Sean McDermott doesn’t hold back when asked about the team’s performance in preseason blowout loss to the Chicago Bears
Sean McDermott wasn’t too pleased with the team’s performance, and we can’t blame him.
There wasn’t a lot to love about the Buffalo Bills’ blowout loss to the Chicago Bears in Week 2 of the NFL preseason, and Sean McDermott couldn’t agree more.
“I’m concerned about a lot of things coming off of tonight, really,” McDermott said.
The Bills’ coach doesn’t want to blow anything out of proportion (no pun intended); it is the preseason after all.
Ugly preseason loss for the Bills
However, you can feel his urgency.
“We gotta look at the film,” McDermott added. “Really, just see who we have, who can help us, what we may need, and then also things that we can just do better execution-wise, fundamentally. Those things. So there’s a lot that needs to be cleaned up.”
With most starters out for the Bills and the team rolling out players deeper down on the depth chart, Caleb Williams and the Bears’ first-team offense were rolling early. That’s not to say Buffalo was without every single one of its starters. While most of the first-team defense didn’t play, Cole Bishop was healthy enough to participate, and it was clear that he had missed a chunk of camp.
On what McDermott saw from Bishop on the field after being limited for the last few practices and training camp, he offered: “I mean, it was limited because he’s been on a managed rep count. I think he had three or four plays a period and then maybe again in practice the other day, and then tonight. With that, I wanted to get him some more reps.”
Cole Bishop has his work cut out for him
The veteran head coach was blunt about what Bishop needs at this point in his career.
“He needs more experience; he needs more reps,” McDermott said. “That’s where you work out some of these things and build the callousness that comes from experience.”
Getting back on the field was an important step, but there is still a lot of work to do. McDermott applauded what Bishop did in a limited capacity, and after a blowout loss, he gave a fitting response.
“There’s nothing more important for him than the experience that he got tonight and then moving forward. But even tonight, he was on a rep count of roughly 10 to 12 plays there.”
With the season just a few weeks away, we’re ready to move past this game and hope that Bishop continues to stay healthy. We agree wholeheartedly with McDermott’s assessment; he needs more reps. Interestingly, given McDermott’s comments about what the team might need, could the organization be looking to bring in some more safety help? I wouldn’t be mad at it at all.
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