McDermott weird comments about Josh Allen

[BillsPride12]

3 hours ago, UKBillFan said:

 

If the Bills somehow win the SB this year - which will be a minor miracle - it'll make the reload much easier to handle.

[Bimmer323i]

5 hours ago, mannc said:

McDermott is acting like a guy who is under a lot of pressure and is not handling it very well.  Not a good look for the franchise.

Did you see him at the end of his presser… He was literally shaking….

[HappyDays]

1 hour ago, CincyBillsFan said:

Sure KC is struggling with inferior skill players like Buffalo but no one doubts that the Chiefs have a better O line and offensive coaching.  And is there any doubt that during the off season the Chiefs will move heaven & earth to resupply Mahomes with top end play makers?

 

The other thing with KC that is just so frustrating is they have invested a lot into their defense lately, BUT it's actually paid off. I mean Mahomes led his offense to ZERO points in an entire half against Miami. And they won the game! That's straight up insane. 17 points against the Jaguars. And they won! Allen is performing better than Mahomes against the same opponents, but because Allen's defense is worse we have people questioning if he needs to see a psychiatrist. Maybe McDermott should see a psychiatrist for his pathological urge to pay fat lazy defensive linemen instead of above average pass catchers.

[Lost]

12 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Kelly drank. Bruce did cocaine.  Biscuit raped a girl.

None of us know what is going on in these player's lives. 

Something has changed with Josh. We can all see it. 

Let's hope it is not something bad. 

 

He puts hot sauce in his Pepsi

[SoCal Deek]

2 minutes ago, PBF81 said:

 

Well, then as grown men getting paid multi-millions, multi-tens-of-millions in Allen's case, they'll simply have to learn to set their emotions aside and be more pragmatic and find some methodologies and approaches that are consistently effective.  

 

I mean honestly, if they haven't figured that out by now ... 

 

Not criticizing you, it's a good and valid thought, but honestly, that can't be it.  

 

 

Exactly! Everybody WANTS TO win. The Bills problem, at least under McDermott anyway, is the their heads haven’t been in the moment, in the moment. Way, way, way too many foolish mistakes at crunch time. The really good teams and their coaches learn to stay focused at those crucial moments. It’s as if time stands still for them. There’s no pressure. No crowd noise. No thoughts about what happens if we fail. They’re simply undistracted. Very, very few people have that skill set. It is NOT luck! 

[Heitz]

Didn't seem bizarre to me, but who knows...

 

One thought - maybe Dorsey became a jerk as this season went on?  The O scheme isn't working, putting more pressure on him, more pressure on players, everyone is walking on eggshells trying not to F up, rather than playing fast and loose and having fun. We did see Dorse flip and smash that clipboard 🤣

 

The comments about Brady's "energy" etc., kinda play into that thought too.  Again, who knows, I'm interested in if we'll see any change in Josh and the O this week (against a Jets D that has killed us recently).  

 

 

[Scott7975]

Obviously the problem is McKenzie is no longer here.  He is the guy that brought fun.  No more karaoke during practice for these guys.  That and Josh doesn't even do the handshakes anymore

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

There are so many things the Team could do to help Allen out more  imo. Why are we the only team that never  can  seem to incorporate a real screen game into the plan? Oh wait we have tried once or twice and we really suck at it.. I’m not sure why. We get killed by it time and time again. 
 

Do we have a legitimate deep threat? Not really. 

 

I also think Allen misses a good Veteran Mentor at his side.   Allen was very close to Barkley and back when we were  rolling on O, many of the players would go out to eat with Wives and Girlfriends.. they would be constantly posting it on Instagram.. We just seemed like a close knit group. I don’t see any of  that anymore. Maybe Allen doesn’t even want to go out too much in public with his new Gf since she is some movie celeb herself.

 

I just can’t help think that  Mcd has just sucked the life out of him.. I don’t know. He (Allen) is my Guy but I agree his demeanor is one of just going through the motions. 
If Mcd is concerned about him and he is not finding the Juice I think he has lost the team..but won’t accept it. 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 18, 2023 by loveorhatembillsfan4life

[mannc]

18 minutes ago, Bimmer323i said:

Did you see him at the end of his presser… He was literally shaking….

Reminded me of the halftime interview in Cincinnati…I thought he was going to cry.

[DC Greg]

1 hour ago, Shaw66 said:

This little exchange you and UK had was an excellent collection of observations about Allen  I think you describe him, and what else he needs to do, perfectly.   "Mentally obsessed with the game" is exactly right.   It's not enough to think about it and then trust your body.  You've got to know it, inside and out, live it, and when you can do that, then you'll be special.  

 

And here's the big question about McDermott.   Almost every QB needs a coach who shares his obsession, and the two have to relate.   The coach is the one who stokes and feeds the passion.   Brady without the obsessive Belichick might never have grown to what he became.  Reid is Mahomes' muse.  It can't be the OC, because OCs are going to come and go, so it has to be McDermott.  McDermott and Allen have to be tight for this team to flourish.  If they aren't, then there has to be a new head coach. 

 

Simply put, at the end of the day, the job of the head coach of the Buffalo Bills is to harness the power that is Josh Allen.   If you can't do that, you aren't the man for the job.  

Agreed, they aren’t, and he isn’t. Enough time has been wasted and McD has proven he isn’t that guy for Allen. The Bills need to try someone else. Sorry Sean, this is as far as you are able to take this team. They have to give someone else the shot who can help Allen get to the next level.

[njbuff]

Josh misses Cole Beasley and John Brown, before they got old.

 

The Bills haven’t replaced them. That’s why they’re in this predicament.

[beer can shower]

41 minutes ago, Bimmer323i said:

Did you see him at the end of his presser… He was literally shaking….

The thought His 10 Million Dollar + gig a year could be near an end may have something to do with that

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[Shaw66]

16 minutes ago, DC Greg said:

Agreed, they aren’t, and he isn’t. Enough time has been wasted and McD has proven he isn’t that guy for Allen. The Bills need to try someone else. Sorry Sean, this is as far as you are able to take this team. They have to give someone else the shot who can help Allen get to the next level.

I don't agree that we know that for McDermott.   I think there are people who do know, most importantly Beane and Terry Pegula.   They know what the relationship is like, and I'd expect that Mr. Pegula will be thinking a lot about it for the next few months.   He may do his thinking on his own, he may do it with Beane, but he'll be thinking.   

 

But he might very well simply say to himself, "I trust Sean.  I decided to go on a journey with Sean, and I'm on it."

[cDAVIS]

50 minutes ago, Bimmer323i said:

Did you see him at the end of his presser… He was literally shaking….

Shaking? I don't know, I'm assuming you are being sarcastic or we were watching a totally different presser. It was business as usual for McDermott. 

 

While he has been at the head of many massive blunders, let's not forget what McDermott has done for this team and us fans. People are too quick to forget. I agree, we may need to move on and get another coach but some of you guys act like he's a bad coach when that is definitely not the case. 

[Patrick Duffy]

24 minutes ago, njbuff said:

Josh misses Cole Beasley and John Brown, before they got old.

 

The Bills haven’t replaced them. That’s why they’re in this predicament.

 

Well it could be said Kincaid (as of recently in last few games) has looked pretty good since getting more targets

[stevestojan]

3 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

No, he didn't. It's bad when people hate McDermott so much that they will spout off complete nonsense to try to make a point. McDermott and Beane built this team to what it is and has been. Rex Ryan and Doug Whaley did not. I think you know that but also want McDermott gone and won't give him credit for building the team the way he has. The Bills were not an up and coming team when McDermott took over. They were a middling team that was coming off a season that was much like the mediocre seasons they had for 16 seasons. Give me a break

Ya know what, you’re right. I’m still ready to move on from McD but my previous statements were ridiculous. 

[BillsFan130]

4 hours ago, eball said:

 

Seriously.  And for all of the “McD wanted Josh to stop running and be a pocket passer” nonsense we’ve heard it sure seems as though McD wants to see that “dawg” back in #17.

 

It’s amazing the opinions people form that they think are truth, when in reality they have no clue…

 

I would say objectively the offence has been more conservative this year with an emphasis on Josh running less/taking less hits.

 

You are saying you don’t think McDermott has anything to do with that so far this year?

[SoCal Deek]

In baseball they traditionally have a Closer who comes in from the bullpen; and recently they’ve experimented with an Opener who does the same. Is there any chance the Bills could do that with McD? Get a guy who can prepare the team to come out swinging, and another guy who’ll make the strategically correct decisions in crunch time. McD can coach the middle 56 minutes of the game. Problem solved. 😉

[Chaos]

2 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

In baseball they traditionally have a Closer who comes in from the bullpen; and recently they’ve experimented with an Opener who does the same. Is there any chance the Bills could do that with McD? Get a guy who can prepare the team to come out swinging, and another guy who’ll make the strategically correct decisions in crunch time. McD can coach the middle 56 minutes of the game. Problem solved. 😉

I have posted this exact question several times.  Typically mocked.  Another variation, is can we just hire some math genious from Cal Tech, to figure out all of the optimal time out call situations based on score, clock and simply be in charge of clock management.  It is mentally deficient to seemingly "go by gut instinct" in crunch time. 

[Freddie's Dead]

2 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

Obviously the problem is McKenzie is no longer here.  He is the guy that brought fun.  No more karaoke during practice for these guys.  That and Josh doesn't even do the handshakes anymore

We really miss McKittrick on offense. For as much ***** as he got here, we haven't replaced his offensive production (especially first downs) and Sharty has been at best a push as a PR.   But the McKittrick hate runs deep at TBD. I expects lots of eye rolls, dislikes, and disagrees to this post, but I don't care. We wasted lots of cap space on Sharty and Sherfield and got little to nothing in return.