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  1. 37 minutes ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:

     

    I know 9-7 with a 1 and done playoff appearance hits the standard for a lot of people, but that's not ever going to be something that should actually move the needle. And I've never even blamed McDermott for the team's overall record in these 2 seasons. It's a rebuild on a team with holes, it would be unrealistic to expect the world so far. I would've judged him the same exact way if Dalton didn't complete that pass and we didn't make the playoffs, I wouldn't have taken anything away from him for that, just like I don't think that automatically wipes out anything negative about him. 

     

    So that being said...how does any of that change how bad he's been at managing games and in that instance, literally not knowing the implications of what the difference in a tie vs a win was for the team's playoff chances? 

     

    McDermott hasn't done any worse than any other coach in management of games. Watch literally any game and you will see "coaching blunders". In actuality it is just coaches trying things that fail. Sometimes they work sometimes they don't.

     

    We just watched playoff games with "bad" coaching decisions. Sean Peyton mismanaged the clock, giving the Rams too much time left to come back and tie the game. Is he a bad coach? He has a Superbowl ring and history of winning football.

     

    Arguably the best coach of all time, Bill Belichick, has made "blunders" too. I remember against the bills a couple seasons ago they were up big, but inexplicably kept passing the ball and going for it on fourth down, letting the Bills with Tyrod Taylor get back into the game. He's made other questionable decisions too. I will admit that he doesn't usually make mistakes, unlike MOST coaches.

     

    Andy Reid is netorious for clock management issues, yet most agree he is a great coach.

     

    And can you seriously use a comment made to the media as evidence of whether or not a coach is good? If that's the case, Bill Belichick is the worst coach in football. His press conferences are a joke. Nothing these guys say to the media means a thing.

     

    And sorry, but getting to the playoffs in your first season is great and does move the needle, especially when the team hasn't been to the playoffs in 17 seasons. That means something, and if you don't think it does you are kidding yourself. You think it doesn't mean anything to the Pegulas?

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  2. 7 minutes ago, CuddyDark said:

    Now lets hope they can skip that godawful Hard Knocks.

     

    Eh, I'd like to see the Bills on that at some point. It might be a distraction for the team and whatnot, but I am a selfish fan that would love to see more behind the scenes, get to know the players and coaches better, etc.

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  3. 4 hours ago, Turk71 said:

    Which just happened to decide the game. The whole day was an embarrassment for all of us football fans imo. The uncalled multiple penalty in one, and the phantom roughing the passer call have tainted this postseason beyond all repair. We R Totally ***** and need more Hamberders

    Emojis SUCK

     

    Did you just quote me in a response, then quote me again AND yourself in another response?

  4. 5 hours ago, #34fan said:

     

    :lol:  Then you're as blind and/or corrupt as the officials are.

     

    Robey got away with a broad-daylight mugging.  -Hogan did not catch that ball. -Brady didn't receive a blow anywhere near his head.

     

    The officiating was outrageously biased.

     

    There are missed things in every game. Hogan did catch the ball. If you are unbiased you would see that there is no way they can over turn that one. They correctly overturned his next catch. Robey Coleman play was a miss and roughing the passer on Brady was indeed a bad call (due to the refs having a bad angle), but for the most part they let the guys play and got calls right.

     

    There are a bunch of butt hurt fans here that are incapable of watching a football game without bias.

  5. 8 hours ago, reddogblitz said:

     

    come on, man. Really?

     

    It was close,  but far from the incontrovertible video evidence standard which IS the rule.  Think the Bills would EVER get that call in 100 years?

     

    That's what I thought at first too, until they showed both angles clearly showing that the ball did not touch with thumb. The thumbs we're the only part of his body that the ball could have touched. I believe the refs rightfully reversed the call. And believe me, I wish they hadn't because I hate the pats and hate Edelman particularly, and I am usually all for trashing on the refs.

    6 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    The worst miss was the OPI in the final Chiefs TD drive on the pick play. 

     

    I actually thought the Chiefs got the breaks from the officials in so much as there were any today and yet NE still found a way. 

     

    Yeah. There was definitely a measure of letting them play. I think they missed a blatant pick play by NE too. Both teams were running a lot of them.

  6. 39 minutes ago, reddogblitz said:

    The non-muff muff was a clean call?

     

    Yes. After review it was pretty clear that the ball did not touch either of his hands or his arm. At game speed I thought the ball hit his arm, but replay showed that it didn't.

     

    There was an angle that showed it didn't touch his right thumb and another angle that showed it didn't touch his left thumb. What is your case that it touched him?

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  7. I've liked plenty of good teams and good QB's over the years. I love Peyton Manning and his success with the Colts and the Broncos. I like Drew Brees.

     

    The Pats? Hate them. You have a head coach with the personality of a cow pie, a guy who is constantly looking for loopholes in the rule book. You have a team that is involved in multiple scandals and is continually accused of cheating (spygate, deflategate, headset problems in their stadium, etc). You have a QB who is a huge cry baby, who treats his teammates like crap, who is a sore loser refusing to shake hands after a loss (and who knew about a cheating scandal to deflate balls). And then to top it off, you have an insufferable, entitled fanbase.

     

    People hate them because they are not likeable. It isn't only because they win. They are the evil empire.

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  8. On 1/19/2019 at 10:29 PM, HomeskillitMoorman said:

    When McDermott basically tried to play for a tie against the Colts last season in the snow game, and punted on 4th and 1 from the Colts 40 in OT, and then essentially admitted after the game that he didn't know the implications of what a tie would've done to their playoff chances. 

     

    And then goes on to get his team into the playoffs with a team devoid of talent, a QB who can't pass the ball, in the first year of a rebuild, breaking the longest playoff drought in professional sports.

  9. 2 hours ago, #34fan said:

    Very shady officiating in both games.  The shield probably thinks more people will watch a Rams-Patsy matchup. 

     

    Bull. Those were some of the cleanest officiated games I've ever seen. They made some mistakes for sure, but they did a surprisingly good job.

     

    On this particular play under question, definitely a missed PI. But plays like that are missed all the time.

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  10. 4 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

    Agreed. Besides, wouldn't the Saints be a more appealing national story than the Rams? 

    Personally, I've had it with replay. If you have to look at a play for 5 minutes from every possible angle, freeze framing it till it's as grainy as the Zapruder film, and then come back and say it was "clear and obvious" that the call on the field was wrong, well, then I don't know what "obvious" means. I know replay isn't going away for good, but instead of all the "no challenge needed" replays (scoring plays, inside 2 minutes, etc) I'd limit each coach to 2 a game, and I'd make literally everything reviewable, including whether a penalty was committed (the Robey-Coleman play). At least the pace of the game would improve, and coaches would be very judicious about using their challenges.

     

    I'd make the officials watch it in real time. Review it all you want, but no slowing it down.

  11. 1 hour ago, JohnC said:

    In your list the best value pick was Milano and obviously the most important pick was Josh Allen. If the Bills can continue to hit on some of their lower picks such as Teller, Foster and Taron Johnson we will get to the required critical mass of players to make this team a competitive team sooner than expected. As you suggested stringing together good drafts rather than having uneven results from your drafts is what will accelerate the its development. 

     

    Technically Foster was not a draft pick. He was an undrafted free agent. Still a quality pickup, though.

  12. 3 hours ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

    Just think, Kelvin Benjamin might end up with a ring this year, hope like hell he does (meaning Brady wont get to the SB).

     

    So much for what i was always taught about hard work and effort and you wil be rewarded, the laziest player I can recall for a long time in the playoffs.

     

    He's on the team, but it's not like he's doing anything. Pretty sure he was inactive last week.

  13. 4 minutes ago, Logic said:


    In what world does multiple time Pro Bowler Kyle Williams retire and it DOESN'T become a huge hole on our defense?

    Harrison Phillips is a 1T/3T tweener and hasn't proven he can be a full time starter. Jordan Phillips is an unrestricted free agent and, even if re-signed, has not proven he can be an effective full time starter.

    3T is absolutely CRUCIAL in McDermott's defense. If you think a DT is a wasted pick, you might not want to watch the first round of this year's draft.

     

    Thanks for your opinion.

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