Will He Reinvent Himself: Coach Sean McDermott

[SoCal Deek]

8 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

You’ve seen the outcome of this year’s playoff games? You should take that knowledge with you to Vegas! 

 

Personally, I’ll have to wait and see. 

 

 

We need you on that wall Augie. Keep up the positivity. 👍

[T master]

I don't think he needs to reinvent him self he learned from one of the best D coordinators in the business in Jim Johnson if i remember correctly i think he just needs the right players , He's had a few but the D line needs to be bigger ! 

 

Players like Eddy O are good but he's to small to be a part of the front 4, if he was a John Randal then yah but he's just not . I think this draft Beane has seen what we have all seen & will concentrate on that part of the team going forward .

 

It all starts in the trenches !! 

[Augie]

It’s funny, I just looked and FanDuel has the Bills as the #3 favorite to win the Super Bowl. We are right behind the Chiefs and the Lions, two teams we have already beaten this year. We are very good. Why can’t people just enjoy that? One day it will be our turn.

 

I think it would be foolish to start over. New coaches are nothing more than a gamble, just like draft picks. New coaches have new schemes, and new schemes require players with the proper skill set. It would be a setback in personnel and a gamble in coaches. No thank you. 

 

 

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Edited December 25, 2024 by Augie

[JohnNord]

49 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

You’ve seen the outcome of this year’s playoff games? You should take that knowledge with you to Vegas! 

 

Personally, I’ll have to wait and see. 

 

 

Surely he will check his bank account the next Bills playoff game versus a good QB, then go to the Sportsbook and bet 2X that amount on Buffalo losing.  
 

He has seen the outcome already.  

[amprov56]

43 minutes ago, Augie said:

It’s funny, I just looked and FanDuel has the Bills as the #3 favorite to win the Super Bowl. We are right behind the Chiefs and the Lions, two teams we have already beaten this year. We are very good. Why can’t people just enjoy that? One day it will be our turn.

 

I think it would be idiotic to start over. New coaches are nothing more than a gamble, just like draft picks. New coaches have new schemes, and new schemes require players with the proper skill set. It would be a setback in personnel and a gamble in coaches. No thank you. 

Could not agree more!

[Don Otreply]

It’s not complementary football when defensive play and scheme prevents the offense from getting on the field, 

[Livinginthepast]

On 12/23/2024 at 1:24 PM, LABILLBACKER said:

We don't have a Super Bowl Defense.  I'm sorry if this statement hurts some feelings. It's both talent and scheme.  We haven't had an elite pass rusher or game wrecking DL player in the Allen era. Then you factor in defensive injuries every year.  Since when has beating the Chiefs every year in the regular season ever translated to the playoffs. Milano was basically the closest thing to a dominant D player.  Now he's just an injury machine. Josh is Superman and yes he can put up points but if we get behind 14-0 against a playoff caliber team, it's probably over.  Sean either better find a great pass rusher or change his scheme.

I agree, its both the scheme and the talent. Soft zone is fine with a dominant consistent pass rush, but we havent had any of that recently. So we just get picked apart with receivers running wide open with no DB within 5-10 yards. Even an elite group of Dbs could not close on a receiver that wide open fast enough. To make matters worse the current db group seem to lack ball awareness and game intelligence. They rarely turn around on coverage and never anticipate or jump a route. This is what losing Poyer, Hyde and Milano in their primes has done to us. Elam to me looks like a Db that has all the tools but cannot seem to read the play fast enough. Bishop shows promise but then looks lost at times. What especially bugs me is Mcd's penchant for staying the course on a scheme that isnt working (like his soft zone) instead of switching to man . Is this current Db group just not capable of switching on the fly? Or would they be even worse in man? As for the defensive line, they need to be better, the pressure has sometimes been non existent and the tackling when Qbs like Goff and Stafford were bottled up has been hit and literally miss.

[RunTheBall]

The scheme is fine, our D-line isn’t good enough. It’s been that way for years.

 

 

[DeltaDigital]

On 12/23/2024 at 11:05 PM, LABILLBACKER said:

You're absolutely right. There's blame to go around on both sides. 2022 was such an emotional meltdown,  I can't really blame either side. But over 10 playoff games since 2019, the Bills have given up 248 pts.  That's almost 25 pts per game. 

2019 - McDermotts Defense Failed Josh Allen

2020/2021 - McDermotts Defense Failed Josh Allen

2022- McDermotts Defense Failed Josh Allen

2023- McDermotts Defense Failed Josh Allen

2024- ????

Fixed this for you. 

[SoCal Deek]

10 hours ago, RunTheBall said:

The scheme is fine, our D-line isn’t good enough. It’s been that way for years.

 

 

But shouldn’t you adjust your scheme for the roster you have? 

[stuvian]

to get back to the topic of the thread, I think McDermott has been reinventing himself every year. Look at the offensive philosophy change this year from pass first to run first. We have cut out turnovers in half as a result. That is a huge improvement due to coaching and scheme completely independent of bringing in better players. 

 

The NFL has engineered the rules so much that the bully defenses of the 1985 Bears and 2000 Ravens are no longer possible. As we don't have a Maxx Crosby, Bosa brother, TJ Watt or Micah Parsons the best we can do in engineer pressure. We have beaten the best teams in the league this season. I don't much care how we win only that we win. The main risk I see on D is that our offense scores so much so quickly that our D gets gassed.

 

I am confident that Clappy will call the right plays at the right time to engineer a coverage sack and turnover when we need one. SO I expect him to continue to evolve as a coach like he has every year with the changes in coordinator and philosophy we have already seen.

[Kelly to Allen]

23 hours ago, Augie said:

It’s funny, I just looked and FanDuel has the Bills as the #3 favorite to win the Super Bowl. We are right behind the Chiefs and the Lions, two teams we have already beaten this year. We are very good. Why can’t people just enjoy that? One day it will be our turn.

 

I think it would be idiotic to start over. New coaches are nothing more than a gamble, just like draft picks. New coaches have new schemes, and new schemes require players with the proper skill set. It would be a setback in personnel and a gamble in coaches. No thank you. 

You can't have Josh Allen and not go to and win multiple Superbowls. It's a sign something is seriously wrong. 

 

Again, this is not hard. 

 

All the other great QBs in their first 5-8 yrs were going to multiple super bowls 

 

Staubach, Kelly, Bradshaw, Marino, burrow, mahomes, big Ben, aikman, young, Montana, Brady, Manning, tarkenton, frickin Neil O'Donnell.... Enough is enough 

 

It's unacceptable. It's also not mutually exclusive. We are enjoying this Allen era and simultaneously want what every other fan base got with a generational QB. Multiple super bowl appearances and wins. 

 

Allen is going to be entering his prime here in the next year or two. I fully expect 3-5 super bowl appearances by the time he retires and 2 world championships. 

 

I like McDermott, good coach, good man and I want him here for a long time. But it's time to start going to super bowls. It's honestly kind of embarrassing and ridiculous at this point. Even ppl in the media and KC fans are waiting for McDermott to hold his end of the bargain and to stop the silliness in the playoffs. The media is literally begging McDermott to stop screwing it up so Allen can play in some super bowls. 

 

We've already flushed one ring down the toilet. At a certain point enough is enough 

 

Matt Stafford has got to and won a ring before Allen. Burrow has been, hurts has been. Again this is embarrassing and I'm frankly getting very tired of it.

 

I expect the bills to at minimum get to the super bowl. I'm picking them to win it. There's no reason they shouldn't. Unless McDermott and his defense can't force a single punt in the playoffs 

 

6 forced punts in the past 4 elimination games is utterly ridiculous and atrocious. 

 

Get it done, no excuses 

 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2024 by Kelly to Allen

[Kelly to Allen]

@Augie

 

I wish Josh Allen could throw 2 int in the 92 conf championship or only score ten points in the the 91 AFC championship like Kelly and go to a super bowl.

 

I wish Allens defense could force turnovers like that Bengals defense did in the 21 playoffs 

 

Maybe just maybe we can stop a hail Mary like that 95 Steelers O'Donnell team in the AFC championship 

 

Oh maybe Allen and the offense only score 23 points in the AFC championship but still advance like mahomes....🙄

 

 

Edited December 25, 2024 by Kelly to Allen

[Kelly to Allen]

Elway and big Ben ( two QBs most compared to Allen) and both played in an era with other transcendent QBs

 

Both already went to 3 super bowls in their first 7 yrs 

 

 

On 12/24/2024 at 12:13 PM, T master said:

I don't think he needs to reinvent him self he learned from one of the best D coordinators in the business in Jim Johnson if i remember correctly i think he just needs the right players , He's had a few but the D line needs to be bigger ! 

 

Players like Eddy O are good but he's to small to be a part of the front 4, if he was a John Randal then yah but he's just not . I think this draft Beane has seen what we have all seen & will concentrate on that part of the team going forward .

 

It all starts in the trenches !! 

 

I just want the Defense to be avg in this playoff run. That's all I'm asking for. And even if it's slightly below avg I'll still hold Allen accountable and blame him. 

 

I don't think it's asking that much from McDermott 

Edited December 25, 2024 by Kelly to Allen

[RunTheBall]

3 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

But shouldn’t you adjust your scheme for the roster you have? 

Idk what scheme works with undersized DTs, 2 average to above average DEs, and a bunch of stiffs backing up 

[waterglass]

On 12/23/2024 at 6:52 PM, Augie said:

 

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

 

You might want to work on comprehension as my point was he via Beane continually drafts undersize top draft picks for D Line. Dont put all on Beane as coach signs off and he has said publically numerous that he wants guys like that. 

[Gregg]

19 minutes ago, waterglass said:

 

You might want to work on comprehension as my point was he via Beane continually drafts undersize top draft picks for D Line. Dont put all on Beane as coach signs off and he has said publically numerous that he wants guys like that. 

 

If the defense disappoints again this playoffs, then Beane and McDermott should rethink their strategy on how the defense should be built. Enough with the smaller, quicker undersized picks for the DL. They need to go bigger and become more physical to win in the trenches. It's time to build a defense that can play the run better and get after the QB. You do that by winning at the LOS.

Edited December 27, 2024 by Gregg

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

If we don’t at least get to the Super Bowl this year I hope he reinvents himself in a different city. This year is it for me. This is 5 straight div championships, you have the best player in the league on the team. He’s also playing the most important position in sports. The only thing holding us back is the defense. Defense is why this coach has a job. Get to the Super Bowl or I want him gone. Make Brady the HC and bring in a DC with head coaching experience. Obviously I hope we just win the Super Bowl and this is never a conversation again….but get there or please stop wasting Josh Allen’s prime.

Edited December 27, 2024 by Brianmoorman4jesus

[waterglass]

I wrote an article about McDermott is in need to reinvent himself with respect to who he is drafting via Beane on the D line so I looked at the size of his D line which has been losing playoff games in similar fashion since they played the Texans in January 4, 2020 in OT when Allen once again had them in the lead. Our D just could not stop them. It’s a recurring annually Bills feature. Even Nick Wright has a video about it.  Then last week all Bills fans were lectured by some guy on radio named Mike Soap to say to use this historical comparison data is foolish. Sorry Soap as I am not NFL Woke nor am I in it for gambling. I didn’t count the 2018 playoff loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. I compared his D line to Kansas City D line. KC comes in at an average of 6' 3 1/4" in height for the front four starters @ 277.25 pounds. 

 

The Bills front four starters are respectively 6' 4 1/4" @ 283.25 pounds So on average the Bills are larger. The numbers are skewed higher by one very large player on both teams but overall on average the Bills are larger.

 

So if KC can do it why can’t we stop the run and get a consistent pass rush? [A] It appears that both teams play with similar gaps between the D linemen. [b] It appears that the Bills use the same D scheme as all other potential playoff teams. [c] What the Bills lack is at least one premier D lineman as the Chiefs have Chris Jones? So on the D line is it we need at least one D line beast aka Josh Allen to our Offense? 

 

Based on the size of other premier D linemen I would assume that a "Beast" would be a younger man at least 6' 6" and weigh 290 pounds. The Bills don’t have that person. 

 

This week I watched many very good NFL teams D lines were gashed by the running game. Exacty that same as the Bills. That includes Pittsburgh, Houston, Denver and a couple of NFC teams who also lost. They all play the same D. 

 

So is it time that NFL D lines went to a tighter D line spread to tighten the gaps between the D lineman to plug the interior of the line and force runs to the outside to use  linebackers as a stop gap measure against the run like it was back in the day? Times change with the physical attributes of the players. So is it time for a change in D line philosophy? So could McDermott become a crusader among NFL head coaches?. Possibly he will have a Divine intervention moment?  I hope so but wont hold my breath. 

 

So for your entertainment I attached this article as Bill Belichick aka Mr. Defense who makes a statement. 
 

 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/nfl/news/bill-belichick-makes-grim-prediction-for-buffalo-bills-over-poor-defense/articleshow/116717042.cms

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by waterglass

[DaVinci]

2020. "We will learn from this"

2021.  "We will learn from this"

2022   "We will learn from this "

2023.  "We will learn from this "

2024.  " We will learn from this "

 

I truly hope this is the year we do the learning.