We are less than 48 hours away from kickoff in Denver where the Buffalo Bills are looking to pull off an “upset” against the Broncos. Yes, the quotes are around the word “upset” because while Denver is the No. 1 seed, they are not the best top team we have seen. They aren’t as powerful as most top seeded teams, but in the end, they did earn the right to get home field advantage.
Most of the time, you would think that the top seed in the conference should take care of business against the team that is second to bottom in the playoff conference. However, that isn’t the case this time.
For as much as the Bills are banged up on offense and have had their issues on that side of the ball this season, when Josh Allen is under center, anything is possible for this offense. We’ve seen it countless times.
As for Sean McDermott, he is facing a bit of pressure in these playoffs whether fans want to admit it or not. If the Bills didn’t win last Sunday against Jacksonville, there would have been a lot of fans angrily demanding for a change and it’s hard to disagree with them.
Even though McDermott is still one of the top eight head coaches remaining in these playoffs, it seems like he still needs to overcome any doubts that people have with him.
Sean McDermott has to keep proving his worth on Saturday vs. Broncos
Lou Scataglia from NFL Spin Zone recently created power rankings for all the head coaches that remain in the playoffs, and Scataglia put McDermott as the worst out of every head coach. That’s right, even behind head coaches like Ben Johnson and Mike Macdonald who are in their first playoffs leading a team.
"McDermott knows what he's doing and is probably a top-10 coach in this league, but there comes a time where this team has to make a deeper push in the playoffs, and until we see that, McDermott may not be thought of as an elite coach."Lou Scataglia, NFL Spin Zone
There’s no question that McDermott has to get into the Super Bowl, but the fact that he has just been one of three head coaches to consistently have been in the playoffs for nearly a decade now should put him higher on this list.
I get it, McDermott has his flaws, but what coach doesn’t? Last I checked, McDermott has turned Buffalo into a winning culture and a year-in and year-out Super Bowl contender.
There’s no denying that pressure is on McDermott, but to rank him last in these power rankings is just completely laughable. He will have the chance to take down Sean Payton for a second consecutive playoff matchup this Saturday.