The "McDermott Handicap" and hopefully a solution

[peterpan]

The McDermott Handicap - thats what I call it now.  Its the number of points McDermott will cost the team with about 4 mins left at half and the end of the game.  I really think its -5.5 or-6.5 points!!!!  Its becoming ridiculous how awkward this team plays in those situations.  We tend to leave points on the board before every half, or gift the other team an opportunity to score!  We blow two minute drills constantly, cant ever get a stop etc.

 

If you were an odds maker what would your McDermott Handicap be?

 

Against the Eagles we played so conservative, using 2 TOs on defense, then taking a knee with 20 seconds and one (but could have been 3) timeouts left.  All you need is a FG but you chose overtime?!?!?!

 

Then against the chiefs - completely different situation.  We get a 1st down due to penalty, with 2:13 left in the game on the 25ish yard line.  RUN THE BALL is the obvious choice......  No, 3 straight pass!!  Huh!?!  We have this defensive coach who lost the game being too conservative last week.  He should be wetting his pants for the opportunity to run it 3 times and kick the FG.  But then its all passes!?!?!  And before you say the swing pass is like a long handoff blah blah blah - the chiefs blew that play up 3-4 times that game.  It didn't work once.  and was super awkward, our staff has no feel for the game.  No inclination of whats working, whats not, and no situational awareness of any kind..  

 

On defense, again no feel.  Its either full out prevent defense, or all out blitz.  Over and over and over again.  Dude, find a happy medium.  Maybe, i don't know, don't call the same all out blitz ON EVERY SINGLE PLAY?!?!?  The show all out bitz and then all out blitz.  Eventually these teams beat the all out blitz and score - We lost the Broncos game with that one.  We could try, maybe, disguising a blitz?  Or Blitzing every other play??  

 

Which leads me to....

 

McDermott has no feel for these situations.  He is like that super socially awkward guy, who never knows what to say in a group.  Everyone knows someone like that....and that's the football equivalent to McDermott.  Post game McD said he watched every single 2 minute drill in every nfl game in the last 6 years, trying to find tendencies.  Wow man, love the dedication, but that's sad.  Thats like an awkward guy watching every episode of Friends trying to get less socially awkward.  Just sad.

 

 

Watching Michigan this year gave me an idea.  Harbaugh is their head coach, but was suspended for a number of games.  Harbaugh was allowed to coach during the week, but couldnt be on the sidelines for gameday.  So one of their assistants was "Acting" head coach for those games.  Thats what we need - we need to hire a "Game Day" coach who would relive McD of Head Coach decisions on gameday.  Someone who has a feel for the game, situational football and what's working that day at that moment.   Someone who wont abandon the run for 2-3 quarters at a time.  Someone who knows when to play conservative and when to be aggressive.  I think McDermott would benefit A LOT from a guy like that. 

[Teddy KGB]

Mcchoker gotta go 

 

Toney ain’t gonna save his ass every week 

Edited December 11, 2023 by Teddy KGB

[BBFL]

He’s a lost boy…

[Slack_in_MA]

I heard we won.

[entropyrules]

a bit off topic but didn't want to start another thread. The OP mentioned those swing pass failures. It seems like they never work Has one worked this season?) - can someone explain why they keep trying them game after game? is there something just wrong about the way the play is set-up/executed or is the way the Bills set up the O so its obvious to the D a swong pass is coming. Seems like a consitent fail-would rather them run straight into the line for 2 yard gain.

[McBean]

The muppets are salivating and out in full force because of the “win.”

 

Reality is, McClap scratched a lotto ticket last night and won.

 

bailed out by toney and the refs for once again, more crappy coaching decisions.

 

The facts are still this:

 

1. he’s a horrible HC who continues to show he can’t make proper in game decisions.

 

2. Has this team still outside looking in in regards to the playoffs. Still a stretch we get in and besides, we have to go on the road if we do. You trust McDermott to help us win 3 road games? I sure as heck don’t.

 

3. Lost draft position 

 

4. The win today insured he is coming back next year.

 

This isn’t good folks. Some of us were willing to sacrifice a few games this year for long term success. 
 

too many “want it now” short term thinkers.

 

Sad!

[section122]

Even when he wins....

 

[Tommy Callahan]

The ones attacking McDermott gave them bulleten board material 

[mikemac2001]

12 minutes ago, entropyrules said:

a bit off topic but didn't want to start another thread. The OP mentioned those swing pass failures. It seems like they never work Has one worked this season?) - can someone explain why they keep trying them game after game? is there something just wrong about the way the play is set-up/executed or is the way the Bills set up the O so its obvious to the D a swong pass is coming. Seems like a consitent fail-would rather them run straight into the line for 2 yard gain.

 

they don’t work to diggs that’s not his style and he is very tentative he likes to avoid contact and this is putting him in a not “safe space”

 

but they do setup other plays. I know we have done the fake swing/screen and had some plays but I believe we missed to Davis a couple times that would have been TDs 

 

 

[Blackbeard]

Unreal these threads. 
 

 

[peterpan]

Why so serious?  Im not even being hard on McD.  Im just saying he costs us points repeatedly and a solution might be to hire a game day coach to help him out. 

[DC Greg]

I certainly agree he has no feel and usually makes decisions that cost the Bills in those situations. It’s gotten worse, not better over his career. You’d think he’d learn. I’m thrilled about the win yesterday and glad they have something to play for. But McD has already dug this team a huge hole this year. It’ll be amazing if they can climb all the way out to get to the playoffs. If not, he should (but probably won’t) be gone.

[entropyrules]

11 minutes ago, mikemac2001 said:

 

they don’t work to diggs that’s not his style and he is very tentative he likes to avoid contact and this is putting him in a not “safe space”

 

but they do setup other plays. I know we have done the fake swing/screen and had some plays but I believe we missed to Davis a couple times that would have been TDs 

 

Thanks-i was wondering if that play was being used to set up a longer yardage play

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by entropyrules

[Drew21PA]

All season it’s vern

 

josh Allen lost because of Sean mcdermott

 

last night it was

josh Allen won despite Sean mcdermott

 

i think we ALL KNEW aggressive was out the window - the winning formula in the first quarter and a half - going up 14-0

 

i was livid watching as we played - again - 10 yards off of Kelce - no chip and gave their recievers - who absolutely suck - a wide open lane and no contention on throws 

 

its mind boggling - your foe and you won’t jus throw punching them in the mouth.

 

 

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

Has anyone thought about just unplugging his headset ?

[PBF81]

The 2nd half was not good for us at all.  

 

Great starting field position helped us a lot in the first half.  

 

 

[Gregg]

Just now, PBF81 said:

The 2nd half was not good for us at all.  

 

Great starting field position helped us a lot in the first half.  

 

 

 

It was always going to be a tough game. The Chiefs have a really good defense. Even though the Chiefs offense isn't as good this year, Mahomes and Kelce are still dangerous. Playing at Arrowhead is never easy. Do the Bills have things to work on, absolutely but it was a good road win. The best part about the win is Bills fans can tune in to the NFLN this week and finally watch a replay of an exciting game that went our way.

[PBF81]

1 minute ago, Gregg said:

 

It was always going to be a tough game. The Chiefs have a really good defense. Even though the Chiefs offense isn't as good this year, Mahomes and Kelce are still dangerous. Playing at Arrowhead is never easy. Do the Bills have things to work on, absolutely but it was a good road win. The best part about the win is Bills fans can tune in to the NFLN this week and finally watch a replay of an exciting game that went our way.

 

Gotta make better halftime adjustments however.  And that four-man rush of theirs made it seem as if they were blitzing a lot but they weren't.  I have to look at the numbers later.  On the offensive side anyway, "complimentary football" kept popping up in my head.  

 

 

[JoshAllin]

Chiefs run defense isn't so good, which is confusing to many why they barely ran the 2nd half.

 

Compared to phillys top run defense, where they ran plenty that game and cook avg. 2.6 p/c

Edited December 11, 2023 by motorj

[RiotAct]

hated the three consecutive passes before the go-ahead FG.  Other than that, didn’t have any problems with yesterday’s situational coaching specifically.