BernieBill

Sean McDermott is possibly a good coach in practice ... you kick the FG so Minnesota has to score two TDs ... McDermott stupidly goes for it ... now this ... the guy holds this team back with his dumb game management

Awesome game management McDermott, as always ...

You like that?

Everything's fine ... go get a TD here ... have a big 2nd half ... chill.

Bengals points allowed in their 3 playoff wins: 19, 16, 24 ... that's why they're in the Super Bowl ... the McDermott-Frazier combo is the reason the Bills aren't.

A defense that can make a big play against Kansas City ...

I respect your take. But at the end of the day, the General Manager makes the draft pick and the coach coaches. I give Beane credit for drafting Allen. If McDermott contributed to the decision, that's fine, credit to him for that. But that certainly doesn't cancel out the in-game coaching errors, imo. You cannot kick the ball into the end zone on the last kickoff. You cannot call two timeouts on defense and then watch as the Chiefs get huge chunks of yards after each timeout, setting up a game-tying FG. It was the most poorly managed 13 seconds in NFL playoff history. To win football games at the highest level requires coaching decisions at the highest level. McDermott has proven again and again and again that he is a poor manager of the clock and a poor in-game strategist. I hope he improves but I'm skeptical. With Josh Allen, I would love to be able to feel complete confidence that the head coach won't ***** defeat from the jaws of victory.

On the notion that one must categorically be "an idiot" to question Sean McDermott's ability to win playoff football in the NFL: First, obviously the Bills are a playoff franchise under McDermott whereas prior to McDermott they were 20-year losers. Is that actually a function of McDermott? Or does the fact that the Bills happened to draft possibly the best QB in the NFL play the major determining role? McDermott was 9-7 in his only year without Josh Allen. Nice, many low-scoring close victories in the regular season that year. Would McDermott be winning at the level he has over the past two years if he didn't have one of the league's top QBs? Very simply, no. Second, is in-game decision-making part of the job description for an NFL coach? I would argue that it is. I would argue that in-game decisions are immensely important, particularly in the playoffs. What glaring in-game mistakes did McDermott make last night? After the beautifully executed and coached opening drive, McDermott reverted to an ultra-conservative coaching style which wasted possessions in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Can any team afford to waste offensive possessions against Kansas City? No. Did McDermott waste possessions? Yes. Did Josh Allen catch fire when given the proper play-calls after McDermott's 3rd quarter punt? Yes. Does McDermott deserve any credit for Allen's otherworldly performance? No. I would suggest that any NFL coach with Josh Allen on his team would benefit from Allen's genius. So, specifically, what in-game decisions did McDermott make last night which cost his team? He allowed Daboll to improperly call the game offensively after the injury to Honey Badger. You have Josh Allen and you took the ball out of his hands on multiple possessions, when KC had lost a top defensive back, when you know the game is going to require 40ish points, when Kansas City did not waste possessions. That is a game-deciding coaching error. What else? With 13 seconds left in the game, after your QB leads an heroic should-be game-winning drive, you don't kick the ball short of the end zone requiring a Kansas City return to burn off some number of those precious seconds. You make every decision possible, on special teams and on defense, to allow Kansas City to tie the game and send it to overtime. In short, you wasted Josh Allen's performance and wasted a golden opportunity to host an AFC Championship game and win a Super Bowl. Am I categorically saying "fire McDermott"? No. I wouldn't want to be accused of idiocy after all. Am I saying that Bills fans have a right to seriously question whether Sean McDermott can lead this team to a championship, given his repeated instances of making poor in-game coaching decisions? Yes.

Not even necessarily a "squib kick" but just a kick that was short of the end zone forcing a KC return (and running a few of those 13 seconds off the clock)

Thought exact same thing ... can't lose 9-6 to Jacksonville, just can't happen, and it did ... kinda like losing a game when you take a 36-33 lead with 13 seconds left.

This is traumatic

We're playing Kansas City and they just scored the TD anyway ... it's the playoffs and it was 4th and a foot ... the defense just came off the field ... punting was a horrible call.

nice punt mcdermott

dude, Jackson held the guy ... it's clear as day ... it was horrible defensive mistake on a huge 3rd down ... this is playoff football, can't do dumb **** like that

and a flag

ok 3rd and goal from the 11 ... must stop, period

Can't blame the D ... this is a game where you need to score points ... lots of points ... 2 straight punts is unacceptable

not a good possession

stop right now

How many opportunities to tackle Mahomes? And they couldn't do it. Unreal.

How many goddamn sacks are we gonna miss?

Oh hell yes

I mean, this is absolutely beautiful.

Quite simply it's a must-win game ... Patriots up 28-3 ... Bengals losing ... Bills could be cementing control of 3 seed today ... and now it's 2 straight INTs.

Nice execution