RyanC883

Agreed. McD is WEAK and plays scared. Another Dick Jauron. But he built a "culture" some say. Um, what? What culture. A culture of people who crumble under so-called adversity. What adversity? Hamlin miraculously recovering is adversity?!?! Give me a break, it should be inspiring and provide positive energy. When fight or flight happened, these guys chose flight all season. That's the tone the D played with all year. Leadership comes from the top, and the HC fails.

Wow, great work. I'll put in my thoughts above. Overall, Bean has screwed us by missing on so many rookie picks in the past (Basham, Ford, Rosseau even (he's a 2nd DE, not a top game-changer). Next year could be a very difficult year. I can see us trading out of round 1 for more picks given this current issue. But I don't trust Bean to find impact players.

we could not expose him because of DORSEY. And the awful D putting us in a terrible spot on offense.

totally agree, but won't happen with McD and Bean, unfortunately. trade some players, then no dead cap, right?

Well, since Jauron went 13-3 without Allen in Chicago, he could clearly lead an Allen team to the playoffs. Mularkey, yeah, he was a great OC with PIT and led the Bills to within 1 game of the playoffs without Allen. Gailey, had Fitz at QB. Nope, I was much around during the drought, and the constant was ZERO high-end ability at QB. Okay, I get it, you like mediocracy. You suffer from droughtitosis, the thought that changing a HC will revert the Bills to the drought era. It won't. What will happen if we keep on this trajectory is never make, much less win, a SB. Your other points are equally ridiculous, btw. Win the AFC East, what other team in the AFC East has a talented roster, yet a good QB? None. Winning regular seasons: we played in the AFC East, again, and have yet to get a 1 seed even. We didn't step on our own di**s. We got our butts handed to us by the Dolphins (who would have beaten us if their starting RB was there, IMO), and then again by the Bengals. We also embarrassingly lost last year, and the year before, and the year before. Sence a trend.

Assume that you own the Bills, and want to assemble a new staff (if you like the current one, that's fine, no need to respond to this thread). Who would you have at GM, HC, OC, and DC. You can keep some of the current guys, but have to replace at least one. I'll start: GM: Bean. "What, but you hate his picks." I do, but I think his picks are too influenced by McD. That said, I would interrogate the heck out of him, particularly what changes he will make to draft process, so we stop drafting for need over BPA. If I made a change, I'm taking DeCosta from the Ravens. HC: Shane Steichen--OC Eagles (worked with both Hibberts and Hurts. Eagles' offense is fantastic with an all-around attack of defenses) OC: whoever Steichen wants. Even keeping Dorsey is an option here in that Steichen could likely fix him/take over playcalling. DC: Jerod Mayo--Pats LB Coach or Brian Flores--PIT Assist DC. Would only be here a minute, and his NFL litigation is absurd, but whatever, he can coach D. Interested in the ideas of others!

oh, this is a good analogy. And that got Cam's career killed. Allen's agent should be on the phone with Pegs saying I'm either traded, sitting out, or McD and Bean are GONE. Might be the only thing that saves this team. Pegs is a pushover owner it seems (no changes after 13 seconds)

he lucked into Mahomes and a good GM in KC.

this is THE MOST ridiculous take, and I'm just sick of it. First, any coach in the NFL could get this team to the playoffs. Did we have Allen and Diggs during the drought, NOPE. Second, the goal is to win the SB, not just make the postseason and lose in the divisional round or AFC Championship to an equal or superior team. With the talent on this team at QB, you need a head coach and GM that can put a winner around him. McD and even Bean have proven that they cannot do it. Also, as another poster noted, we regressed from last year. There is no improvement, and Bean is putting us into cap issues and has failed to draft adequate impact players on rookie contracts. Total failure all around.

He will get way too many changes in the name of "continunity." Continunity of what, exactly, should be the question. This quote from Allen says it all. They were unprepared and out coached: Josh Allen said. “Our goal is to win a Super Bowl or World Championship and we didn't accomplish that. So everything that happened in the season is kind of null and void in our minds and it sucks. That's the way it goes sometimes. They had a good game plan, credit to those guys, they came out and played hard. We just didn't have it today.” This was after yesterday's game, but could be a quote from any of those horrid McD playoff losses. We ever beat an equal or favored team in the playoffs? Nope.

It’s really McD’s stubborness that is causing these issues. I think you can find a great culture coach and coach open to strategic adaption.

I generally agree that RB isn’t, but if he is a Henry/Barkey/McCaffery talent I’d take him. Otherwise trade back, or better, trade up for a stud OT or WR (our bigger needs). We have a bad draft slot currently it looks like (assuming Bean actually picks the right player)

Your post is context free, and illogical in saying “why” Allen had a “bad game” (debatable) doesn't matter in comparing the QBs—of course it does. Burrow was flawless, but he tons of time to throw (Allen didn’t), had a run game (Allen didn’t), and had great defensive play backing him (Allen didn’t). Those are material differences. Allen on Bengals would have obliterated our D today.

I get your points, but they are incorrect. Another drought won't happen because of Allen and Diggs. It's a QB driven league. And the issues with Bean and McD are not just "oh, bad year" type of things, particularly with McD--they are systemic. He plays scared. He ran out of TOs today with 7 minutes left in the 4th quarter. He plays a sit back and take it D, rather than a press/blitzing/confuse the offense defense. Teams run on us at will, and can hit quick/short passes when needed. His style works against teams with average-bad QBs, it does not work against elite ones that you play in the playoffs. His offense is equally awful, and has been all year, never establishing a run game, something you need to keep defenses honest (all remaining teams have a run game, notice). Yeah, McD can make the playoffs, but we could likely take nearly any coach and make the playoffs because of Allen, Diggs, and a few others. Winning in the playoffs with an elite QB is what we need to do now, and something McD is too stubborn to do because he won't change his approach.

BINGO. We have a coach who can eek out wins over teams with inferior talent (last week), but routinely get beaten by better teams.

screw it. Let's draft two DE's who disappear or never appear w/o Von Miller around, and skip on two pro-bowl centers instead like in the 2021 draft. What's the OL for anyway. or a running game. Make Josh do it all.

I'm pro-dome, but I don't think it would have made a difference today.

winning regular season games is your definition of success? This combo is wasting JAs prime years. period.

sucks. Last year's playoff defeat kept Frazier here, this year will keep Dorsey here. Time to nix McD if he won't make the changes.

Um, Burrow may have had a hobbled OL, but he had little pressure on him from our Defense. (and I like Burrow). Put Allen on that offense with those receivers, RB, and against a team that can't pressure you and he scores 55 against our pathetic sit-back D.

replace McD. He has ridden the JA coattails long enough. McD is spinless and coaches scared with his schemes, etc. The D dictates nothing and is overly reactionary. Bring in a Dick LeBeau type

McD needs to go. Otherwise, we are the 90's Dolphins, and get used to leaving at the Divisional or Conference Final round.

we do, when Bean spent #19 on him. But he has great measurables, what a great prospect, blah blah blah. Perhaps one of these players will become eliter when Allen retires, we don't have time to waste. they can all leave, and take their emotionless DC with them.

if anything regresses, it has been Bean's "magic" (recent early round picks without any impact, which one made any impact today?), and McD, who is letting coordinators have awful schemes game after game. You'd think they would have taken a lesson after Miami, but this "well, we got the win who cares if it is ugly" nonsense finally got them.

This is 100% correct. I agree JA may have "regressed" in terms of being our super-man, but switch Burrow and Allen and the score would have been 55-3.