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I no longer live in WNY, so I don’t have my finger on the pulse of the organization like others do who are exposed to the local media on a daily basis, but from my vantage point it seems like Pegula-land is in disarray. Terry rarely speaks to the media and when he does, it’s usually pretty bad. Kim’s mysterious illness has been handled in an utterly bizzare fashion, etc. And it’s not at all clear what the command structure is within the organization…does Beane report to McDermott? Which one has Terry’s ear? If my perception of the organization is correct, I think it’s unlikely McDermott gets canned, even though he richly deserves it. I just think it would be too heavy of a lift for this operation. Much more likely that they just ride it out and see what happens next year.

You are attributing the accomplishments of Josh Allen to the Clapper… big mistake. McDermott is cut from the same cloth as Dick Jauron, Chan Gailley, etc. Game, set, match. Thanks for playing, Sean.

True, but Justin Herbert is not in Allen’s class.

Yes, I think it's somewhat unusual for the coach to report directly to the Owner instead of to the GM (assuming that's true), but that doesn't mean that Beane wouldn't have significant influence on decisions about McDermott's future. Many organizations also have someone who sits above the GM but below the owner (such as a President of Football Operations). I don't know if Terry has someone like that within his organization, but it would be interesting to know.

Obviously Terry has the last word, but are there others within his organization who would be involved in the decision, other than Beane? It’s an important question and you didn’t answer it.

Don't be obtuse. We have a head coach who needs firing and it's important to know who might be making the call on such an important decision. Obviously, Beane would be involved, but who else? Terry himself, or does he have underlings to whom he's delegated responsibility for decisions like this?

Great question.

Pipe dream of course, but no reason we can’t land a terrific WR in round 1, even without trading up. Rome O or Troy Franklin would be awesome. One thing we’ve leaned from these loaded WR drafts is that there is no way to know which guy will turn out to be the best. I don’t really think the Dolphins are better than we are, but they always beat the teams they should, and we don’t. What makes us so high variance and the Dolphins low variance? Or maybe they are just better….

Yep, it’s definitely a red flag

Agree 100%. Just another reason we need to draft a guy in the first round who can step in immediately as WR2 and take over as WR1 the next year. Digg's is 30 years old...there's gonna be a dropoff.

I'd love to know opposing teams' FG percentage against the Bills since 2000. I bet it's 8-10 percentage points higher than the league average over that time.

It's a joke of a tactic that never works in the NFL, but it's all McDermott's got. For him, it passes as high level strategery, along with bringing out the offense to run the "hard count" on 4th and 2 from the 50, taking a delay of game, then punting the ball into the end-zone. Loser.

We all knew that and McDermott should have, too. There was no way that defense was going to get a stop at that point of the game. Our OT possession should have been treated as four-down territory the whole way, TD or bust. Total lack of self-awareness.

I assume you mean one more game...

Only positive I can come up with is, if we make the playoffs, it will feel like playing with house money, for a change. Maybe that will make difference.

He certainly seems to. It’s kinda strange that Anarumo hasn’t been hired by someone yet, especially with all the zeros coaching NFL teams nowadays. Makes you wonder if there’s some issue…

I’m reluctant to hire another defensive head coach, but I’d consider this. He’s smart and he’s a winner. No more losers, please.

Has it been confirmed that Davis ran the wrong route? Certainly looked like it from his baffled expression on the bench afterwards.

Too late

Everyone ready for another year of McDermottball?

Remember those people who said the season isn’t over if we lose to the Eagles?😆😆

Fire everyone

How are many winnable games is this coaching staff going to lose before we clean house? Surely there is a breaking point…we have absolutely dominated this game and now have 3-point lead. An absolutely incredible game by Josh Allen, about to be wasted, again…

What’s the penalty tally right now?

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