McD confirmed that he and Babich are “working together” to call defense

[Jon in Pasadena]

4 hours ago, PepeSilvia said:

How many more coordinators have to be emasculated by having their play calling duties taken away or lose their jobs before McDermott realizes it’s not a “they problem”, and it’s an “I” problem?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the wind...  🎵

[WotAGuy]

Bills added three new players to the D that made a difference. Those three were playing aggressively and opened the defensive playbook.
 

McDermott has taken over play calling several times over the years, and always seems to get more out of the resources at hand. But clearly, he had more resources at hand against the Panthers. 
 

Can he call offense too?  Cook was running for 11 yards every carry and Josh was off his game - Cook could have had 300 yards if they used him in the 4th. Way too many pass calls in the first half. 

[T master]

14 hours ago, Roundybout said:

Lot of people out there saying McD took over playcalling. He apparently had a play sheet in hand and was covering his mouth on the mic. 
 

If so, is that it for Babich?

Well given the score it seemed to have produced some rewards for sure Carolina had been said to be a very good run team and had 2 runners that have been producing at a high level up until yesterday, I didn't get to watch the game because I'm not in that region but the score tells me something good happened and I hope it continues !!

 

And hopefully Babich can learn from McD with him being in the Mr. Miaggi role showing him what he see's & what & when it needs to be called . If they can have the D that they did back a couple of years ago when McD was calling the plays that could be a shot in the arm that they need lets hope so anyway .

[Nihilarian]

3 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

Bills added three new players to the D that made a difference. Those three were playing aggressively and opened the defensive playbook.
 

McDermott has taken over play calling several times over the years, and always seems to get more out of the resources at hand. But clearly, he had more resources at hand against the Panthers. 
 

Can he call offense too?  Cook was running for 11 yards every carry and Josh was off his game - Cook could have had 300 yards if they used him in the 4th. Way too many pass calls in the first half. 

Listening to his PC after the game, McD referred to Kromer as the one for "dialing up" those run plays. 2:00 time or perhaps just the blocking schemes?

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Nihilarian