from Stroud to pull a tad closer for Fairbairn trickier.
McDermott was asked if he agreed with offensive coordinator Joe Brady dialing up three passes.
“I’m not going to get into that. I don’t think that’s relevant right now,” the coach said. “Overall, again, that’s on me. We just gotta do a better job. I’ve got to do a better job in that situation.”
Perhaps even a designed Allen run or giving the QB the option to run would have played better than three passes of 15-plus air yards.
“I love Josh with the ball in his hands,” McDermott said. “I do. Efficient offense was the right approach there, and I didn’t have us do that. So again, we learn from that. Tough situation, like I said. They’re holding three timeouts. They’ve got a good field goal kicker, and you go back and forth. I probably should have run it on the first play and said, ‘Hey, where are we now?’ Either way we’re going to have to move the chains one time to not give them a chance. Again, those are situations, and that’s on me.”
Frankly, the way the offense played, the Bills probably shouldn’t have even been in the game late. Houston outgained Buffalo 425 yards to 276 yards. If not for
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