Will He Reinvent Himself: Coach Sean McDermott

[SoCal Deek]

Let me try this again! It makes zero difference whether you’all think the Bills defense has averaged out to ‘good’ across the regular season. The ONLY thing that matters is can they win in the playoffs against better QBs (especially in the AFC) while the refs are calling fewer penalties.

 

Answer: no, they can’t ….we've seen how this movie ends year after year 

[US Egg]

56 minutes ago, waterglass said:

Thats correct as this guy is all about prayer but the guy upstairs IMO wants nothing to do with him as if he had his back he would go farther in the playoffs.  Coach throws many under the bus as in the Special Teams Coordinator after 13 seconds and then Fraiser after Cincinatti playoff game.  So hows the current Special Teams Coordinator. The guys a F up and should have been released last year. Coach also wanted Tyrod out of here faster than a speeding bullet for his miracle quarterback Nathan Peterman, another man of prayer. So solly he can talk the talk but the divine is not on his side. Coach needs to do a deep soul search and reinvent himself as he seems to have learned sheet after 7 years. 

So obviously not a subscriber of the “let him who is without sin” thing.

[Mikie2times]

13 minutes ago, amprov56 said:

12 - 3 and a perrenial playoff team, that's what I view! 

[JohnNord]

15 minutes ago, amprov56 said:

12 - 3 and a perrenial playoff team, that's what I view! 

That what a lot of us see

[JohnNord]

15 minutes ago, Governor said:

I think if we fired him this year after our exit, and went defensive heavy in the next draft, we’d be halfway there with a new scheme, or at least be as good as we are now (which is pretty bad) in 1 season. 2 drafts and we’d be ready to roll.

 

The other option is to give him an ultimatum. Hire a DC with new scheme and hands off the defense entirely, or you’re fired.

LOL I can really see Terry Pegula giving McDermott this ultimatum. 

[LABILLBACKER]

9 minutes ago, US Egg said:

So obviously not a subscriber of the “let him who is without sin” thing.

Oh we all have sins but usually with less than 3 minutes left in a playoff game, Sean's sins become mortal.  13 seconds usually sends you straight to hell.

[amprov56]

7 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

That what a lot of us see

Is it not true, trust me, I would take four SB losses and 13 seconds over 2000 - 2017!

[JohnNord]

13 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Let me try this again! It makes zero difference whether you’all think the Bills defense has averaged out to ‘good’ across the regular season. The ONLY thing that matters is can they win in the playoffs against better QBs (especially in the AFC) while the refs are calling fewer penalties.

 

Answer: no, they can’t ….we've seen how this movie ends year after year 

Someone needs to let the Christmas spirit into their negative frozen Buffalo heart

[Danger Mouse]

It's more likely that he'll win a Superbowl and all his haters will have to reinvent themselves

 

"Well, we would have won three if he wasn't such a dummy"

Edited 20 hours ago by Danger Mouse

[amprov56]

1 minute ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Oh we all have sins but usually with less than 3 minutes left in a playoff game, Sean's sins become mortal.  13 seconds usually sends you straight to hell.

I will taken 13 seconds over 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, and the 2000 - 2017, wake up and smell the coffee!

[Governor]

19 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Let me try this again! It makes zero difference whether you’all think the Bills defense has averaged out to ‘good’ across the regular season. The ONLY thing that matters is can they win in the playoffs against better QBs (especially in the AFC) while the refs are calling fewer penalties.

 

Answer: no, they can’t ….we've seen how this movie ends year after year 

The best I have ever seen McD’s defense was the 2nd Carolina playoff game against Arizona. What we did not know then is that McD defenses only play well against bad QBs. If you go back to their 15-1 schedule you see that it was all against aging, mediocre to bad QBs until the SB, which they blew at the end. Even Manning was a cripple by then but it was enough.

Edited 20 hours ago by Governor

[BananaB]

30 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

The biggest criticism of the Bills administration is “wasting the prime of Josh Allen.”

 

Want to see about 2-3 more wasted years?  Completely switch defensive schemes, when the majority of your players work best in their current scheme.  It takes a few years to do this effectively.

 

The better solution is upgrading the front 7

They have been trying to upgrade the front for half a decade. They drafted like 4 d lineman in the top 2 rounds, then went out and signed a 30+ edge rusher to mega deal. 

 

Bills are treading water. The same issues we had a few years ago are some of the same problems now. Every year it’s the same discussions on this board. Every ***** year. lol

 

This scheme is always gonna be a problem against better teams. They either let a shitload of points fast, or they let up a normal amount but let the opposing team chew up clock so our O gotta sit on the bench. Both ways are hard to watch. Having average QBs complete 3rd down after 3rd down in doing a number on my hairline. 

[Augie]

8 hours ago, waterglass said:

I love what he has done but I dont love his Defensive coaching scheme as it doesnt blend with his defensive line players that he wanted and they drafted. In my opinion all are great people but for D lineman they are all undersized as in simply too small. Thats my opinion having watched pro ball for over 50 years. Yep, I am an old goat but I do see it. Have you ever played football either with or without pads and block or run into someone who is 6" taller and / or 50 pounds heavier than you? They dont even feel it as its like your a mosquito. Thats my feeling with Ed O and AJ Epo and some others and when they are up against guys with their big boy pants on, forget about it. Then there was yesterday against the Patriots. As in huh? The Patriots O line. Remember the 1st two defensive series against Detroit. I loved it. Moving forward coach needs to realize that thse guys are simply too small for the position they were drafted. Forget about quickness over brawn. It doesnt work in this case and proof is all over the league. Just look at the teams rosters by O line position and height and weight. Why did coach ever think like that because some guy by the name of Andy Reid fired coach McDermott as Eagles D Coordinator years ago. So did Andy see what we are seeing on the field today with the D line? Coach needs to do some deep soul searching if he evens gets that chance. He could go the way of Rex Ryan. Rex had it all as Jim Schwartz wanted to be his D Coordinator. Schwartz is a TOP D Coordinator IMO. Same as Mike Pettine. I loved watching their D back in the day. It was exciting. But Rex went with the family affair. Jeesh. Now our D is always on the D. Its always been that way ever since McDermott came here in 2017. So is his D style a bunch of smoke and mirrors just like Rex? I mean when it really counts as in the playoffs. His defensive backs saved him yesterday. Coach please reconsider and start drafting big boy D linemen. 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Patriots/comments/1hityme/we_already_know_the_oline_is_but_these_pff_grades/

 

I don’t know about your point, but you might want to work on your presentation. 

[thenorthremembers]

3 hours ago, Mikie2times said:

 

McD's defense has been getting a pass on normal injuries for years now. Just because posters like you want to create the idea that our injuries are somehow unique and excessive doesn't make that actually real. You have nothing factual to base an opinion on that our injuries have been excessive or egregious outside of your desire to explain why our defense gets a free pass. 

 

I guess my real question is what does he need a pass for?  Having a top ten defense five of eight years?  Or having a .659 winning percentage as a head coach?    I am not going back over the entire injury history, but if you cant admit the Bills defense has been bit by the injury bug the last two seasons, I dont know what to tell you.     The truth is posters like you have a personal issue with McDermott despite him being a very good coach.    

[Mikie2times]

12 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:

 

I guess my real question is what does he need a pass for?  Having a top ten defense five of eight years?  Or having a .659 winning percentage as a head coach?    I am not going back over the entire injury history, but if you cant admit the Bills defense has been bit by the injury bug the last two seasons, I dont know what to tell you.     The truth is posters like you have a personal issue with McDermott despite him being a very good coach.    

I would like to see a game in February before I die with our Hall of Fame QB. Do you see more or less reason to think our annual post season defensive debacle will occur this year?  It's all but assured just like it's all but assured his fan club will proclaim every starter wasn't healthy as a reason to justify his negligence.  

Edited 19 hours ago by Mikie2times

[Freddie's Dead]

No, he will not.

[Governor]

49 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:

I would like to see a game in February before I die with our Hall of Fame QB. Do you see more or less reason to think our annual post season defensive debacle will occur this year?  It's all but assured just like it's all but assured his fan club will proclaim every starter wasn't healthy as a reason to justify his negligence.  

After yesterday’s game, this defense is susceptible to getting blown out and the game against a playoff contender being over at the half. You can’t start that way. It shouldn’t take a half to make adjustments and we shouldn’t be coming out vanilla in first half’s (like some claim.) 

 

I understand people’s fear of playing the Bengals. That would’ve been 28-0 at the half.

[JohnNord]

2 hours ago, Governor said:

The best I have ever seen McD’s defense was the 2nd Carolina playoff game against Arizona. What we did not know then is that McD defenses only play well against bad QBs. If you go back to their 15-1 schedule you see that it was all against aging, mediocre to bad QBs until the SB, which they blew at the end. Even Manning was a cripple by then but it was enough.

Correct… his whole .660 winning percentage comes from feasting on bad QB’s…got it

Edited 18 hours ago by JohnNord

[JohnNord]

To everyone that wants to pretend that the issue is the scheme or play calls on defense, here’s what Joe Buscaglia saw when he reviewed the tape and revealed why Buffalo struggled against the run:
 

It certainly begins up front, and while the defensive tackles likely get most of the attention for run defending, the defensive ends need to be on top of their games too — especially because teams have liked to use wide rushes to test the Bills’ linebackers and safeties.
 

At defensive tackle, it was not a good week, almost across the board. DaQuan Jones was the best of the bunch, though his impact wasn’t felt nearly as much as earlier in his Bills career.
 

Ed Oliver went from playing with his hair on fire against the Lions to being kept in place or even pushed off his spot in run defending versus the Patriots. They need more out of Oliver as a run defender, as that has been a strength of his game his entire career.

 

The top substitutes, Austin Johnson and Jordan Phillips, both struggled at the point of attack.

 

On top of that unit, the Patriots took advantage of three defensive ends in particular in the running game: A.J. Epenesa, Dawuane Smoot and Von Miller. 

 

Baylon Spector got the spot start with early-down duty in place of Matt Milano, and it was a struggle right from the beginning of the game. Spector left with a calf injury, and once Dorian Williams began to get every down work, the outside linebacker position immediately improved in run defending.

But it wasn’t just Spector. Middle linebacker Terrel Bernard has been on a rough run-defending stretch since that began after the bye week against San Francisco. Bernard has shown difficulties in getting away from blocks, and those blockers drive the linebacker up the field far too often. Bernard’s first two seasons have been all about flash plays, which can help change a game, and plays that he deserves credit for making. But in the consistency department, particularly as a run defender, he has left a bit to be desired now, almost two full seasons into his career. He shows flashes of being a better run defender, but they have been too infrequent, specifically over this four-game stretch.

 

So it appears that this is everything Bobby Babich said in his press conference.  They struggle because the front 7 loses one-on-one matchups.  

It has nothing to do with playcalling or scheme as it does with them getting their asses handed to them In the trenches.  

 

[LABILLBACKER]

3 hours ago, Danger Mouse said:

It's more likely that he'll win a Superbowl and all his haters will have to reinvent themselves

 

"Well, we would have won three if he wasn't such a dummy"

Maybe Sean will be visited tomorrow night by the 3 ghosts of Defense.