Not taking a knee with 1:05 left

[LetJamesCook]

4 minutes ago, Fetou said:

Prater almost missed the extra point. The odds of winning the game were harmed by giving the defense what they wanted and scoring immediately 

The kick was practically right down the middle, he didn’t almost miss. It started left and drew back to the middle 

[Success]

It wasn't even a discussion w/ the group I'm watching with.  You get the points against a D like that.

 

[Buffarukus]

 

I think you look at situation. Josh litterally just got 15 yards on a tush push and have no confidence your O cant get .5 yards on three more attempts?

 

Situation 2 is you have a dangerous kicker on the other side that made 60 yarders this season. 

 

All things combined i think the bills O could have done it. it would have been a heads up decision to kill clock first. especially seeing as jax litterally JUST marched down the field 

with no time before half and didnt get a very makable fg chance by a millisecond ref decision.

 

Good play by the defense and good win but i would have told em to burn a play and kill clock. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

3 minutes ago, Danger Mouse said:

 

Or they liked the odds. 

 

Truth s nobody knows the counter factual. We only know what happened. And what happeed is we were right and they were wrong.

This doesn’t get talked about enough…if josh dives short of the goal line and gets hurt or fumbles or if they mishandle a snap on one of the extra sneaks it’s one of the biggest coaching blunders of all time 

 

just because what they did had some cons doesn’t mean the other decision didnt come with risks 

Edited January 11 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Danger Mouse]

1 minute ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

This doesn’t get talked about enough…if josh dives short of the goal line and gets hurt or fumbles or if they mishandle a snap on one of the extra sneaks it’s one of the biggest coaching blunders of all time 

 

They elected not to defend it thinking they could get up the field against one of the best pass defences in the league

 

that was a gamble too

 

our gamble paid off. theirs didn;t

 

 

[billieve420]

1 minute ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

This doesn’t get talked about enough…if josh dives short of the goal line and gets hurt or fumbles or if they mishandle a snap on one of the extra sneaks it’s one of the biggest coaching blunders of all time 

Yeah but can say same thing if TLaw didn’t throw game ending pick. They drive down field and tie game with FG and we somehow lost in OT.

[Buffalo Ballin]

Never take the knee. That doesn't show up on the score board.

 

Always take the points. That DOES show up on the score board.

 

Trevor Lawrence should have thrown 3 INTs with all of our tipped passes. This game should have been put away much earlier.

Edited January 11 by Buffalo Ballin

[stevestojan]

They actually should have had Josh run backwards 108 yards, take the intentional safety to go down 6. Since we now know we would pick off Lawrence on the next drive, that would leave 00:00 as Josh throws a 40 yard dart to Coleman after the interception. 

[somnus00]

Part of me wanted them to waste a down. But TDs from the 1 yard line aren't guaranteed. Especially against a really good run defense and a beat-up QB. You go for the tuddy.

[I Am The Liquor]

The dude who started this thread should delete his account! Goddamn dude, is this the first game you've ever watched? The jagoffs had 0 timeouts left when we scored. 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

4 minutes ago, billieve420 said:

Yeah but can say same thing if TLaw didn’t throw game ending pick. They drive down field and tie game with FG and we somehow lost in OT.

Oh for sure.  The point definitely goes both ways.

 

one thing interesting here though is what’s the mechanism to make sure you get positive or no yardage but not the td?  I wonder if we practice traditional sneaks without the push which is probably what that would’ve taken an old school just dive straight down at the snap. Josh is humongous and the defense would try to keep him from diving down and either pull him into the end zone or strip the ball  

Edited January 11 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Jerome007]

I only saw the play live - and thus, once -  but it seemed to me Gilliam pushed JA in. I think Josh would have taken a knee at the one inch line ha ha. I'm glad it turned out GRÙEAT but yeah, I admit I was steaming too. Even the PAT had such a curve in it. CARDIAC BILLS STRIKE AGAIN

[transient]

31 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

I don't think you can afford to go backwards and assume you are going to score...anything can happen...bobbled snap, a good play by their D, false start, etc...

 

Jags D essentially let him score, not sure if Allen was just trying to get stood up right outside the goal line or not.

Pretty sure Jags D tried to pull him into the end zone on the previous play to save themselves time. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

Just now, Jerome007 said:

I only saw the play live - and thus, once -  but it seemed to me Gilliam pushed JA in. I think Josh would have taken a knee at the one inch line ha ha. I'm glad it turned out GRÙEAT but yeah, I admit I was steaming too. Even the PAT had such a curve in it. CARDIAC BILLS STRIKE AGAIN

Defense would’ve pulled him in…I’m not even sure a behemoth like Josh could’ve dove straight down at the snap without the defense holding him up if he wanted to 😂. That’s kinda what I’m getting hung up on here. I’d think the bad snap risk would be pretty high for a play like that too 

 

I get strategic clock wise what people are going for but it definitely doesn’t come without risk 
 

 

[Albany,n.y.]

10 minutes ago, billieve420 said:

I wouldn’t take a knee but would have told Allen to dive and give himself up short. That could have cost team with Parker having big leg and plenty of time. Thankfully, Lawrence ended game with pick.

Your post is the definition of Playing Not to Lose.   

[BuffaloRebound]

If this was the Chiefs and Mahomes, I absolutely go down at the 1 and run clock.  The tush push with gilliam pushing was unstoppable today and we had 3 timeouts 

[Donuts and Doritos]

I was for taking the knee. But that's a tough call as a coach & we won. So I'm willing to admit I was wrong.

[todd]

39 minutes ago, ***** said:

Oh man how DUMB.  Tre white  saved McDermotts job. !!!! 
 

Dude I can’t believe our coaches are so dumb.  To not call a kneel down there? 
 

on the half yard line, 1 minute left, 3 time outs, their kicker can kick 80 yarders, and :13 seconds.

 

how how how do you make that mistake!?!?!?

 

you TAKE A KNEE.  KILL :40 seconds.  THEN you have 3 plays with 3 TOs to use to get the TD with lat most, :15 seconds left.   DUH DUH DUH DUH 

 

we won but that dumb decision could easily cost us the game AND, will likely cost us next week! 
 

gosh the complete lack of awareness and feel for how a game is going just drives me NUTS!!!!!

 

The Bills just won a huge game, and buffoons are complaining. Gotta be an idiot bot or troll. Grow up.

[UKBillFan]

It was the right call. Even if the Bills had lost, it was the right call. You don't play around with points in that situation.