With a win this Sunday, Coach McDermott will join some elite company

[chongli]

Super Bowl win incoming (no jinx).

Edited December 4 by chongli

[MrEpsYtown]

1 hour ago, Bruffalo said:

Belichick is living his best life right now with his 20 year old girlfriend and joking around with the Manning brothers or being goofy on some football podcast.

 

Why in the world would he want to coach again? 

 

He's a coach and probably wants one more run I would think. If he stepped away I would agree with you, but he got pushed out. Then Atlanta turned him down. To me, this is a prime spot, step in and get them over the hump if McDermott can't. 

[US Egg]

44 minutes ago, BRH said:

 

Most of the really good teams - Miami, Pittsburgh, Oakland - were in the AFC during that run (1976-1980).  Only the Rams were comparable to the Cowboys over that stretch in the NFC until the Eagles emerged in 1980.  By contrast, McDermott has been in the better conference pretty much his entire run IMO.

 

 

You’re forgetting Colts of the late ‘60’s & early’70’s. Redskins and Vikings had numerous double digit wins in ‘70’s. 

[Dillenger4]

2 hours ago, Logic said:

I think this is a pretty jaw-dropping statistic.

I'd love to know who people think would walk through the door and be an upgrade over this...
 

 

cool. and all of the other guys have a SB. So now it's Sean's time!! Let's gooooooooooooo

[chongli]

1 hour ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:

 

Yea, this deserves an asterisk. 

 

McD's streak has come with the 17 game regular season, and 2 of the 11+ win seasons he's reached the 11th win in the extra game (2021 and 2023) 

 

Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's homerun record with 61 HR's in 1961, even though he played in a 162-game season vs. just 154 for Ruth. There was balking at first, but nevertheless, all baseball historians now unequivocally accept Maris's accomplishment, and rightfully so. They realized the error of their ways. So it's the same with McD. No asterisk with Maris; no asterisk with McD.

Edited December 4 by chongli

[BRH]

11 minutes ago, US Egg said:

You’re forgetting Colts of the late ‘60’s & early’70’s. Redskins and Vikings had numerous double digit wins in ‘70’s. 

 

The Cowboys' five straight 11-win seasons happened 1976-80, when the Colts were in the AFC.  The Vikings' last double-digit win season of the '70s was in 1976, which was also the only season during 1976-80 when the Redskins made the playoffs.

 

Between 1976-80 the Steelers, Raiders, and Dolphins made the playoffs 11 out of a possible 15 times and won four out of five Super Bowls.  The Oilers were also more successful during that stretch (three playoff berths, two conference title games) than either the Redskins or Vikings.  The AFC most definitely ruled the roost during that time period.

Edited December 4 by BRH

[ticketssince61]

1 hour ago, njbuff said:

Tom Landry was so good.

 

There might have been no one better in the history of the league who turned late round drafts and UDFA’s into quality NFL players.

 

and he was using the shotgun YEARS before anyone else

[RangerDave]

McDermott ranks #16 all-time in winning percentage during the regular season.  That's ahead of people like Andy Reid and Bill Belichick.

 

In playoff winning percentage, he ranks #62.  (Marvy Levy ranks #33, Belichick is #12, and Andy Reid is #27)  Once he makes it to a few Super Bowls, this ranking will go up!

 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/

[todd]

1 hour ago, MrEpsYtown said:

 

He's a coach and probably wants one more run I would think. If he stepped away I would agree with you, but he got pushed out. Then Atlanta turned him down. To me, this is a prime spot, step in and get them over the hump if McDermott can't. 

strange that people don’t remember that bb sucked as a coach before and after Brady was involved.

[Mike in Horseheads]

2 hours ago, BRH said:

 

Most of the really good teams - Miami, Pittsburgh, Oakland - were in the AFC during that run (1976-1980).  Only the Rams were comparable to the Cowboys over that stretch in the NFC until the Eagles emerged in 1980.  By contrast, McDermott has been in the better conference pretty much his entire run IMO.

 

 

Vikings got in a few Superbowls

[hondo in seattle]

Even with a franchise QB, sustained excellence is hard to achieve in the NFL.  Few coaches do it.

While each of them is imperfect in their own way, we're lucky that McD, Beane, and Josh all joined the Bills roughly at the same time.

 

I'm 65.  When I'm 95, I'll probably reminisce to my bored grandkids, "Back in the 2020s, now that was the Golden Era of the Bills, when Sean McDermott was the coach and Josh Allen the quarterback.  Let me tell you..."  

[27yankees]

6 hours ago, Logic said:

I think this is a pretty jaw-dropping statistic.

I'd love to know who people think would walk through the door and be an upgrade over this...
 

 

They all have rings, time for him and the Bills to get one. Parade to start on Elmwood and Lafyette and head downtown!!!!!

[Boatdrinks]

5 hours ago, zow2 said:

 

Same thought when I see Josh at or surpassing all these other famous QB historical and playoff stats.  He's like the only one without even a SB appearance.   It's so frustrating.

To this point that’s pretty much been due to bad luck. Sometimes it’s just how it plays out when there is another great QB in the conference. You may get the good fortune of another team knocking off the arch nemesis, but even Peyton Manning had to do it himself to get his two SB rings. Edit : pretty sure Manning had the luxury of a home AFCC game both times he got a SB win.!

Edited December 4 by Boatdrinks

[billsfan89]

That's truly an immensely impressive stat and goes to show you how hard it is to be a consistent winner in the regular season in the NFL. 11-5/6 is a very good record but not that lofty of an achievement. Yet for all the great coaches in the league's history only 4 have been able to do it. I know McD had 2 of the seasons because of the extra game as after 16 games he was 10-6 in both 2021 and 2023 but if you extrapolate to how many coaches have had 5 (let alone 6 for McD as he had 10 wins in 2019) 10 win seasons in a row that list only add Don Shula and Chuck Noll two Hall of Fame coaches. 

 

All 4 of those other coaches won at least one Super Bowl so that's also a good sign!

[DeepPass]

7 hours ago, Logic said:

I think this is a pretty jaw-dropping statistic.

I'd love to know who people think would walk through the door and be an upgrade over this...
 

 

Love the guy!!!!

[Buffalo Boy]

6 hours ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

praised yet ridiculed by fans. you can post all the success he has had and it will still come down to winning in the playoffs and advancing to the sb. if he doesn't do that for some, he and all his success will go along the wayside.

 

 

 

 

Is Marty Schottenheimer in the HOF?

No

His name is synonymous with an insult when talking about good but not great coaches.

That is the territory that awaits McD.

That isn’t because some Bills fans are curmudgeons. It’s a generally accepted and understood difference between good and great. 
“ You play to win the game.”

6 hours ago, MJS said:

Not true. Even the best teams in the NFL only have a small chance of getting to and winning a superbowl. That's just how it is. You get into the playoffs and you try to go on a run. You need a little luck, too.

 

Nobody should ever expect a superbowl because superbowls are not ever likely. Hoping for one makes sense. Believing that you have a shot at it because of the team, the QB, etc. makes sense. But expecting one is never wise.

Tell that to Walsh/Montana, Belichick/Brady, Reid/Maholmes

[Dan]

7 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said:

I expressed my thoughts in the other McDermott thread. But this is a really amazing feat for sure, especially considering how things were going last year. I hope he can take us to the promised land. 

 

My answer to your question is Bill Belichick. That's it IMO. That's the only guy who is available and would walk in and we would win a Super Bowl. I hate him as much as everyone else, it's making a deal with the devil. But that's the only other answer aside from staying the course.  

Do you think Pegula would condone all the cheating it would take for BB to win another SB?  

[BrooklynBills]

7 hours ago, FireChans said:

Is it a coincidence that every coach on that list, outside of Landry a million years ago, had either the best or second best QB in the NFL?

Reid did it with both McNabb and Mahomes.

[Mikie2times]

3 minutes ago, BrooklynBills said:

Reid did it with both McNabb and Mahomes.

15-3 with Mahomes,  3 Super Bowls, 4 conference championships 

 

11-13 without Mahomes, 1 conference championship

 

QB means nothing as most say on here 

[Harold Jackson]

7 hours ago, FireChans said:

Is it a coincidence that every coach on that list, outside of Landry a million years ago, had either the best or second best QB in the NFL?

You're saying Staubach wasn't the best of the best?