Will McDermott's Defense Ever Stop Mahomes?

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Jeremy asks whether we should ever expect McDermott to slow down Mahomes in the playoffs. He points out how poor the defensive numbers look, and makes a comparison to Mike Tomlin.

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00:00I think maybe today's McDermott Day, because the one thing I did say, again, kind of recapping

00:06my conversation with Carrington Harrison, who called to ask about how we're handling

00:11it, I said, you know, I have every belief the Bills will be a better roster next year,

00:16and will they get a better result?

00:17I don't know.

00:19But should I think that they're going to ever stop Patrick Mahomes defensively?

00:24Should I ever think that's going to happen?

00:28It really has never happened in the playoffs.

00:31Is that a, as long as McDermott's the coach, I'm not expecting it?

00:36That's a good question.

00:37I feel like the fourth down stuff, or kicking field goals, or time management, that stuff

00:42is easier for fans, including myself here, that is way easier for us to say, what is

00:48wrong with you?

00:50How could you not understand how this works?

00:52And when we're talking about calling a defense, well, that's something he does understand,

00:57and I am not exactly going to say I do.

01:00So all I can do is look at the results, and if we look at the results in the playoffs

01:05against Mahomes, it starts to look like Tomlin in the playoffs.

01:12It's always 30 points.

01:14And last year, like, go through the numbers, Joe, AFC championship points, or whatever,

01:20playoff points, you give up to Mahomes.

01:22How many times have the Chiefs punted in four games?

01:25It's not many.

01:27It's not many at all.

01:29If you go back to 13 seconds, why do we think they're going to win 13 seconds?

01:32Because the Bills had scored so late that you didn't have to stop Mahomes.

01:37The clock would stop him, and it still didn't.

01:40Last year, one fumble out of the back of the end zone keeps that a one-score game.

01:44If Tyler Bass misses the kick, guess what probably happens?

01:48You probably do not stop him.

01:51They don't, ever.

01:54And I don't know that I'll ever think that they will in the playoffs.

01:57So I kind of have both sides of it right now rattling around in my head about, well, yeah,

02:03of course they'll be back here, and will they beat them?

02:05Maybe.

02:06They probably could have beat them once or twice already.

02:08And with some bad luck, or some bad calls, or some mistakes, they fall short.

02:14But I don't think this is the best version of the Bills that the Chiefs will ever see.

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