Bills expected to hire CB coach Pellegrino from Patriots

[MrEpsYtown]

10 minutes ago, Coffeesforclosers said:

So we're bringing in people with different DL philosophies and more press/man oriented coverages.

 

Sounds great. Where do I sign up? Looks like McD realized his scheme is lacking with or without elite play from the Safety position.

 

20 minutes ago, T master said:

 

Both Beane & McD are more than willing to make the changes needed after looking over the tape from previous seasons no matter how hard those decisions might be but they make them, the haters just need to realize this fact .

 

I hope it's a change. The best thing Nick Sirianni did was give up control of other side of the ball and it put it in the hands of Moore and Fangio. Sirianni is a mediocre coach who hired excellent assistants and let them do their thing with the talent they have. 

 

McDermott needs to do the same. He fully takes on the CEO role that he is pretty good at and lets go of the other sides of the ball. Let Babich and these new hires work together to develop a new identity.

 

Lock McDermott out of the room and let those guys cook. 

[SoonerBillsFan]

Potentially a good hire

[Big Turk]

so is he just being added or are they replacing their current DB coach?

[bouds]

32 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

so is he just being added or are they replacing their current DB coach?

 

No news on someone being let go, but we did lose our Nickel Back coach to the Pats, so this seems like a fill in.

[colin]

2 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

I wonder if Jahmile Addae is out.   

 

I was so glad he left the U because the Hurricanes CB's were a mess with him there(and he didn't recruit well, which matters in college).........so I wouldn't be surprised if he is blamed for not getting better results from the CB room in Buffalo too.   He was supposed to fix Elam with his different than John Butler technique training.  

 

Didn't happen.

if we can use what we saw on the field as data, we had a horrible downgrade at secondary coaching.

 

our dc was LBs, and the other guy up for the spot was DB coaching.  i'm hoping that the new additions for our d coaching staff pay off quickly, but the immediate info tells us mcd promoted the wrong guy.

[BADOLBILZ]

7 minutes ago, colin said:

if we can use what we saw on the field as data, we had a horrible downgrade at secondary coaching.

 

our dc was LBs, and the other guy up for the spot was DB coaching.  i'm hoping that the new additions for our d coaching staff pay off quickly, but the immediate info tells us mcd promoted the wrong guy.

 

It wasn't a great debut for Babich, that is for sure.   I don't know if that means Butler should have been hired though.  They went from the HC calling plays to hiring a new DC so there is a bit of an "OC for Andy Reid" level accountability vibe for whoever takes over the Bills D.   It's kinda' been McD's defense either way.   Eric Washington also got poached and given the DC job in Chicago(and failed).

[All_Pro_Bills]

1 hour ago, bouds said:

 

No news on someone being let go, but we did lose our Nickel Back coach to the Pats, so this seems like a fill in.

There's a NB coach? That sounds like an incredibly specific assignment. 

[BillsFooteball]

D.J. Reed is my #1 free agent target and big realistic move for the offseason. Would love to add Holland at FS but believe the cost will be too much. 

[Don Otreply]

On 2/9/2025 at 8:48 PM, Magox said:

Could be.   No matter what defense we trotted out against the Chiefs or Bengals for that matter, our defense was always outclassed.

 

They need to inject fresh ideas, looks and schemes.   But they don’t have the personnel to run that.

 

They have to get another quality corner opposite side Benford, another safety that is a level above Rapp or Bishop and another quality pass rusher.

They don’t have the personnel to run what they do now, this potential scheme modification might be just the ticket to help the guys we have / are keeping perform at a higher level, 🤞🤞

[DrPJax]

Was he on their staff when Josh had his perfect playoff game?  Just brining in someone doesn’t mean a defensive philosophy change. Has Mcd changed the prior 8 years,,,,does he have a rep for being open minded and flexible ?  Or would he draft a man corner in the first round , know for being handy and penalty prone in college , and adapt the d around the players strengths , or would he force a square peg into a round hole? Hmmm?  Yeah , nothing matters until next years first game , then it counts and we’ll see.