New coaches added this year - any impact?

[JP51]

16 hours ago, Ray Finkel said:

The new strength and conditioning guy has done a hell of a job.

Indeed... like he has his team meeting at McDonalds... then they take naps... rest is important. 

1 hour ago, Ray Finkel said:

I get it but sometimes out of the coach’s control.  Ex. Matt Milano gets hurt this year and comes back for a half and misses more games for the same injury.  

Just going on record ... he comes back this week or next, plays 2 quarters and is out for the next 4

[Gunsgoodtime]

16 hours ago, Desert Bills Fan said:

 

The Bills added 5 new coaches:

Chris Tabor (special teams coordinator)

Ryan Nielsen (senior defensive assistant)

Mike Pellegrino (nickels coach)

Jason Rebrovich (assistant defensive line)

Turner West (assistant special teams)

 

Will Greenberg head strength and conditioning coach

Barry Rubin senior strength and conditioning assistant

 

At this point in the season, I don’t think there is any improvement on special teams, defense or S&C.
Not heard any kudos from McDermott or Babbich that there was any big contributions.

 

too bad, thought we might see some improvements from new blood.

As long as the 2 common denominators are here nothing will change

[colin]

given injuries, the dline and special teams have played great.

 

the secondary is pure dirty cheeks.  the linebackers might be worse, save shaq.  honestly, if this team had an average YPC given up in the run game, with the same distribution of stuffs and explosive runs, we have at least 1 more win -- which tells me the biggest hole is LB and Safety.

 

on the other side of the ball, injuries to palmer and kinkaid suck, but i put the two losses on brady more than anyone else.  if we had shanahan level offensive coaching we'd be 6-0, brady w his head removed from his coccyx we'd be at least 5-1. 

[Livinginthepast]

2 hours ago, Yobogoya! said:

 

Yeah I often wonder what McD even brings to the table from an x's and o's standpoint? Like does he even help us scheme to an opponent's weakness? 

 

With Frazier you could notice certain wrinkles here and there, even if the overall scheme was the same. Past few seasons I don't even notice that- we just kinda line up and do our thing and hope the offense doesn't execute efficiently 🤷‍♂️

I think this is a good question overall about McD what does he actually bring to the table for the Bills? He doesn't make decisions on Offense, His defense is bad but supposedly handled by someone else, His in game decisions are usually poor. His pre game rah rah speeches sometimes contain questionable motivational content.  I guess he brings a stable environment and is a nice guy? Maybe a man of faith for the religious players on the team?

[KOKBILLS]

That whole lesson on how to give up 335 yards in one half of football really seemed to hit home! 

[BobbyC81]

15 hours ago, Yobogoya! said:

 

Yeah I often wonder what McD even brings to the table from an x's and o's standpoint? Like does he even help us scheme to an opponent's weakness? 

 

With Frazier you could notice certain wrinkles here and there, even if the overall scheme was the same. Past few seasons I don't even notice that- we just kinda line up and do our thing and hope the offense doesn't execute efficiently 🤷‍♂️

I would like to see an aggressive defense that forces the offense to have to adjust, instead of us adjusting the defense based on what the opposing offense is being successful with.  Likely won’t see that with our head coach. 
 

Most of you probably remember the Jim Schwartz defense of 2014.  It was not only very successful but was fun to watch.  Led the league in sacks.

[Ray Stonada]

What McD brings is the tight ax culture that is good for getting a drought team out of the basement, and impressed Pegula enough to get handed the reins. And he brings a preference for “high-character” guys who don’t rock the boat. 

 

What he doesn’t bring is strategic savvy to compete at the top of the league.

 

[Fleezoid]

On 10/20/2025 at 10:37 PM, BuffaloBillyG said:

I think STs has been in the up this year despite  the revolving Punter/holder situation. But that may have something to do with Matt Prater over Bass and less to do with Tabor 

 

Prater's been solid. But it sure looks like the STs have improved from the past couple of years, so those moves looked to be positive. 

 

I don't see how you can say the defensive guys have had an impact. Based on results, you probably can't say positive impacts, but I wouldn't say negative either. The defense is a little too messy to say. 

[Pete]

On 10/21/2025 at 6:53 AM, Sweats said:

ST's has looked improved this year, unfortunately the rest of the team has regressed

They do.  My only concern is Reid Ferguson.  The Rams ran over him and blocked a FG.  He gotten ran over a couple times this year. I’m not sure who’s at fault, but opposing defenses are targeting that area with some success.

 

I know what a rare skill a good long snapper is.  But if there is a reliable and more stout, veteran that we can pry away, we should imo.  Unless there is some prodigy long snapper available on draft.  It’s not easy finding a good long snapper