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To be fair, Dungy ultimately did win a Super Bowl and is a literal Hall of Fame coach (and probably better historically than Gruden). And Tampa didn't have a young Gruden in the wings either; they traded multiple 1st and multiple 2nd round picks to get him.

I think there comes a time where you have to consider making a move and just hoping something different clicks a little better. Having said that, I think this was probably the best coaching year of McDermott's career and I think he's somewhere around the 4th-10th best coach in the league right now. Not much room for an upgrade and a ton of space for a downgrade. But you don't necessarily need an upgrade. Anyways, I personally would not move on from him this offseason and I don't think Buffalo will, but I get it if fans want to.

Just going to be watching from my house in DC today.

We went for a walk in the snow and ended up shaking off a tree that was blocking the road so that a few cars could access their street lol. Thankfully plows came through last night because we were definitely not going to be able to drive home otherwise.

I was at that game and remember thinking we should just run the ball at that moment because at the time, Josh was super prone to those back breaking sacks. And the terror I felt as he started retreating was not fun. I was also losing my mind at that halftime kickoff; most people hadn't returned to their seats yet when that happened and I was freaking out because I had noticed he never actually took a knee. At the time I thought it was a TD for us.

In a mountain lodge in West Virginia

In addition to this, the OP says a squib kick needs to be scooped and returned, which would take a lot of time off the clock. That just isn't true. If they scoop it at, say, the 30 yard line (not abnormal for a squib kick) and just give themselves up immediately, maybe 0-1 seconds come off the clock and they get better field position than the touchback gave them. The squib really only makes sense if you're trying to prevent a dangerous kick returner from making an explosive play, which is the same thing you accomplish by kicking it out of the end zone. Otherwise you're just counting on whoever scoops the squib to not know the rules.

Yeah I think either way is defensible but the way he played it SHOULD have worked. Teammates let him down unfortunately.

I think he played it right trying to force McLaurin into the teeth of the zone. It's just that the guys playing the middle of the field crept too close to the LOS and allowed a window behind them.

Yeah he shoved his face into the ground and then started doing the Iverson step over when Surtain grabbed him.

Mack had already done it before Surtain grabbed him.

Just needed to not throw it 100 MPH from 5 feet away. Knox had plenty of space to put some touch on it. Even if Knox had sat down that was going to be a tough pass to handle.

Yeah he of course is no Derrick Henry as far as we're comparing Josh and Lamar's supporting casts but he was definitely one of the best RBs in the league this season. The receiving traits and explosiveness he showed in college were on full display this season and he's become much better at absorbing contact and staying on his feet than I ever imagined he would. Really lucky to have him as a weapon.

Yeah last year is the issue. Lamar and Josh are both extremely deserving this season. Last year, nobody was really deserving and it seemed to break voters' brains.

Could be because they actually did sell out to stop Lamar and Baltimore used that against them. For example, look at Henry's long TD run where several of Pittsburgh's defenders got caught out of position because they thought Lamar was keeping the ball and that allowed the gigantic hole for Henry to run through. It's kind of a both scenario. Teams naturally want to stack the box, not only because of Henry but also because of Lamar. Lamar's threat as a runner is the main reason Baltimore's rushing attack has been so dynamic every year, including this season when Henry went from people thinking he may be washed up in Tennessee to arguably the best RB in the league despite Saquon rushing for 2000 yards.