GunnerBill

I wasn't saying I agreed. Just that is what I was told was the route of his unhappiness.

It might be bollocks it isn't an insider it is another UK based Bills fan but his info has been decent before.

I spoke to someone earlier today who has a decent track record of being reliable who said Diggs's issue is absolutely playcalling. Felt like he was used as a decoy too often 2nd half of last season. Was open and still the ball didn't go to him.

Yea I corrected this later. I was genuinely unaware he had called the plays.

You are right. Just googled. Tomlin took over play calling on defense in 2013 and called plays the final 2 years of Dick LeBeau's reign as DC and throughout Keith Butler's reign. I was not aware of that. Yea Washington pretty much sucked as a play caller.

Has Tomlin ever called defensive plays as a Head Coach though? I know Belichick has, and Carroll has (although not when he won a championship). Belichick did it between 2009 and 2012 and has again since 2017.

Whereas some of us told you all Rex was a busted flush when he was hired and said Kiko wouldn't get away with being continually out of position forever.

I also don't really care that much about being right all the time. I care about being right at work where my career depends on making good decisions and giving good advice. This is a hobby. The fun is in the journey not in the destination. I think I do get a fair amount right but of course I get some things wrong. I don't shy away from them when I do.

Chris Jones. In that particular case it was coaching.

They have an elite QB, they have an elite receiver. They have had an elite pass rusher for 11 games of the McDermott era and their previously elite corner didn't look anything like his old self last season and therefore the last time they played with an elite guy in the secondary in the playoffs was 2020. I don't see enough top end talent to believe it is a coaching problem more than a talent problem. I agree that their roster is pretty complete. It is a huge credit to Brandon Beane that in the injury hit year that was 2022 they still won 13 games. I'd take their depth against most others.

In terms of top end talent I'm not sure it is. It is deeper but those teams had more elite players IMO. I think they could win a Superbowl, sure. But they are not so talented that I'd say they should win a Superbowl. And 13 seconds apart I don't think coaching is what is holding them back.

I'm not as sold on the bolded. I think he has built a championship contending roster, but I still think we lack really elite level talent compared to most Superbowl winners. We have lots and lots of good and very good.

Matt Milano.

Cordy Glenn was underrated. He was very good for the Bills pre-diagnosis with Chrones.

McDermott's biggest losses come to teams at least as good as the Bills. Harbaugh's are almost all against less talented teams (CFB playoff to Georgia and 2nd NFCCG to Seattle excluded).

It is the best single season.

I agree. But over the season their oline was pretty good save for Michael Oher (who was particularly awful in the Superbowl).

That Orange Bowl might remain his biggest win.

Two games better than Rex's final season actually. 7-9 in 2016. The 2015 roster than went 8-8 is, without doubt in my mind, the most talented 53 (excluding QB) that the Bills have had in my fandom. Going .500 with that roster when our scheduled division cross overs had two winning records between them was an absolute travesty. I think there is an argument to say Rex actually did a slightly better job in his 7-8 (fired with one game to play) 2016 season than he did in 2015. The 2015 team came in at LEAST two wins under par.

Okay so I accept @newcam2012 - I think it was you I was discussing with - that there is a body of opinion which takes a "getting rid of McDermott is too big of a risk" approach. That isn't at all my reason for supporting him remaining but I accept that sentiment is there in this thread from some.

No. No. No. Harbaugh is definitively not a winner. If my team was 3-13 I'd hire Harbaugh tomorrow. He is a turnaround expert. He isn't a winner. 6 bowl losses in a row (including a CFP semi final to TC freaking U). A Superbowl loss to a less talented team and two NFCCG losses (again one of those to a clearly less talented team). It may well be that McDermott fits best in that turnaround specialist category too but if we are replacing him then doing so with someone even more proven to blow it in the biggest games does not make much sense to me.

Sean McDermott and Sean McVay were both obvious Head Coaches in waiting and stand outs among their peers as coordinators. Siriani and Taylor less so. I don't pretend to know every potential Head Coach... but I do feel like I spend more time looking at this sort of stuff than the average NFL fan, most of whom a) don't understand scheme and b) don't understand leadership in a locker room environment.

Yea. I am not sure I buy that.

And Marino didn't win one with a HoF coach.

Agree it was. Was akin to sending Anthony Lynn out there to defend benching Tyrod. Who knows the details of what went down last week? But was not the Bills' best week in media management terms. They made a bit of a mess of it.