GunnerBill

Possibly. But I think he is going to be looking for Herbert or a place where he gets to handpick his own QB.

Yea I have to box score them. Before my time. Altho I will say "a bit of ball luck" is very often the difference between the coaches that do and those that don't when it comes to the post season.

I think this is right. Others have suggested they think the Ron relationship was unaffected but I remember Beane was absolutely furious and talked about strong relationships being irrevocably damaged.

The tape shows you exactly the opposite this season. Poyers has been comfortably the better player.

No you weren't. You were the 3rd or 3th post in the thread saying "McDermott isn't safe" and not one person attacked you by defending McDermott. The push back you got was about Pegula not about McDermott.

Pete will become a Senior Offensive Assistant type. He'd be a replacement for Mike Shula here I think rather than a QB coach.

Yea possibly though that was multiple coaches after Shula wasn't it? Before my time.

No. But the reporting by Joe B and what I was told last summer by a very well placed source (Pegula considers McDermott and Beane pretty much as family and would be loathed to fire either of them he wants them as his coach and GM for very much the long term) both line up.

Similarly the Marty comparison.... McDermott in 6 playoff seasons already has as many wins as Marty had in 13. The better comparison IMO is Bill Cowher. He made the playoffs his first 6 years (McD 6 of 7), was 1 and done the first two years (so was McD) but then was winning playoff games without winning the big one (I know they made and lost a Superbowl in there). That is not me saying he is bound to win one in the end like Cowher did, and Cowher didn't have Josh Allen, I get that. But in terms of coaches who it feels can't get over the playoff hump McDermott is much more comparable to Cowher than to Marty or Marv.

People? Possibly not. But there is only one person that matters. We could lose 40-10 on Sunday and he wouldn't be fired.

The McDaniel is a genius thing was overblown. I am not saying he sucks, or is terrible or anything like that. He clearly has a decent offensive mind but he is another one off the Shanahan tree who I just feel is running that offense without really having that to a millionth degree understanding of it that Kyle has. And when good DCs get a beat on him I think he has struggled to adjust or find new wrinkles. That said their biggest issue remains on defense. While they improved from 18th to 10th in yards, they only went from 24th to 22nd in points with the hiring of Fangio. And they do have some talent. They have Jalen Ramsey, I like their safeties they fly about, and Phillips, Wilkins and Chubb is a talented set of linemen. Okay their linebackers are week and Xavien Howard isn't the force of old at the other corner but they just seem to fail in big spots.

So I kind of agree and kind of don't. I think Mike McCarthy is clearly a capable football coach. But he has been lucky IMO to work with two excellent personnel departments in Green Bay and Dallas. He did get good numbers out of Dak this year and good play for the most part. But at the same time Dak is a good Quarterback and he is surrounded by some very good talent. They have two future HOFers on the offensive line. They have Micah Parsons. They have Demarcus Lawrence. They have CeeDee Lamb. Their record against winning teams is really not acceptable. And that isn't just a this year issue, it has been an issue the entirety of McCarthy's reign. I think ultimately the reason for that he is the Head Coach version of Ken Dorsey. His mantra on both sides of the ball is keep it simple, let guys execute. When they have better players, they out execute their opponents. When they don't they lose. The Cowboys are the most vanilla team in the league on both sides of the ball to my eye. Though it should be said vs Green Bay it wasn't McCarthy's side of the ball that really failed them. The defense collapsed. That said, I kind of feel like 2024 is a now or never year for Dallas in any event. So not sure starting over with a new coach for next year makes a ton of sense. If they fall flat in the post season again in 2024 then I think they fire McCarthy and blow up the roster. I definitely think they are like the Bills in one sense - they desperately need to try and find a more legitimate #2 receiver. Cooks without speed is useless, Gallup is just not consistent enough and for some reason the one guy who I think does flash - Jalen Tolbert - they don't seem to trust. Oh and on defense they either need Mazi Smith to turn things around or they need to bolster the DT and MLB spots. They are way too soft in the middle.

The only way he was getting fired here this year is if, from 6-6, the team quit on him and collapsed down the stretch. If we'd finished 6-11 instead of 11-6 and it looked like he had lost the locker room then all bets would have been off. But that didn't happen.

I was not a Tremaine Edmunds truther whatever one of those is. But that is irrelevant to this conversation. McDermott is not getting fired.

Maybe in your mind and the mind of some fans. He is safe in the Pegulas mind.

Rowan >>> JJ

Agree. I think he'd have a shot for the AFCCG if we make it. But I'd be shocked if 6 days is enough to get him on the field.

But the best rusher we have is Ed

I'd go free agency actually for safety. It would be my one swing at a proper FA this year. I love the idea of Curl. He is pretty much perfect for this system. Only thing that slightly gives me pause is he is more the Poyer replacement than the Hyde replacement and Poyer is under contract one more year. But Curl has played both so I'd still be inclined to go that and then in 12 months time if you think actually he should be more of your box guy you move him into Poyer's role and find a centre fielder in the draft or FA. Remember their first couple of years here they played mainly the other way around, Hyde played more in the box and Po played more of the centre field role. It was 2019 on that they really settled into the current pattern.

I'd keep Poyer another year. He is no longer "All Pro Po" but he is still an above average safety in this league and except for the first couple of weeks where I think you can give him a pass for needing to knock some rust off he has had a solid year. Not his best year as a Bill or anything but a year that if we got it from a free agent in his place in 2024 we'd say "he was fine." At $7.4m for 2024 and $2m dead cap if we cut him am I getting a better player than Jordan Poyer for $5.4m? Possible, but not super likely. Hyde is a FA. I'd let him walk, replace him this year, let the new guy learn the system with Poyer then move on from Po next year. If we had missed the playoffs and we were gonna blow some stuff up I'd be more inclined to rip the band aid off. But having made it we are now very much in the transition more gradually space for me.

He isn't going to boom the bleep out of it. That isn't who he is. He doesn't have a massive leg. But he is an experienced punter who understands the value of hang time, has experience with this crew - in terms of Reid and Tyler - important both for punting and holding, and has played in playoff games. Given where we are he was the best, most sensible, option. If he can get his punts off, not have a block and not leave any crazy short fields that is the best outcome. The risks associated with every other option floated are greater IMO.

I agree. Not Matt Haack's biggest fan but it was by far the best option for where they are. The worry with him when he was here was blocks to remind people. He had to one opening day vs the Steelers which led to a touchdown and a couple more that were nearly things. He has a strange long wind up. As long as he avoids that Sunday I'll take it.

Yep. Spags has killed us with his pressure package almost every time we have played them right back to the last game here in the covid year. The two exceptions to that were in 2021. In the regular season when Daboll used Allen's legs a lot early in that game and really backed the Chiefs off and made them play conservative and in the playoffs when our offense was really rolling and they got to Josh a couple of times but overall our OL won the battle.

I'm fine with either / or. My worry is both.

So you'd take our best DL off the field? How does that help? The problem with expecting the middle of the Dline to collapse the pocket consistently in this game is that Guard - Centre - Guard the Chiefs OL is as good as anyones. Their weakness is at tackle.