Wayne Arnold

After the Broncos loss I was convinced that the season was over and McDermott had lost the team and a replacement was needed. His decision to fire Dorsey surprised me. But it didn't change my mind. But if this season turns around and replacing Dorsey with Brady is a big part of that, then McDermott deserves a hell of a lot of credit. I'd much rather hope that I was wrong about McDermott and that he may be capable of being a Super Bowl winning head coach than hope I was right and root against my team so that it blows up and we get a new coaching staff. If they beat the Eagles on Sunday then the Super Bowl expectations are back and let's f'n go.

Unless of course the opposing offense has somewhere between 13 seconds to 2 minutes to move the ball down the field and score tying and/or winning points. At that point McDermott's defense can't stop a nose bleed. It's a thing. And it ain't good.

All of those players (aside from maybe Jones, Dawkins and Diggs) would have to be replaced within the next two years regardless, even if McDermott was guaranteed to be here another 15 years. This is football.

McDermott leaves this franchise before Diggs does.

Replacing the coaching staff does not mean a completely re tooled roster, clearing the building and starting over. That's fear-mongering BS. The groceries are more than sufficient. Just need a new chef. Why would you think it's astounding? If you think that's bad just wait until they are eliminated from playoff contention.

Been watching football long enough to know when a coaching staff needs to be replaced. McDermott's messages are no longer being heard by the players in the locker room. Once that's broken, it can't be fixed. He had a good run but it's time for a change.

I don't see Dorsey ever being a "great coach". If he had that potential he would have thrived here.

He's not doing "great" per se. But he's still elite and is dealing with a crappy offensive scheme, dumb play calling, inconsistently reliable WR corp, being on a stale franchise where the head coach has lost the locker room and the defense and special teams have fallen off a cliff, and horrible luck. And regarding his "rookie mistakes" and turnovers, I'm going to keep posting this:

Your take is that quarterbacks need to be perfect to expect a chance to win. Got it.

It doesn't matter. Mahomes has Andy Reid.

If the 2nd or 3rd best quarterback on the planet isn't good enough then the coaching staff absolutely sucks at their jobs. Leads the NFL in touchdowns and the turnovers are overstated.

Ok. I'm sure you'd trade him for much "safer" options like Derek Carr, Kenny Pickett, and Baker Mayfield. Good luck with that.

Guess we'll have to agree to disagree. https://x.com/benbbaldwin/status/1724479784174973373?s=20

Seems to happen every loss. The offense is clunky, frustrating to watch, struggles to put points on the board. The defense is plucky and does a good job of preventing scores and keeping the team in it. At the end of the game the offense steps up and takes the lead with a clutch touchdown. And then Defense chokes and loses at the last second. It's a theme.

He's not playing to his full potential right now. That happens to quarterbacks - even the great ones have rough stretches when the program is stale from a coaching staff that has lost the team.

He's a Top 3 quarterback who isn't quite playing at that level despite leading the NFL in touchdowns. But that's a short-term problem. Coaching is a much bigger problem and much more to blame for the 5-5 record than our elite quarterback making a few mistakes.

He consistently scores more touchdowns than anyone. Touchdowns are a good thing. In a list of 100 things that has to be fixed with this franchise, Josh Allen is not on the list.

So what? I'll take that all day long if it also comes with scoring the most touchdowns and winning more games than 30 other teams.

I have 0 faith in Pegula choosing the right head coach for this franchise. None. Zip. Zilch.

The guy has scored more touchdowns than any other quarterback on the planet since 2019. He's led his team to more wins than anyone aside from Mahomes during that time frame. If that's not top-tier QB play, what the hell is?

Question is - does Beane stay on and is he the one who fires his partner? Or does Pegula fire them both? Does Pegula have the ballz to do that? I'm skeptical.

I don't think it's cronyism. He's just not talented enough as a HC. He got the most out of his ability, had a good run. Time to move on.

George is my favorite Beatle.

Tyler Dunne says Dorsey's firing is an "unbelievably weak and predictable move". He's not one of Sean McDermott's biggest fans, fwiw.

Interesting. McDermott feeling the heat.