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But respectfully it's an odd example to bring up if your stance is to justify McDermott. Hes the main reason they lost that game as he completely butchered the end of the game

There were a comedy of errors in the last 13 seconds from the head coach which led to the overtime

Is this serious? Do we really have to re visit how the bills got into overtime in the 13 seconds game?

Haha his go to line. Can't wait to see more soft zone and poor game management in the playoffs.

They score 42 points and his concern is that they didn't run the ball enough😂

Yep. But I think everyone on the defence besides benford was horrible.

Hahaha. Typical McDermott. Thanks for sharing buddy

Was there any update on Rasul Douglas's knee injury?

He has been pretty good since that extra point miss against miami. Even that kick last week that he missed in the snow, I thought he absolutely drilled it from 48 yards out. Just hooked a very little bit, but he hit that ball very pure, especially in those conditions

Nothing from years past and this year for the most part has told me the Bills will make changes to their defensive philosophy. If they keep running this bend but dont break defence, they will get shredded against good QBS once again come playoff time. Their best game plan of the year was against KC a few weeks ago IMO, when they played a lot more man/cover 1. Which is why it is just maddening the game plan against the rams in the 1st half was soft zone, rush 4, especially against a QB in Stafford who shreds zone coverage. I just don't know what they are thinking sometimes

Come on man the defence wasn't THAT bad... it was only 44 points let up, not 45..

Haha fair. I guess my biggest issue is why are you starting off the defensive game plan playing a lot of coverage, and why does it take you a half to adjust. Mcvay also adjusted cause he knew the bills would try to send pressure. If the bills started off with pressure looks, I think it's a completely different game and it would have kept Mcvay and stafford on their toes more Nope not always. I agree with that

Hey you might be right and we won't really know until we see the breakdowns- So if I'm wrong I have no problem saying so. But watching it live this is what I got out of it: -Bills played a lot of soft zone in the 1st half which got shredded in the pass and run -Bills adjusted in the 2nd half and did more run blitzes which helped the run D out -Bills tried to send more pressure and played more man in the 2nd half at times but again what I was saying, it seemed very predictable and Mcvay had the blitz beaters dialed up. Again I could be wrong- But those were my observations from watching it live

Really eh? Respectfully I don't see it that way at all. They definitely pressured at times, but also remember the rams had 72 plays so we were bound to see some pressure looks from that large number of plays. I think they got a bit desperate and blitzed/played man more in the 2nd half cause the zone wasn't working at all, but that kind of goes back to my original point where I think when they did blitz, it seemed so predictable

Some of the plays you are absolutely correct, but usually man to man goes hand in hand with blitzing. If you blitz, you are going to play more man and that's kind of what I was referring to with when they did blitz (and play man to your point), Mcvay knew it was coming as it was obvious . I think something else to consider is the rams had 72 plays which is an insane amount, so we were bound to see some pressure looks out of all of those plays

A lot of the time, yes. But then they tried to adjust and send pressure and it backfired as well because they made their blitz looks so obvious lol. (Like the last Nacua TD for example, was a perfect cover 0 Beater with the screen) Stafford and Mcvay basically knew what they were calling the whole time and were always a step ahead of Babich

This game really confirmed to me how stubborn McDermott and Babich are in their defensive strategy . Weaver from Miami literally gave them the blueprint a few weeks ago on how to stop the rams by sending pressure and playing a lot of man. And bills literally did the opposite of that. Sat in their soft zone coverage for the majority of the time, and then when they did blitz? it was so predictable and obvious as stafford/Mcvay were a step ahead of them

Yep- although I think the blueprint has been out on how to shred this defence for a while. Bills want you to go 10-12 plays and be perfect. If teams stay committed to the run and quarterbacks understand zone coverage and stay patient, it's a very simple defence to shred

Im not saying fire him. But saying it's not the head coaches fault when his defence gives up over 40 and he completely botched the game management at the end doesn't make much sense to me. That L is on him , Babich and yes the defensive players of course

You quote: "But the glaring issue was the defense". McDermott is supposed to be a defensive head coach, no?

Actually laughable at this point

But also played a lot more cover 1/man coverage against KC

I know- so frustrating. I was very critical of Babich before the KC game. Then after that game I said that was his best game called of the year. Then he goes back to his passive zone defence and gets shredded by stafford. Makes no sense

Yep. You have to pressure and play man coverage against stafford. Especially man coverage. And the Bills literally did the opposite for the most part because they just continue to run their zone defence

Have the chiefs ever missed a field goal? It's absolutely ridiculous