Doc Brown

Bills record in one score games including playoffs under McDermott: 2017: 6-3 2018: 3-3 2019: 4-6 2020: 6-1 2021: 0-6 2022: 7-3 2023: 7-7 2024: 3-2 Overall: 35-31 Bills don't lose often. When they do it's usually in one score games where every coaching decision will usually be ignored if the Bills win but magnified if the Bills lose. It's just the way it is when you're a perennial contender.

"Coach. You know if we went for two after every touchdown we'd have won by four." "Yes Josh. You give me that stat every week no matter the score."

Plus, by volunteering at his press conference that they only had nine men on the field he subtly threw Smiley under the bus.

There used to be this joke that the Eagles should have a relief coach come in for Reid in the final five minutes in the game. I wonder what he did personally to get much better at it or did he hire someone?

Bad coaching. A lot of defensive talent let go and their draft picks to replace them haven't really panned out the way they hoped. Some bad luck in one score games. Oh, and somehow Cody Ford is starting at left tackle.

That was pry his best game plan (plus give credit to Flores) in his career at least in all his Super Bowls as a coach and coordinator. That includes his game plan against us in '91 and the Rams in '01 (especially with the cheating). It's also why I can't stand the sentiment among some people that Belichick was nothing without Brady.

Yeah. He got back to what he does best. Destroying Bills coaches.

The defense is definitely more concerning but they usually respond well when they lay an egg in the McDermott era so I'm not going to overreact. They have a chance next week to quickly reverse the narrative. Credit to Stafford and Nacua though as they played phenomenally with their season on the line. I agree that Smiley isn't a good special teams coordinator and shouldn't hold the title.

You'd think they'd find a way to make Elam active on game day if he's their first option if Douglas or Benford get hurt. It tells me they don't think the playing gap between Elam and Ingram is that different.

It definitely should've been four pass play calls at maximum to the end zone. The only way you can justify it is Allen is usually money with those QB sneaks so Brady/Allen/McDermott thought there was no way in hell they weren't sneaking it in for a TD there. Rams defense made a great play. It would've been much better if it was first and goal from the 4 instead of from the 1.

I wasn't surprised Brady abandoned the run as quickly as he did. Brady does an excellent job of "reading the room" when calling plays. He knew what kind of game this was. You don't handcuff your all world talented QB who is on a heater. Especially when your defense can't cover a stationary wall with paint. I'm sure there's many owners licking their chops hoping to hire him as head coach this off-season.

I'm not an expert but I think someone should tell the Bills defense to play better in this one.

The only way that happens after this year is if Josh threatens to request a trade.

I'm just saying let's not have that mistake distract us from the egregious use of a timeout that took away any reasonable shot we had at the game.

Funny but the odds of a blocked punt or punt return for a TD were slim there. It was practically over when they called the time out on the failed QB sneak on 1st and goal.

I think there were a few plays in the second half too where he could've ran the ball for an easy first down but chose to launch it down the field. He knows he can always slide too so I think he was just big play hunting. All I can say is losing sucks.

Quentin Morris out too? Might be a more pass heavy game plan.

I'm guessing you mean 3.1m on the money line at -700. It's a 442k payout. Scared money doesn't make money but he's definitely sweating it now. LOL.

Just give me both and we should be fine.

You know. You didn't have to hit submit replay after typing this. Now you're stuck defending it. Lol. Can't wait to lose to both.

Talk about terrible 1pm games. Never understood why they just don't do four teams on byes each week from week 5 to week 13

Would nice to see Josh with all his weapons healthy but being cautious is the right move. Can get frustrating though.

WTF man. No wonder Trump lost NY. I'm pretty sure it's just the front row as the NFL does its best to eliminate political messages because they don't want to lose half their audience if the camera were to catch it on TV.

I feel like this comes up every year but if we lose Allen to a season ending injury. We're done. If he's out for four weeks we need a capable backup that can get us to at least 2-2. I think Trubisky would for example be capable enough to get us to at least 3-2 here down the stretch if Josh wakes up tomorrow and needs his appendix removed or something.

The Jets. Definitely. I think Miami is a WC team right now though if Tua doesn't get injured. We'll see what they're made of down the stretch.