He's one for three in 3 games since returning, including the Superbowl. I remember last February thinking that he had a lousy game-plan for the Giants. I felt the sale way last Sunday with Arizona. What do you think?

This post has been removed.

We all have short memories.  A lot of us never liked McD.  Frankly, it's pretty darned hard for an OC/DC to please fans anyways.  We'll always come up with something to moan about.

neither are top tier oc's. i'll take mcdaniels over obrian however.

yeah i felt bb and mcd lost that game on game management decisons and offense.

one of the many mistakes: why did mcd call short plays going down the filed for most of the remaining minutes when we needed 2 tds and a stop (resulting in running out of time to complete the comeback)?

there is no reason a top of teh league franchise shouldnt have one of the best oc's in the league.

 

The answer to your question is- YES.

Not a fan of McD right now.

In response to darwk's comment:

DISCONBOBULATION!  That's the only word that comes to mind that I can post.

No ryme, reason, or rythm.  No adjustments until too late.  Whether play calling or execution or both, no sinc whatsoever. 

Did not put the Pats in the position to win, as if it were execution, he should have established a rythm and then gone to a run happy Offense  to control the clock.  Instead it was run, pass, run  in the first 3 quarters and no points.  ugh 

No adjustment after he saw Brady getting killed.   

where was the unpredictability?

 

This post has been removed.

patsfans76,

Not sure about all that.  We caught the league by surprise at the beginning of the 07 season, and what I can remember is that the Patriots started showing some signs of problems mid season? Although we beath the giants during the regular seaon, I was worried after that particular game. When we played them again in the SB, I thought the Giants matched up well against the patriots....

They did the two things to keep them in the game, harrass brady and cover.

This post has been removed.

In response to PetesCall's comment:

He doesn't block, throw, catch or kick does he?

     Where are all the Billy O'Brien haters now?? LOL!!!

     You don't think that Josh McDaniels' offense is predictable? Read this: http://www.providencejournal.com/sports/patriots/content/20120919-patriots-journal-cards-coordinator-says-pats-tipped-their-plays.ece  

McDaniels is way overrated.  This is same guy who drafted Tebow in first round and obviously did Bradford no favors.  He was not a genius in 2007 by any stretch of the imagination.  What happened was you had a hall of fame receiver and hall of fame qb hooking up--along w/a slot receiver that was unknown and unstoppable.  He showed his genius in the super bowl that year by not adjusting at half time. And now he is taking Welker out of the scheme to force balls to Lloyd and Edelman.  I mean--seriously, Edelman?  I don't hate the guy or anything--but there is no way he should be playing in front of Welker unless he grew to 6'4", cut his 40 time down to 4.3 and changed his last name to Moss.  The ridiculous idea that he is a "better blocker" than Welker gets him more snaps???????????  Since when did we pay our wr's to block?  I know it is a part of the game--but no one has ever questioned Welker's toughness and blocking---but what we pay him to do is get open and catch the ball---and Welker still does that better than ANYONE on the team.  In camp the reports were that Welker was uncoverable----suddenly he is a slouch?  I dont buy it.  Maybe we should sign some more worthless fb's and/or castoffs from that high powered offense in St. Louis that McDumbells had.  Our defense is younger--stick to the no-huddle offense and let Brady make the decisions.

In response to TexasPat's comment:

That claim was debunked pretty badly by Mike Reiss.  The Patriots ran out of the shotgun and passed from under center a lot for the first 3 quarters.  Only when they went full shotgun/no-huddle in the 4th were they obviously passing and that was when they scored the most points.  The DC is just blowing smoke.

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4730297/looking-closer-at-brady-tipping-plays

Although several plays were questionable.....how can you not blame most of the offensive problems on the OL?? I don't care how many talented weapons we have, and how good a play you have called, if you are getting dominated in the trenches, you are going to lose. This is not rocket science.

He is to blame after week 2, but if they hang 34 on Baltimore he'll be a genius again, at least until the next loss. 

McDaniels certainly did not pan out as a head coach that is for sure. He started in Denver 6-0 and went 5-17 in his next 22 before getting fired. He also is, as some other people have pointed out, the guy who thought Tim Tebow was worth a first round draft pick.

As a coordinator, he had one amazing year here (2007) and one very surprising year (2008 with Cassell in for Brady). However, last year, the Rams had the worst offense in the NFL (last in points, 31st in yards). 

I think it is too early to make the call on how good he real is. He definitely has weapons with this team, but the season will tell us if he can make the most of them or not.

Man ...alot of negativity for McD........I like him as an offensive coordinator.......I see alot more dynamics this year with him than we had with O'brien. I think there has been alot of carryover of negativity with that one loss. The team just didn't execute alot of plays....no sense of urgency...alot of drops.....bad penalties.  I think they know they can't play like that with the Ravens so I expect a better performance this week. Will it be enough? I guess we'll see. I hope they go with alot of screens. Last year Ray Lewis was winded by the end of the game it seemed...one year older and slower now.

This post has been removed.

In response to PetesCall's comment:

He's the same jackwagon who drafted Tebow, also if BB was not our coach there is not one fan who would like his arrogant, annoying ways, boston fans would hate him, sure its only been two games but they are about to be 1-2. Watching the fall of Rome--Brady aka Happy feet looks scared because you could combine Thomas, Vollmer, Cannon, and Solder and still have a crappy offensive lineman.  Also, great job on trading a draft pick for super scrub Salas. When is the last time you heard players saying they had a crappy week of practice, what the h is going on?

Poor blocking and dropped passes, they fix that problem and the guy will be an offensive genius again.  The entire team agreed that the week's practice leading up to the game was bad, did you really think they were going to win EVERY game?

It's the 2nd gm of the yr. The off will be a work in progress. As for Josh the only problem I ever had w/ him was the gm plan for the SB and that falls on the head coach BB. 

RUN THE DAMN BALL!!

 

(hee hee)

In response to patsfan76's comment:

well outlined.