Livinginthepast

I never heard Babich but the Brady one is laughable. But go figure, its the NFL where dumb GMs salivate over overhyped candidates. Brady really seems like a kid riding a bike with training wheels still on but being considered for a BMX racing career.

The bottom line with Babich is that as bad as the injuries, tackling and missed opportunities have been (on the players), the scheme and inept coaching have made the defense WORSE. Continuing to play zone with the current dbs we have is stupid. Continuing to rush the way we do without getting home and the QBs having 5 seconds to throw is stupid! Continuing to provide a complete simple look on defense that a young QB can easily read with ease is insane. Something has to be done. I think anybody else could get more out of this defense right now.

All this is true, but the NFL is literally a league of slow moving coaching and management idiots that apparently need to see something happen a dozen times before recognizing it as a pattern. The Bills are no different. Babich should be fired not only because he is incompetent but because it shows accountability. Nobody on the Bills staff should feel comfortable in their jobs including McD. But lets be honest I think McD has significant leverage over Beane because he got Beane the job. McD has to take accountability for the hiring of these coaches and their poor performance. At this point I would get rid of Babich immediately and McD should take over the defense (not that the thought thrills me). Beane needs to get Brady some weapons for Josh and his offense (but he wont, or Brady wont use them properly). Brady should be canned too or just let Josh call the plays. The problem with all of this is that football is the worst sport to make an in season change in. Often a coaching move in the NHL, NBA, MLB or soccer will boost a team but football is a different animal.

Shaq has been fairly good for his time in there but in this weak defense we need more than just good. Great play to force a fumble on the first Atlanta play. Something the Bills had numerous opportunities to do throughout the game when they had ball carriers tied up but the whistle hadnt gone yet. I kept screaming at the Tv, "knock it out of his hands!" but the Bills defense doesnt instinctively do this. Shaq could have brought us back from the dead had he just put his body behind the Penix pass and picked it off but he went for the use the hands only strategy . Milano in his prime would have picked that off and returned it for a TD, but that ship sadly has sailed.

I thought that when Brady take over it was an emergency move to stop the bleeding from the terrible decision to hire Dorsey. Then they promoted him to OC last year. The only reason that he still has a job is Allen. Brady has been given the keys to the Lamborghini but he doesnt know how to drive stick. He would prefer to drive his Hyundai Elantra at the speed limit thank you very much (with a "new driver at the wheel sign in the rear window"). Nobody is open on passing downs (partly due to quality of WR but mostly do to scheme). In crucial situations, including last year's playoff game vs KC they couldnt get the yardage required because the defense seemed to know what was coming from the vanilla offensive game plan. When a slightly exotic play happens it looks like it was practiced once or twice and the players seem confused. Brady isnt the only problem but he is a major issue but as usual in here people have been too damn polite to say so. Its been " we are 4-0, stop complaining". Well it appears that we are as much of a fraud as the Ravens are, just luckier.

There are so many conflicted fans on here like me. Yes McD has brought us back from irrelevance but I think he has taken us as far as he can go. I cannot think of anything he does that is an advantage for us. His defense is atrocious. His in game decisions are often terrible and betray a lack of being able to think in the moment. His teams have been undisciplined with penalties and routinely make errors that high school players wouldnt. He seems along with Beane to make terrible personnel decisions and put players on the field that should never see a Bills (let alone NFL uniform) again (Peterman is the worst example). The final thing that irks me is that in several games during his tenure, the Bills have looked woefully unprepared for games as if they never study the teams they play against. Tonight and last week are great examples but there have been at least 10 games like this over the past 7 years. Id love to see the Bills win a championship for many reasons and it would be great if McD was the man to get us there. But he just doesnt seem to have it.

Well perhaps if Brady understood the concept of luring the rush in and throwing a screen pass they might have thought twice about blitzing. But he failed to do that last week and tonight. He is a really simple in the box thinker when things dont work.

Thats 2 games in a row Shaq could have turned a loss into a possible win and he came up empty.

I always thought that when Brady kept his job at the end of the season that Dorsey was fired, it was a huge mistake. It was like they handed the keys to the mansion to the pool boy. Tonight he called a horrendous game. He doesnt make the proper adjustments when his game plan is going sideways and when he does do something that works, he forgets and goes to something else. Just not good enough. And Babich/McD defense is the worst Ive seen as a Bills fan. Even drought era defenses could mix things up for a young QB but not McD. He just plays prevent defense all game.

Dropped pick 6 that a Pop Warner kid could have caught! WTF that was abysmal. They are literally giving the game back and you drop it.

This is game over but the defense must be gassed from being on the field so long.

Wide open by 15 yards. WTF

Bills are going to lose this game just like they did in that god awful game in Jacksonville a few years ago. Total offensive ineptitude.

The refs in this game are positively giddy to make a call and when its holding they get really excited when they tell the head ref!

This is the genius of Joe Brady. thats why hes such a hot HC prospect!!

Elijah Moore just kills us .

OMG !!! First special teams big play in YEARS!!!

Well the Bills D could FORCE a turnover, Yeah I know hilarious concept.

I literally would be good for clearing house after this game. Babich, Brady, McD , even Beane. Hell I would be ok for doing it at half time.

Pass never touched the ground, which you could clearly see on the replay. And they dont overturn it?? Then full holding on that 3rd down pass by the defense. no call!

OMG they just stopped them.

Sure the Bills defense is bad but they appear to be really dumb as well.

All day to throw and still playing this useless zone.

They dont have the cunning or the cojones for that.

Why punt there? Defense is stopping nobody.