Head coach Sean McDermott doubles down on controversial decision from critical play in Bills’ heartbreaking loss
It all came down to quarterback Josh Allen with the ball in his hands with an opportunity for Buffalo to win the game in the Week 17 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. With a receiver wide open in the endzone, Allen rolled to his left but was unable to execute the play. He’s gotten plenty […]
It all came down to quarterback Josh Allen with the ball in his hands with an opportunity for Buffalo to win the game in the Week 17 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles.
With a receiver wide open in the endzone, Allen rolled to his left but was unable to execute the play. He’s gotten plenty of flak online for his performance, which wasn’t great, to be honest. Regardless of how anemic the offense looked for about 90% of the contest, they had a chance to win it late.
“Yeah, I just missed,” Allen said. “Rolling left, gotta give him a better ball [ . . . ] just get into a play that we like, again it was there, and I gotta make it.”
Head coach Sean McDermott spoke with reporters after the loss, opening up about his message to Allen after the game ended.
“Same thing, in the locker room we talked, and I’d do it again,” McDermott said. “Got a heck of a quarterback, he’s the best quarterback in the league, and I’d take him 1,000 out of 1,000 times to make that throw, and he’ll make it, he will.”
McDermott gets aggressive late in the game
Remember when people thought that McDermott was conservative with his approach? Well, that’s been thrown out the window for years now, and the decision to go for two and the win instead of the tie was further proof.
McDermott shut down any notion that he’s anything other than fully in support of his quarterback. Regardless of what the national media might say after that bad miss by Allen, he’s still one of the greatest quarterbacks in the league, and one bad pass shouldn’t change that.
With the Bills missing an extra point earlier in the contest, it could have impacted his decision. An extra point attempt successfully made would have sent the game to overtime, but McDermott wanted to end it right there with a gutsy call in the closing moments.
“We play to win, and I coach to win,” McDermott said. “So, if I had to do it all over again, I’d do the same darn thing, and he would make the throw. Because I believe in him, I believe in him.”
One missed throw doesn’t erase years of production, trust, and belief inside the building. Buffalo didn’t lose because McDermott took a chance; they lost because sometimes football comes down to inches, and this time, it didn’t break their way.
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