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Probably because we finally have a FO with the ammunition and the apparent attitude to try to finally get a stud 1st round QB in the draft. Cousins is good. But why take a baby step from average to good while forking out $20-$25 million per year rather than drafting a ball of clay with blue chip potential in the 1st round who will be paid a fraction of that price for 4-5 years? Exactly

Why? They're 6-7, we're 7-6. Talk about an example of a massive overreaction from one game

Thank God you don't run the Bills... Darnold/Rosen/Mayfield/Jackson/etc. please

Why the heck are people talking retreads? Haven't we learned from the last couple decades of retreads? We are undoubtedly drafting a QB who will be the "QB of the future" in the first round and then McBeane will either just cut ties with Taylor and let Peterman duke it out with the new guy with Joe Webb continuing as our #3 or Taylor's option gets picked up and he remains the starter at a relatively cheap starter price for one year before the new guy takes the helm. One of those 2 things probably will be and better be what happens. If we give Kirk friggin Cousins a $20-$25 million per year contract over drafting and developing our own blue chip 1st round QB prospect I think most Bills fans will flip.

Sweetness! We still have a shot at the division baby!

I expected this, anyway. I believe Tyrod would have started yesterday if the weather weren't just absolute crap. That type of weather would just be terrible for someone with a knee injury. The type of knee injury Taylor has needs the first 5-7 days to heal the most, anyway, from what I understand. So it was good he sat out. He always plays well against Miami. Let's hope that keeps up

Okay... then he wasn't gutless, he was just clueless wasting that timeout and then acknowledging today that he was practically playing for the tie. So the thread title should be changed from "Gutless call to punt" to "Clueless call to punt... especially after wasting that timeout" But I guess that thread title would be too long

Easy to say because it worked out this time. I'm guessing these 31 pages involve people essentially just saying "it worked so it was the right decision." Sorry, but the OP was right with the word gutless. Although, the way McDermott talked in his presser about seeming to be essentially fine with a tie, despite the fact that a tie would pretty damn near eliminate us from any playoff hope, too, maybe the appropriate word is "clueless." And there is absolutely no defending the use of that timeout. I just hope the guy learns on the job well and doesn't keep making some of these dumb mistakes he's gotten away with.

I was actually thinking this, myself. That would be terrible weather for someone without 100% stability in his knee to play in. It was funny as hell just to watch everyone trying to get their footing and slipping all over the place. That weather would have been terrible for a hobbled Taylor.

Good, he should have always been the starter.

God this thread is just nuts, apparently. McDermott's doing a great job in Buffalo. He's really turned the culture around and the players really seem to respond to him and they seem to be playing for each other. But this was just a bad decision that worked out for him in the end. This is a 3rd string QB playing the position who comes into the 2nd half and only attempts 3 passes with 2 incompletions and 1 intercepted. And then, to begin OT with it being absolutely necessary that you win if you want to keep your playoff hopes alive, you get a little drive together with some offensive creativity, finally. Joe Webb runs for 25 yards and a couple 1st downs and the team has gained 33 yards and eaten up nearly 6 minutes off the clock in a 10 minute OT. Then you send your punt team out and the entire stadium erupts with boos... and rightfully so. So you call a timeout to "make sure everyone is okay" with the decision. And then you still send out the punting team with only 1 out of 2 timeouts left and 4 minutes on the clock. Luckily Webb throws a nice deep ball to Thompson who makes a clutch catch and then Shady further bails him out with the walk-off TD. It was a piss poor decision that worked out in the end. But just because I was running really late this morning and sprinted out the door and drove 20 MPH over the speed limit the whole way to work and didn't get pulled over and actually made it to work on time doesn't mean that it was a good decision on my part and that I won't get pulled over if I make a habit of doing that on a consistent bases. This overly conservative decision-making seems to be a consistent thing for McDermott, and it was compounded by wasting a precious timeout. Glad it worked out. And I like McDermott as a coach. But I hate this aspect of his coaching philosophy. And another note, this is a small thing that I was thinking of while I watched the game. We were on the 21 yard with a 3rd and 4 after Shady just lost 3 yards on 2nd down. Then the Colts call a timeout. Was anyone else thinking the Bills players (and staff... like the Colts ) should have sent the kicking team out on the field and used all that time during the timeout to clear out the snow the way the Colts did for Vinateri in order to kick what would have been a game winning 38 yard FG? Obviously we scored on the next play. Shady's just amazing. But I think with a "next score wins" situation like that where you could win with a FG and knowing the kicking conditions and that we would have had to kick it on the very next play if Shady doesn't score or get a first down, the smartest move would have been to use all that time the Colts just gave you with their timeout to go and clear out as much snow for Haushka to kick a very makeable 38 yard FG. Hell, we should have sent all our waterboys and staffers out there to do it just like the Colts did. Or an actual snowplow like the Pats did against the Raiders way back when. And why not? The Colts gave us the time But it all worked out in the end. Glad it did. That doesn't mean we can't criticize some decisions that were questionable at best (the punt) and reaching the point of absurd (the timeout) by McDermott.

This is what's head-bangingly frustrating about some of these conversations regarding McDermott's in-game decision making. It's like: "We won, so he obviously made the right decision." Yeah, and I was gonna be late for work the other day so I decided to drive 20 MPH over the speed limit to make it to work on time. I got to work on time and didn't get pulled over. That doesn't mean I won't get pulled over and pay a massive price next time. Overall, McDermott is a really good coach. I like him a lot. He's brought in a clear culture change that's affected this team. That doesn't mean he's untouchable with his in-game overly conservative decision making even in wins.

Oy What exactly did he say?

No if the season ended today, we hold the #6 seed. But I'm pretty sure if we end up tied with the same record as the Ravens to end the season, we lose it. But then there are other funky tiebreakers that come into play if more than 2 teams are tied with the same record.

3 games left. Holding the #6 seed currently. We can afford to lose 1 if the Titans or Ravens lose 2 of their last 3. I could see it happening for the Titans, who actually have a pretty tough closing schedule. On the road against the resurgent Jimmy G led 49ers and then at home against the Rams and Jags. Any billievers, yet?

I'm not predicting anything with this coach. He's much too unpredictable. Before Peterman got concussed yesterday, I actually thought we had probably seen the last snap from Taylor and a Bills uniform. But now it flipped the other way and I think Taylor starts till we lose. But who the hell knows

He helped us win today

That decision worked out but it was a piss poor decision that Thompson bailed him out on. 3rd string QB and Dennison was finally getting slightly creative on a drive we were moving the ball with some runs by that 3rd string guy. You're left with a 4th and 1, decide to punt, use one of only 2 timeouts, and still punt. Loved the guts and grit and even playfulness of our players today, but McDermott and Dennison really had some bad coaching. However, somehow we're still in this

Titans lose!!! We're in this!!! They play a revitalized 49ers team, the Rams and the Jags.

Peterman is in concussion protocol officially. Another guessing game up to kickoff next week.

Really disagree. That decision worked out but it was a piss poor decision that Thompson bailed him out on. 3rd string QB and Dennison was finally getting slightly creative on a drive we were moving the ball with some runs by that 3rd string guy. You're left with a 4th and 1, decide to punt, use one of only 2 timeouts, and still punt. Loved the guts and grit and even playfulness of our players today, but McDermott and Dennison really had some bad coaching. Onto next week though. Still in this baby!!!

I said after that injury last week that I thought Taylor would've played his last snap in a Bills uniform. That just might be the case. Go Peterman!!!

Nah... he'll be waived for some reason with us hoping to put him on the PS and then snatched up by the Patriots so he can destroy us in a couple weeks.

There ya go! Well, can't be worse than last time, right?

Of course he's inactive. What a joke.