10-30-2024, 03:42 AM
(10-30-2024, 12:31 AM)bfine32 Wrote: I agree, Only 3 teams have won it since 2016 and we're one of them. But all other AFC Teams have been hampered by not having the on-field talent we have.
All these other teams' Head Coaches were handicapped, simply because we had better onfield talent:
Buffalo Bills
New York Jets
Miami Dolphins
New York Jets
Baltimore Ravens
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans
Denver Broncos
Las Vegas Raiders
Los Angeles Chargers
Every single team on that list except the three in bold would trade their QB’s for Joe Burrow in a heartbeat. And in Baltimore’s case John Harbaugh has already won a Super Bowl. Probably would have more than one by now if his MVP QB didn’t turn into Andy Dalton every January.
The Bills have underachieved in the playoffs, and I’m sure deep down many of their fans have to wonder if McDermott is really the guy to win it all for them. Especially after 13 seconds.
At the end of the day Zac Taylor sucked into landing both Burrow and Chase, and then proceeded to ride the two of them, an opportunistic defense, and a kicker who went 19/19 in the playoffs to a Super Bowl. Cool. It was super fun. But that was 3 seasons ago now which in NFL years is an eternity. The fact is he’s a sub 500 coach who never has his team ready to start the season, and is about to miss the playoffs for a 2nd straight year (despite having a 4th place schedule). Probably looking at another last place finish too now that Cleveland isn’t hampered with Watson anymore.