DC Greg

All of this is true and there's tons of reasons to be optimistic about the roster and the overall talent level on the team. Unfortunately, I've come to believe that none of it will matter with our current head coach in place. He keeps regressing and has actually gotten worse on in-game decisions as his career has gone on. He's now actively losing games for the Bills singlehandedly with his terrible decisions. There's no way the team doesn't realize that, and no matter how talented they are, I don't think they're going to go very far with McDermott still in charge. One of two things will happen. 1) they'll make the playoffs, but he will fail to have his defense ready on a final drive, he'll call some unnecessary timeout that helps the other team, he'll have the wrong personnel on the field that causes a game changing penalty, or god knows what else that will end their season, or 2) he will do that a number of times throughout the regular season like he has this year and the team will just lose faith, quit on him, and miss the playoffs.

We definitely have the talent to beat them, and I expect Josh and company to put the team in position for a win. I'm also unfortunately just as confident that if we're not up multiple scores late and the game is close late, McDermott is equally likely to crap his pants as usual and make foolish, scared decisions to blow it.

True. Anyone can leak whatever they want in the meantime. The proof is on the field. And it’s painfully obvious. McD is great when Allen is blowing people out. Any time the game is on the line late, you can count on him to blow it. Like clockwork.

“Smart” for the wrong reasons. Being satisfied with a coach who blows nearly every big moment in close games.

Same here, no matter what. I hope to god McD proves me wrong and makes me look foolish while they make the playoffs. It'll be fantastic. But my view on him hasn't changed. Brady had an excellent first game as coordinator, and the team really rallied and responded this week. It was awesome to see. But McD is directly responsible for at least two losses on the season so far that were defeat he snatched from the jaws of victory (NE and DEN). If the Bills don't go 5-2 down the stretch and make the playoffs, he should be canned. And if they do make the playoffs, I'd understand them sticking with him, but nothing changes for my opinion the either. He's thoroughly proved himself to be the coach who will choke when faced with critical head coaching decisions in big games, and I think Pegula would be delaying the inevitable if he sticks with him.

Well luckily McD wasn't forced into any critical game management situations since we know how those turn out. He's always seemed fine when the Bills are blowing somebody out. It's the tight games especially at the end when he's going to take timeouts that hurt not help, challenge bad plays to cost timeouts, have 12 guys on the field, call bad defenses that play into the opponents hand and cost the Bills the game on the final drive, etc. Brady had an excellent first game as coordinator, and the team really rallied and responded this week. It was awesome to see. Nothing changes for McD on me from this. He is directly responsible for at least two losses on the season so far that were defeat he snatched from the jaws of victory (NE and DEN). If the Bills don't go 5-2 down the stretch and make the playoffs, he should be canned. And if they do make the playoffs, I'll understand them sticking with him, but nothing changes for my opinion. He's thoroughly proved himself to be the coach who will choke when faced with critical head coaching decisions in big games, and I think Pegula would be delaying the inevitable if he sticks with him.

Not with Bills Mafia he doesn’t. We’ve seen what Josh can do. Even in a rough patch, he made the plays at the end to win both NE and DEN games. McD’s boneheaded coaching caused them to lose both. In his good patches, he’s the league MVP QB.

Oh for sure Pegula may do that… it’s my biggest fear. If he keeps on with McD for another year, things may really bottom out. But I won’t be surprised if he does keep him there for $ and because he just likes him personally.

Agreed, they aren’t, and he isn’t. Enough time has been wasted and McD has proven he isn’t that guy for Allen. The Bills need to try someone else. Sorry Sean, this is as far as you are able to take this team. They have to give someone else the shot who can help Allen get to the next level.

Agreed. His interviews this week have become even more disjointed than usual. His answers barely make sense because he’s too nervous to answer a question the wrong way. It’s over… the team can’t have a guy like that leading them.

I think he’s just incompetent, especially when it comes to in-game coaching. 12 players on the field to lose the game? Inexcusable. And it’s only the most recent head coaching failure he’s had. He is notorious for poor challenges, failing to challenge when he should, taking ill timed or unnecessary defensive timeouts especially late in games (that often help the opposing offense), etc. And this is just what we can plainly see as fans on the field. How much more does he screw up behind the scenes? In no other NFL organization would this be tolerable for so long. He has a proven track record of failure in pressure situations in games. The bigger the moment, the more he shrivels up and collapses. How much more of that do you really need to see to be convinced he’s not the guy to lead the team on game day? Yeah he did some good things to turn things around when he got here, but he was part of the reason for the turnaround, not the sole cause of it. It’s time for a new leader who doesn’t crap his pants in pressure gameday situations. It’s absurd what he’s gotten away with. He should have been fired on the spot for not having the right personnel on the field for that FG attempt after all those timeouts.

The results are in. McDermott is an incompetent head coach and needs to be fired. It’s always been clear that he’s a deer in headlights when it comes to in-game management. I think a lot of fans wanted to forgive that because he did establish a winning culture and attitude at first. We all remember how bad the drought years were. That culture is completely dead now. He’s lost the team, and he’s gotten even worse at coaching during games. There’s no excuses left. The team won’t start to heal until he’s fired.

He was right. The head coach is a clown and he knew it.

He is amazingly bad. He has proved time and time again he is not capable of in game management. Craps his pants in the big moments every single time. There are no excuses left. He needs to go, immediately.

Posted in another thread too but... I think everything starts with the example the head coach sets. He seems like a great person, and I know he works as hard as anyone. But he's worked himself into a ball of nerves. He doesn't coach with confidence, and I think his timid "trying not to lose" attitude pervades every part of the team: players, coordinators, and assistant coaches. It's gotten worse over the past few years. His deer-in-headlights in-game decisions (random defensive timeouts, decisions to waste timeouts on foolish challenges, etc) are so bad they're obvious to even casual fans, but I bet his nervous mindset is manifesting itself in many other ways that we can't see. He looks visibly pained and shaken on gameday, and the players are absolutely going to see and feel that total lack of confidence. You can't keep up a facade in a position of leadership as demanding as an NFL head coach where you need to be the balls. Dorsey is just a symptom of the larger McDermott failure IMO.

The poll option I really want isn't there: I think everything starts with the example our head coach sets. He seems like a great person, and I know he works as hard as anyone. But he's worked himself into a ball of nerves. He doesn't coach with confidence, and I think his timid "trying not to lose" attitude pervades every part of the team: players, coordinators, and assistant coaches. It's gotten worse over the past few years. It's obvious with his deer-in-headlights in-game decisions (random defensive timeouts, decisions to waste timeouts on foolish challenges, etc), but I bet that weak mindset is manifesting itself in many other ways that we can't see as fans. The guy is visibly pained and shaken on gameday, and the players are absolutely going to see and feel that. You can't keep up a facade of confidence in a position of leadership like that. Dorsey is just a symptom of the larger McDermott failure.

He has a knack for calling them at the exact wrong time. It’s like watching a high school coach sometimes. You’d expect a better feel for the game from a NFL head coach.

Weren’t the Bills been the “betting favorite” to land every big name in the off-season? Hopkins, Dalvin Cook, etc?

McD pooping his pants at the end of the game again as usual

I am going to continue to trust that Brandon Beane knows more than any fan which he keeps proving time and time again with his incredible track record of turning this formerly 17 years of poverty franchise into a perennial contender. Whatever Beane does will be in the best interests of the team after thorough consultation with his head coach. If they want/need more depth at corner, he'll get it. If it makes more sense to roll with the guys they have, he'll do that. And I won't worry one bit.

I agree with all of this, except that Tre hadn’t been back to his old self. He was pretty incredible so far this year. He was playing great again today. Just devastating that he won’t have the opportunity to keep it up.

I'd start by saying the offense is improving and still very good overall, imo. I wish they'd focus on using their first round weapon they traded up for more as the season goes on. I'd really like to see them focusing on more plays where Kincaid is Josh's first read rather than second or third. All these plays drawn up for Harty could be chances to get the ball in the hands of someone I believe has already shown much more receiving playmaking ability.

Cover your blowholes, lol. I'm going to use that.

People are pointing out his flaws which are all valid. But at least there’s a chance he could improve over time… I’d take that over Murphy who is awful, has always been awful, and is only getting worse. You’ve had a good run dude. Hang it up.

He is definitely getting better and better. Our D line is DEEP. And it’s such an important position to be deep at. Fresh pass rushers coming at you all the time, especially once Von is back? Deadly.