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Along with Davis miscues, if you include the out to the stick, that got jumped 3-4 times this year because we ran it so often, Allen would have half as many interceptions. Once Dorsey got canned you did not see that pick again.

This may force the Babich decision on McD. I was worried about this once Wink got let go. Dabol and Schone know what kind of coach he is, lets hope McD values him as well. We could still lose him if he just prefers not to be under this Head coach. That would be very telling.

Washington is the assistant head coach. I have said earlier Babich should be the one promoted. McD is too loyal to do this so unlikely. If Babich moves up because he deserves it, Washington may feel overlooked and ask to get out. This could likely be the best scenario. Watching the Kurt Warner video linked here (worth the full watch) you understand the importance of the receivers being more crisp. To me we are a lazy team on our breaks. Take the path of least resistance. The lack of crispness and forcing the D makes Josh's reads more difficult. This is why our YAC is terrible. Josh has to see the break most of the time to make sure and trust the receiver and he are on the same change. The EP offense with receiver reads requires everyone to read it the same. Lazy breaks, inconsistent reads put receivers on top of each other making coverage easy. If a D coordinator understands our receiver concepts they can teach their defenders to force the decision to their benefit to allow more predictability on their end. On one hand the EP offense can be more variable but not when receivers choose wrong or are forced into a certain read and route. We need a more detail orientated receivers coach who will demand the proper break, read and crisp routes. You can't expect Josh to demand it out of his receivers, he is too nice a guy ( Brady did though). Brady was likely an ass as a teammate but respected because he won and demanded precision in himself and therefore tolerated. Some changes have to happen....

I agree but I have read posters here who say Washington is the heir apparent to be the D coordinator when McD gives up the duties. The positional coach who excels at whatever group he coaches is Babich. The trouble Babich had in this game was Klein was his option at MLB. The young ones all improved under his tutelage.

Martin playing with what I heard was a torn hamstring. This play was in the works I'm sure all week, which makes it more pathetic. The other punt he had, they had to kick it because they were deep in our own end. The punt went nowhere. Mistake was having him in the game in the first place.

For a small guy, looking at the collage highlights he looks like a long strider. His speed is different than say a Tyreek who has very quick short strides. Does that really translate to a slot guy..

Was at game, never saw Bernard’s injury. May have avoided a worse injury. Leg got whipped into rolling under, not a landing or planting of foot to take full body weight on impact. Ugly as it looked a planted foot would have done more damage. Hope for the best.

When he is "in" the game he is unstoppable. Forbidding him to run took him "out" of his game. He plays off his own emotion. The tempo of the offense is also important to his success. It does not need to be no huddle or hurried. Too much subbing and waiting on calls gets him out of rhythm. Brady needs to see that and be anticipating ahead sequencing plays.

Today is MLK day. BeLove is a slogan For the King center. It is is a growing movement of courageous acts to achieve justice https://thekingcenter.org/belove/ I can think of worse things to put there, for the NFL it is likely they don't believe it but want to use it for their marketing purpose. Not sure I trust their motives. ie.. more merchandise. Sort of like they did with breast cancer awareness.

Bills Steelers 2016.... Certainly a snow game.

Not so sure of that. Old story though..

I remember a snowy Steelers game where Le’veon Bell never sprinted to the hole. He hesitated and short stepped his way down the field. He destroyed us in the game. Last year in our Snow game against Cinci, our offensive game plan was for a good track. Players were slipping and sliding on our side all over the field. They seemed most concerned with cleaning their shoe off between plays and being distracted. In their mind they were out of the game and it showed. Meanwhile Cinci came with the correct game plan, better plan for poor footing and they came to execute. There are valuable lessons there. Training staff get it right this time on foot wear choice. Coaches come better prepared with and executable gameplan. Players get you head right and don’t let the conditions distract you. Have an attitude that you are above the conditions. The Steelers have to play in it too. Tomlin will have everything right, he showed us before in the game I mentioned. I hope the lesson was learned……

Some one asked how long we stay in nickel? The response was unlikely because T Johnson is one our best tacklers. Is there a chance they play 4-3. T. Johnson at corner and add the third lb like Kline to better stop the run?

I believe I heard he desperately wants to break Shula’s record. He despises him base on a comment Shula made about him. He had to figure he was not going to do it in NE. He needs to string together multiple 10 win seasons. He will need a team with a established QB. He will not have enough time to build one up.

My preference would be Bob Babich. We are going to loose him. Every position group he coached got better. He will be found and hired elsewhere. https://www.buffalobills.com/team/coaches-roster/bobby-babich

I agree. I in no way thought he was 100% flawed. This negative press certainly solidified the team.

I mentioned this in another thread. Although I agreed with some of his critique, the team had the coach’s back and became offended. McDermott has evolved over the last six games. He seems to second guess himself less and is more determined. Josh plays best under adversity and shows a will to win like no other. The Dunne article and national critique put a chip on this teams shoulder. It bonded them in an improbable way. They did the proverbial, “Circle the Wagons”. Mc Dermott’s growth mindset made him think his way was not getting it done. Credit to him to accept the criticism and grow. His game management is improved. I think this article may be the thing that propels the team to a championship. I am sure we will hear about what it did when the season is over. In the words of our hero.. Go Bills!! And Maybe Thanks Tyler

My first thought yesterday is "if this holds him out of games, his market may get smaller". He may end up back here on a friendlier deal, if that is the case. Find a better #2, he is a good #3,

Before I thought Vrabel was a jerk. In watching him in several games this year I have learned to appreciate him. In a tight game he is very composed and in control at the end of the game. You see very little panic in his eyes and he is in control of all decisions. He projects confidence. Those are qualities I would want in any coach. I think McDermott has matured along these lines a lot in the last 6 weeks. Less deer in the headlights look. I felt in the past he looked composed on the outside but not on the inside, thus all the useless timeouts because of second guessing or lack of confidence. Showing lack of confidence is poor in a leader, we have had growth there. Tyler Dunn may have done us a favor with his hit piece. We have a different leader now with a team watching his back.

Watching the first half I was saying to my son, why are our DE crashing so hard? We would be better to contain and try to pressure up the middle. Tua got the ball out so quick you were never getting there anyway. 1st half no contain 100+ yards rushing. Second half contain 7 yds rushing. I think we must have adjusted well.

I was thinking a boot all week then the backflip on his TD. I thought it could not have been that bad or numb where he could not feel it…

Allen’s got to ask him what’s with the timeout at 1:05.

If McDermott is staying, we need to lock Brady down as The OC, assistant head coach. He was interviewed by several teams in the '21 cycle for Head coach. His resurgence here will open eyes again and get him looked at for Head Coach openings. We need to make the playoffs to make the interview process more complex elsewhere where teams are waiting. If we don't make the playoffs we need to act quick on a McDermott decision and consider him as the head coach. Our interviews may not just be for an offensive coordinator to satisfy the rule but for his replacement. The end of the season here is getting complicated.

My worst case scenario, we score 30, Brady gets head coaching gig elsewhere. Was interviewed last year, so it is likely going to happen again. He was our fall back when we all thought Dorsey was gone to be a head coach. To add insult to this we keep McD out of fear of the going backward.

How about knocking the ball loose on the third down play. Well short of the first down to keep the clock running. They would have really needed to rush the kick. Stop clock let’s them settle some the we call a time out to give the kicker a few more swipes on the sideline in preparation.