GunnerBill

Beas is not smart.

Yea that is the ciritcal question. Who is actually doing a lot of the prep work during the week. There was speculation Al Holcomb would be that guy and if that is the case and he just doesn't have the title, fine. But if McDermott is going to try and do all the film study, all the game planning, all the installation and every defensive meeting then I do think that is a hell of a burden in addition to being a Head Coach. It might mean nothing but I am slightly worried by the rotating chair approach to DC pressers during OTAs. They have put different guys up each week which might just be a coach development point but it might also suggest that there isn't a nominated "de-facto" DC for Monday-Saturday. And I'd rather there were.

This. It is why secondary injuries hurt the Bills more than other teams even if they have depth (and at safety our depth sucked). Because so much of what they do requires communication and chemistry it is why Hyde and Poyer have alwaya been greater than the sum of their parts. But most football fans have no idea what they are watching. So unless you are blitzing 25 times a game you are "vanilla".

Which successful Fangio defenses had 6 undrafted players?

And of those teams only Seattle in 13 were really a top class team. The Bills at least have lost to teams equal or better than them.

That Norwell, Khalil, Turner and Williams like was very good in their Superbowl run. They were weak at left tackle but those 4 were solid. It was a bit of a one year wonder though... they didn't maintain that level. But they had a good line that year. Agree on wideouts. Funchess and Ted Ginn were their starters that year. That is atrocious. Though obviously Olsen was a stud tight end.

Fair enough, I was on about Denver. That Atlanta team was a bit of a one hit wonder. He only ever had one more winning season in his seven seasons there. That isn't a turnaround in my book. That's lightening in a bottle.

It is not that controversial. Dak's leadership is pretty widely acknoweldged.

The problem is Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow are really good too.

Nobody loses to inferior teams in the playoffs quite as well as Sean Payton.

Yea West Ham will be Sunday. They are Thursday Cup Division 1 next year after gloriously lifting Thursday Cup Division 2 this year.

It is not "getting fired for less".

This isn't a methodology. It is just subjective opinion. Jesus, the season can't get here soone enough.

I am not old so I have no idea about most of them..... but Billick, Gruden and Shanahan were all the same pattern and NONE were fired for "less". They were all fired after being Superbowl winners because they kept missing the playoffs thereafter. That is different to being fired for losing in the playoffs too often.

I see the Reeves in the playoffs analogy and why that works. But it was the turn around a tire fire point about Marty that makes that comparison valid. Denver were good before Reeves got there even pre-Elway. McDermott, like Shotty, did the heavy lifting of the rebuild at the start to turn around a culture amd build credibility.

This is EXACTLY how I see it.

Dungy won one before that. But took him a pretty significant reset to do it. Who?

As you know I was never as sold on what they did on offense last offseason. But McGovern, Edwards, Torrence, Harty, Sherfield and of course Kincaid is a more encouraging offseason for my money.

I meant one more year of playoff losses. I thought that was evident. Seems not. And tbc I was not outraged when they traded Dareus.

He doesn't even report to Beane on the prg chart. They both report to Terry. And I agree with you. Terry has got one coaching decision right in multiple goes across two teams. He is gonna be loathe to pull the plug unless it is clear he has to.

Yep. After he hired Beane at McDermott's say so.

I don't think Beane will have ANY and I mean ANY input into a decision on McDermott. They are joined at the hip and if Terry decides to move on he isn't asking Beane for a view. The heirarchy. McDermott has never and does not report to Brandon Beane. He reports direct to Terry.

Yea Arsenal - City will be moved for tv. And tickets will be gold dust anyway.

And it was Tomlin's 2nd year period. Cowher is a guy who took years of near misses to get one.

Brandon has ZERO power to decide to go in a different direction. How are people STILL confused about the Bills heirarchy seven years into this regime? Will Terry? It would take more than 1 more year of playoff losses.