DRM08 |
10-19-2024 12:31 PM |
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Originally Posted by smithandrew051
(Post 17751279)
Fans tend to evaluate coaches almost solely on game management decisions and play calling, because that’s all they see.
Easy to blame coaches for questionable decisions. Coaches rarely get much credit for managing their players, player development, self scouting, game planning, etc.
My hunch is that McDermott may well be better at the unseen stuff than Bills Fan realizes. Getting a better “in game” coach doesn’t always make your team better.
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In the Playoff game last season, I think McDermott had a pretty good strategy. His defense had a lot of injury problems. So he ran a ball control offense with 180 yards rushing and a dink & dunk passing game. Buffalo held the ball for 63% of the game clock. McDermott’s only big mistake was the fake punt, but Mecole Hardman immediately bailed him out with a fumble on the goal line.
The Buffalo fans want to act like Josh Allen is always perfect, but he made 3 big mistakes on their final drive against KC. He had a fumble and interception quality throw, but got away with both of them. Chiefs defense flat out blew it on those 2 plays. Later in the drive, Allen refused to throw an easy checkdown to Stefon Diggs. That would have picked up a first down and gained 15-20 yards. But Allen held the ball and tried to go for the end zone. His throwing motion was disrupted by Chris Jones.
Blame the coach. Blame the kicker. But their “perfect” QB made several huge mistakes at the end of that game and was damn lucky to avoid an actual turnover with the game on the line. Inconvenient truth!
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