JGMcD2

In addition to satisfying the Rooney Rule in order to promote Babich, this is probably some due diligence in the event Desai doesn't get another DC job. He could come here to rebuild his value a bit like Joe Brady did.

This tells me they’re promoting Bobby B

He’s down to a 4th string CB and 3rd and 4th string LB (who was on his couch last week) on defense they held strong in the RZ 2/3 times.

He’ll end up in a Senior Defensive Assistant role. Bobby Babich or Eric Washington will be DC, but in title only.

Comprehensive overview of Josh Allen’s numerous sliding infractions. @Zerovoltz What’s your take? My personal favorite is the fake slide short of the sticks on 4th and 1 vs New England. Comes up at the 6 second mark. Also love the one at the 1:29 mark, the fake slide there has Kiko Alonso all turned around.

Your brand of stupid is one of a kind.

This can’t be true. I’ve been told all he does is blankly stare into space with no fire or passion… ever.

I don’t think it’s the heat that is the problem. It’s the fact that only one team has to deal with extreme heat and it’s not the Dolphins.

I personally believe Brian Flores should find his way into the mix somewhere. Although, it may not happen with all the lawsuit stuff. Frank Smith probably ends up with a job seeing he's highly regarded by players and works for the trendy team right now.

As it should be? They had the lead and the Dolphins were out of timeouts. The object of the game is to have more points than the other team when the clock expires.

Then don’t speak in hyperbole. You called it “a kneel to the left.” That wasn’t the play call. That play has been very successful for them in the past. It gives them an extra blocker and puts the ball in your best player’s hands. It also limits the possibility of a turnover in that situation and guarantees the clock keeps running. McDermott went for it on 4th and 1 from his own 35 on the same drive, went for it again from 4th and 1 and you’ve zeroed in on a QB sweep (that’s been very effective in the past) as spineless? Your agenda is showing…

Yeah, that’s not what the play call was. It was a version of the QB sweep they’ve run with Allen in the past (Houston WC game comes to mind, but it was a pretty common play call under Daboll). The play got blown up and rather than Josh try and fight up the sideline and stop the clock by going out of bounds, he fell down in bounds. If you legitimately think the play call was “run left and kneel down” I don’t really know what to say…

Which play are you referring to? The Allen run on 2nd and 11 after the Dolphins called their final timeout with under 3 minutes left?

The defensive holding penalty that stopped the clock on Josh’s 3rd and 13 conversion screwed things up quite a bit on the drive. It required us to convert another 1st down when we may not have had to otherwise.

How could it only be 9 plays before the final drive? They had 5 drives in the second half, which means 4 of them were before the final drive. They punted each of those 4 drives...

This is why I have hope that Dorian Williams makes a Terrel Bernard-esque leap in 2024.

Kudos to Pederson for having some conviction. Press Taylor must feel incredibly valued and supported. Unfortunate for the rest of the staff.

Man, I hope we win one. I don't want to look back and wonder what could have been - this group has had SO much success. At the same time, I need to remember to enjoy this for what it is. We're so competitive each and every week.

JD McKissic

You mean like when he canned Rick Dennison after 1 season to bring in notoriously combustible Brian Daboll to run the offense and Daboll went on to hold the role until he was hired as a HC?

It was very well known that Daboll was a hot head before he got here, while he was here and after he left. Derek Anderson told stories about it, Josh talks about it. He grew by the time he got to Buffalo and while he was here, but I got the sense he wasn’t very well received in his previous stops as OC.

Most people are going to say Hail Murray, the Jefferson catch, the Hurricane Game, etc. Yes, I know those aren’t game blowing mistakes… but others do not.

Don’t worry, there are people on this board who will legitimately argue we need to hire Doug Pederson to replace McDermott.

3 of those years he wasn’t the unicorn he is today. Playoff appearances in 2/3 those seasons. Sights are still set higher.

It takes both