When a coach makes a move like Sean McDermott did this past week, there are some unknowns.
Firing a coordinator in-season ostensibly can look like a lot of things, but the hard reality of it in the aftermath of the headlines is that it rocks the day-to-day life of half of a 53-man roster. And to do that on a short week—such as McDermott did in dismissing offensive play-caller Ken Dorsey on Tuesday after a Monday night game—and elevating quarterbacks coach Joe Brady, only makes it more of a dice roll.
So you may, along the way, be looking for signs that things are going one way or the other, and McDermott got one from a place you might not expect deep in Sunday’s AFC East showdown with the Jets. His star receiver and captain, Stefon Diggs, was in the midst of a four-catch, 27-yard afternoon.
