsight always make guys look more intelligent. I respect Joe as a podcaster but last I checked he's never coached at the NFL level.

 

Good point.  However.  He is definitely light-years ahead of anyone on this board.  

[Taro Nimbus]

8 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

Agreed.  That was a weakness that Falcons took advantage of and McD could not figure out.

 

3 points or 7--didn't matter as that drive made it a 2 score game.....iced it for the Falcons.

Yes.  But if the offense was at least competent, the Bills would have won that game.