GerstAusGosheim Posted January 14 Posted January 14 (edited) Transcript from the Herd yesterday... "The Matchups for this weekends NFL playoffs, here’s what I see. I see Vrabel against DeMeco Ryans… McVay against Ben Johnson… Shanny, Mike MacDonald… Sean Payton against…Josh Allen, let’s be honest. In 7 of the 8, I see the coach." This weekend is about the coaches... Edited January 14 by GerstAusGosheim 1 1 2 3 Quote
JP51 Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Yeah, I honestly think they are assuming that Denver has a massive coaching edge... 2 1 1 Quote
MJS Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Because Allen is the one truly elite QB in the bunch. But he's a fool if he doesn't think Sean McDermott isn't a huge factor in the matchup. Bo Nix has to face his defense, which has been confusing young QBs for years. 2 5 1 Quote
Offside Number 76 Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Just now, JP51 said: Yeah, I honestly think they are assuming that Denver has a massive coaching edge... It does. 2 6 1 3 Quote
JP51 Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Just now, Offside Number 76 said: It does. they are not wrong IMO 1 4 1 1 1 Quote
harryS Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Denver is fantastic at pass protection, so McD will be one of the biggest keys. If we can't count on pressure, then we need to confuse Nix with disguises. 1 Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Wow. Talk about an inflated view of Payton and total disrespect to McD. also, what coaching does DeMeco Ryans do? Trots a defense out on the field with like 5 All-Pros, and plays man coverage 100% of the time. I’d love to see what he would do coaching a team featuring Andre Jones and Phil Mathis on his DLine. 5 2 1 Quote
BuffaloBillyG Posted January 14 Posted January 14 1 minute ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: Wow. Talk about an inflated view of Payton and total disrespect to McD. also, what coaching does DeMeco Ryans do? Trots a defense out on the field with like 5 All-Pros, and plays man coverage 100% of the time. I’d love to see what he would do coaching a team featuring Andre Jones and Phil Mathis on his DLine. In fairness, many of those All Pros are there with his coaching. Not saying they wouldn't be there without him...but he should get some credit. He was also able to turn Tim Settle into a solid player. Something that didn't happen here. He's also had success in the past. Let's not disparage. Guy is a heck of a good coach. 3 Quote
MJS Posted January 14 Posted January 14 5 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: Wow. Talk about an inflated view of Payton and total disrespect to McD. also, what coaching does DeMeco Ryans do? Trots a defense out on the field with like 5 All-Pros, and plays man coverage 100% of the time. I’d love to see what he would do coaching a team featuring Andre Jones and Phil Mathis on his DLine. It's less a reflection on Ryans and more a reflection of Stroud, and actually many of these other QBs. Allen stands out compared to the rest with the possible exception of Stafford. When you think of the Bills, you think of Allen because he is that kind of player. None of those other teams have a QB like that. He will always overshadow what McDermott does. Allen gets all the praise for success. McDermott gets all the criticism for failure. It is really dumb, but that's the way it is. McDermott is a fantastic coach on par with many of those guys. 2 Quote
uticaclub Posted January 14 Posted January 14 The common story is that Buffalo is a one-man show. Many associate McDermott with the 13 seconds and a weak playoff defense, overlooking all the positives and the significant talent gap in our roster compared to other playoff teams. Nix will struggle to tell his ass from a hole in the ground once he tries to figure what our safeties are doing. 2 1 Quote
ColoradoBills Posted January 14 Posted January 14 2 minutes ago, uticaclub said: The common story is that Buffalo is a one-man show. That will work to the Bills advantage Saturday. 1 1 1 Quote
RkFast Posted January 14 Posted January 14 (edited) The amount that McDermott flies under the radar is crazy. I guess a lot of it has to do with his quieter personality. And while hes no Lombardi or Shula, I see the attention a coach like....Dan Campbell gets and how hes talked about while McD barely get a mention and I roll my eyes into the back of my head. Edited January 14 by RkFast 3 Quote
TheFunPolice Posted January 14 Posted January 14 They were talking a lot this morning on the radio abut Houston's D. It's not really scheme, they just run the same defense all game and line up and beat you with talent. You saw it in the Steelers game.. Steelers moved the ball at first pretty well but just got FGs. Then the talent took over eventually and wore the Steelers down. Quote
Heavy Kevi Posted January 14 Posted January 14 I mean it's not wrong. It's the entire Denver Broncos organization vs Josh Allen Last week it was all of Jacksonville vs Josh Allen. And hopefully next week it will be the entire NE Pats organization vs Josh Allen He's the whole franchise and everyone else is like that guy in the movies behind the hero, just yelling "yeah, get him" 2 1 Quote
hondo in seattle Posted January 14 Posted January 14 52 minutes ago, MJS said: Because Allen is the one truly elite QB in the bunch. But he's a fool if he doesn't think Sean McDermott isn't a huge factor in the matchup. Bo Nix has to face his defense, which has been confusing young QBs for years. That I think is one of our playoff problems. We haven't had an excess of elite athletes on our defense. What makes our defense work is our ability to confuse younger QBs with our interchangeable safeties and disguises. That doesn't always work against QBs like Burrow or Mahomes. Bo Nix is a young QB but he's got an elite offensive coach prepping him. It'll be interesting to see how that adds up. Quote
Mikey152 Posted January 14 Posted January 14 3 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: That I think is one of our playoff problems. We haven't had an excess of elite athletes on our defense. What makes our defense work is our ability to confuse younger QBs with our interchangeable safeties and disguises. That doesn't always work against QBs like Burrow or Mahomes. Bo Nix is a young QB but he's got an elite offensive coach prepping him. It'll be interesting to see how that adds up. You can only do so much to prepare... because once the ball is snapped you only have 2 seconds to read the defense and make a decision, and the Bills have ALWAYS been ahead of the curve when it comes to disguising coverage with their DBs. Everyone always writes our defense off as simple because we play a lot of zone, but reads change a lot based on what kind of zone and whether or not the middle is covered. Burrow and Mahomes are pretty good at buying time with their eyes downfield and making decisions. That is this defenses cryptonite. If we could rush the passer better, IMO it would easily be the best D in the NFL even with a below average rush defense. We could put QBs in an absolute blender if we could speed them up and slow them down at the same time, but usually we are just slowing them down. I really hope Hoecht comes back 100% at some point next season and Oliver stays healthy. Quote
TheFunPolice Posted January 14 Posted January 14 If you really think about it, McDermott's defenses, even in the playoffs, have consistently been able to confuse and limit these young QBs. It's basically been Mahomes and Reid that he couldn't confuse enough. That's it. So possible GOAT HC and a HOF QB. Everyone else we've beaten fairly easily in the playoffs. The Bengals game was (IMO) about everything that happened over the several weeks prior and the team just being shot. 2 Quote
Ballhawk Posted January 14 Posted January 14 (edited) 35 minutes ago, uticaclub said: The common story is that Buffalo is a one-man show. Many associate McDermott with the 13 seconds and a weak playoff defense, overlooking all the positives and the significant talent gap in our roster compared to other playoff teams. Nix will struggle to tell his ass from a hole in the ground once he tries to figure what our safeties are doing. I think that narrative is overstated. It's like the phone game at this point, they are just repeating the tag line "Superman has to put on his cape" or "Josh has no supporting cast". Look any Bills fan knows the Defense's record in the playoffs for the past 7 years as compared to Josh's playoff stats, but come on we have the number 1 running game in the NFL, the top rated passing defense and arguably a top 3 Tight end group and Offensive line. So maybe...just maybe Josh has a little bit of help and the same NFL pundits who when Josh started in the league repeated that he would never be an accurate passer should rethink the garbage tag line that he's doing it alone. (I say this with full respect for Josh's greatness and toughness) Edited January 14 by Ballhawk 1 1 Quote
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