That FG Decision by McDermott

[Dan in Owego]

9 minutes ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:

Brady was awful today.  Don’t understand a lot of what happened.

Hopefully just getting a stinker outta the way🤔

[Ga boy]

2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

They are not brain dead they just have an agenda and make everything fit it. Defense blows? McDermott's fault. Offense struggles? McDermott's fault. Other team makes a great play? McDermott's fault. 

 

I thought he and Babich coached a good game today. Brady didn't have his best day but even there... he is hamstrung by what he has at wide receiver to an extent. I just worry a tad that Baltimore just gave Spags the blueprint.

Does KC have a comparable DL?

[Chicagobills]

Pretty easy decision to kick the fg imo... And I am usually 99% of the time want to go for it and be aggressive but not in that spot

[T.E.]

5 minutes ago, CoudyBills said:

He doesn't call the offense.  Are you fire McDermott people brain dead?

Yeah, I'm sure it's just a coincidence that every single coordinator he has shares his philosophy of playing not to lose in huge games and praying for the other team to screw up enough times to avoid losing. 

[Real McClappy]

Very tough call but the correct one after the 3rd down play failed hard. 

[mannc]

13 minutes ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:

Was the best and most important call of his career.

 

Everybody loves this unrelenting aggression on 4th down and McD shows a ton of it, arguably the second most after Dan Campbell. There’s also the common sense inclination that you let your best player win the game.

 

But the strategy of this game comes down to probability even when it’s boring.  Make your opponent be perfect.  You go up by 8 points, make them score the TD AND the 2 point conversion AND stop your final drive afterward.  Worst case scenario you take it to OT and accept your 50/50 odds there.  
 

It’s like making a big fold at a poker tournament with your two pair on a board with straights and flushes possible.  Not fun, but right.  

 

He made that decision with an entire city, many of whom hate him, watching over his shoulder.  Well done, coach.

The fourth down decision was correct.  The third down call was deplorable.  Two QB sneaks in a row were guaranteed to result in a TD

[Matt_In_NH]

15 minutes ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:

arguably the second most after Dan Campbell.

It is not arguable, he is second.

[Dr Krentist]

14 minutes ago, Dick_Cheney said:

It was the correct call.

 

I am not sure the third down offensive playcall was.

 

Yeah, that 3rd down shotgun run play reminded me of Dorsey. Sometimes you can't get too cute. 2 tush pushes and it's pretty much over.

[appoo]

15 minutes ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:

Was the best and most important call of his career.

 

Everybody loves this unrelenting aggression on 4th down and McD shows a ton of it, arguably the second most after Dan Campbell. There’s also the common sense inclination that you let your best player win the game.

 

But the strategy of this game comes down to probability even when it’s boring.  Make your opponent be perfect.  You go up by 8 points, make them score the TD AND the 2 point conversion AND stop your final drive afterward.  Worst case scenario you take it to OT and accept your 50/50 odds there.  
 

It’s like making a big fold at a poker tournament with your two pair on a board with straights and flushes possible.  Not fun, but right.  

 

He made that decision with an entire city, many of whom hate him, watching over his shoulder.  Well done, coach.

Yiou're giving him credit for this? No coach in the sport should have gone for that

[BuffaloRebound]

I think the terrible spot on josh’s 2nd down run threw off the playcalling on the 3rd down playcall, but Brady was terrible in the 2nd half.  Way too conservative the 1st 2 drives of 2nd half.  

[GunnerBill]

2 minutes ago, Ga boy said:

Does KC have a comparable DL?

 

It has Jones and Karlaftis.

[Matt_In_NH]

I mean in the moment it was like this sucks they did not score but was anyone arguing to go there?  Given you kick the FG and you force the opponent to score a TD and convert a 2 points vs you dont get in, they score you lose.  You had to kick....

 

The point with the 4th down aggression is that in many situations it is better to go for it than kick but there was/is this traditional view that "you take the points", the data says otherwise much of the time.  I will be curious what the win% is for that decision.

Edited 8 hours ago by Matt_In_NH

[KeLLy1278]

15 minutes ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:

Was the best and most important call of his career.

It was the most importantly call of this game. Of his entire career? Prisoner of the moment analysis. He made the right call at the right time. Good job by the entire team today.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

We won.  wouldn't have 9 outa 10 times in previous years.  As far as coaching, that's all you need to know. 1 game to the SB .

[FireChans]

6 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

They are not brain dead they just have an agenda and make everything fit it. Defense blows? McDermott's fault. Offense struggles? McDermott's fault. Other team makes a great play? McDermott's fault. 

 

I thought he and Babich coached a good game today. Brady didn't have his best day but even there... he is hamstrung by what he has at wide receiver to an extent. I just worry a tad that Baltimore just gave Spags the blueprint.

I'm not worried about the KC defense having a blueprint tbh. I do need them to get Cooper involved more.

[pigpen65]

17 minutes ago, Dick_Cheney said:

It was the correct call.

 

I am not sure the third down offensive playcall was.

Putting a guy in shotgun so he has to run 5 yards just to get back to the line of scrimmage was definitely not the correct call. Especially when they have a play that has proven unstoppable all season, even when the defense knows exactly what the play is. 

[GunnerBill]

Just now, FireChans said:

I'm not worried about the KC defense having a blueprint tbh. I do need them to get Cooper involved more.

 

Yea they have to. 

[dma0034]

Brandy's play calling in the 2nd Half was terrible. Overall the Bills were outperformed in the 2nd half but Mark Andrews had two costly mistakes

[Virgil]

And props to Bass for being perfect today. 
 

Yes to the OP, that was the right call.  

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

Has anyone seen the point spread for next week?  I'll guess KC by 3