3. Offensive evaluations from 2022
While there was plenty of continuity among offensive players in 2022, you can’t say the same for the offensive coaching staff. During his presser, McDermott pointed out the fact that the Bills had multiple new coaches in big coaching roles on offense this past season.
Ken Dorsey was a first-year play caller and offensive coordinator, Joe Brady was a first-year NFL quarterbacks coach and Aaron Kromer was in his first year as offensive line coach under McDermott.
“A new offensive coordinator, a new o-line coach and a new quarterback coach, all in one season, and you go 13-3,” McDermott said. “That’s hard to do. That said, much work remains.”
McDermott thinks the success Dorsey had in his first season as Buffalo’s OC is a great starting point for year two.
“The thing I know about Ken is he’s an extremely hard worker,” McDermott shared. “He’s smart, he’s talented. There’s a first year for all of us in anything we do, and then the good ones make adjustments as you move forward and you learn from the highs and you learn from the lows. And so, it makes you better as you move forward, so I’m extremely confident in Ken.”
Just like Dorsey, McDermott thinks there’s plenty that Kromer can learn from this past season to help the team in 2023.
“I thought year one for Coach Kromer was a positive one, a productive one for us,” McDermott said. “I thought what you saw was the running game really start to gain traction through the mid to latter part of the season with James (Cook) and what he did as well as Devin (Singletary).”
While McDermott was pleased with the run game at the end of the season, he did add there’s room to improve.
“There was also some times when I felt like our quarterback got affected a little bit too early,” McDermott said. “So those are things that we have to continue to adjust and address moving forward.”
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