I know this will ruffle some feathers, but Watkins was liking posts from Chris Carter who was saying that McDermott shouldn't put TT into the game and he should live with his decision.
Did you really just say no harm done?
The Bills had the #6 playoff seed and are in a playoff race. They have now lost it. They got completely spanked and look like fools for making the switch. The rookie QB embarassed himself.
But yea, no harm done.
Nearly all of there moves to secure a better QB have back fired.
- Pass on QB like Watson in 2017 draft CHECK
- not tank for possibly higher draft pick and play middling Bills football like always CHECK
What to look forward to in the future:
- Bills draft 5th best QB in 1st round
- Bills don't draft QB at all
One could argue going to Peterman, with the things being said about how he practiced, shows they have zero direction. It is way way to late in the season to start tanking. The move to Peterman should have been because he was better than Tyrod, or they believe that not to "see what he's got".
If the plan was to "see what he's got" you do that after they've been eliminated from the playoffs.
Not that this matters a whole lot, but 14 of those 54 points were off of turnovers. The first 24 points came off of turnovers.
Things might have been a bit different without all the turnovers, who knows.
To be fair to the defense, the did stop the first non pick-6 Nat Peterman int.
But then, ya know, they still had 3 more to go.
The first 20 points came off of turnovers... I mean, yea the defense can only do so much.
I'll add to the list.
5. Not seeing what he had in Cadet, who looks like an alright #2. Hell go to Beane and demand a RB.
6. Dropping Worthy for Campball (really showed them who's boss)
We were told all week you can't go back to Tyrod, not after declaring Peterman the starter.
I think you can and have to, McD made a mistake, don't compound it and be stubborn.