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That part is hilarious to me. There is no such thing as a "rebuilding" year with an elite QB. You always have a shot with a top 2 (at worst) QB if you haven't completely bungled the roster. I've been saying this since 13 seconds. McD is the biggest obstacle for us to win a Super Bowl.

I don't see how. He hasn't improved at all whatsoever as a game manager. He hasn't even improved on his challenges which have been a huge issue since Day 1. He's had 8 years to change something, either the guys that review it and give him their recommendations to challenge or not, changing something about the way he views them...anything. He's literally done nothing. He still makes rookie blunders. His staff is still highly unorganized. That last play with 9 men on the field...do you think that's the first time that's happened in the McD era? Things like that have happened on the biggest of stages. And it never changes. People like yourself say that...but then we see McD have these same exact blunders in the playoffs. One of which I probably don't need to mention but literally cost us the season in January. It's insane that #17's biggest obstacle to the SB is his own coach and that people defend it every step of the way.

Probably...but at least you're still wiling to admit that it was a huge blunder. A lot of mental gymnastics are being played here where people are trying to say that because it's unlikely that we would've gotten a stop, it somehow means it wasn't a huge coaching blunder.

Sure, but then they played prevent to put them right back in the same spot, they literally just gave them the completion with no resistance. And that took even more time off the clock. And this is McD's defense. It all falls on him no matter how much some of you try to deflect it.

I disagree. For example, why was Campbell's 4th down decision so goofy? It was 4th and like inches and they have the best O-line in the league with a chance to end the game instead of leaving 40 seconds for the Pack offense that was looking pretty good to come back and tie the game. He's letting the best players on his team decide the game right there. There is logic to it, even if it didn't work. There is no logic whatsoever for the things McD did last night for example. Accepting the penalty only to run prevent and put them right back into a similar position, in this case even worse, and take more time off the clock. Running a QB sneak from the 1 when we needed to conserve all 3 timeouts to try to get the ball back. Calling a timeout when it didn't work, ending any possibility of getting the ball back without a miracle onside kick. 9 men on the punt return even after the Rams called a timeout for us to get it together. You can't even make it up. It's not even close to the same thing as a debatable 4th down call.

You'll never get one because he doesn't know. Just like he doesn't know what he did wrong at the end of this one. He's completely clueless. This argument is so dense though. How does that change McD's coaching blunder? I agree it probably wouldn't have happened....but your Head Coach should be putting the team in the best possible position to succeed. That timeout did not do that. And we've see him do that soooo many times in his career here, including the playoffs where it's cost us big. 13 seconds if I have to remind you. It's a huge problem that this guy has never put in an honest day's work into improving himself as a coach. Game management isn't some kind of inherent talent....it's just all about preparation. And he's never wanted to put in the work for preparation. Probably not...but that doesn't change that the end of the game was completely butchered. Using the timeout was a horrendous coaching decision whether or not we could have gotten the stop. As a Head Coach, you have to at least do the best you can to give your team that chance.

Sure...but that doesn't change that the head coach should be putting the team in the best possible position to win. If we use our downs to throw there and score and the Rams have the ball with our 3 timeouts in tact and they get a 1st down to end it...OK....from a management perspective he would have put the team in position for success, they just couldn't get it done. I don't know if that's what you're saying, but I've heard quite a few of those responses of "who cares, we weren't going to get the stop anyway"....when that may be true but it doesn't erase the fact that McD has absolutely no idea what he's doing as a game manager. Yup, he was unprepared from Day 1 when he took over and that's never changed The guy has cost a generational QB almost his entire 20's and he hasn't learned a thing in 8 years as a coach. He's completely botched 2 end of game scenarios this season alone. He's done it multiple times in the playoffs. His side of the ball has been given an incredible amount of resources from the beginning only to get gashed in every single big game. The high majority of coaches could just make the playoffs with Josh Allen every season. This guy has a top 2 QB...some would argue the best...and has lost in the Divisional Round 3 years in a row. I think it was you who mentioned Ron Rivera as a joke earlier in the thread...even he made it to a Super Bowl with Cam Newton while our guy can't get out of Round 2.

Did you think the horrendous penalty accept and then playing prevent to put them in almost exactly the same position and take time off the clock was smart? Was using the timeout so the only way we could get the ball back was an onside kick an intelligent decision? Was having 9 men on the field on the last play just a stroke of genius that we just can't comprehend? Was this all just a complete masterclass in coaching that should be the model that the rest of the coaches in the league strive to one day reach? Totally untrue. Keeping. your timeouts there is something that even newbie Madden players know. Also, let's say some of the fans remained unaware....does that all of a sudden not make it a blunder? The mental gymnastics some of you play to try to deflect from McD is unreal. If you actually look at most of the posts, the people that are ragging on McD are making football points. The people that are deflecting are throwing personal shade at those people, not actually talking about what happened. Probably because you know there is no defense for it.

How many end of the game blunders do you have to see? Houston and last night were just this season alone. There's countless botched scenarios and the fact that his side of the ball comes up so short in every single postseason. That could be true...but it doesn't change the fact that it was incredibly poorly managed. McD didn't even give them the shot to make the comeback. Same thing happened in Tennessee a couple years ago. McD and his staff have never learned anything from their mistakes, they just make the same ones over and over again.

What side of the ball is McD's specialty? Who hired the DC?

I mean everyone did. People who are even just casual football viewers were miffed at it. We have the worst HC in the league and it's not even close to be honest.

Who hired Smiley and retained him? Who oversees the whole team?

None of it makes any sense. He's a total clown that has no idea what he's doing in year 8. Almost a decade. It's wild that it feels like 50% of the board doesn't find this alarming.

Nothing makes sense

Who hired Babich? Who decided he was prepared to call the defense? What side of the ball does McD specialize in? Does the Head Coach not have the power to change anything or take over if needed or make adjustments? A lot of you played this same exact game with Frazier, who McD is the one who hired him and kept him for years and had the power to change anything he wanted.