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Keenan Allen is good at football. What a grab.

I’m talking about the OC, but sure. It’s a risk It’s a gamble, but if they just plug in Joe Brady or one of the other former OCs on the coaching staff I don’t think it would be as disruptive as you’re making it out to be. Dorsey has been flat out bad. Something’s got to give.

If the current scheme and playcalling is holding the team back, like many of us believe, then bringing in anyone regardless of the learning curve would probably be a net positive.

I’ll settle for getting rid of Dorsey, for the time being.

Wilson makes the Jets miss Darnold.

Hard for a CB to get an INT when they play 5 yards away from their man at all times.

I hate that I agree with you. If I was betting on it I would bet Dorsey sticks around the season, even though it’s clear things aren’t working.

Yeah so that’s a completely unacceptable response, and honestly kind of pathetic. McD is just making it easier for the fan base to turn on him with answers like that.

I'm gonna say that getting changing the OC isn't a minor tweak. I'm also gonna say that I don't disagree with what you're saying, but unless we completely bottom out for the rest of the season I don't see any world where McD even gets on the hot seat.

Absolutely. I think Joe's opinion is probably the best in all of the Buffalo media; he just understands the game at a really high level and is excellent at scouting talent. There seems to be fairly universal agreement that Dorsey needs to either radically change or be fired. I'm all for the firing.

I think the O-Line looks worse than they are in reality precisely because of Dorsey. It feels like the defense always knows what we're doing (and we succeed in spite of that), and I think that puts a lot more strain on the players to execute, because there's no creativity. On the hurry up we succeed as a unit. Why is that? To me, it seems like it's because Dorsey has less involvement in play decisions during those up tempo moments.

From the outside looking in, it looks like McDermott would be miserable to be around for any extended period of time, and he's always citing "execution" as the point of the Bills woes for the last two seasons. Part of it is true, but the coaching staff, particularly on offense, are doing a miserable job of putting their players in positions to succeed.

Knox could still be decent. I'm not going to rule out him until he looks bad after Dorsey is gone, because he looked like a decent red zone threat under Daboll.

Yes, sometimes you get lucky. I'm not sure what your point is.

Our secondary plays so far off man that the flats and 1-8 yard past the LOS is seemingly always open. The blitz seems to never work because the opposing QB sees a guy basically uncovered and makes the pass.

He was effective when the rest of the defense was healthy. He had some decent plays last night. He's not a game wrecker and you'll rarely find a DE who is one at the end of the first round.

It would also be the last time you heard from them. Schopp & Bulldog are on the negative slant, OBL is essentially propaganda, and the morning show falls somewhere in the middle. Joe Dibiase is probably my favorite of the bunch and has more of the level headed takes.

Guy who has had the team on his shoulders for his entire career also has a lot of INTs. How is this shocking again?

I'm not accusing you of doing so, but you do see a lot of talk out there about "Hollywood Josh" and all that. I don't think it's warranted.

Absolutely. The Bills are at their best under center utilizing play action. It's not even close. Dorsey doesn't want to play that way though and clearly he (or McD) refuses to pivot, so we're stuck with this round peg in the square hole situation. That's why I think we look so much better in a hurry up style, because Allen and the team are actually playing to their strengths instead of Dorsey calling the same bland uninspired trash.

There's probably some truth to this, and occasionally you see some shade thrown their way (ala McKenzie's comments after leaving). I don't think the offense has much faith in Dorsey at this point.

I don't want to speculate on anyone's personal lives, the players are people with hardships, loss, conflict, sorrow, etc... just like anyone else. While it can effect the on the field product, it doesn't seem fair to punish or reprimand them for it. I firmly believe that the major difference maker outside of QB (where the true talent pool is miniscule) is the coaching. Every team is basically filled with JAGs, and it the coach's job to elevate them. Dorsey is too predictable, and as a result the execution seems to be suffering. That's my take anyways. Bottom line: He should be shown the door today.

McDermott's worst quality as a coach is his gameday management, so this shouldn't be shocking to anyone, but that challenge was egregiously horrible. If Arthur Smith, McDaniels, or any other bottom feeder team did this the national media would have a field day raking them over the coals.

Were they though? This team needs to go all in on offense.