As a long, long time Bills fan, please do not fire McDermott.
Yes, this is not our year, we have issues, there is work to do this offseason schematically and on the roster.
But does no one remember the carousel of coaches this franchise has endured? McDermott is our second longest tenured coach. He has the best win% of any coach in franchise history. He consistently has put a competitive playoff team together despite many roster and injury woes.
Since 1998 we’ve had 9 different head coaches and bounced around being .500 for two decades. We are not a “rebuild” team right now. Firing McD leaves us with no HC, OC, or DC going into the offseason. And for what? What do we gain from that?
This team has performed at a Super Bowl caliber with McD at the helm. This year we are not, but we know what the potential is and what he can do with a healthy roster.
Can we please not be reactionary for once, go into the offseason, get an OC that schemes to Allen’s strength, add some WR depth, and figure out a way to keep our defense healthy?
It will ebb and flow as winning strategies evolve overtime. The Brady/Manning “field general” style offenses led teams to go all-in on their QB. This proved to be very expensive and not ultimately fruitful. Look at Super Bowl QB’s they’re generally either Brady, Manning, or young superstars still on team friendly deals.
The “cheaper” way to win was to find a coach that had a “system” that elevated mid-tier players. McVay and Shannan and their coaching trees have seemed to follow more of this philosophy. This has led to GM’s search for that winning system/coach more than the field general type player.
In reality, a championship team needs components of both, but currently we still seem to be more heavily in that “find the right system” mentality as opposed to “find the right players” across the NFL which is leading to the result that Brady is criticizing; players simply executing plays and not elevating offenses to their full potential.