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Does anyone know what the parlay payout would’ve been taking both the Giants and Titans to win? Should’ve been huge.

Yeah they would’ve had three consecutive 3 and outs when they needed to put something, anything, on the scoreboard, but the pass to Murray was ruled a catch. They didn’t get a first down after that fortuitous ruling either. I don’t know if the offense is playing tight, worried about a turnover, or what, but KC’s defense isn’t so good that it should completely stymie the Bills after they moved the ball with ease earlier.

Bills weren’t on the wrong side of a bad call in this one, nor did they get a break. The much maligned call was the correct one, no matter how much complaining the Chiefs are doing.

My biggest gripe about this defense is that receivers aren’t challenged at the LoS. Doesn’t matter if Sean is playing zone, man, or blitzing like a kamikazee, there’s always someone open 2-3 yards after the snap with his closest defender 7 yards off. Get up and challenge the receiver! What good is a blitz if you give the opposing offense an immediate outlet? It was illustrated perfectly in that post last week where Dan Orlovsky said “the Bills never forced Hurts to make the tough throw.” That’s McD’s defense and it’s infuriating.

I find it funny all the talk this morning is about an offside call where the receiver was clearly in the wrong. If this call was against one of our own, say Deonte Harty (as it was in an earlier game), my rage wouldn’t be directed at officiating, I’d be pissed at Harty for not knowing where he was on the field. Chiefs fans anger is misplaced. Im upset Kelce was allowed to get that open on the crossers. Where’s the DB communication? Even if it’s man, if someone crosses your face that tight, stay to your side, switch responsibilities. It’s like defenders on a basketball court. It was ridiculous one of them got picked off with no other DB in the picture. What is the secondary coach teaching his players?

WR screens work against us because we play soft coverage on the outside, there’s space for the opposing receivers and blockers to work. Conversely, we can’t get them to work against teams like the Chiefs that play up and challenge receivers at the LoS. Theres no space to go to work after catching the ball, there’s a defender right there.

He seemed much more grounded, vulnerable, and human in this presser. He answered every single question and wasn’t once his usual prickly self. If this was the McD from 24 hours ago, before this “attack on his character” came out, when asked about Von Miller again he would’ve resorted to his usual “I respect the question, but I spoke about it yesterday and I’ll just leave it at that.” Hopefully he read the article and is also an introspective person. If he is, he can grow from this experience. Taking those truths in and reflecting on them will ultimately lead to a better man. I’ll be pulling for him the rest of the season because I’m a Bills fan first and foremost. That doesn’t mean I don’t want him gone if he fails to make the playoffs though. Introspection can’t help with perennially bad game day management.

Josh has been yelling audible names all year. The next one we’ll hear on the field is “bin Laden! bin Laden!” 😂 What’s next for McD? Maybe he’ll try to inspire the team with a story about the Boston marathon bombers.

Maybe no longer 0% now?

For McD’s sake, he better beat the Chiefs Sunday. A win would quiet the chatter a bit, a loss would ignite his seat with kerosene.

I legitimately didn’t know there were vet rest days coming off a bye week. Rest from what? That’s all they’ve been doing during their week off.

Somebody get those Kelce quotes to Cheffers. I’m sure he’s heard/seen them before, but it’d be nice to give him a reminder before Sunday.

If we’re counting wins and losses, sure, no argument there. But it’s a bit of a projection, right? He may be better than all those coaches I listed, but there’s no way to know unequivocally for sure. None of those coaches had the luxury of working with a stacked roster and one of the best QBs in the league. The comparisons aren’t equal. How much worse would we be if one of them was coaching and not McD? I am not of the mindset that having McDermott as coach equates to +2 wins per season, or whatever. Truth is, he’s probably an average coach masquerading as a good one and up until this year had (mostly) won the games they were supposed to win but ultimately couldn’t get it done when it mattered most. And much of that has been due to his game management. With McD we average, what, 11 or 12 wins per year? How many would we average with those aforementioned coaches if they were allowed to work with McD’s rosters? Would it be the same? Maybe 10 or 11? Is that a substantial upgrade on those other guys? Edit to add: I was around for the entire drought. Could probably count the amount of games I missed on one hand. I guess I’m a glutton for punishment. If memory serves me, each of those “lesser” coaches won games in which they were heavy underdogs. This Bills team hasn’t been a heavy underdog in quite awhile, they’re expected to compete and be in every single game. And that’s not because their HC is Sean McDermott.

A discount? He got far more than that… Free Sex for Life

I’d have a completely different opinion of McD if he had the same (6-6) record with Gardner Minshew, CJ Beathard, Kenny Pickett, or whoever’s starting for the Browns these days, but he’s got Josh Allen. One of the best QBs in the league. I don’t care that McD is one of the winningest coaches in franchise history. I’ve seen his decision making in big games over the course of 7 years now and I don’t believe he has what it takes to win a SB. He’s a supposed defensive mastermind, yet his defense fails time and time again to protect a lead. Would the results be different if someone like Jim Schwartz was calling the defense? I do believe so. Would the Bills be just as successful during this 6 year period with Allen at the helm if their HC was Doug Marrone, Chan Gailey, Mike Mularkey, or Gregg Williams? I do believe so. The talent on the field has overcome mediocre coaching thus far, but it can’t overcome equally talented teams with superior coaching. If McD doesn’t make the playoffs, Pegula has to look elsewhere. He just has to. How many more assistants does McD get to fire before the thumb points back at him?

Looks like Watson went from a sprint to trying to pull up and fall in bounds. The hammies don’t like that sort of rapid deceleration.

Lots of mistakes happen when throwing to Moore. He’s their version of Gabe Davis, but worse. Or maybe that’s MVS.

Packers seemed like they wanted to force KC to use timeouts more than they wanted to score. Just a weird drive to end the half, hopefully it doesn’t come back to bite them.

9 or 10 wins minimum, agreed. No way should we be looking up at the Browns, Colts, Broncos, Texans, and Steelers after 12 weeks. The majority of those teams don’t even have a QB. Most would also agree that coming into the season we wouldn’t be looking up at the Dolphins, Jaguars, and Ravens after 12 weeks - unless Josh was injured for a portion of the season. KC, for all their subpar play, will almost always find a way to win in the end. Wish the Bills had that knack.

And with no money to spend! 2024 is looking like a retool year. The encouraging thing is that KC won a SB in their retool year so it can be done. Just very unlikely.

What happens if the Joe Brady offense continues to excel and franchises want to interview him (again) for head coach positions? Would Terry be forced to move on in that situation? Those who want McD back even if the Bills fail to make the playoffs, would you feel the same if it came down to McD or Joe Brady?

It could be orchestrated as others have guessed, specifically for all the talk lately of getting rid of McD. The Bills, since Beane has been in office, have largely been buttoned up. Very few leaks of any news, so when something like this comes out, it might be safe to assume it’s planned. Like a player agent leaking something to the press that serves his client. ——————————————————— If we are stuck with McD for at least one more year, there are two immediate changes I would like to see. One would be to stop calling defensive timeouts, the other would be to stop calling soft zone coverage or cover 0 when protecting a lead. As to the first request, I have no doubt the Bills win the :13 second game if he kept his timeouts because the Chiefs wouldn’t then have the time to assess how the Bills were playing them, talk it over, and then implement those changes. If McD was in Reid’s shoes as the Bills were driving down the field to take the lead, no doubt he would’ve called at least one defensive timeout, which would’ve meant that he didn’t have all 3 to later get into position for a game tying FG. Stop the defensive timeouts and stop the cover 0 or soft zone lead protection. Play your normal base nickel defense, but challenge the other QB to make tight window throws to win the game. Dont give it to him on a platter. That Dan Orlovsky video showing the pass to the left flat 6 consecutive times or whatever it was, was disheartening and damning. McD has to be better and I think he knows it. But will he ever learn? Or will it always be “hindsight is 20/20”?

Agreed, it’ll take the players going into Terry to voice their concerns in order for it to happen. I’m not sure how well McD is regarded in the locker room. There was a poll a short while ago of coaches players would love to play for and he didn’t get a single vote, not that it matters a ton, but it was interesting.

From an article in the Athletic: Welp. Sources close to T Pegula speak

I believe the Bills had the 2nd highest odds to win the Super Bowl coming into the season. What other team(s) in the history of the league had similar odds, but missed the playoffs?