In the eye test, the Dolphins dominated the Bills (particularly in the trenches) to roughly the same degree the Bills dominated the Chiefs a week earlier.
The end results: The Dolphins smoked the Bills by 17, while the Bills needed to survive a Hail Mary (which they occasionally don't - see Arizona)
Under Daboll, every play was designed to pick up a first down. McDermott hated that, since it scores too quickly. Brady is running exactly the smallball offense McDermott wants, where it's more important to grind first downs and protect the defense and not put them out there where they get gashed on the regular by anyone who just friggin runs the ball against their zones full of undersized poor tacklers.
The Bills coaching staff minimizes the advantages they have on offense, just to protect an obviously incapable defense that is more directly attributable to the head coach. Is it just to protect his reputation? It's maddening. No wonder Allen looks like "***** this *****" after half these series of no-margin-for-error playcalls.