Billsfanatic8989

Everyone keeps asking what Johnson will look like without an elite OL, RB, QB (kind of), and receivers. But....how will Detroit look without Johnson?

He can be worse. Definitely.

I've always thought he was a bit overrated. He's a very good player in a defense that lacks very good players. But I never thought he was this monstrous game changer.

Then you go with an experienced HC. But those guys aren't out there. Payton, Harbaugh, Tomlin, McVay, Shanahan etc aren't leaving their teams. Which is why ownership will most likely stick with McD.

If your a defensive HC and your defense keeps losing you playoff games...that's a terrible look. I appreciate Hamlin's story. It's inspirational. But he should not be starting on defense for any team with SB aspirations. And stop keeping younger players on the bench who played well. Just because experienced old guys are back. Younger guys too. Time to move on from Miller & Milano. One is fried. The other is injury prone.

I think most passed because he wanted full control. If not McDermott...maybe Ben Johnson. There's zero chance he turns down the Bills job to take Bears position. I fear ownership has this mindset that the next HC could be worse and so no changes should be made.

They are such a bizarre franchise. Three elite QB's in 40 years...one SB appearance. Fouts, Rivers and Herbert.

Ownership probably doesn't want to fire a good HC because he helped get them out of the dark ages. And because a new HC could be worse. Division titles were impressive in 2020-2021. By 2024, no fan cares about division titles when we follow it up by not coming close to getting to a SB with an elite QB. The Patriots won the AFC east 17 out of 19 years. 11 straight times. I don't think many will remember that. They will remember them consistently getting to, and usually winning SB's.

Ugh.... Belichick wouldn't be GM here. And what he did w/o Brady is irrelevant since he would have Allen.

Who is a better defensive mind...Belichick or McDermott? Who has outcoached Reid in big games...Bill or McD? Who held the Rams to three points in a SB? Made Peyton Manning look like a scrub twice? Has a gameplan in the HOF? Hint: It wasn't McD. Sorry...I'm at the point where I'm outright angry we haven't sniffed a SB with a generational QB. Belichick sucking without Brady would only be relevant if we had a scrub at QB. We do not. Yeah...I think I'll take the more despised, yet much better HC over the nice guy who freezes in big moments.

Even if the Bills had already clinched the 1 seed by now, I would still be adamant that this new playoff format is dumb. There was nothing wrong with the two top seeds getting a bye. None. These new WC teams just water down the games. And yes I realize it was only done because of money.

Yep. This is the only way we will win. I've accepted it. And history tells us...it just does not happen.

Every opposing HC goes braindead against them too. Every single time. Without fail. The only way to beat them is by not making dumb coaching decisions. Odds of both happening are slim to none.

Basically a fight with Pittsburgh or Baltimore for the two seed. The Bills would need to win out and have KC lose at least two more. Not happening. The one seed is so important now because of one less extra game.

I'll bet they don't. And it's not necessarily because they are that much better than anyone else. I just think they are smarter. More experienced.

I don't trust the coaches of the other AFC teams to beat them. I think there is one team they would have fits with...Detroit.

One of two things is going to happen: They win close games for the remainder of the year. Including SB. Or..... They get blown out and everything comes crashing down. I see nothing in between happening.

They say luck usually runs out. But they may actually win the whole thing by winning close games all year.

Definite MVP.

My fear is the postseason will mirror today. QB plays great. Defense is awful and/or can't make a critical stop at the right time. Coach gets too tight. Outcoached by a better HC.

We have our Tom Brady. But we are missing a Belichick that takes out a team's best player on offense. He simply can't stop great opposing QB's in the postseason. Or in huge games. Belichick could. This team isn't going to put up 40 points on four opponents to win a SB. It's simply not realistic. Thus, his D, time management, and overall performance in clutch situations must improve. If not, it's time to move on. Allen will be 29 next season. We've gotten past the Divisional Round once. All the while he has played great in most of those games.

As long as they compete vs Detroit, he will likely win MVP.

TImeout is fireable. Absolutely inexcusable. The accepting of the penalty...two things can be true. 99% chance the Rams get a TD even if they decline the penalty. There's no way the D was stopping them. But...McD still should have declined it.

It is when you look at who our next opponent is.

If the 6-6 Rams did this to the D, wtf are the Lions going to do?