Two Bills Drive

‘Where do we even begin? McDermott said after the game he felt like his team lacked urgency. That’s inexcusable considering what’s at stake in the conference standings. A lot of fans were up in arms about McDermott accepting a holding penalty that made it third and 16 for the Rams in the fourth quarter instead of declining it and allowing Los Angeles to make a decision about what to do on fourth and 6 from the Buffalo 36-yard line. I didn’t have much of a problem with that, but the decision to call timeout with just over a minute to go in regulation was inexcusable. At that point, the team absolutely needed to preserve all three timeouts to give the defense a chance to get the ball back. We’ve seen the Bills’ defense be on its heels before at times this season, but usually it can make the necessary in-game adjustments to correct course. That did not happen against the Rams. “Overall, we really got to roll up our sleeves and look at it,” McDermott said. The sooner, the better in that regard.’

‘“I want to make sure that we talk about these things and not forget them,” Baskin said. “I don’t want to appear to be contentious, as much as I want to be a reminder that there is still a lot of work to do and a lot of targeted groups out in Erie County that deserve to have an understanding and clear access to how they can participate in the benefits of the agreement.”’