Bing Bong

Also that McDermott appears to have control over the secondary, our best unit IMO. I've been tough on Beane so I get why some grade him better.

I'm just having a retrospective of possibly my favorite Bills season to date lol. Of course we don't know how to handle it.. it never happens! Kelvin Benjamin still irks me. Disliked him in Carolina

The defense turned it around in one off-season last year. It's not unheard of to churn a competent unit. But I agree Daboll isn't working with too much.

The board seems all over the place on this one, so who are we crediting for our success this year? I wanted a topic specifically gathering our opinions on the big 5. Let's be respectful of others opinions as I feel there is a lot of disagreement here: Beane: B- not in love with the offense he's assembled, especially our poor decisions with receivers although I understand he hasn't had much time to focus on it. Kudos for the defense but I have to give McDermott props on the secondary since he made most of it before Beane got on board and is a DB coach. McDermott: A+++ the man I give full credit to for this year. Dude's a keeper. I strongly believe HC's should get the lion's share of credit for a good year (see Kitchens blowing it with a talented roster). Beane brings the talent, McDermott brought the winning culture. Not to mention his work on the secondary I mentioned in Beane's grade. Daboll: D the offense just isn't up to snuff. I understand he's not working with much, but I always get frustrated every Sunday with something he does. Granted I don't know much about exactly what his contribution as OC brings to the table but IMO not a fan. Frazier: A- fantastic job. Only thing i'd criticize is I want to see more blitz but what do I know? His unit has been fantastic this year. Josh Allen: B a complete enigma. Every Sunday I alternate every series with being fed up with him.. and next series I'm amazed at a 3rd and long he completes. JA may be the most polarizing figure on here so I'll just leave this with an average grade and say while I want to see more.. he's been good enough and he's my franchise QB for now!

I'd swap quarterbacks in a heartbeat

Good catch. I think Flores did an under the radar phenomenal job this year. Did just as well as Gase did but coaching a roster absolutely gutted with talent

Honestly I give McDermott the most credit out of anyone for this year. He's a keeper IMO. You don't often land coaches this good.

Why are there so many Buccaneers on the list?

They have to play wildcard weekend like the rest of us plebs

"can't believe we have to play the wild card weekend like plebs" lol ?

Meh it's 100% on the coach IMO. GM brings the talent, coach reigns in the egos. The QB leads in the locker room and we can't really determine how he's doing in that facet from media narratives running wild off random things caught on video. It looked like they responded last year and not so much this year. He may have the leadership skills, might not, but I'd start with getting rid of the common denominator of Kitchens and see if Baker can get the locker room back. I certainly wouldn't let the difficult ego QB select a coach with zero resume and influence the franchise as much as he did last year in selecting Kitchens. For now I'm seeing this as all Kitchens' fault. For example the criticism of all the commercials he's in is silly. He's taking money where he can get it, who wouldn't do that. And if a coach is unhappy about it, plenty of coaches have instructed players to choose the gridiron over TV. Heard stories about Peyton's Colts and Tom Coughlin operating that way.

Probably a little long in the tooth for his size. That said I'd rather him over Frank Gore. His weight certainly isn't a detriment. Dude has been a bowling ball

LoRax is having a great year overall I thought A handful of games I remember thinking he played near perfect. Just because he missed the Burkhead tackle isn't even a sign of age. He got there and just couldn't make the veteran play. But we should know after all this time he's really one of the more sure tacklers around.

observation bias. Quantum physics discussion on TBD! Schrodinger's eligible-tackle

That's actually pretty funny. I can't knock em for it if no one is doing anything about it lol

Please figure out how to share that haha

I thought I saw that happen. Just so aggravating he's playing a contact sport and got taken down while running on a perfectly legal tackle. I swear Everytime when I'm ready to concede TB is a GOAT competitor he has to remind me why I think he's such a c***

Nailed it. This seems like a fruitless exercise. That's a good point though I can certainly criticize coaches that don't adapt as well to personnel. McDermott may be doing the way he's supposed to, can't argue with the results.

Does Tony Dungy count? But i'm sure everyone is evolved from the Lombardi school that wrote the rules on conservative playcalling and minimizing mistakes. If you think about it football conventions today are ultra conservative as a result.

Probably unnecessary to wind up for a haymaker punch like that for the ball. Easy to miss certainly doesn't look like good technique from Watt

They just ain't talented. Of course talent wins games. Bad coaching < character You need superb coaching to correct strong locker room personalities. Browns have crap coaching for the NFL's toughest coaching gig.

I've given up on JA

Oh Joshy

No no no no no no

The LJ hate here is positively cringeworthy. We dumping on an MVP year now?