I dont want to miss the playoffs, there's always a chance to get to a SB even as a wildcard, however small. I have been done with McD since 13 seconds, he's never taken accountability for the worst coaching Ive ever seen in just 3 plays. The players won that game, the coach lost the game. Ive never considered a defense good when they get consistently run on. I think Beane peaked in the Josh draft and its been going downhill from there. I agree with Joe Marino that Beane's bad signings are coming home to roost.
The drought means absolutely nothing to me. The drought was the result of not having a QB. Nobody was going to do much with JP, EJ, Captain Checkdown and Fitz and Tyrod had their ceilings. Rex went 8-8 one year and McD got us to 9-7 and with help from Cincy and got us in the playoffs, it was a one game improvement, not some drastic turnaround. It wasnt what Ben Johnson, Vrabel or Payton are doing. Then they got the QB right. I think a lot of coaches would win with a generational QB.
I would say this, if it isnt all about the QB, if you put 2016 Tyrod Taylor in place of Josh on this present Bills squad, what do you think our record would be? I think we would be about Miami's record. So really how much better is the team, sans one player? Is the team really that improved or is it because of a draft choice in 2018.
I think the Carolina boys have been hitting their heads on their ceiling, they peaked. I like Colin Cowherds analogy, Mark Jackson got the Warriors to the playoffs after some bad years. He got them to the playoffs in back to back years for the first time in 20 years. Sound familiar? They realized he wasnt the guy to take them all the way, which is where they wanted to go ,and dumped him for Kerr, despite being a playoff team. It was the right move. Change doesn't scare me, doing the same thing with these 2 is what worries me.