dave mcbride

He benched robinson for a fumble and lawrence apparently confronted him mid-game about it: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/12/11/report-urban-meyer-had-heated-argument-with-marvin-jones-called-his-assistant-coaches-losers/ I of course thought of McDermott, who seems to think fumbles should never, ever happen (news flash: they do) and if they do the back has to go to the doghouse. I know a lot of coaches do this, but it’s pretty reactionary assuming the player isn’t a problem fumbler.

What an ass.

Jacobs is actually averaging 3.8 ypc this season.

I get that.

Cassel was HORRIBLE the season before Daboll arrived in KC, and Smith was NOT the other QB the year Daboll was there. Brady Quinn was, and he started 8 games. Smith arrived after Daboll left. Cassel was never any good and whatever success he had was a result of him playing on a couple of very talented units (including a Pats team coming off a 16-0 season) that masked how weak he was. The year KC had a winning record with him (2010; he was terrible in 2009), Jamaal Charles rushed for an ungodly 6.4 ypc and they had the best pass defense in the league, holding opponents to a 78.1 rating. When they faced a good opponent in the playoffs (the Ravens) that year, they were utterly steamrolled, generating only 53 yards(!) of passing offense. He was statue with an arm that was decidedly less than average. I watched that guy for years, and the reason he kept getting gigs was because he was able to run on the fumes of that Pats 2008 season. If Brady hadn't been hurt that year, they would have gone 14-2.

I think they basically assign the same weight to a second and six play from the Bills own 29 yard line in the second quarter with the Bills leading 13-0 as to a 3rd and 8 play from the opponent's 37 yard line with 3:40 to go in the game with the Bills down by 6. On the first, he holds his block. On the second, he matadors a pass rusing DT into Allen's lap. Those two situations are not the same and should not be treated as such. But that's what they appear to do.

Oh man. Williams has been awful. What are they analyzing??

I am not sure that's it. Williams got paid his last big guaranteed money and Dawkins had a very bad case of covid that has probably affected him (although he played reasonably well vs NE). Those are the two real downgrades this season. Morse is basically the same player as before, and the rest of the poor interior line play is a product of a lot of injuries and reshuffling. Not sure it has anything to do with coaching.

I'm not justifying the pick. I do think he's better than average, at least in terms of skill set because he's an excellent receiver.

I think Harris is fine; the line is really bad. Similar situation to the Bills, although it was known before this season that they were bad (unlike the Bills’ line).

You should not make this argument about Daboll without at least mentioning that until Allen came along, he had OC’d the worst batch of qbs this century: Brady Quinn (on two different teams!), a rookie Colt McCoy, Seneca Lewis, Derek Anderson (again twice), Chad Henne, a decrepit Jake Delhomme, Matt Moore, the corpse of Matt Cassel, and Nathan Peterman. When Moore is your star of the bunch, you ain’t gonna produce.

He was a terrible choice as a first round pick. He is average — 4.2 ypc over the course of his 3-year career.

Don't disagree with any of that, although if there's a true blue chip interior lineman who you think could help your quarter-of-a-billion-dollar QB, I'm not opposed to that at all. That said, I truly have no idea what the talent out there is like. I'm not advocating drafting a guy for need; just looking for a stud at guard center that you can build the interior of the line around. Maybe there aren't any. I mean, Luck was getting KILLED because of terrible o-line play, and Indy got Nelson and Kelly. Luck decided to retire of course, but they would have helped him immensely if he stayed. As it turns out, they helped Rivers a ton last year and have made Wentz look like a decent qb again after a terrible year in Philly.

I will fully admit that I don't know about the draftee talent level of the various positions I've highlighted. But I have had it with scrap heap FA pickups for interior o-line. It simply has to get better. It will kill the Bills over time, just like what has happened to Pittsburgh's line in the last couple of years has defanged their offense. Also, yes, Ford sucks, but HE WAS DRAFTED AS A TACKLE. If he was a really good tackle, he would have gone higher. There were real doubts about his game before that draft, and the Bills unfortunately were not one of the doubters. If a Quentin Nelson is available, you take him. I'm not saying there is a guy like that available (he's unique), of course. But the middle-of-the-o-line issue has to end. If a Ryan Kelly or a Travis Frederick or a Zack Martin is there in the 20s? Personally, I'd take him. Again, though, I have no idea how good any of these guys coming out are, and I'm certainly not advocating overdrafting low ceiling players. I just don't know the talent pool.

I get that, but if there is that guy in the low to mid-50s -- e.g., a Jonathan Stewart type -- they should take him. Bear in mind that I have us drafting a lot of interior linemen here, including in round 1. Having said this, I have no idea what the RB talent is in college right now.

I think there's very little chance Daboll gets hired as a HC anywhere. He's still a Belichick guy, identity-wise (none of whom have succeeded in the past), and this season combined with all of the bad statistical seasons prior to Allen are going to make it impossible to sell him to a fan base.

I personally think he gets some positive yardage there. Brown didn't have leverage, but he didn't completely whiff either like Morse. Point is, Brown would still have been a thorn in Judon's side if Moss had bounced it out. Morse was beaten so quickly that there was nothing there inside.

I have no idea. On paper, that defense is a terrible matchup for us because they can get pressure inside and with four. Suh is having a great season.

With the caveat that you gotta take a great player if he's there, I think they should go as follows: 1 - C/G 2 - RB (Mixon type or one who is a legit good receiver to give Allen a guy he can have faith in) 3 - DT (not expecting much in the way of pass rush in the third round, but a monster guy who can hold the point of attack 4 - G or CB (whoever is the better prospect) 5 - G or CB (whoever is the better prospect, again) 6 - S 6 - LB 7 - WR 7 - G

Just looked myself. Jamel Dean didn't practice (concussion; he suffered it on Sunday so maybe he won't play), Whitehead (who missed last week with a calf) didn't either, and Edwards - who doesn't start much but plays a lot - is out. If all three are out, they should in theory be weak back there. But the Colts were supposed to be weak too because of injuries in the secondary. Didn't work out that way. https://bucswire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-news-tampa-bay-buccaneers-injury-report-week-14-buffalo-bills/ Dean had a concussion vs Atlanta and he may not be ready.

Does anyone have any sense of the injury situation for Tampa's secondary? I know Edwards is down for faking his covid vaccination.

I basically agree, although I do think that Judon might have prevented him from getting a TD. That said, he definitely would have gotten at least 3-4 yards.

I think this clip is basically right - he should have bounced it out - but it has been pointed out that Judon gained outside leverage on Spencer Brown and simply cut back inside when he saw the direction Moss was headed in. And while it's easy to criticize Moss, Morse is badly beaten there. The idea behind the play was for Morse to actually hold his block, and he completely failed.

https://www.nbcsports.com/video/sean-mcdermott-gives-roundabout-answer-about-brian-dabolls-performance?ls=pftvod Simms makes the important point here (3+ minutes in) that the Bills’ offensive talent is wildly overrated. He says that they have two blue chip players (Allen and Diggs) and a bunch of JAGs.

This is fantastic. Best analysis i have seen. So right about knox not coming back for the ball.