Alphadawg7 Posted January 30 Posted January 30 While I think McD did a great job as DC this year, I do love this hire. McD back to focusing on HC duties, and two young promising coordinators who are already well in tune with the players strengths and weaknesses is exciting for next year. What I especially love about Babich is how well he did with young talent to get them ready because I think he is going to find himself with a lot of young players on the defensive side of the ball this year. 7 1 Quote
TheFunPolice Posted January 30 Posted January 30 love it! He has definitely earned it with the LB play the past couple seasons. 1 Quote
TBBills Fan Posted January 30 Posted January 30 3 minutes ago, transient said: I suspect he will probably be brought up to speed calling the defense with the understanding that, at least initially, situationally McDermott will take the wheel. I'm guessing Babs and McD will both be hand in hand while Bab get OTJ training. That's the smartest to do it, I believe Quote
Fetou Posted January 30 Posted January 30 42 minutes ago, WotAGuy said: Can’t wait to hear the whining about McDermott’s puppet. Go! Can't wait until he gets fired after a failed punt or something lol 1 Quote
nucci Posted January 30 Posted January 30 21 minutes ago, Rigotz said: This is sneaky huge news. He was interviewed for Defensive Coordinator on several teams that have an OFFENSIVE specialized head coach. It was not a given that he took the job with the Bills. One might argue he could showcase his talents better as a play caller and eventual head coach on one of those coaching staffs. He must have loved it in Buffalo or got a great offer. what was so sneaky about it? It's been talked about Quote
bills6969 Posted January 30 Posted January 30 We have two young, hip coordinators that will likely be head coaches in the not so distant future. Quote
billieve420 Posted January 30 Posted January 30 8 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said: I haven't seen or heard anything yet. I'm curious as to how McD envisions this Have to imagine there will be a transition to that eventually not sure if it will be this year or not. However, I can't imagine taking a promotion and not eventually being able to run defense how you want. Otherwise he would have been better off trying to get job elsewhere. 1 Quote
Buffalo Boy Posted January 30 Posted January 30 49 minutes ago, WotAGuy said: Can’t wait to hear the whining about McDermott’s puppet. Go! It’s not whining if it’s true🤷♂️ 1 Quote
Rigotz Posted January 30 Posted January 30 3 minutes ago, nucci said: what was so sneaky about it? It's been talked about Well .... read the responses in this thread. Many thought it was a foregone conclusion. It was not. Quote
JohnBonhamRocks Posted January 30 Posted January 30 TIL I had no clue what Babich looks like. 1 Quote
Doc Posted January 30 Posted January 30 12 minutes ago, Roundybout said: Special teams needs a complete overhaul IMO. I’m not super down on Bass but he is on a warm seat Yup. Need to bring in a kicker and punter to compete with Bass and Martin. 2 Quote
H2o Posted January 30 Posted January 30 43 minutes ago, WotAGuy said: What a sham. Did they even interview Leslie Frazier?? No, but the Dolphins did Quote
ImpactCorey Posted January 30 Posted January 30 This is great news! He was previously the waterboy right? 1 Quote
Buddy Hix Posted January 30 Posted January 30 Harbaugh at Michigan gives me a bit of hope that new/louder voices and a coach willing to hear those voices and respond with change can break out of a rut. I get the frustration with more internal promotions from a team that has continued to regress for three years, but maybe Babich gets more responsibility and more say. Quote
sven233 Posted January 30 Posted January 30 This entire off season should be him, McDermott, and the rest of the coaching staff locked in a room until the figure out a way to cover Travis Kelce. They should be looking at every game he has played over the last 3 years and charting every coverage to find out what has worked the best. Contrary to popular opinion, he does have very quiet games and figuring out how to take him out of a game should be their primary focus. Mahomes will be Mahomes, but in my opinion, he's not been the reason we haven't been able to beat the Chiefs. We can't beat the Chiefs because Mahomes is throwing the ball to Kelce over and over again because he is running wide open most of the time in the secondary. Any QB could make a lot of those throws to Kelce. So get it figured out...... I know how I would do it, but I've never seen teams actually try it consistently. I've seen it work when teams do try it, but they just don't do it enough. GET PHYSICAL. Some teams do try and jam him off the line and it does work when they are successful in getting their hands on him. Sometimes they miss and get burned, but that is going to happen. He's a good player. If it's me, I'm taking the physicality to an entirely different level. I am finding where he lines up, assigning 2 guys to press him and jam him immediately off the snap and not even allow him to get into a route on time. Almost treat him like a dominant defensive tackle where the guard and center are double teaming him before one of them drops off into their next responsibility. I am not saying you have to never let him release, but just use that 5 yards that press is allowed to it's full extent and make him work for every step. Try and put him on the ground a couple times if you can. Make him work every second on his attempted release. This should throw off the timing enough to allow the pass rush to force Mahomes to look elsewhere. I'm just sick and tired of watching him line up and get a free release against this defense 90% of the time. I know teams can try and limit the physicality on certain guys by stacking them or using motion, but force them to try and do this all the time. Never let them feel comfortable that he is just going to be able to line up and run a route. And, you know what...... If he had 3 for 35 and you still get beat, fine.....I'll live with that. But make no mistake about it, not being able to cover Kelce at all, not Mahomes, has been the main reason we have lost to them in the Playoffs. Yes, our scheme seems to work against most other TEs when we play them, but Kelce kills this team. Figure it out. 1 1 Quote
DrDawkinstein Posted January 30 Posted January 30 20 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said: While I think McD did a great job as DC this year, I do love this hire. McD back to focusing on HC duties, and two young promising coordinators who are already well in tune with the players strengths and weaknesses is exciting for next year. What I especially love about Babich is how well he did with young talent to get them ready because I think he is going to find himself with a lot of young players on the defensive side of the ball this year. This is exactly what I wanted to see too. McDermott, while a good DC, needs to go back to the job he's getting paid for, which is Head Coach. Let your coordinators coordinate, and worry about overseeing the ENTIRE team and keeping all 3 units aligned with the single vision, rowing in the same direction. 5 Quote
nucci Posted January 30 Posted January 30 12 minutes ago, Rigotz said: Well .... read the responses in this thread. Many thought it was a foregone conclusion. It was not. but it wasn't sneaky Quote
FilthyBeast Posted January 30 Posted January 30 Just like with Brady staying, I'm indifferent on this. Continuity is great when you are a proven organization that has been to superbowls and won at least one of them. But still get the sense that next year around this time we'll be talking about the same wheels stuck in the mud and Babich being DC not mattering one bit against an elite team/QB in the playoffs. 1 1 Quote
nucci Posted January 30 Posted January 30 3 minutes ago, Roundybout said: we don't know if either was offered a better opportunity Quote
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