Welcome back to the Buffalo Bread Podcast. Dan,
things are happening. Big things. A few years
ago, I feel like we both were sort of dreaming
of this moment. And it's like one of those be
careful what you wish for moments because I'm
just like, uh -oh, I don't think this was the
right move. Buffalo Bills fire coach John McDermott
after nine seasons and what like a It's like
a hundred and five and fifty record or something
like that. I don't have it in front of me Yeah,
it was it was something very impressive. Mm -hmm
by winning percentage I believe he ends as the
winningest coach in Buffalo Bills history total
win second only to Marv Levy JJ with you there
were I think Mix reactions from Bill's mafia
some very strong reactions from the media today
just in the initial takes and I think a lot to
unpack because There is the move in and of itself
and what it means for right now in the short
term What it signals for the ascendance of one
brand and being in this organization as well
and the two moves being timed together has made
a lot of people think that Beans rise has come
at the expense of McDermott's job And that is
going to be something I think that Bean is going
to have to rectify with Bill's mafia in this
fan base. Outside of that, there's the long -term
implications of Josh Allen will have his second
coach of his career. Who is that going to be?
We are, of course, as a unified internet community
being like offensive minded head coach, except
there's not a lot of great offensive minded head
coaches this, this cycle, right? There's good
coaches, probably coaches with some potential,
but I think. I think there's a lot. I think there's
a lot. This is not an easy decision. And the
answers that we get even after we hire a hard
coach are not going to come easy as well. But
JJ, let's start with the move in and of itself.
What are your general thoughts on the bills moving
on from McDermott? I think generally, first of
all, I think that Brandon Bean's weird promotion
as this is happening is definitely adding fuel
to the fire that he did some backhanded nonsense
to send Sean out the door. to say like that we
need a change, this is the change I propose.
And it's extra dirty because he was hired by
Sean McDermott as a Carolina person that Sean
knew who could come into that role. And this
is the same Brandon Bean who has drafted two
Pro Bowlers in eight years. and who was also
quoted as saying, you're bitching about offense
or wide receivers when we had the best offense
in franchise history last year, followed up by
hiring street free agent veterans who were on
the cusp of retiring to try to fill in the receiver
core who had meaningful snaps and game clinching
catches in the playoffs. So my general thoughts
are like, I think the wrong guy left because...
I think we both would agree that Sean McDermott
had some warts as a head coach and made some
bad calls, right? He made some bad challenges.
He made some bad defensive scheme adjustments
and critical moments. He got out coached in the
playoffs by Andy Reid, especially multiple times.
But I feel like in the past two seasons, he was
doing more with less talent than he had done
anywhere earlier in his career as the head coach
for the Bills. So I don't think this fault that
I don't feel like the bill shortcomings in 23
24 25 fall squarely on his feet I think that
a lot of the roster building is the reason to
blame Yes, I think you could look at the bills
falling short the past couple of years. You could
point to a lot of different factors I have Crafted
my take to address the bean and McDermott things
separately. I think the bills made one correct
move and one incorrect move. I think the correct
move was getting rid of Sean McDermott. I really
do. I think, and here's what it is for me, everything
around this team has to center around the continued
development and now as he approaches age 30,
the longevity of Josh Allen. Since Brian Dayball,
listen, Sean McDermott has had how many cracks
at the OC? He's had, this is going to be his
fifth if Brady leaves. Yeah, it was four. It's
four. This would be his fifth, right? Yeah. So
for me, he has gotten it right with Dable. And
since Dable with Dorsey and Brady, you've had
very varied success. Listen, Brady, we talked
about it on the season end pod ironically yesterday.
I think Brady's going to be a very fine head
coach, even if I disagree with the way he sequences
plays and is a play caller. But the reality of
the offense that Ken Dorsey crafted, it was not
creative. It didn't suit Josh's strengths to
be his best. And the offense that Brady created,
I think started out well -meaningly as we need
to take pressure off Josh, but it ended up minimizing
Josh in a lot of ways in this scheme until the
scheme no longer worked. And then it was Josh
doing Josh things, as we always say, compounded
with that. carrying a bad roster into the playoffs
year in and year out, with the exception of the
offensive line and the run game. Josh was being
asked to do ironically more in this scheme. And
this year, I think we underrate how much of a
physical toll that took. Had some great interactions
on socials today. And one of our users pointed
out that points per game were the same this season
as they were in Dables last season. And I pointed
out that is correct, but Josh took more hits,
more sacks. and ran the ball at a higher rate
combined than he has in his entire career. You
cannot be plotting an offense around that anymore.
So for me, I think the organization made this
move for Josh in part because I don't think McDermott
for as good a man as he is and as great a leader
as he is and as good of a defensive mind as he
is. I don't think he deserved after the Dorsey
Brady experiment to take another crack. at refilling
and redesigning this offensive staff. I think
it was time for fresh eyes to get on Josh and
really do what we talked about a lot of these
newly hired head coaches have done. Mike Frable,
Mike McDonald bringing on Kubiak to work with,
Sam Darnold out in Seattle. Ben Johnson, Liam
Cohen. If you've got a QB, you suit the scheme
around the QB and what the QB is good at, right?
Dorsey didn't do that. I would argue Brady didn't
do that, right? Tried to turn Josh into some
game manager. And the toll it took on Josh this
season. Listen, he's on the Cam Newton path.
We want him to be on the Matt Stafford path where
he plays till he's 38. Right now he's on the
Cam Newton path. And I think the organization
realized that. It was time for fresh eyes on
the offensive scheme, fresh eyes on Josh. And
listen, we've talked about the defensive scheme
stagnating as well. You can absolutely argue
injuries and personnel were a big issue with
this year. What about last year? Like, dude,
we have always said, well, if the, if the bills
are just healthier, if the bills are just this
13 seconds, they had every, everybody that they
needed, except for Trey white on the field. Right.
They lost to Kansas. We keep saying, oh, they
just need to be the one seed and then they're
going to get a home game against Kansas city.
They've had a home game against Kansas city in
Buffalo and they still lost it. Like at some
point. Doing the same thing over and over again
and if it's not getting you anywhere You've got
to make this change the timing sucks because
I think Compared to last year the coaching candidate
pool is not as good as it was But I think the
firing of Sean McDermott is justified for all
those reasons I just love them, but you cannot
trust them to rebuild this offense after what
we've seen with Dorsey and Brady I Think those
are fair points. I think that you know, like
I kind of kicked off the show We we had pointed
to the reasons we thought this had to happen
for years And now that it has, it's sort of like,
wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, because you're
worried because you're afraid. Like change is
scary. Transition is scary. We're the dog that
caught the mailman. Finally, now we don't know
what to do. Oh, my God. My dog caught a deer
once and also didn't know, you know, like it's
incredible. Long time ago, a long story. But
we didn't murder. Nobody was murdered or harmed.
It was fine. But similar like Chase's deer corners
one. It's there. And he's just like, I'm going
to wag. I don't know what I would do. But anyway.
So yeah, it is exactly that situation where it's
like, okay, this is the thing we asked for, but
oh no, what do we do now? I think you're right.
And I think that two things make me feel a little
bit more comfortable with this transition and
this change. One of them is that we know that
Sean McDermott, it seems like from things we've
heard from verifiable sources, none of them are,
other people who are real media people have verified
them. He's a very hard person to work for. That
was that was known, right? Like he had multiple
coordinators. They see the bill seemed to always
be promoting from within because he was very
particular. He was very detail oriented. They
even said, you know, in the farewell message,
which also called him an admiral that that was
pathetic. You can't spell check this for two
seconds and just shoot it off like that felt
terrible. Like for somebody who pulled the bills
out of the drought. won the division five straight
years and put them in the playoffs eight of nine
years with at least one playoff win. That's in
seven of those years. To just have that go out
and have it look sloppy was bad. But essentially
the detail -oriented thing that they pointed
to in that, when I saw that I was like, that
might be like a backhanded shove out the door
of like, this is, we served us this way. This
is why you're being fired. This is why you're
done, right? Like because I think that you know,
again those media sources He might have been
a difficult person to work for caused a rift
with Brian Dable who was doing amazing things
with Josh Allen for all of those reasons if they
want to rebuild the whole thing they need new
voice they need new eyes and they need somebody
who's not gonna rip play calling away from the
DC for better or worse and Demand that they play
his scheme because I think Sean McDermott is
a brilliant defensive mind I just think that
he'd been out -brillianted too many times in
critical moments and that was part of the reason
the move happened. So for that, somebody who
is willing to be a football CEO or an offensive
focused person who then gets a bright defensive
mind in place could be a good move for this team.
Or vice versa. I don't know that this has to
be. an offensive minded coach. Again, Mike McDonald
is a defensive minded coach, but understood what
he needed to get out of Sam Darnold and brought
out a guy in, it's Clint Kubiak out there, right?
Yeah. Yes. Brought out a guy in Clint Kubiak
who he knew he could do it. Mike Frable, not
an offensive guy, knew what he had in Drake May,
brought in a guy who knew who he could get the
most out of him, right? I will take smart and
a good leader and a good leader of men. Above
like nifty play caller. I think we've seen the
nifty play caller thing Missed and it more than
it is hit and if I'm the Bills and I'm Bills
mafia I would caution us in getting enamored
with the Nate crack next great offensive mind
because Ben Johnson There's not a Ben Johnson.
There's not a Liam Cohen in this particular coaching
pool for as good as some of these guys are I
think the guys that are that are still a little
bit too young. Davis Webb hasn't called plays,
but he could be a guy. This guy, what's his name?
I always butcher his name. He's like the pass
game coordinator for LA under Sean McVeigh. Slee
Slack or something like that. Something like
that. I always brutalize his name. I'll look
it up. Right? Like he's probably a year or two
away in a couple of cycles from being a real
verifiable guy. I just, you know, I think you
just got to go with the best candidate. who is
going to give you the best vision for Josh, and
then the best vision for this team, and then
prove to you that they're going to bring in the
staff that is needed in order to do that. Like
I wouldn't overlook a guy like Jesse Minter with
the LA Chargers. I think he's a sharp defensive
mind. And I think you got to realize too, the
cap situation, I could be wrong. Bean could have
like secret outs out of all the extensions that
he put out there and all of a sudden create cap
space. But I mean, we're up against the cap.
We have put a lot of bad extensions out there.
Greg Rousseau is not a $20 million a year guy.
Terrell Bernard can't stay healthy and even when
he's healthy, he's like, he is a suitable coverage
linebacker that gets washed in the run, right?
All these things that we could go up and down
about, they're anchored to Josh Palmer for another
year. I think they can get out of the Curtis
Samuel contract, right? But like all that said,
like, you're not going to blow up this defensive
roster. right away. You know, there's just pieces
you cannot move on. So you bring in a guy like
mentor who's a great defensive mind can work
with the pieces when healthy on this defense
that are needed to stabilize it, and then see
what he's willing to bring in as far as an offensive
coaching staff. But again, fresh eyes, someone
that doesn't have a pre existing relationship
with Josh, that can evaluate him not Not through
the Jack draft process like the bills did and
getting to know him and not through all the years
of golfing trips these had with Brandon Bean,
but from an X as a nose tape standpoint, here's
what this kid can do. Here's what he can't do.
Right. And here's what we don't need him to do
anymore. You know, I think when you are, when
you are talking about a third year old quarterback,
all those things need to be on the table. So
JJ, let's talk about the Brandon B thing. Cause
like, so I think the McDermott, I said there
was a right and a wrong decision made today.
I think the correct decision was getting ready
McDermott. I think the incorrect decision was
getting rid of Brandon Bean. I do think his elevation
to president of football operations does mean
that at some point I do believe he'll bring in
a GM or a new director of player personnel to
really fill the roster, but he's, he's got to
bug up his butt. after everyone has derided him
this year for the crappiness of the roster builder,
the wider receiver room. I think he wants to
go try to go nuclear for one more off season.
Granted with what assets I don't know, but I
think he's going to want to try to prove everybody
wrong because he listens to that stuff. And then
after he puts a better roster out on the field,
I think he, I think there is. I think there's
a better than zero chance that he eventually
gives up personnel duties and focuses on running
the organization. That was my read on this move
because it's hard to do both of those jobs. I
also got the sense too that the change with Bean
to now overseeing the coaching staff. So for
those of you in Bill's Mafia who are not involved
in like understanding the org chart of how everything
works with the Bills, both McDermott and Bean
reported directly to the Pagulas in ownership,
right? And I think you started to see some tension
and some fraying in the relationship between
McDermott and Bean because there were probably
things that Bean did that overrode what McDermott
did and vice versa as well, right? Now, that's
not going to happen. The buck stops with Bean
with this coaching staff, right? So knowing all
that and knowing that Brain and Bean has somehow
secured even more control in this organization,
now JJ. What are your feelings on the Bills keeping
Brandon Bean? Before I saw that it was a promotion,
I thought it was a Doug Whaley situation. I think
we texted about that a little bit. It's like,
okay, maybe he's in place by name just to get
a new coach in the door and then they'll let
him walk to and the coach will have a role in
picking his GM. I thought that was a situation
because that had been Pagula's playbook in the
McDermott and Bean hiring cycle. But then the
promotion promotion you don't you don't do that
if you're gonna just like let him or you're gonna
Let him go after the draft like you don't do
that. It just looks super sloppy And I don't
think that they necessarily care about looking
sloppy given their press releases Yeah, but it's
a situation where I think that you know Yeah,
I mean really all he has to do is step up into
the president of football operations role and
then he can start you know sexually harassing
female employees like Russ Brandon and then Make
a really like, you know namby -pamby Resignation,
you know that doesn't address the things he was
doing. No, I hope Brandon I don't think he's
better character than that. I think but yeah
No, I think I just wanted to bring up bring up
that dark mark on the franchise history I don't
know man. I like I'm with you that I feel like
he he does take it personally. He does have a
big ego Clearly there was some sort of schism
that had formed between him and Sean over the
years. And I think it probably over the past
few years because of Sean McDermott repeatedly
having to make teams, competitive teams out of
a non -competitive parts of the roster. And in
some regards, I think that Sean can be blamed
too. I think he frustrated Brandon Bean by insisting
of some players be brought back. Like I don't
know that Bean is chasing down Dane Jackson for
another contract. Yeah. Be after the date. And
that's the thing. And we may never know until
the 30 for 30 on this thing comes out, but what
the bills did after trading stuff on digs, which
I still disagree with that move. And like, we
can talk about those implications because I think
there's a factor there too, that led to this,
but, um, Like the Bills made this bold move that
they were going to reset this roster. Like so
many other teams, New England in the past with
Tom Brady, like the Chiefs had already done once
with Mahomes after getting rid of Tyreek Hill.
The Bills were now going down that path. And
then after they get to the AFC championship,
they bring back a lot of retreads. You know what
I mean? Like, and then they got some of the good
signings they did make, like a Shaq Thompson.
I, for the life of me, will never understand
why Shaq Thompson was competing for starts. And
to me, that's a McDermott thing, right? That's
McDermott being loyal to his guy, right? And
Shaq Thompson. We all saw it on film. We all
saw it on the, in the game broadcast was clearly
the better player given whatever Bernard was,
was doing. McDermott was simply not willing to
walk away from him, right? Until, until Bernard
made the decision for him by, by having to set
out because of an injury for a few games. You
know what I mean? But like Shaq Thompson has
said, he wants to come back, but He wants to
start somewhere. And right now with Milano likely
gone, there's no reason why Shaq Thompson shouldn't
be starting for this team. And it felt like McDermott
was a little bit of a barrier to that because
of his loyalty to some of the guys on the roster.
Like it cuts both ways. Like the roster sucked,
but McDermott also didn't always play the right
notes. I mean, let's go back in our time machine
to Tim Settle and Puna Ford. Today I have found
myself thinking... more than any person should
about Tim Settle and Puna Ford because these
were players that offered something. Yeah. Right.
These were two really good players that the Bills
brought in. Flamed out with this team in this
scheme and this defensive line scheme went to
other teams Houston and I think Puna was with
the LA Chargers. Yep. And gangbusters, right?
Puna Ford is indispensable to the Chargers at
this point. You know what I mean? But couldn't
make it work here. You know what I mean? I just
like, again, it goes both ways. And to me, it's
a sign that GM and coach were not always on the
same page. with the groceries that were on the
shopping list and how the meal should be cooked
to pull out a bill parcels. I've always loved
that reference. Right. So if you're the organization.
and you have the political leverage that Brandon
Bean does, because he's close to Josh, he's close
to the Pugulas, he's close to a lot of people
in the Pugulas in her circle, you play that leverage
and you're like, listen, this is a move that
signals that the Bills felt the roster was competitive.
And we can all laugh at that, right? But what
are the Bills in reality? They're a team that's
won as many games as you said, in large part
to McDermott. But they're also a team that has
led the league in point differential over the
course of that time as well. That doesn't have,
that doesn't happen because your roster sucks
every year. You know what I mean? It's gotta
be a mix of good coaching, but you're hitting
on some of these guys too. So, you know, it's
to me, to me, if there was ever going to be that
fight between the guy buying the groceries and
the chef making the meal, it was always going
to be the guy buying the groceries. Cause he
had the leverage with ownership and leverage
with the QB. Yeah, I mean I I sent a gift to
my like Bill's fan chat of a baseball player
sliding into a base Face -first up the second
baseman's took us to I was like live look at
being with Pugula Yeah, I'm pretty much that
just it just feels a promotion a Promotion and
the firing of the head coach in the same day
is just like whoa Yeah, so he definitely has
has the voice is the voice that Pugula is listening
to in there in the building And so, this is a
situation where, you know, for better or worse,
we will see how this roster looks, and then whomever
is actually cooking the meal, food they can produce.
Without a doubt. Because it's been edible for
a while, but there have been seasons it hasn't
reached past one Michelin star. Yeah, and I mean,
to me, that, like, this is the most vanilla,
simple take I can give. Nin McDermott have had
shared success and shared failure. And to me,
they should have owned the accountability for
the most recent failure and they both should
have been gone. Like I think, I think it's, and
I could be proven to be wrong. Like Bean could
go trade for Justin Jefferson all of a sudden
and find his like his, his chutzpah again, when
it comes to making bold moves. He could trade
two first round picks and go get our Will Anderson
and Arvel Reese, right? Like he could go do all
those things or he couldn't and he could continue
to play money ball with this roster. Who knows?
But I think the shared success and the shared
accountability. both need to be acknowledged.
And I think the Bills only did half of that job.
And by keeping Bean, I think ultimately the franchise
made a mistake. Yeah. You should start trending
big backstabber Bean on our socials. Dude, I
will. Do it, please. That is the type of shit
posting that we have been coming off for. It'll
take off. It really will be. It really will be.
JJ, I want to talk a little bit about I want
to, we're going to wrap this up and we're going
to give, I think, our takes on who we want the
bills to target. There's some great candidates
out there and things like that, but I need to
get your take on something. You know, we've talked
about the internal factors that probably forced
this move, the ticking clock that is in everyone
in Orchard Park's brain about Josh Allen's age,
his window, his prime, how long it'll be open,
the physicality he plays with, all those things,
right? How much do you think the Patriots' success
this year? factored into this, right? And let
me, and I've given you a lot of long runways
for questions tonight. I will keep this one short.
Vrabel comes in one year and it's a turnaround.
And he plays the CEO type, which you think you
got McDermott, who correctly identifies how the
QB needs to be managed. He takes one of your,
whatever you want to say about Stefan Diggs,
but he takes someone who is a franchise cornerstone,
a historic all -time great Buffalo Bill, after
a disgruntled end to his run here and an injury
-plagued run in Houston, brings him in, not only
makes him a competitive contributor again, but
as someone who has said, at least in all of his
media takes, that he's actually buying in to
what variable has to say, right? Do you look
at any of New England success and the fact that
listen, I hate to say this Bill's mafia Drake
may is gonna play in a Super Bowl before Josh
Allen like Jared Stidham is not not stopping
New England and Drake may so given that Drake
may will reach a Super Bowl before Josh Allen
and The success that variable had in turning
that around. Do you think now that the Patriots
are back played any role in the bills decision?
Yeah, absolutely. And I think it If it, it's
not going to be the thing that made, they didn't
think of the thing because of that, but that
is the catalyst that drove a sense of urgency
to make the decision. Right? Like I think this
decision, clearly they'd probably been considering
it. I think they'd probably been considering
it for two years now at this point of disappointing
losses in the playoffs. this, but I do think
that having a more competitive AFC East, looking
around and being like, oh man, we can't sit,
we can't rest on our laurels and be the same
old Bills this year, next year, et cetera, because
we have, we just lost the division for the first
time in five years and the Patriots don't seem
to be a team that's going to go away, right?
And so I think that there was a sense of urgency
created by this. I don't think this is the reason,
but I think it created a sense of urgency. Yeah,
I agree. Um, I think this happens even if Houston
beats New England, but I think this is weighing
on that. That's a factor in their mind. And listen,
they chose Joe Brady and what Sean McDermott
and Joe Brady wanted the vision of this offense
to be over keeping Stefan Diggs, right? Stefan
Diggs is still a competitive player. He's still
a contributing player But this is the reason
why he talked his way out of Buffalo wasn't I
think do there's a relationship with Josh He
saw what Brady wanted to do and was like not
for me. I'm not blocking I'm not gonna be on
the field 40 snaps a game and blocking for 32
of them Exactly. Exactly, you know, so so I mean
listen Time time will tell if this was the correct
decision or not I think, and this is where, well,
before we, before we end real quick, what are
your thoughts on who the bill should target?
I've got Jesse Minter at the top of my list.
And I like him as a package deal because he's
got some connection with Mike McDaniel. I like
him or Kubiak coming out of, out of LA as like
the new young up and coming head coach, both
of whom have a lot of ties to the Shanahan McVeigh
coaching tree. and then Minter with the Harbaugh
coaching tree as well and could bring in a guy
like McDaniel to be the OC. Well, I think the
person you were trying to think of was Neil Scheelhaus.
Yes. Yes. He feels a year early. Yeah, passing.
He's definitely not head coach material, but
like he's the kind of player or he's the kind
of coach that I feel like you might be able to
pry out of the Rams with an OC offer if you have
a a coach that wants a good OC that's up and
coming. I mean, Shula might bring them around.
Right, right, right. Yeah, no, I think that those
are good. Your picks are similar to my picks.
I will go in a different direction and tell you
who I absolutely do not want to see because I
don't know the field enough to give you ideas
of who I do want to see. I do not want to see
Brian Dable as a head coach of this team. I do
not want to see Mike Tomlin, even though they'd
have to trade for him, which is insane. He's
already stated to teams calling him that he's
not interested in coaching. 26. And then I am
horrified that they'll hire Mike McDaniel or
Brian Flores, right? Like there are retread coaches
in the league that I'm very afraid of Pegula
or being making the decision to bring in because
I think that's a step down for McDermott. Yeah.
Um, there's been a lot of like, Hey, bring day
ball back. And for me, again, day ball, buy him
a beer. Whenever I see him in Buffalo, you know
what I mean? For everything that he did for Josh,
but, and for this franchise, this is a, this
is a win now move. This is a, you're the new
head coach of the Buffalo Bills. Your job year
one is to variable it. It's to get to the Superbowl
and do the thing that we have never been able
to do before. Brian Dable. is an emotional head
coach that does not know how to modulate through
the inevitable downturns in the season. He is
great when things are going great and he is horrifying
when things are going bad. And I do not think
after the flawed but steady hand of Sean McDermott,
you want to bring a guy as volatile as Dable
into this clubhouse. And Flores is a little bit
of the same way. I would love him as a DC, but
as another head coach run, I agree with you,
but I'd love him as a DC. I'd love him as a DC
a lot. Yeah, I think he's good for that. I would
also love anyone from his staff as a DC. You
know, like their DB coach, I can't remember his
name, but he's getting some looks for head coaches
jobs right now. I'd snap that dude up in a second
to go call plays. Anthony Weaver, again, he's
on the outside looking in for my finalist list
here for head coach, but shoot, man. If you are
any one of these head coaching candidates, the
staff that you're going to bring in is going
to matter maybe more than, more than the hire
itself. Right. So if you are a guy who can, and
this is the only situation I would maybe be okay
with Mike McDaniel. If you can pry a guy like
Anthony Weaver away. Yeah, man. I mean, so we'll
see how it goes. I think for Sean McDermott,
he's going to have opportunities. If I am Tennessee.
I'm absolutely not hiring Matt Nagy and I'm calling
Sean McDermott tomorrow. If I'm LA or Las Vegas,
I'm not hiring Joe Brady. I'm calling Sean McDermott
tomorrow. Even though how funny would it be?
Like the least Vegas guy in the world and then
they're going to draft Fernando Mendoza, who
is the least Vegas QB you could imagine. Those
two guys are on the face of the franchise of
Sin City. I'd be amazing. It'd be amazing content.
But if you're Las Vegas, you make that call.
Like if you're the Browns, like I know like you're
going to suck for a couple of years. And this
is why you're considering promoting Jim Schwartz
on a short term deal until you can get a QB and
hire a real coach. Right. But like, go get your
real coach now. Right. Yeah. Like go let Sean
McDermott play with Myles Garrett and that defensive
line. Oh my gosh. Give him a five year deal.
And you know, Myles Garrett will set the sack
record for those years. Exactly. He's built,
that's the thing is like in the off season pre,
you know, pre 2025, the smoke around Miles Garrett
potentially being traded. I think that would
have like, that probably would have fixed the
defense. I mean, yeah, so much would have fixed,
so much would have fixed the defense, right?
There's no reason rehashing all that. Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah. So I don't have. many ideas in terms of
which direction I want them to go in. It's all
very fresh. I'll dig into that as the coaching
carousel spins. But I do know that I don't want
another retread. I don't want a Belichick -Dable
coaching. That's been floated around on socials
too. Bringing back Bill Belichick from the college
ranks and then have him hire Dable as his OC.
He would do everything, including maybe kidnapping
Drake May to make sure he beat the Patriots every
day, every week. Well, yeah. I know, man. Belichick,
talk about a culture killer. Talk about a culture.
And listen, we may be threading too fine of a
needle, but like, I don't want to win that way.
You know what I mean? I want to do it the right
way. Like it would be dishonorable to the legacy,
I think, of this franchise to do it that way.
Like we've handled losing so well over the years.
My daughter, we're watching the Four Falls of
Buffalo, my annual tradition when the Bills don't
make the Super Bowl. And we, we left it off and
we got to pick it up with Bills fans after Scott
Norwood missed the field goal in the, what was
it, the 1990 against the Giants in the 1990 Super
Bowl, right? And like everybody on the steps
of, you know, City Hall, like chanting for him,
screaming his name. I'm like, you see. That's
what we do as Bills Mafia. We always support
our own, no matter what. And a guy like Belichick
absolutely kills that, you know what I mean?
So, yeah. Please, Scott, no. And speaking of
supporting our own and having class, I think
that Sean McDermott's a way, and we can end with
this, his message to the Mafia, to the fans,
to the players, city of Buffalo to everybody,
was super classy. He was a class act the whole
way through, you know, really respectable guy.
Same. Yeah, same. I wish him the best. I thank
him for, I mean, he brought us out of the drought
before we drafted Josh. A lot of people forget
that. He did it with Tyrod Taylor, right? And
a lot of Rex Ryan holdovers. So, I mean, the
man is a good coach who set the standards for
this franchise to become great. He failed to
meet the new expectations and standards that
he himself helped to build, but it doesn't mean
he was a failure. He was a great coach. He gave
us great memories, and we wish him nothing but
the best. Absolutely. All right. Bills Mafia,
that should be it. So JJ and I are not going
to record regularly, but we're not going to go
on our full off -season hiatus here because obviously
the Bills are going to hire a coach. in the next
couple of weeks before the start of the league
year. And we're going to come back to give you
our thoughts on that. But until then, like, share
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